Bug 515615 - Face recognition has stopped working.
Summary: Face recognition has stopped working.
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Faces-Detection (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 8.8.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2026-02-06 13:25 UTC by Kerry
Modified: 2026-02-07 06:13 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 9.0.0
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments
1 - selected known confirmed recognized person 2- same person in unknown 3- nothing in my Unconfirmed (188.85 KB, image/jpeg)
2026-02-06 13:25 UTC, Kerry
Details

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Description Kerry 2026-02-06 13:25:47 UTC
Created attachment 189274 [details]
1 - selected known confirmed recognized person 2- same person in unknown 3- nothing in my Unconfirmed

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SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Run Face Engine Management - Rebuild all training data
2.  Have many recognized faces and many matching unrecognized faces
3. Run Scan for Faces with accuracy as low as 3

OBSERVED RESULT
Get zero faces found. It actually says that in a popup at the top, and there are no faces in Unconfirmed

EXPECTED RESULT
It should find my hundreds of clear easily seen matching faces

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:  11
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Have worked on this for days. It worked so well at first now it doesn't work at all.
Comment 1 Kerry 2026-02-06 13:26:36 UTC
Have rebuilt database and training data, still no new facse detected
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2026-02-06 14:38:28 UTC
Please capture the trace from DebugView as explained here :

https://www.digikam.org/contribute/#windows-host
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2026-02-07 06:13:57 UTC
I believe the issue with either with my antivirus or windows permissions. It seems to be working now. TY