# When FSRS4Anki Helper enabled, anki.exe remains open after closing anki **URL:** \ **Category:** Add-ons\ **Created:** [March 22, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678 "2024-03-22T04:33:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daddydave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@daddydave](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/daddydave)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/1 "2024-03-22T04:33:21Z")
I have noticed lately that if I close and reopen Anki I have to end the anki.exe process from Task Manager after closing. I disabled add-ons one by one until I found this happens with all addons disabled except for FSRS4Anki Helper (and it doesn’t happen if that add-on is disabled). My Debug Info is below. Let me know if anything else is needed to troubleshoot. I checked these forums and I couldn’t find that anyone else is having this issue. Anki 24.04 (b84fce48) (ao) Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1 Platform: Windows-10-10.0.22621 ===Add-ons (active)=== (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) FSRS4Anki Helper [‘759844606’, 2024-03-20T00:00, ‘None’, mod] ===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons=== 759844606 ===Add-ons (inactive)=== (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) Advanced Copy Fields [‘1898445115’, 2024-01-08T12:01, ‘v0.4.01’, ‘’] Advanced Review Bottom Bar [‘1136455830’, 2024-02-04T13:38, ‘None’, mod] AnkiConnect [‘2055492159’, 2024-02-26T23:37, ‘None’, mod] AnkiWebView Inspector [‘31746032’, 2023-06-27T15:26, ‘None’, ‘’] Beautify-Anki 20 mizmu [‘1116770498’, 2023-10-31T14:51, ‘None’, mod] Cloze Overlapper [‘cloze\_overlapper’, 2023-12-21T04:15, ‘None’, ‘’] Customize Keyboard Shortcuts [‘24411424’, 2023-11-01T05:17, ‘None’, mod] Image Occlusion Enhanced [‘1374772155’, 2022-04-09T03:15, ‘None’, ‘’] LPCG LyricsPoetry Cloze Generator [‘2084557901’, 2023-12-06T22:43, ‘None’, mod] Multiple Choice for Anki [‘1566095810’, 2023-11-17T15:59, ‘None’, ‘’] Paste Images As WebP [‘1151815987’, 2024-02-19T08:00, ‘None’, mod] Pop-up Dictionary [‘popup\_dictionary’, 2023-12-30T09:59, ‘None’, ‘’] Quick tagging 21 [‘304770511’, 2020-02-11T01:17, ‘None’, mod] Quizlet to Anki 21 Importer with audio support [‘1362209126’, 2024-01-15T13:55, ‘None’, mod] Review Heatmap [‘1771074083’, 2022-06-29T21:43, ‘None’, ‘’] Simple Forvo Audio Downloader [‘560814150’, 2023-10-31T12:47, ‘None’, mod] Toggle front and back card in Anki 21 [‘1240106570’, 2019-07-21T09:19, ‘None’, ‘’] editor batch replace in one field also with regex [‘356095608’, 2023-12-24T05:32, ‘None’, ‘’] ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/2 "2024-03-22T09:47:06Z")
@L.M.Sherlock heads up ---
**Author:** ![L.M.Sherlock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/l.m.sherlock/32/16770_2.png) [@L.M.Sherlock](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/L.M.Sherlock)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/3 "2024-03-22T09:49:28Z")
Do you enable auto apply easy days on closing collection? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/b/d/bdc2858c5d29aafff37404f7c0ce9ffe9004f603.png) I have a hook here. > I don’t know whether this background task is finished correctly when you close Anki. @dae, are there any methods to block the closing process correctly? ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/4 "2024-03-22T10:24:38Z")
Not that I recall. Would that task keep running for minutes or more? ---
**Author:** ![daddydave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@daddydave](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/daddydave)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/5 "2024-03-22T12:15:45Z")
I do not actually. Also I don’t have any Easy Days configured. ---
**Author:** ![L.M.Sherlock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/l.m.sherlock/32/16770_2.png) [@L.M.Sherlock](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/L.M.Sherlock)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/6 "2024-03-22T12:31:26Z")
Could you reproduce this bug repeatedly? ---
**Author:** ![daddydave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@daddydave](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/daddydave)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/7 "2024-03-22T12:52:23Z")
Yes, it is very consistent. All I have to do is open Anki and then close it. I am not sure what Anki build or FSRS add-on version it started with. If I get time, I can do some testing later to figure that out. ---
**Author:** ![DerIshmaelite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/derishmaelite/32/17983_2.png) [@DerIshmaelite](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/DerIshmaelite)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/8 "2024-03-22T21:00:14Z")
I share the same experience. Anki remains open as a task running in the Task Manager. I have to press End Task to force close it though I am not sure it is only because of this add-on (though I have it as well). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-fsrs4anki-helper-enabled-anki-exe-remains-open-after-closing-anki/42678/9 "2024-04-21T21:00:26Z")
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