App update notification stuck on "installing" or stuck at 100% and does not open F-Droid

  • Device OS and version: Android 12
  • Device model/manufacturer: Samsung Galaxy Note10+
  • F-Droid version (in the About screen): 1.15.4
  • F-Droid privileged extension version (if installed): N/A

What did you do? (clear steps if possible)

  1. Wait for an app update to be available
  2. Eventually notice notification "Installing AppName..."
  3. Notice that progress bar is either a looping animation or a full progress bar (as if 100%). Unsure/don't remember if eventually the looping version changes to the full version...
  4. Notice that the notification stays the same all day long, looping or full
  5. Tap the notification
  6. Notice nothing happens: F-Droid does not open and the notification is not dismissed.
    1. If I open F-Droid from the launcher and go to the Updates tab, the update is completely downloaded and has an "UPDATE" button
      • tapping UPDATE activates the system APK installer as expected.
      • the notification from F-Droid gets dismissed/is gone afterward, as expected
    2. If I wait for 24+ hours (estimated), at least sometimes the notification will change to say the update has been downloaded, tap to install... or similar.
      • tapping this notification works as expected IIRC

What did you expect to see?

  1. During download, have notification interactive, with tapping opening to F-Droid updates tab.
    • Notification not say "installing", since F-Droid can't do that without me at present;
    • The notification to INSTALL as soon as the update(s) are downloaded, and have it interactive as in scenario 7.b. in Steps — and not have to wait 24+ hours for that.

What did you see instead?

As described in Steps 2-on (stalled notification with either installing animated bar or a full progress bar).

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