bookmark chunks with progress

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/import_bookmark_node.dart

@@ -30,6 +30,40 @@
 /// dropped during parsing rather than modelled here.
 library;
 
+/// What an import is doing right now.
+enum BookmarkImportPhase {
+  /// Reading and parsing the file, off the UI isolate.
+  parsing,
+
+  /// Emptying the existing roots, for a replacing import.
+  erasing,
+
+  /// Writing the parsed tree into storage.
+  inserting,
+}
+
+/// How far along an import is, for display while it runs.
+class BookmarkImportProgress {
+  final BookmarkImportPhase phase;
+
+  /// Bookmarks written so far. Zero outside [BookmarkImportPhase.inserting].
+  final int inserted;
+
+  /// Bookmarks the file is expected to yield, or 0 while still unknown —
+  /// during parsing there is nothing to count against yet.
+  final int total;
+
+  const BookmarkImportProgress({
+    required this.phase,
+    this.inserted = 0,
+    this.total = 0,
+  });
+
+  /// Fraction complete, or null when it cannot be known and the UI should show
+  /// an indeterminate indicator instead.
+  double? get fraction => total > 0 ? (inserted / total).clamp(0.0, 1.0) : null;
+}
+
 /// A single node of a parsed bookmark tree.
 sealed class ImportBookmarkNode {
   /// Creation time recorded in the imported file, or null if it had none.

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/repositories/bookmarks.dart

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_mozilla_components/flutter_mozilla_components.dart';
 import 'package:riverpod_annotation/riverpod_annotation.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/core/logger.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/bookmark_item.dart';
+import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/import_bookmark_node.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/utils/bookmark_html_utils.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/utils/bookmark_import_isolate.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/utils/bookmark_importer.dart';
@@ -226,7 +227,12 @@ class BookmarksRepository extends _$BookmarksRepository {
     required String path,
     required BookmarkImportFormat format,
     bool replace = false,
+    void Function(BookmarkImportProgress)? onProgress,
   }) async {
+    onProgress?.call(
+      const BookmarkImportProgress(phase: BookmarkImportPhase.parsing),
+    );
+
     final tree = await parseBookmarkFile(
       path: path,
       format: format,
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ class BookmarksRepository extends _$BookmarksRepository {
 
     final count = await BookmarkTreeImporter(
       _service,
-    ).import(tree, replace: replace);
+    ).import(tree, replace: replace, onProgress: onProgress);
 
     _notifyChanged();
     return count;

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/presentation/dialogs/import_progress_dialog.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Fabian Freund.
+ *
+ * This file is part of WebLibre
+ * (see https://weblibre.eu).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/import_bookmark_node.dart';
+
+/// Shows how far a running bookmark import has got.
+///
+/// A large file takes long enough that the app would otherwise look frozen.
+/// The dialog cannot be dismissed: storage work is already under way and there
+/// is no way to call it back, so offering a cancel button would be a lie.
+///
+/// [progress] is driven by the import itself; the dialog closes when the caller
+/// pops it.
+class ImportProgressDialog extends StatelessWidget {
+  final ValueListenable<BookmarkImportProgress> progress;
+
+  const ImportProgressDialog({required this.progress, super.key});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return PopScope(
+      canPop: false,
+      child: AlertDialog(
+        title: const Text('Importing bookmarks'),
+        content: ValueListenableBuilder<BookmarkImportProgress>(
+          valueListenable: progress,
+          builder: (context, value, child) {
+            return Column(
+              mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+              children: [
+                Text(switch (value.phase) {
+                  BookmarkImportPhase.parsing => 'Reading the file…',
+                  BookmarkImportPhase.erasing => 'Removing existing bookmarks…',
+                  BookmarkImportPhase.inserting when value.total > 0 =>
+                    '${value.inserted} of ${value.total} bookmarks',
+                  BookmarkImportPhase.inserting => 'Saving bookmarks…',
+                }),
+                const SizedBox(height: 16.0),
+                LinearProgressIndicator(value: value.fraction),
+              ],
+            );
+          },
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/presentation/screens/bookmark_list.dart

