Bug 504711

Summary:	Sync Metadata and Database ignores album selection
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Tom Cunningham <twcunningham627>
Component:	Maintenance-Metadata	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.6.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Tom Cunningham 2025-05-23 18:28:05 UTC

SUMMARY
In the Maintenance window, if an album is specified at the top, then Sync Metadata and Database is checked at the bottom, after pressing OK digikam will begin syncing files that are not in the specified album.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Open the Maintenance window under Tools.
2. Under "Common Options" -> "Process items from:", select a single album.
3. At the bottom of the Maintenance window, check "Sync Metadata and Database". Insure no other boxes are checked in the Maintenance window.
4. Press OK.

OBSERVED RESULT
DigiKam begins processing files in random albums, not just the selected one.

EXPECTED RESULT
I expected digiKam to synchronize the metadata only in the specified album with the database.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: Windows 11 Pro 24H2
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-05-23 18:58:53 UTC

This has been reported several times, but I've never been able to reproduce it. Note that we've had a recursive selection for some time now. If it's not disabled first, all sub-albums will also be selected. Also, check to see if you've selected any tags in the tag selector; these images will also be synced.

Maik

Comment 2 Tom Cunningham 2025-05-23 19:22:45 UTC

(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #1)
> This has been reported several times, but I've never been able to reproduce
> it. Note that we've had a recursive selection for some time now. If it's not
> disabled first, all sub-albums will also be selected. Also, check to see if
> you've selected any tags in the tag selector; these images will also be
> synced.
> 
> Maik

I did have the People tag checked, which probably made the process take so long. I unchecked that, and digiKam still says I have 15 tags selected. Where? All the tag boxes are unchecked. I also unchecked "Recursive selection" even though there are no sub-albums in this case. When I check "Sync Metadata and Databases" and press OK, it processes 106 files, none of which are in the album I selected at the top.

Comment 3 Maik Qualmann 2025-05-23 19:34:45 UTC

If it shows that 15 tags are selected, that's definitely the case. Use the Clear Tags button to the far right of the selection box to deselect all selected tags.

Maik

Comment 4 Tom Cunningham 2025-05-24 00:26:36 UTC

That did the trick. I wonder what tags they were since none of the categories were checked? I'm trying to verify that changing the face regions in the metadata will alter the behavior of mousing over a face (e.g. in the case of a duplicate face tag). Even if the extra face region is eliminated, mousing over a face still shows two tags. That's why I thought syncing with the databases might help, but they both still show up.