Bug Projects vanish from the Hub

Projects vanish from the Hub for no reason. I suspect it's an auto-removal thing when a project can't be found. And there I suspect the Hub just removes it when it can't access it because the hard disk is spinning up from hibernation.

Is there some log where I can check when a project is removed?

 

No, they are not deleted. They are removed from the Hub's registry. When does that happen?

I noticed they are removed automatically from the list of projects after I deleted them manually using Explorer and the Hub can't find them anymore.

Could it be the case that the Hub also removes them when the hard disk with the projects on it is spinning up from hibernation (ie idle mode, when it was spinning down and is spinning up on drive access)?

Or is the size of the list of projects limited?

 

It's not "just add them back". Almost half of the time I want to access a project I can't find it in the Hub because it's gone from the list and I have to re-add it manually. I have them split on 4 different SSDs. Many projects.

It's only a good thing when they don't exist, but it's a bad thing when they exist and are removed from the Hub without reason.

Please excuse my wording. It's not hibernation. It's whatever it's called when the hard disk spins down when it's not being used for 20 minutes.

Projects are never deleted physically by the Hub.

I haven't yet tried to reproduce it, but now that I have to manage 100+ projects it's becoming annoying and a waste of time when I have to first search for a project only to not find it in the hub when I already put it there.

I'll keep my eye on it. Are there other scenarios when projects are removed from the Hub?

 

I have it. It got nothing to do with the hard disk. Someone hardcoded a limit of 40 projects into the Hub.

 

i don't think it actually removes them from registry, it is just not shown in the list.
(at least on a quick test, if close hub, rename project folder, start hub, the registry entry still exists)

but the limit is 40 projects, *was mentioned: for compatibility https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-hub-bug-missing-projects-at-random.998048/#post-6762358


i think best work around (until that limit is improved),
is to add direct desktop shortcuts to those (long term projects), so can always launch them (even if it has disappeared from top 40 list)

 

Yup, thank you, that's it. I honestly did not expect the reason of projects to vanish to be that ridiculous.

This way the Hub has become absolutely useless for me. At least for launching projects from there.

 

Yeah, it's at random, not the oldest going out. But at least the cause is found. I hope it's solvable

 

Will do.

 

IN-11669 - Projects are removed from the Hub

 

Any news on this? It's been half a year.

 

Quick question, why do we have to submit a bug report instead of Unity Employees doing so?

 

Quicker question: how long does it take to replace two characters? At least make the limit something sane - e.g. 200 (although technically it shouldn't have a problem with thousands, I don't see why it can't be 2,000 - but if someone is DESPERATE to prevent the list getting long (some badly written code in Hub's UI framework that crashes on anything except tiny lists?) then at least 200 would be a sensible number).