Bug 493821

Summary:	Unwanted tags Import due to XMP sidecar settings.
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	George Orwell <apprendista.programmatore+digiKam>
Component:	Tags-Engine	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.4.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	8.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description George Orwell 2024-09-29 10:09:57 UTC

SUMMARY
Today I upgraded DigiKam from version 7.3 to 8.4, and when the programam opened, I found that it had created thousands of tags on its own, although I had disabled the feature.
So now I find myself wasting my mornings deleting unnecessary tags.

This problem could be due to the fact that digiKam was not opening quickly, notwithstanding the fact that at the end of the instalation procedure I checked to open it, so I launched it manually, with the result that the two instances opened together, at the same time.


For that matter, the new tags are not even distinct from the others, so I have to scroll through them all, and I can't separate them in bulk.
It would be more useful if they were two separate groups: hand-assigned tags versus automatically assigned tags.


I would also like to point out that the tags are always assigned in English, regardless of the language setting. If they were in the system language they would be more useful!




STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  upgrade digitam
2. check to launch program at end instalaltion
3.  run manually the program (?)
4. unceck autotag and start

OBSERVED RESULT
Thousands of tags were created

EXPECTED RESULT
Quick program opening and no tags created

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 10


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2024-09-29 10:13:51 UTC

Hi,

No. AutoTags feature must be started manually from the maintenance tool.

The tags created in the database are certainly imported from the file metadata whil scanning at startup. These tags have been probably creted by a 3rdparty application.

Best

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 George Orwell 2024-09-29 10:19:10 UTC

(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #1)
> Hi,
> 
> No. AutoTags feature must be started manually from the maintenance tool.

It should be so, yet I found them

> 
> The tags created in the database are certainly imported from the file
> metadata whil scanning at startup. These tags have been probably creted by a
> 3rdparty application.
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier

Before the update, they were not there. what third-party applications should have done this?

Comment 3 Maik Qualmann 2024-09-29 10:27:18 UTC

The behavior is caused by a different sidecar setting (now correct with digiKam-8.4.0) You have created sidecars in 2 formats in the past, depending on the sidecar setting for compatible sidecar names. Now your previous sidecars have probably been scanned. Set the sidecar setting according to the third-party programs you are using (BASINAME.xmp or BASINAME.EXT.xmp). You will have to clean up the tags manually now.

Maik

Comment 4 George Orwell 2024-10-05 13:06:31 UTC

Well, so to speak, after wasting an entire afternoon, I hope at least the problem will be fixed in the next version!

Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2025-03-24 04:35:22 UTC

Following comment 3 from Maik, the XMP sidecar dysfunction is fixed in last digiKam version.