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/domain/repositories/tab.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/bookmark_item.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/bookmark_list_ui_state.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/bookmark_sort_type.dart';
+import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/entities/import_bookmark_node.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/providers/bookmark_list_ui_state.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/providers/bookmarks.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/repositories/bookmarks.dart';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/domain/utils/book
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/presentation/dialogs/delete_bookmark_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/presentation/dialogs/delete_folder_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/presentation/dialogs/import_bookmarks_dialog.dart';
+import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/presentation/dialogs/import_progress_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/presentation/dialogs/select_bookmark_folder_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/utils/bookmark_import_isolate.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/features/tabs/data/entities/tab_mode.dart';
@@ -1086,15 +1088,39 @@ class BookmarkListScreen extends HookConsumerWidget {
       final shouldReplace = await showImportBookmarksDialog(context);
       if (shouldReplace == null) return; // User cancelled dialog
 
-      // Reading and parsing happen in a background isolate, so a large file
+      if (!context.mounted) return;
-      // does not freeze the UI while it is being processed.
+
-      final count = await ref
+      // Writing tens of thousands of bookmarks takes long enough that the app
-          .read(bookmarksRepositoryProvider.notifier)
+      // would look frozen without something to watch.
-          .importFromFile(
+      final progress = ValueNotifier<BookmarkImportProgress>(
-            path: file.path!,
+        const BookmarkImportProgress(phase: BookmarkImportPhase.parsing),
-            format: format,
+      );
-            replace: shouldReplace,
+
-          );
+      final progressDialog = showDialog<void>(
+        context: context,
+        barrierDismissible: false,
+        builder: (context) => ImportProgressDialog(progress: progress),
+      );
+
+      final int count;
+      try {
+        // Reading and parsing happen in a background isolate, so a large file
+        // does not freeze the UI while it is being processed.
+        count = await ref
+            .read(bookmarksRepositoryProvider.notifier)
+            .importFromFile(
+              path: file.path!,
+              format: format,
+              replace: shouldReplace,
+              onProgress: (value) => progress.value = value,
+            );
+      } finally {
+        if (context.mounted) {
+          Navigator.of(context, rootNavigator: true).pop();
+          await progressDialog;
+        }
+        progress.dispose();
+      }
 
       if (context.mounted) {
         showInfoMessage(context, 'Imported $count bookmarks successfully');

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/utils/bookmark_html_utils.dart

@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ class _PendingItem {
   _PendingItem({required this.url, this.dateAdded, this.lastModified});
 }
 
+/// One level of the document walk: a node and how far through its children the
+/// walk has got.
+class _WalkFrame {
+  final dom.Node node;
+  int index = 0;
+
+  _WalkFrame(this.node);
+}
+
 class _Frame {
   final _ParsedFolder folder;
   int containerNesting = 0;
@@ -148,49 +157,47 @@ class _BookmarkHtmlParser {
     return _buildTree();
   }
 
-  dom.Node? _nextSibling(dom.Node node) {
+  /// Walks the document depth-first, opening each node on the way down and
-    final parent = node.parent;
+  /// closing it on the way back up.
-    if (parent == null) return null;
+  ///
-
+  /// Keeps its own cursor into every level rather than asking a node for its
-    final siblings = parent.nodes;
+  /// next sibling. Locating a sibling means searching the parent's child list,
-    final index = siblings.indexOf(node);
+  /// which is linear, so doing it per step made the walk quadratic in the
-
+  /// number of siblings at a level. A flat bookmark file puts every entry under
-    if (index != -1 && index + 1 < siblings.length) {
+  /// a single list, which turned a 25k-bookmark import into hundreds of
-      return siblings[index + 1];
+  /// millions of comparisons and minutes of parsing.
-    }
-
-    return null;
-  }
-
   void _walkTreeForImport(dom.Node? node) {
     if (node == null) return;
 
-    dom.Node? current = node;
+    final stack = <_WalkFrame>[_WalkFrame(node)];
-    dom.Node? next;
+    _enterNode(node);
 
-    for (;;) {
+    while (stack.isNotEmpty) {
-      if (current?.nodeType == dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+      final frame = stack.last;
-        _openContainer(current! as dom.Element);
+      final children = frame.node.nodes;
-      } else if (current?.nodeType == dom.Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-        _appendText(current!.text ?? '');
-      }
 
