Bug 514683

Summary:	Task's staying open and accumulating after closing
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	ko-lars
Component:	Metadata-ExifTool	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles, ko-lars
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.8.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description ko-lars 2026-01-16 09:13:13 UTC

SUMMARY
When opening digiKam, performing any operation, and closing it again, the "Advanced digital photo management application" process stays running. 
It keeps on using the CPU (about 12% on my machine) and consumes about 600 MB of memory.
The process keeps running indefinitely until manually terminated.
When opening and closing digiKam again, another process opens and stays active, also using system resources. The processes continue to accumulate until all system resources are used up by them.

The "ExifTool Perl launcher" Prozess also accumulates this way, although not using as many resources

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open digiKam
2. Perform any action
3. Close digiKam

OBSERVED RESULT
"Advanced digital photo management application" process stays active in taskmanager, using up resources

EXPECTED RESULT
"Advanced digital photo management application" process closes with the main digiKam Window.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
digiKam: 8.8.0
KDE Frameworks: 6.17.0
Qt: Using 6.9.1 and built against 6.9.1
Windows 11 Version 25H2
Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-llp64
Kernel: winnt 10.0.26200

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2026-01-18 13:00:23 UTC

Git commit e6b5b59afc88359787c4dbdd273f8ecac45cf80c by Maik Qualmann.
Committed on 18/01/2026 at 12:58.
Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'.

faster exit from item scanning process
Related: bug 514764
FIXED-IN: 9.0.0

M  +1    -1    NEWS
M  +10   -0    core/libs/database/collection/collectionscanner_scan.cpp
M  +5    -1    core/libs/database/collection/collectionscanner_utils.cpp
M  +6    -5    core/libs/database/utils/scan/scancontroller_stop.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/e6b5b59afc88359787c4dbdd273f8ecac45cf80c