The #GNOME "Contacts" addressbook application has a really weird bug when it comes to being able to search partial strings within words. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Maybe someone out there can help narrow down when it does and doesn't work, and hopefully contribute a fix?
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-contacts/-/issues/146#note_626384
#QA #heisenbug
Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)
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2025-05-19 12:06:52 UTC
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