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/*
 * qtmaildir - a Qt6 mail client for notmuch-indexed Maildirs
 * Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 */

#include "notmuchworker.h"

#include <notmuch.h>

#include <QDir>
#include <QDirIterator>
#include <QFileInfo>
#include <QSet>

#include <cstdlib>

#include "mimeparser.h"
#include "nmraii.h"

namespace {

QStringList tagsOf(notmuch_message_t *message)
{
    QStringList result;
    NmTags tags(notmuch_message_get_tags(message));
    for (; notmuch_tags_valid(tags.get()); notmuch_tags_move_to_next(tags.get()))
        result.append(QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_tags_get(tags.get())));
    return result;
}

QStringList tagsOf(notmuch_thread_t *thread)
{
    QStringList result;
    NmTags tags(notmuch_thread_get_tags(thread));
    for (; notmuch_tags_valid(tags.get()); notmuch_tags_move_to_next(tags.get()))
        result.append(QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_tags_get(tags.get())));
    return result;
}

/// Who a thread's messages were addressed to, summarised for one line.
///
/// EXPENSIVE, and only called when a query asks. "To" is not served from
/// notmuch's index, so every call here reads message FILES: 8.7 ms per thread
/// measured against a real database, which is 38 seconds over a 4411-thread
/// inbox. See ThreadSummary::recipients.
///
/// The messages come from the THREAD and are owned by it, freed when it is
/// freed (notmuch.h:1637). They are therefore held raw and never wrapped in
/// NmMessage, which would call notmuch_message_destroy on memory the thread
/// frees again, and the walk finishes before the caller drops the thread. This
/// is the same rule walkReplies follows, and getting it wrong is a double-free
/// rather than a leak.
QString recipientsOf(notmuch_thread_t *thread)
{
    // The first message with a usable To wins. A thread is one conversation,
    // and the alternative, folding every message's recipients together, is the
    // participants-list problem item 2 rejected: it produces a union that
    // misdescribes itself the moment a thread has replies going both ways.
    notmuch_messages_t *messages = notmuch_thread_get_messages(thread);
    for (; notmuch_messages_valid(messages);
         notmuch_messages_move_to_next(messages)) {
        notmuch_message_t *message = notmuch_messages_get(messages);
        if (!message)
            continue;

        // Returns "" for a missing header and NULL on error, and the two mean
        // different things only to notmuch: both are "nothing to show" here.
        const char *to = notmuch_message_get_header(message, "To");
        if (!to || !*to)
            continue;

        const QString summary = recipientSummary(QString::fromUtf8(to));
        if (!summary.isEmpty())
            return summary;
    }
    return QString();
}

/// Collects the message ids a query matches. Returns false if the query could
/// not be run at all, which is different from a query that matched nothing.
bool collectMessageIds(notmuch_database_t *db, const QString &query,
                       QStringList *ids)
{
    NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(db, query.toUtf8().constData()));
    if (!nmQuery)
        return false;

    notmuch_messages_t *raw = nullptr;
    if (notmuch_query_search_messages(nmQuery.get(), &raw) != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS)
        return false;

    NmMessages messages(raw);
    for (; notmuch_messages_valid(messages.get());
           notmuch_messages_move_to_next(messages.get())) {
        NmMessage message(notmuch_messages_get(messages.get()));
        if (message)
            ids->append(QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_message_id(message.get())));
    }
    return true;
}

/// Walks a thread's reply structure depth-first, appending each message with
/// its depth.
///
/// Takes RAW notmuch_message_t*, deliberately, against the rule that every
/// handle in this file is RAII-owned. Messages reached through a thread belong
/// to that thread and are freed with it (notmuch.h:1637), so wrapping one in
/// NmMessage would call notmuch_message_destroy on memory the thread frees
/// again. The NmThread in the caller is what keeps every pointer here alive,
/// and this must not outlive it.
///
/// No match-set argument, unlike loadThread. A row is drawn for every message
/// in the thread regardless of the query: the list is where the user goes to
/// SEE the thread's shape, and hiding replies that did not match would make the
/// reply count disagree with the rows beneath it.
void walkReplies(notmuch_messages_t *messages, int depth,
                 QVector<MessageNode> *out)
{
    for (; notmuch_messages_valid(messages);
           notmuch_messages_move_to_next(messages)) {

        notmuch_message_t *message = notmuch_messages_get(messages);
        if (!message)
            continue;