-      if ((next = current?.firstChild) != null) {
+      if (frame.index < children.length) {
-        current = next;
+        final child = children[frame.index++];
-        continue;
+        _enterNode(child);
+        stack.add(_WalkFrame(child));
+      } else {
+        _leaveNode(frame.node);
+        stack.removeLast();
       }
+    }
+  }
 
-      for (;;) {
+  void _enterNode(dom.Node node) {
-        if (current?.nodeType == dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+    if (node.nodeType == dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-          _closeContainer(current! as dom.Element);
+      _openContainer(node as dom.Element);
-        }
+    } else if (node.nodeType == dom.Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-        if (current == node) return;
+      _appendText(node.text ?? '');
-        if ((next = _nextSibling(current!)) != null) {
+    }
-          current = next;
+  }
-          break;
+
-        }
+  void _leaveNode(dom.Node node) {
-        current = current.parentNode;
+    if (node.nodeType == dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-      }
+      _closeContainer(node as dom.Element);
     }
   }
 

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/bookmarks/utils/bookmark_importer.dart

@@ -38,10 +38,20 @@ class BookmarkTreeImporter {
   /// first; the root itself is never deleted. A tree that parsed to nothing
   /// erases nothing either, so a malformed or empty file cannot wipe the
   /// user's bookmarks and leave them with an empty library.
-  Future<int> import(ImportBookmarkTree tree, {required bool replace}) async {
+  Future<int> import(
+    ImportBookmarkTree tree, {
+    required bool replace,
+    void Function(BookmarkImportProgress)? onProgress,
+  }) async {
     if (tree.isEmpty) return 0;
 
+    final total = tree.stats.bookmarkCount;
+
     if (replace) {
+      onProgress?.call(
+        const BookmarkImportProgress(phase: BookmarkImportPhase.erasing),
+      );
+
       for (final root in BookmarkRoot.values) {
         if (root != BookmarkRoot.root) {
           await _service.eraseEverything(root);
@@ -51,20 +61,45 @@ class BookmarkTreeImporter {
 
     var importedCount = 0;
 
-    for (final section in tree.sections.entries) {
+    // Native reports progress per insertion, counted from the start of that
-      if (section.value.isEmpty) continue;
+    // call, so completed sections have to be added back on.
-
+    void report(int insertedInSection) {
-      final result = await _service.insertTree(
+      onProgress?.call(
-        section.key,
+        BookmarkImportProgress(
-        section.value.map(toPigeonImportNode).toList(),
+          phase: BookmarkImportPhase.inserting,
+          inserted: importedCount + insertedInSection,
+          total: total,
+        ),
       );
+    }
 
-      importedCount += result.insertedItemCount;
+    if (onProgress != null) {
+      GeckoBookmarksEvents.setUp(_ImportProgressReceiver(report));
+    }
 
-      if (result.failedNodeCount > 0) {
+    try {
-        logger.e(
+      report(0);
-          'Failed to import ${result.failedNodeCount} top-level nodes into ${section.key}',
+
+      for (final section in tree.sections.entries) {
+        if (section.value.isEmpty) continue;
+
+        final result = await _service.insertTree(
+          section.key,
+          section.value.map(toPigeonImportNode).toList(),
         );
+
+        importedCount += result.insertedItemCount;
+        report(0);
+
+        if (result.failedNodeCount > 0) {
+          logger.e(
+            'Failed to import ${result.failedNodeCount} top-level nodes into ${section.key}',
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    } finally {
+      if (onProgress != null) {
+        GeckoBookmarksEvents.setUp(null);
       }
     }
 
@@ -72,6 +107,16 @@ class BookmarkTreeImporter {
   }
 }
 
+class _ImportProgressReceiver extends GeckoBookmarksEvents {
+  _ImportProgressReceiver(this._onProgress);
+
+  final void Function(int insertedItemCount) _onProgress;
+
+  @override
+  void onImportProgress(int insertedItemCount) =>
+      _onProgress(insertedItemCount);
+}
+
 /// Converts a parsed node into the Pigeon transport type.
 ///
 /// Timestamps become milliseconds since epoch, with 0 standing in for "the file

packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/FlutterMozillaComponentsPlugin.kt

