Bug 511246 - ffmpegthumbs can temporarily show the thumbnail of a deleted file if a new file has the same name
Summary: ffmpegthumbs can temporarily show the thumbnail of a deleted file if a new fi...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: ffmpegthumbs
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.2
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR minor (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs
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Keywords: privacy
Depends on:
Blocks: 522957
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Reported: 2025-10-28 00:02 UTC by Fernando Marcelino Muniz
Modified: 2026-07-15 06:50 UTC (History)
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Reproducing the issue. (780.39 KB, video/x-matroska)
2025-10-28 08:20 UTC, Fernando Marcelino Muniz 		Details
Issue in Dolphin (232.69 KB, video/x-matroska)
2026-04-17 00:55 UTC, Fernando Marcelino Muniz 		Details
Issue in Dolphin 26.04.3 (810.77 KB, image/png)
2026-07-08 05:09 UTC, Fernando Marcelino Muniz 		Details
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Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-10-28 00:02:43 UTC 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Render a video with Kdenlive with the default name.
2. Delete that video.
3. Render a video with Kdenlive with the default name.

OBSERVED RESULT
/home shows the Videos folder with the thumbnail of the previous file.

EXPECTED RESULT
Delete the thumbnail the moment the file is deleted.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.5-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6
Comment 1 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-10-28 08:20:35 UTC 
Created attachment 186250 [details]
Reproducing the issue.
Comment 2 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2026-03-07 20:10:56 UTC 
I'm still seeing this issue every single time I render a video with its default name in .mp4

Might be related to Bug 497259
Comment 3 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2026-04-17 00:55:03 UTC 
Created attachment 191565 [details]
Issue in Dolphin

Recorded the thumb of a removed video for a brief moment.
Comment 4 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2026-07-08 05:09:49 UTC 
Created attachment 194115 [details]
Issue in Dolphin 26.04.3

The easiest way of reproducing this is by rendering videos with Kdenlive with its default name in its default path.