        MessageNode node;
        node.messageId =
            QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_message_id(message));
        node.threadId =
            QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_thread_id(message));
        node.filePath =
            QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_filename(message));
        node.from =
            QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_header(message, "from"));
        node.subject =
            QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_header(message, "subject"));
        node.date =
            QDateTime::fromSecsSinceEpoch(notmuch_message_get_date(message));
        node.tags = tagsOf(message);
        node.depth = depth;
        out->append(node);

        // NULL is a legitimate "no replies" here: notmuch_messages_valid
        // accepts it and returns FALSE (notmuch.h:1630), so a leaf needs no
        // guard of its own.
        walkReplies(notmuch_message_get_replies(message), depth + 1, out);
    }
}

} // namespace

/// Registers SortOrder for queued calls, once, before main() runs.
///
/// Q_ENUM alone is NOT enough for a queued Q_ARG: it gives the enum a
/// meta-object entry, not a metatype registered under the name invokeMethod
/// resolves, so MainWindow's queued runQuery would drop its sort argument at
/// runtime with a warning and every query would silently run newest-first.
///
/// Here rather than in MainWindow's constructor, because the registration
/// belongs to the type rather than to one consumer: a caller that never
/// constructs a MainWindow (a test, or a future headless mode) needs it too,
/// and that is exactly how the first attempt at this passed by accident and
/// failed under test.
static const int kSortOrderMetaType =
    qRegisterMetaType<NotmuchWorker::SortOrder>("NotmuchWorker::SortOrder");

NotmuchWorker::NotmuchWorker(const QString &notmuchConfigPath, QObject *parent)
    : QObject(parent), m_configPath(notmuchConfigPath)
{
    Q_UNUSED(kSortOrderMetaType);
}

NotmuchWorker::~NotmuchWorker()
{
    close();
}

/// An empty config path means "let notmuch resolve its own config", which
/// libnotmuch spells as NULL. The QByteArray is returned by value so callers
/// keep it alive for as long as they use constData().
QByteArray NotmuchWorker::configPathArg() const
{
    return m_configPath.isEmpty() ? QByteArray() : m_configPath.toLocal8Bit();
}

bool NotmuchWorker::openReadOnly()
{
    if (m_db)
        return true;

    const QByteArray configPath = configPathArg();
    char *error = nullptr;
    const notmuch_status_t status = notmuch_database_open_with_config(
        nullptr,                                        // let config decide path
        NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY,
        configPath.isEmpty() ? nullptr : configPath.constData(),
        nullptr,
        &m_db,
        &error);

    if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Cannot open notmuch database: %1")
            .arg(QString::fromUtf8(error ? error : notmuch_status_to_string(status))));
        free(error);
        m_db = nullptr;
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

void NotmuchWorker::close()
{
    if (m_db) {
        notmuch_database_destroy(m_db);
        m_db = nullptr;
    }
}

void NotmuchWorker::runQuery(const QString &query, quint64 generation,
                             SortOrder sort, bool withRecipients)
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(m_db, query.toUtf8().constData()));
    if (!nmQuery) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Invalid query: %1").arg(query));
        return;
    }
    notmuch_query_set_sort(nmQuery.get(),
                           sort == OldestFirst ? NOTMUCH_SORT_OLDEST_FIRST
                                               : NOTMUCH_SORT_NEWEST_FIRST);

    notmuch_threads_t *rawThreads = nullptr;
    const notmuch_status_t status =
        notmuch_query_search_threads(nmQuery.get(), &rawThreads);
    if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Query failed: %1")
            .arg(QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_status_to_string(status))));
        return;
    }
    NmThreads threads(rawThreads);

    QVector<ThreadSummary> batch;
    batch.reserve(kBatchSize);
    int total = 0;

    for (; notmuch_threads_valid(threads.get());
           notmuch_threads_move_to_next(threads.get())) {

        NmThread thread(notmuch_threads_get(threads.get()));
        if (!thread)
            continue;