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ class FlutterMozillaComponentsPlugin: FlutterPlugin, ActivityAware {
     // The UnifiedPush receiver outlives the Flutter engine; without this it would keep dispatching
     // onto a dead messenger. Failures are still retained on Push.lastError.
     GlobalComponents.pushEvents = null
+    // An import in flight keeps reporting after detach, and would otherwise hold
+    // the old messenger across an engine restart. Progress is advisory, so
+    // dropping the sink only costs the percentage, never the import itself.
+    GlobalComponents.bookmarksEvents = null
   }
 
   override fun onAttachedToActivity(binding: ActivityPluginBinding) {

packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/GlobalComponents.kt

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoAddonEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoEngineSettings
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoAppLinkEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoGestureEvents
+import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoBookmarksEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoHistoryEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoPushEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoSelectionActionEvents
@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ object GlobalComponents {
     // container contextIds but skips Dart relation emits.
     var historyEvents: GeckoHistoryEvents? = null
 
+    // Native -> Dart progress for a running bookmark import. Null whenever no
+    // import is in flight or Flutter is detached; progress is purely advisory,
+    // so a missing sink only means the UI shows no percentage.
+    var bookmarksEvents: GeckoBookmarksEvents? = null
+
     // Native -> Dart UnifiedPush registration lifecycle. Null when push events
     // arrive with no Flutter engine attached (the UnifiedPushReceiver cold-start
     // path), in which case failures are logged natively only.

packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/api/GeckoBookmarksApiImpl.kt

@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ class GeckoBookmarksApiImpl() : GeckoBookmarksApi {
          * during an import. Only visible if an import is interrupted partway.
          */
         private const val SCRATCH_FOLDER_TITLE = "Importing bookmarks…"
+
+        /** Bookmarks written between progress reports. */
+        private const val PROGRESS_STEP = 64L
+
+        /**
+         * Largest subtree handed to storage as a single insertion.
+         *
+         * Bounds how long the import can run without reporting anything. Raise
+         * it for fewer, larger writes; lower it for a smoother progress bar.
+         */
+        private const val BULK_INSERT_THRESHOLD = 1000L
     }
 
     private val components by lazy {
@@ -259,54 +270,233 @@ class GeckoBookmarksApiImpl() : GeckoBookmarksApi {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends [nodes] underneath [parentGuid], handing every top-level folder to
+     * Appends [nodes] underneath [parentGuid].
-     * storage as a single tree insertion.
      *
      * `insertTree` is the only storage call that carries timestamps, and it can
-     * only create a *folder*. Loose top-level items and separators would
+     * only create a *folder*. Loose items and separators would therefore lose
-     * therefore lose their `ADD_DATE` if inserted with `addItem`/`addSeparator`,
+     * their `ADD_DATE` if inserted with `addItem`/`addSeparator`, which have no
-     * which have no timestamp parameters — so they are staged inside a scratch
+     * timestamp parameters — so they pass through a scratch folder instead. See
-     * folder and reparented instead. See [stageLooseNodes].
+     * [insertLooseChunk].
      *
-     * A failing top-level node is counted and skipped rather than aborting the
+     * A failing node is counted and skipped rather than aborting the whole
-     * whole import, matching the per-node importer this replaced. Deliberately
+     * import, matching the per-node importer this replaced. Deliberately does
-     * does not emit `bookmarks.onCreated`: one event per imported node would
+     * not emit `bookmarks.onCreated`: one event per imported node would flood
-     * flood every installed WebExtension.
+     * every installed WebExtension.
      */
     private suspend fun insertImportNodes(
         parentGuid: String,
         nodes: List<BookmarkImportNode>
     ): BookmarkInsertTreeResult {
-        val storage = components.core.bookmarksStorage
+        val state = InsertState(ImportProgressReporter())
+
+        insertChildren(parentGuid, nodes, state)
+
+        state.progress.reportFinal(state.insertedItemCount)
+
+        return BookmarkInsertTreeResult(state.insertedItemCount, state.failedNodeCount)
+    }
+
+    /** Running totals for one import, shared across the recursion. */
+    private class InsertState(val progress: ImportProgressReporter) {
         var insertedItemCount = 0L
         var failedNodeCount = 0L
+    }
 
