Bug 501907 - `No active process` is misleading
Summary: `No active process` is misleading
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Database-Engine (show other bugs)
Version: 8.6.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-03-23 13:29 UTC by korwin
Modified: 2025-03-23 15:44 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 8.7.0
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Process Monitor 4.01 Log Screenshot (218.47 KB, image/png)
2025-03-23 13:29 UTC, korwin
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Description korwin 2025-03-23 13:29:13 UTC
Created attachment 179672 [details]
Process Monitor 4.01 Log Screenshot

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

I don't know what exactly needs to be done to reproduce this behavior, but I have been observing this behavior for three days now and I tend to think that this is normal behavior of the application.

OBSERVED RESULT

The status bar shows "No active process", which is clearly not true. The Windows process manager shows that digiKam, in which I have not been doing anything for several hours, is constantly actively working with the disk on which the application database is located. Process Monitor 4.01 shows a constant active stream of requests to digikam4.db, mainly for reading.

EXPECTED RESULT

If an app is doing something, I would prefer it to notify what it is doing and how long it plans to do it (ETA). If an app says "No active process", then it should not be actively doing anything, be it scanning files, writing tags to files, or optimizing a database.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045.5608 (22H2)
KDE Frameworks: 6.10.0
Qt: Using 6.8.1 and built against 6.8.1
Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-llp64
Kernel: winnt 10.0.19045

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

At first glance, this is not #301503, #375883 and #402807.
Comment 1 korwin 2025-03-23 13:31:16 UTC
Process Monitor 4.01 Log Item Screenshot.png — https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LB8oetMhHVs8cErWQWXBWUj_gKpW_jmv/view
Comment 2 korwin 2025-03-23 13:33:49 UTC
PS. There are no folders on the database disk that have been added to the application's Albums.
Comment 3 Maik Qualmann 2025-03-23 15:44:48 UTC
Missing thumbnails are probably still being created. This is a background process and will not be displayed.
If you want to know what digiKam is currently doing, create a DebugView log as described here for Windows:

https://www.digikam.org/contribute/#windows-host

Maik