        ThreadSummary summary;
        summary.threadId = QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_thread_get_thread_id(thread.get()));
        summary.subject = QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_thread_get_subject(thread.get()));
        summary.authors = QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_thread_get_authors(thread.get()));
        summary.date = QDateTime::fromSecsSinceEpoch(
            notmuch_thread_get_newest_date(thread.get()));
        summary.totalCount = notmuch_thread_get_total_messages(thread.get());
        summary.matchedCount = notmuch_thread_get_matched_messages(thread.get());
        summary.tags = tagsOf(thread.get());
        if (withRecipients)
            summary.recipients = recipientsOf(thread.get());

        batch.append(summary);
        ++total;

        if (batch.size() >= kBatchSize) {
            emit threadsReady(batch, generation);
            batch.clear();
            batch.reserve(kBatchSize);
        }
    }

    if (!batch.isEmpty())
        emit threadsReady(batch, generation);

    emit queryFinished(total, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::loadThread(const QString &threadId,
                               const QString &matchQuery,
                               quint64 generation, bool matchedOnly)
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    // Which messages of the thread matched the user's query. Running the query
    // intersected with the thread is cheaper than testing each message.
    //
    // haveMatchSet distinguishes "no query was given, so everything counts as
    // matched" from "a query was given and matched nothing in this thread".
    // Collapsing those would render a whole thread expanded precisely when the
    // user filtered it down to nothing.
    QSet<QString> matchedIds;
    bool haveMatchSet = false;
    if (!matchQuery.trimmed().isEmpty()) {
        const QString intersect =
            QStringLiteral("thread:%1 and (%2)").arg(threadId, matchQuery);
        QStringList ids;
        if (collectMessageIds(m_db, intersect, &ids)) {
            matchedIds = QSet<QString>(ids.begin(), ids.end());
            haveMatchSet = true;
        }
    }

    const QString query = QStringLiteral("thread:%1").arg(threadId);
    NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(m_db, query.toUtf8().constData()));
    if (!nmQuery) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Cannot load thread %1").arg(threadId));
        return;
    }
    notmuch_query_set_sort(nmQuery.get(), NOTMUCH_SORT_OLDEST_FIRST);

    notmuch_messages_t *rawMessages = nullptr;
    if (notmuch_query_search_messages(nmQuery.get(), &rawMessages)
            != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Cannot search thread %1").arg(threadId));
        return;
    }
    NmMessages messages(rawMessages);

    QVector<MessageRef> result;
    for (; notmuch_messages_valid(messages.get());
           notmuch_messages_move_to_next(messages.get())) {

        NmMessage message(notmuch_messages_get(messages.get()));
        if (!message)
            continue;

        MessageRef ref;
        ref.messageId = QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_message_id(message.get()));
        ref.filePath = QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_filename(message.get()));
        ref.tags = tagsOf(message.get());
        ref.matched = !haveMatchSet || matchedIds.contains(ref.messageId);

        // Dropped rather than rendered as a stub.
        //
        // haveMatchSet is redundant here and kept deliberately: ref.matched is
        // already true for every message when no query was given, so the two
        // conditions cannot disagree today. It states the invariant this
        // depends on at the point that depends on it, so a later change to how
        // ref.matched is computed cannot silently empty the pane.
        if (matchedOnly && haveMatchSet && !ref.matched)
            continue;

        result.append(ref);
    }

    emit threadLoaded(result, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::loadThreadTree(const QString &threadId,
                                   const QString &matchQuery,
                                   quint64 generation)
{
    // Accepted for signature symmetry with loadThread, and unused on purpose:
    // see walkReplies on why every message in the thread gets a row.
    Q_UNUSED(matchQuery);

    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    const QString query = QStringLiteral("thread:%1").arg(threadId);
    NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(m_db, query.toUtf8().constData()));
    if (!nmQuery) {
        emit errorOccurred(
            QStringLiteral("Cannot load thread %1").arg(threadId));
        return;
    }

    // search_threads, not search_messages. The messages have to come from a
    // notmuch_thread_t or notmuch_message_get_replies returns NULL for every
    // one of them and the walk below produces a flat list at depth 0.
    notmuch_threads_t *rawThreads = nullptr;
    if (notmuch_query_search_threads(nmQuery.get(), &rawThreads)
            != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
        emit errorOccurred(
            QStringLiteral("Cannot search thread %1").arg(threadId));
        return;
    }
    NmThreads threads(rawThreads);

    QVector<MessageNode> nodes;
    if (notmuch_threads_valid(threads.get())) {
        // Held for the whole walk: every message pointer inside belongs to this
        // thread and dies with it.
        NmThread thread(notmuch_threads_get(threads.get()));
        if (thread) {
            walkReplies(notmuch_thread_get_toplevel_messages(thread.get()), 0,
                        &nodes);
        }
    }

    emit threadTreeLoaded(nodes, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::loadMessage(const QString &messageId, quint64 generation)
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    // id: is an exact-match prefix, and the id is quoted because a message id
    // can legitimately contain characters notmuch's parser would otherwise read
    // as query syntax.
    const QString query = QStringLiteral("id:\"%1\"").arg(messageId);
    NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(m_db, query.toUtf8().constData()));
    if (!nmQuery) {
        emit errorOccurred(
            QStringLiteral("Cannot load message %1").arg(messageId));
        return;
    }

    notmuch_messages_t *rawMessages = nullptr;
    if (notmuch_query_search_messages(nmQuery.get(), &rawMessages)
            != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
        emit errorOccurred(
            QStringLiteral("Cannot search message %1").arg(messageId));
        return;
    }
    NmMessages messages(rawMessages);