-        val staged = stageLooseNodes(parentGuid, nodes)
+    /**
+     * Writes [nodes] underneath [parentGuid], in order.
+     *
+     * Folders are written one at a time; runs of consecutive loose nodes are
+     * written in chunks. Every write appends, so walking the nodes strictly in
+     * order reproduces the file's order, and merging into a folder that already
+     * has children leaves those in place.
+     */
+    private suspend fun insertChildren(
+        parentGuid: String,
+        nodes: List<BookmarkImportNode>,
+        state: InsertState
+    ) {
+        var index = 0
 
-        for (node in nodes) {
+        while (index < nodes.size) {
-            // Every branch appends (position = null). Walking the nodes in order
+            if (nodes[index].type == BookmarkNodeType.FOLDER) {
-            // therefore reproduces the file's order, and merging into a folder
+                insertFolder(parentGuid, nodes[index], state).fold(
-            // that already has children leaves those in place.
+                    { count -> state.insertedItemCount += count },
-            val outcome: Result<Long> = when (node.type) {
+                    { state.failedNodeCount += 1 }
-                BookmarkNodeType.FOLDER -> {
+                )
-                    val folder = node.toInsertableFolder(position = null)
+                state.progress.report(state.insertedItemCount)
-                    storage.insertTree(InsertableBookmarkTreeRoot(parentGuid, folder))
+                index++
-                        .map { folder.itemCount() }
+                continue
-                }
-
-                // Already written by stageLooseNodes; only the move is left.
-                else -> staged.reparent(node, parentGuid)
             }
 
-            outcome.fold(
+            // Take the whole run of loose nodes so they keep their place
-                { count -> insertedItemCount += count },
+            // relative to the folders around them.
-                { failedNodeCount += 1 }
+            var end = index
-            )
+            while (end < nodes.size && nodes[end].type != BookmarkNodeType.FOLDER) {
+                end++
+            }
+
+            for (chunk in nodes.subList(index, end).chunked(BULK_INSERT_THRESHOLD.toInt())) {
+                insertLooseChunk(parentGuid, chunk, state)
+            }
+
+            index = end
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a chunk of loose items and separators, then moves them into place.
+     *
+     * `insertTree` is the only call that carries timestamps and it can only
+     * create a folder, so loose nodes are written into a scratch folder and
+     * reparented out of it. Doing that for the whole file at once left the
+     * progress bar at zero for the entire bulk write, so it happens a chunk at
+     * a time and the moves report as they go.
+     */
+    private suspend fun insertLooseChunk(
+        parentGuid: String,
+        chunk: List<BookmarkImportNode>,
+        state: InsertState
+    ) {
+        val storage = components.core.bookmarksStorage
+
+        val staged = ArrayList<BookmarkImportNode>(chunk.size)
+        val insertable = ArrayList<InsertableBookmarkTreeNode>(chunk.size)
+        for (node in chunk) {
+            // Positions come from the surviving order so dropping an unusable
+            // node leaves no gap.
+            val converted = node.toInsertableNode(insertable.size.toUInt())
+            if (converted == null) {
+                state.failedNodeCount += 1
+                continue
+            }
+            insertable.add(converted)
+            staged.add(node)
         }
 
