Bug 511761

Summary:	face recognition launched when one face confirmed
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Petr Schonmann <pschonmann>
Component:	Faces-Workflow	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.8.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mint (Ubuntu based)
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	9.0.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Petr Schonmann 2025-11-07 11:05:28 UTC

SUMMARY
when you click on confirm button in people tab, face detection is running

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Click on face and accept it
2. Face detection run in background automatically
3. When youre stil clicking, when 100% is reached, faces detection is run again

OBSERVED RESULT

Eating resources when i dont need to do face detection

EXPECTED RESULT
Do that only on demand when i click on Scan for faces

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
digiKam: 8.8.0
KDE Frameworks: 6.17.0
Qt: Using 6.9.1 and built against 6.9.1
Linux Mint 22.2 (Xcb)
Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
Kernel: linux 6.14.0-1015-oem

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-11-07 11:28:14 UTC

This is not a bug, but a feature. The face recognition process running in the background can be disabled in the digiKam settings.

https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/miscs_settings.html#behavior-settings

Maik