Krita won't stop creating new layers (ex.: 100-400 layers)

[Takiro]

This was reported a few times but it doesn’t seem to be an issue caused by Krita even though it manifests itself there. We were always able to find other software to be the culprit or it being a hardware issue (keyboard broken, it stopped happening when unplugged). The fact that some of your keyboard’s buttons don’t work sounds like it’s an issue with the keyboard. As a workaround you could try to unbind the ‘insert’ key in Krita’s shortcut settings. That’s the default keyboard shortcut set to ‘add paint layer’.

Here are a few examples

The app keeps adding layer on its own

Just to check, does the Insert (Ins) key add a new paint layer? You may have to wait until it’s stopped adding new layers to try that. For your XP-Pen tablet, check with the XP-Pen website to see if you have the latest driver installed. If you haven’t, uninstall the current driver, restart your PC then download and install the latest driver, following any detailed instructions in the manual, then restart your PC. In your XP-Pen setup utility, have you created an application profile for krita? …

Keeps adding layers on its own

If it’s still happening even when keyboard and such is unplugged, It has to be another application, perhaps something like AutoHotkey or another automation tool. I remember a similar case where the culprit was Wee-Chat or how it’s called. It turned out the surveillance that was built into that software was causing this and when the Chat app wasn’t running Krita was fine. I also suspected a faulty plug-in or something but Krita doesn’t normally pause just because it’s not having focus, it would…

I assume the insertion of layers stops when Krita doesn’t have focus? This indicates that it gets the signal from something outside.

@VT_is_VT

and when i finally came back the problem had magically soulved itself.

This could also mean that the application that was interfering with Krita was just not running at the time. You could try stopping other programs running on your system until it stops happening. Possibly it’s one of these applications that automatically start when you start your computer. Some trashy antivirus, suspicious chat software, a windows “enhancement” software (CC-cleaner or similar scare-ware) or one of those bloatware applications that the manufacturer preinstall on the laptop before you buy it. Make sure they’re actually turned off, not just minified to a tray icon or something.

Also where did you get your Krita installation from?