-        staged.discardScratchFolder()
+        if (staged.isEmpty()) return
 
-        return BookmarkInsertTreeResult(insertedItemCount, failedNodeCount)
+        val scratch = InsertableBookmarkTreeNode.Folder(
+            title = SCRATCH_FOLDER_TITLE,
+            dateAddedTimestamp = 0L,
+            lastModifiedTimestamp = 0L,
+            position = null,
+            children = insertable
+        )
+
+        val scratchGuid = storage.insertTree(InsertableBookmarkTreeRoot(parentGuid, scratch))
+            .getOrElse {
+                state.failedNodeCount += staged.size
+                return
+            }
+
+        // Read the assigned guids back in position order, which is the order
+        // the nodes were handed to insertTree.
+        val written = storage.getTree(scratchGuid, false).getOrNull()?.children.orEmpty()
+
+        for ((position, node) in staged.withIndex()) {
+            val guid = written.getOrNull(position)?.guid
+            if (guid == null) {
+                state.failedNodeCount += 1
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // A null field means "leave unchanged"; appending (null position)
+            // keeps the file's order as the caller walks the level.
+            val move = MozillaBookmarkInfo(
+                parentGuid = parentGuid,
+                position = null,
+                title = null,
+                url = null
+            )
+
+            storage.updateNode(guid, move).fold(
+                {
+                    if (node.type == BookmarkNodeType.ITEM) {
+                        state.insertedItemCount += 1
+                    }
+                },
+                { state.failedNodeCount += 1 }
+            )
+
+            state.progress.report(state.insertedItemCount)
+        }
+
+        // Deleting cascades to children, so anything that failed to move is
+        // left behind in a visible folder rather than being silently destroyed.
+        val remaining = storage.getTree(scratchGuid, false).getOrNull()?.children
+        if (remaining.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+            storage.deleteNode(scratchGuid)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes one folder and everything under it.
+     *
+     * Storage inserts a tree as a single indivisible operation with no way to
+     * observe it, so a whole import handed over in one call reports nothing
+     * until it has finished — a bookmark file whose top level is a single
+     * folder, which is what Firefox exports look like, would leave the progress
+     * bar at zero for the entire run.
+     *
+     * Subtrees up to [BULK_INSERT_THRESHOLD] items therefore go in whole, which
+     * is the fast path, while anything larger is split: the folder itself is
+     * created empty — keeping its own timestamps — and its children are written
+     * one level down. That trades some batching for a progress bar that moves.
+     */
+    private suspend fun insertFolder(
+        parentGuid: String,
+        node: BookmarkImportNode,
+        state: InsertState
+    ): Result<Long> {
+        val storage = components.core.bookmarksStorage
+        val folder = node.toInsertableFolder(position = null)
+        val itemCount = folder.itemCount()
+
+        if (itemCount <= BULK_INSERT_THRESHOLD) {
+            return storage.insertTree(InsertableBookmarkTreeRoot(parentGuid, folder))
+                .map { itemCount }
+        }
+
+        val shell = folder.copy(children = emptyList())
+        val guid = storage.insertTree(InsertableBookmarkTreeRoot(parentGuid, shell))
+            .getOrElse { return Result.failure(it) }
+
+        insertChildren(guid, node.children, state)
+
+        // The recursion already counted everything it wrote.
+        return Result.success(0L)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Forwards insertion progress to Dart, throttled.
+     *
+     * A flat bookmark file has every entry as a top-level node, so the caller
+     * ticks once per bookmark — tens of thousands of times. Only every
+     * [PROGRESS_STEP]th tick crosses the channel, plus a final exact figure, so
+     * the reporting cannot itself become the bottleneck.
+     */
+    private inner class ImportProgressReporter {
+        private var lastReported = 0L
+
+        fun report(insertedItemCount: Long) {
+            if (insertedItemCount - lastReported < PROGRESS_STEP) return
+            lastReported = insertedItemCount
+            emit(insertedItemCount)
+        }
+
+        fun reportFinal(insertedItemCount: Long) {
+            if (insertedItemCount == lastReported) return
+            lastReported = insertedItemCount
+            emit(insertedItemCount)
+        }
+
+        private fun emit(insertedItemCount: Long) {
+            val events = GlobalComponents.bookmarksEvents ?: return
+            // Pigeon callbacks must be dispatched from the platform thread.
+            coroutineScope.launch {
+                events.onImportProgress(insertedItemCount) {}
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     override fun countBookmarksInTrees(
@@ -323,131 +513,6 @@ class GeckoBookmarksApiImpl() : GeckoBookmarksApi {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Loose top-level nodes written into a scratch folder, waiting to be moved
