SUMMARY On changes to a large number of files the write to images often hangs. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Select about 50,000 files to change. 2. Make a change to tags or flags to all images. 3. Wait - Eventually the update hangs. OBSERVED RESULT Disk access for Digikam drops to 0 and stays there. Database is Locked. From DebugView [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 20.734068 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 15.382769 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 12.569241 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.816855 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 12.904633 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 13.113627 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.868454 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 13.949714 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.155368 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.176977 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 15.175094 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.104283 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 12.695813 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.191173 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 16.973879 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 19.092281 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 18.293108 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 19.844017 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 19.927877 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] qt.sql.qsqldatabase: QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection 'digikamDatabase-1841205819600' is still in use, all queries will cease to work. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 19.075489 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 18.478268 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 18.406582 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 18.193151 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] qt.sql.qsqldatabase: QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection 'digikamDatabase-1840611760384' is still in use, all queries will cease to work. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 18.082479 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 18.660694 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 18.197622 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 15.426751 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.910387 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.837228 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.684171 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.373199 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.526125 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 14.631773 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 48.468849 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 28.621426 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 17.987837 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 13.979918 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.510747 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 15.592215 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.654231 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.871747 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.167312 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.033707 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.451384 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.264237 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.269580 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.647470 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.060568 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.459787 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.172527 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.333244 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 11.380231 [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.790682 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. [1272] qt.sql.qsqldatabase: QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection 'digikamDatabase-1841514505680' is still in use, all queries will cease to work. [13752] Performance Counter v2 temp = 10.467017 [1272] digikam.dbengine: Detected locked database file. There is an active transaction. Waited but giving up now. Similar repeats forever. Only fix is to reboot the computer. The update to files has permanently hung. EXPECTED RESULT No hangs. And since I have WAL mode set on the database, a recovery would be nice. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: 11 Home 24H2 Digikam: Build Date: 7/17/2025 5:01 PM Build Target: RelWithDebInfo Build Architecture: x86_64 Git Revision: 6c1...3306 Git Branch: master ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Has the log been edited? I'd like to see more. If just rebooting the computer helps, I'd see the error outside of digiKam. Check your hard drives. Maik
@jm7, Do you seen the last message from Maik ? Anyway, the digiKam 8.8.0 pre-release Windows installer is updated from Qt framework 6.8.3 to 6.9.0. I removed the NVIDIA drivers from this bundle. The file is available at this place: https://files.kde.org/digikam/ Please test give us a feedback to see if the dysfunction still reproducible. Best regards Gilles Caulier
jm7@acm.org Any feedback here ? Gilles Caulier