Bug 511761 - face recognition launched when one face confirmed
Summary: face recognition launched when one face confirmed
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Faces-Workflow (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 8.8.0
Platform: Mint (Ubuntu based) Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2025-11-07 11:05 UTC by Petr Schonmann
Modified: 2025-12-25 10:54 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Version Fixed/Implemented In: 9.0.0
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Description Petr Schonmann 2025-11-07 11:05:28 UTC 
SUMMARY
when you click on confirm button in people tab, face detection is running

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Click on face and accept it
2. Face detection run in background automatically
3. When youre stil clicking, when 100% is reached, faces detection is run again

OBSERVED RESULT

Eating resources when i dont need to do face detection

EXPECTED RESULT
Do that only on demand when i click on Scan for faces

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
digiKam: 8.8.0
KDE Frameworks: 6.17.0
Qt: Using 6.9.1 and built against 6.9.1
Linux Mint 22.2 (Xcb)
Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
Kernel: linux 6.14.0-1015-oem

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-11-07 11:28:14 UTC 
This is not a bug, but a feature. The face recognition process running in the background can be disabled in the digiKam settings.

https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/miscs_settings.html#behavior-settings

Maik