-     * to their real parent.
-     *
-     * The scratch folder is created under the import destination and holds the
-     * loose nodes in file order; [reparent] hands them out one at a time as the
-     * caller walks the top level, and [discardScratchFolder] removes the folder
-     * once it has been emptied.
-     */
-    private inner class StagedLooseNodes(
-        private val scratchGuid: String?,
-        /** The loose nodes that made it into the scratch folder, in order. */
-        private val staged: List<BookmarkImportNode>,
-        /** Guid assigned to each entry of [staged], by index. */
-        private val guids: List<String>,
-        private val failure: Throwable?
-    ) {
-        private var next = 0
-
-        /**
-         * Moves the next staged node under [parentGuid].
-         *
-         * Reparenting preserves `dateAdded`, which is what bookmark ordering and
-         * "recently added" depend on. It does refresh `lastModified` — the pair
-         * cannot both survive, because the only storage call that accepts
-         * timestamps creates a folder.
-         */
-        suspend fun reparent(node: BookmarkImportNode, parentGuid: String): Result<Long> {
-            failure?.let { return Result.failure(it) }
-
-            // Nodes dropped while converting (an item with no usable url) were
-            // never staged, so the cursor must not advance past them.
-            if (staged.getOrNull(next) !== node) {
-                return Result.failure(
-                    IllegalArgumentException("Unusable bookmark node of type ${node.type}")
-                )
-            }
-
-            val guid = guids.getOrNull(next)
-                ?: return Result.failure(
-                    IllegalStateException("Storage did not report a guid for ${node.type}")
-                )
-            next++
-
-            // A null field means "leave unchanged"; appending (null position)
-            // keeps the file's order as the caller walks the top level.
-            val move = MozillaBookmarkInfo(
-                parentGuid = parentGuid,
-                position = null,
-                title = null,
-                url = null
-            )
-
-            return components.core.bookmarksStorage
-                .updateNode(guid, move)
-                .map { if (node.type == BookmarkNodeType.ITEM) 1L else 0L }
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Deletes the scratch folder, but only once it is empty.
-         *
-         * Deleting cascades to children, so anything that failed to move is left
-         * behind in a visible folder rather than being silently destroyed.
-         */
-        suspend fun discardScratchFolder() {
-            val guid = scratchGuid ?: return
-            val storage = components.core.bookmarksStorage
-
-            val remaining = storage.getTree(guid, false).getOrNull()?.children
-            if (remaining.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-                storage.deleteNode(guid)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes every loose top-level node of [nodes] into a scratch folder under
-     * [parentGuid] in a single tree insertion, so their timestamps survive.
-     *
-     * Returns an empty staging area when the import has no loose top-level
-     * nodes, which is the common case for Firefox exports and costs nothing.
-     */
-    private suspend fun stageLooseNodes(
-        parentGuid: String,
-        nodes: List<BookmarkImportNode>
-    ): StagedLooseNodes {
-        val empty = StagedLooseNodes(null, emptyList(), emptyList(), null)
-
-        val staged = ArrayList<BookmarkImportNode>()
-        val insertable = ArrayList<InsertableBookmarkTreeNode>()
-        for (node in nodes) {
-            if (node.type == BookmarkNodeType.FOLDER) continue
-            val converted = node.toInsertableNode(insertable.size.toUInt()) ?: continue
-            insertable.add(converted)
-            staged.add(node)
-        }
-
-        if (staged.isEmpty()) return empty
-
-        val scratch = InsertableBookmarkTreeNode.Folder(
-            title = SCRATCH_FOLDER_TITLE,
-            dateAddedTimestamp = 0L,
-            lastModifiedTimestamp = 0L,
-            position = null,
-            children = insertable
-        )
-
-        val storage = components.core.bookmarksStorage
-
-        return storage.insertTree(InsertableBookmarkTreeRoot(parentGuid, scratch)).fold(
-            { scratchGuid ->
-                // Read the assigned guids back in position order, which is the
-                // order the nodes were handed to insertTree.
-                val children = storage.getTree(scratchGuid, false).getOrNull()?.children
-                StagedLooseNodes(
-                    scratchGuid = scratchGuid,
-                    staged = staged,
-                    guids = children.orEmpty().map { it.guid },
-                    failure = null
-                )
-            },
-            { error -> StagedLooseNodes(null, staged, emptyList(), error) }
-        )
-    }
-
     private fun BookmarkImportNode.toInsertableFolder(position: UInt?) =
         InsertableBookmarkTreeNode.Folder(
             title = this.title,

packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/api/GeckoBrowserApiImpl.kt

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoPushEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoPwaApi
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoSelectionActionController
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoAppLinkEvents
+import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoBookmarksEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoHistoryEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoSelectionActionEvents
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.pigeons.GeckoSessionApi
@@ -281,6 +282,10 @@ class GeckoBrowserApiImpl : GeckoBrowserApi {
         GlobalComponents.historyEvents =
             GeckoHistoryEvents(_flutterPluginBinding.binaryMessenger)
 
+        // Progress sink for long-running bookmark imports.
+        GlobalComponents.bookmarksEvents =
+            GeckoBookmarksEvents(_flutterPluginBinding.binaryMessenger)
+
         // Availability signal for pending app-link prompts (Flutter-owned prompts).
         GlobalComponents.appLinkEvents =
             GeckoAppLinkEvents(_flutterPluginBinding.binaryMessenger)

packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/pigeons/Gecko.g.kt

@@ -12151,6 +12151,46 @@ interface GeckoFetchApi {
     }
   }
 }
+/**
+ * Native -> Dart progress for a bulk bookmark insertion.
+ *
+ * A large import is a single [GeckoBookmarksApi.insertTree] call that can run
+ * for a long time, so it reports how far along it is rather than leaving the
+ * app with nothing to show. Emission is throttled natively, so this fires
+ * far less often than once per bookmark.
+ *
+ * Generated class from Pigeon that represents Flutter messages that can be called from Kotlin.
+ */
+class GeckoBookmarksEvents(private val binaryMessenger: BinaryMessenger, private val messageChannelSuffix: String = "") {
+  companion object {
+    /** The codec used by GeckoBookmarksEvents. */
+    val codec: MessageCodec<Any?> by lazy {
+      GeckoPigeonCodec()
+    }
+  }
+  /**
+   * [insertedItemCount] is the running number of bookmark items written by the
+   * insertion currently in progress, counted from the start of that one call.
+   * Dart adds the offset of any earlier calls to get an overall figure.
+   */
+  fun onImportProgress(insertedItemCountArg: Long, callback: (Result<Unit>) -> Unit)
+{
+    val separatedMessageChannelSuffix = if (messageChannelSuffix.isNotEmpty()) ".$messageChannelSuffix" else ""
+    val channelName = "dev.flutter.pigeon.flutter_mozilla_components.GeckoBookmarksEvents.onImportProgress$separatedMessageChannelSuffix"
+    val channel = BasicMessageChannel<Any?>(binaryMessenger, channelName, codec)
+    channel.send(listOf(insertedItemCountArg)) {
+      if (it is List<*>) {
+        if (it.size > 1) {
+          callback(Result.failure(FlutterError(it[0] as String, it[1] as String, it[2] as String?)))
+        } else {
+          callback(Result.success(Unit))
+        }
+      } else {
+        callback(Result.failure(GeckoPigeonUtils.createConnectionError(channelName)))
+      } 
+    }
+  }
+}
 /**
  * Controls GeckoView's viewport behavior for dynamic toolbar and keyboard handling.
  *

packages/flutter_mozilla_components/lib/flutter_mozilla_components.dart

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export 'src/pigeons/gecko.g.dart'
         EmailHitResult,
         FrecencyThresholdOption,
         GeckoAppLinkEvents,
+        GeckoBookmarksEvents,
         GeckoDeleteBrowsingDataController,
         GeckoEngineSettings,
         GeckoFetchResponse,

packages/flutter_mozilla_components/pigeons/gecko.dart

@@ -2512,6 +2512,20 @@ class BookmarkInsertTreeResult {
   });
 }
 
+/// Native -> Dart progress for a bulk bookmark insertion.
+///
+/// A large import is a single [GeckoBookmarksApi.insertTree] call that can run
+/// for a long time, so it reports how far along it is rather than leaving the
+/// app with nothing to show. Emission is throttled natively, so this fires
+/// far less often than once per bookmark.
+@FlutterApi()
+abstract class GeckoBookmarksEvents {
+  /// [insertedItemCount] is the running number of bookmark items written by the
+  /// insertion currently in progress, counted from the start of that one call.
+  /// Dart adds the offset of any earlier calls to get an overall figure.
+  void onImportProgress(int insertedItemCount);
+}
+
 /// Class for making alterations to any bookmark node
 class BookmarkInfo {
   final String? parentGuid;