Bug 514047

Summary:	No face recognition when albums are permanently monitored?
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Andy <zunar>
Component:	Faces-Detection	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	minor	CC:	metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	9.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	9.0.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Andy 2026-01-01 17:19:58 UTC

Hi!

Face recognition doesn't seem to work when albums are permanently monitored and my scanned photos are added.

Settings -> Collections -> Monitor albums to detect changes outside of digiKam. -> enabled

Settings -> Miscellaneous -> Behavior -> Detect faces in newly added images. -> enabled

At least, that's the behavior I'm experiencing.

Regards
Andy

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2026-01-01 17:25:20 UTC

This function is only executed once at startup, not while digiKam is running and new images are being added. This is intentional; for performance reasons, it cannot be done any other way.

Maik

Comment 2 Andy 2026-01-01 17:29:19 UTC

Okay!

Then I'll start the face recognition manually.

Andy

Comment 3 Andy 2026-01-04 18:32:39 UTC

Hi!

I've deactivated permanent album monitoring.

Since I've only just noticed that faces aren't being recognized, I now have to rework the photos from the last 10 months.

I'll copy all the new photos to the correct location, just like I did before. And once that's done, I'll start digiKam with face recognition enabled on startup.

Would it make sense to add "only on program startup" to the option in parentheses in Settings > Miscellaneous -> Behavior?

Regards
Andy

Comment 4 Andy 2026-01-04 18:35:45 UTC

Ugh. Even photos in 2024, because I recently cleaned up my wife's and my smartphones and moved the photos to the PC.