    QVector<MessageRef> result;
    if (notmuch_messages_valid(messages.get())) {
        NmMessage message(notmuch_messages_get(messages.get()));
        if (message) {
            MessageRef ref;
            ref.messageId = QString::fromUtf8(
                notmuch_message_get_message_id(message.get()));
            ref.filePath = QString::fromUtf8(
                notmuch_message_get_filename(message.get()));
            ref.tags = tagsOf(message.get());

            // Always matched: the user asked for this message by clicking its
            // row, so rendering it as a stub would answer the wrong question.
            ref.matched = true;
            result.append(ref);
        }
    }

    // Emitted even when empty, so the UI's handler runs and can decide what to
    // do rather than waiting for a reply that never comes.
    emit messageLoaded(result, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::applyTagsToThreads(const QStringList &threadIds,
                                       const QStringList &add,
                                       const QStringList &remove,
                                       const QString &description)
{
    if (threadIds.isEmpty())
        return;

    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    // Resolve every thread to its message ids in ONE query. Issuing a query per
    // thread would reopen the same Xapian cursor hundreds of times on a large
    // selection.
    QStringList terms;
    terms.reserve(threadIds.size());
    for (const QString &id : threadIds)
        terms.append(QStringLiteral("thread:%1").arg(id));

    QStringList messageIds;
    if (!collectMessageIds(m_db, terms.join(QStringLiteral(" or ")), &messageIds)) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Cannot resolve selected threads"));
        return;
    }

    if (messageIds.isEmpty()) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Selected threads contain no messages"));
        return;
    }

    applyTags(TagChange{ messageIds, add, remove, description });
}

void NotmuchWorker::applyTags(const TagChange &change)
{
    if (change.messageIds.isEmpty())
        return;

    // The read-only handle must be closed first: notmuch allows only one open
    // handle per process.
    close();

    const QByteArray configPath = configPathArg();
    notmuch_database_t *db = nullptr;
    char *error = nullptr;
    const notmuch_status_t status = notmuch_database_open_with_config(
        nullptr,
        NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE,
        configPath.isEmpty() ? nullptr : configPath.constData(),
        nullptr,
        &db,
        &error);

    if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
        // NOT reached by lock contention, despite the wording. Measured
        // 2026-08-04: this call BLOCKS on a held write lock and then returns
        // SUCCESS (9.158s against a 12s hold), so a running sync never lands
        // here. What does land here is a genuinely broken open: bad
        // permissions, a corrupt index, a missing database. None of those are
        // helped by waiting, so the UI reverts rather than retrying.
        //
        // The stall a running sync DOES cause is avoided upstream, in
        // MainWindow, by not sending the write at all while the lock is held.
        emit errorOccurred(
            QStringLiteral("Cannot open database for writing: %1")
                .arg(QString::fromUtf8(error ? error
                                             : notmuch_status_to_string(status))));
        free(error);
        return;
    }

    for (const QString &id : change.messageIds) {
        notmuch_message_t *raw = nullptr;
        // find_message reports SUCCESS with a null message when the id is not
        // in the database, so both have to be checked. A stale id must not
        // abort the batch: the live ids alongside it still need tagging.
        if (notmuch_database_find_message(db, id.toUtf8().constData(), &raw)
                != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS || !raw) {
            continue;
        }
        NmMessage message(raw);

        notmuch_message_freeze(message.get());
        for (const QString &tag : change.removed)
            notmuch_message_remove_tag(message.get(), tag.toUtf8().constData());
        for (const QString &tag : change.added)
            notmuch_message_add_tag(message.get(), tag.toUtf8().constData());
        notmuch_message_thaw(message.get());

        // Renames the file on disk when the seen/flagged tags changed, keeping
        // the Maildir and the index in agreement for the next `notmuch new`.
        notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags(message.get());
    }

    notmuch_database_close(db);
    notmuch_database_destroy(db);

    emit tagsApplied(change);
}

void NotmuchWorker::requestAllTags(quint64 generation)
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    NmTags tags(notmuch_database_get_all_tags(m_db));
    if (!tags) {
        emit errorOccurred(QStringLiteral("Cannot list tags"));
        return;
    }

