Bug 503296

Summary: Create restart option
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: HubMiner <cal030>
Component: Usability-MenusAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 8.6.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 8.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description HubMiner 2025-04-24 16:24:43 UTC 
SUMMARY
Please consider creating a menu item to allow to restart the app.  

This would allow to do multiple things in a single shortcut:
* sync pending/lazy metadata
* flush any memory bugs
* refresh file updates from disk

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
* Tools|Settings - Restart (or a shortcut)

EXPECTED RESULT
* Pending metadata is saved
* Digikam and other sub-processes are closed.
* Digikam is reopened
* Files updated are ingested
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-04-25 19:33:07 UTC 
Sorry, this is nonsense. Lazy Sync has a tool button in the status bar for immediate synchronization. Under the Extras menu, you'll find the entry "Check for new entries." This is the same as the scan at startup.

Normally, digiKam doesn't have any memory leaks; we're currently investigating the OpenCL issue. The increased memory usage you've observed in digiKam is the image cache, which can be 1GB or more depending on the system. However, this is a cache memory that isn't lost; it's constantly being used. I'll close this request.

Maik