iCloud error - Failed indexing - Unexpect char

mib2berlin

@eQuINDIo
Hi, the forum is to get feedback about an issue and if other user can reproduce it.
The mail developer read the threads often but one have to make a bug report to the bug tracker to get the attention of all mail developers.

For information on how to report a bug, see this URL: https://vvld.in/how-to-report-bugs
Once that is done, please share the bug number(beginning with VB-). Thanks.
On the form, you can add your email address. Once submitted, you'll get a confirmation. You can reply to this with any logs or further info.

Cheers, mib
EDIT: @Zalex108 is right, at least test this in a clean profile.

eQuINDIo

@Zalex108 I did that before I came here. The results are identical, and they match the OPs issue, with the exception of the particular character number where the error occurs.

Zalex108

@eQuINDIo

Then follow provided steps by @mib2berlin.

Each time you need to report any trouble, add that you've tested on a Clean Profile, it's the first step and mostly after follows the Bug Report if the issue is reproduced there too.

eQuINDIo

@mib2berlin I'll be reporting this as a bug. Thanks for the input.

eQuINDIo

@Zalex108 BTW, I also tested with a non-iCloud account, and no issues were observed. It appears to be localized to iCloud mail.

drakfot

I can add that I experience the same issue and added a bug report earlier ( VB-80536 on the 10th Jun 2021 so its "old").
Excerpt from the report:
[10840:10840:0610/170058.618116:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "Error: Unexpected char at position 872", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/background-common-bundle.js (1)
[10840:10840:0610/170058.618529:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Not connected to $1 - Attempting to connect,<EMAILREDACTED>@iCloud.Com", source: (0)

The status for it is: Your report is a duplicate of: VB-61069 "[Mail] Adding email account causes imap parsing error "Unexpected char at position 85"" - CONFIRMED

So its a known problem.
I have also tried setting it up from a clean slate ( ie no previous settings/profiles etc ) with the same result just a few days ago so the problem still persists unfortuantely. But it seems that position which where the unexpected character appears differs.

Best regards.

bkeevins

I removed unused and empty folders from my iCloud account and everything started to work as it should. One folder had an upside down exclamation mark in the name. I used it to keep the folder at the top of the list. Could this have been the unexpected character?

andy122

What is the status of VB-61069 then? Us normies don't have access to the bug tracker. This is not fixed for me. VB-61069 would be quite an old issue still unresolved.

mib3berlin

@eQuINDIo
Hi, can you post the bug number you get in the confirmation mail, please?
I can check the status and report back.

Cheers, mib

mib3berlin

@andy122
Hi, VB-61069 is confirmed and a developer is assigned.
I add a comment about the status of a fix.

Cheers, mib

eQuINDIo

@mib3berlin Sorry, I don't think I ever received a confirmation email. I don't have a bug number to report.

Anyway, as long as it's getting worked on...

rambird

I have the same error and I have followed all the troubleshooting tips and forum tips to no avail. iCloud account just keeps on looping around in a Unexpected char at position 813 and the Console output does not show any email message producing the error.

SAD but I shall have to eliminate Vivaldi from my iMac with Ventura OS!!
This error has been around since 2021 or earlier and nobody at Vivaldi has bothered to find a solution or any howto to avoid this error.
My HINT: delete all email messages from your iCloud account and hope that Vivaldi will not find an unexpected character on an empty mail server!!

rambird

What is the status of vivaldi bug VB-61069

joelmcintosh

Yep. Same indexing problem here. It is getting stuck tying to index my "Archive" folder emails (11,500 emails in that folder).

"Unexpected char at position 516"

Tried a clean profile.
Tried deleting emails on which the indexing is getting stuck.
Tried deleting the mail account and recreating

Reported the bug.

Really, on the Mac, I don't care: I like Mail.app and Fantastical.app for mail and calendars. However, over on my Linux machine (KDE Plasma 6), Vivaldi offers a nice alternative over some of the Linux mail and calendar options. Hopefully, the Vivaldi team will get this issue resolved.

Vivaldi version: 6.7.3329.24
Operating System: Linux (x86 64bit)

letress

It´s sad that Mail 2.0 was just released and this error still persists. Please just make all chars acceptable while parsing, as there are many languages with special chars it´s so easy to break the whole mail service by this. I´m using only iCloud mail and instead of using all in Vivaldi I still have to stuck with BlueMail app for Windows, which has no problem at all.

ThePX

@letress Same happens to me... It is pity that is not fixed so far.

DoctorG

@rambird said in iCloud error - Failed indexing - Unexpect char:

status of vivaldi bug VB-61069

Confirmed, dev assigned.

JFS1

Any update? Added a gmail account on ubuntu 22.04. Vivaldi Mail downloads about 100 e-mails and then generates "unexpected char at position" x error.

letress

@DoctorG While dev assigned, did he already checked for the issue? What is the current status of bug?

DoctorG

@letress Confirmed. No progress for a fix.