    QStringList result;
    for (; notmuch_tags_valid(tags.get()); notmuch_tags_move_to_next(tags.get()))
        result.append(QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_tags_get(tags.get())));

    // Sorted once here so no consumer has to sort again. notmuch returns tags
    // in Xapian term order, which is byte order, not the user's locale order.
    result.sort();
    emit allTagsReady(result, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::requestDatabaseStats(quint64 generation)
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    DatabaseStats stats;

    // "*" is notmuch's match-everything query. Counting messages and threads
    // needs two calls on it: the numbers differ by the reply depth of the
    // database and there is no single call that yields both.
    NmQuery all(notmuch_query_create(m_db, "*"));
    if (all) {
        unsigned int messages = 0;
        if (notmuch_query_count_messages(all.get(), &messages)
            == NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
            stats.messages = static_cast<int>(messages);
        }
    }

    // A second query object rather than reusing the one above: notmuch caches
    // results on a query, and counting both ways from one has bitten people.
    NmQuery allThreads(notmuch_query_create(m_db, "*"));
    if (allThreads) {
        unsigned int threads = 0;
        if (notmuch_query_count_threads(allThreads.get(), &threads)
            == NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
            stats.threads = static_cast<int>(threads);
        }
    }

    // Already enumerated for the completer, so this costs nothing extra.
    NmTags tags(notmuch_database_get_all_tags(m_db));
    if (tags) {
        int count = 0;
        for (; notmuch_tags_valid(tags.get()); notmuch_tags_move_to_next(tags.get()))
            ++count;
        stats.tags = count;
    }

    emit databaseStatsReady(stats, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::requestCounts(const QStringList &queries, quint64 generation)
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    QVector<int> counts;
    counts.reserve(queries.size());

    for (const QString &query : queries) {
        NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(m_db, query.toUtf8().constData()));

        unsigned int count = 0;
        // -1 rather than a skipped entry: the caller pairs these with its own
        // labels positionally, so a dropped answer would put a real number
        // against the wrong name, which is worse than showing none.
        if (!nmQuery ||
            notmuch_query_count_threads(nmQuery.get(), &count)
                != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
            counts.append(-1);
            continue;
        }

        // Threads, matching what the thread list shows. A message count would
        // disagree with the number of rows a click on this line produces.
        counts.append(static_cast<int>(count));
    }

    emit countsReady(counts, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::requestMessageCounts(const QStringList &queries,
                                         quint64 generation)
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    QVector<int> counts;
    counts.reserve(queries.size());

    for (const QString &query : queries) {
        NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(m_db, query.toUtf8().constData()));

        unsigned int count = 0;
        // -1 rather than a skipped entry, matching requestCounts: the caller
        // pairs these with its own rules positionally, so a dropped answer
        // would put a real number against the wrong rule.
        if (!nmQuery ||
            notmuch_query_count_messages(nmQuery.get(), &count)
                != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
            counts.append(-1);
            continue;
        }

        // Messages, not threads: a rule tags messages, so counting threads
        // would understate a rule matching part of a large thread.
        counts.append(static_cast<int>(count));
    }

    emit messageCountsReady(counts, generation);
}

void NotmuchWorker::requestFolders()
{
    if (!openReadOnly())
        return;

    const QString root = QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_database_get_path(m_db));
    if (root.isEmpty()) {
        emit errorOccurred(
            QStringLiteral("notmuch reports no database path."));
        return;
    }

    // A Maildir folder is a directory holding cur/. Testing for that rather
    // than listing every directory keeps the plumbing (cur, new, tmp) and an
    // account's container directory out of the list; neither is somewhere mail
    // is filed. Hidden directories are skipped, which is what excludes
    // .notmuch itself.
    QStringList folders;
    QDirIterator it(root, QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot,
                    QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
    const QDir rootDir(root);
    while (it.hasNext()) {
        const QString path = it.next();
        if (!QFileInfo::exists(path + QStringLiteral("/cur")))
            continue;
        folders.append(rootDir.relativeFilePath(path));
    }

    // Sorted, so the dropdown keeps one order across openings. QDirIterator
    // walks in filesystem order, which is neither stable nor alphabetical.
    folders.sort();
    emit foldersReady(folders);
}