Indexing: Files added using Finder are not showing in the indexed DB group

Ok, will post later.

I may have another issue. When I do File | Index Files and Folders the PNG files are not being caught by the Smart Rule above. However when I copy in the same PNG files (renamed) using Finder the rule is triggered and files marked as Locked. Will confirm in report.

Notes:

  • Indexed of folders (File | Index Files and Folders) done at top-level directly directly under the Database. This was always successful - expected files were added to DT UI and the Lock Indexed Files smart rule successfully applied.
  • Created a new test folder ‘BugReport’ which has only TWO files: PNG.png (smart rule pic) and TXT.txt (just a MD5 hash). The FOUR files copied via Finder are renamed duplicates of these and also a new TXT and PNG file.
  • After every test cycle:
    – DT | File Move To Trash and Empty Trash (Only in DB)
    – Deleted BugReport folder in Finder
  • I tried Update Indexed Items whenever the DT became out-of-sync but it had no effect.

Test Steps:
Index BugReport test folder and copy files using Finder into that folder:
a. do all files show up in DT?
b. does smart rules fire for all files?

Results:
For reference, using existing Database-1 and Downloads folder:

[1] Downloads/BugReport
	a: Y
	b: N, 2 triggers for TXT files but none for PNG files

[2] Downloads/BugReport  >> repeat of [1]
	a: N, no new files show 
	b: N, 2 triggers for TXT files but none for PNG files

[3] Downloads/BugReportXXX  >> renamed test folder 
	a: Y 
	b: N, 2 triggers for TXT files but none for PNG files

[4] Downloads/BugReportXXX. >> repeat of [3] 
	a: N, no new files show
	b: N, 2 triggers for PNG but not for TXT files (unusual flip in triggering)

Using new empty Database and new TMP folder (/Users//TMP):

[5] TMP/BugReport
	a: Y
	b: N, 2 triggers for TXT files but none for PNG files

[6] TMP/BugReport  >> repeat of [5]
	a: N, no new files show
	b: N, 2 triggers for TXT files but none for PNG files

[7] TMP/BugReportXXX  >> renamed test folder 
	a: Y
	b: N, 2 triggers for TXT files but none for PNG files

[8] TMP/BugReportXXX  >> repeat of [7]
	a: N, no new files show
	b: N, 2 triggers for TXT files but none for PNG files
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Thanks for the instructions, I’ll try to reproduce this.

I was able to reproduce the issue, it’s caused by the smart rule’s alert which blocks the actions of images indexed/imported in the background. The next release will fix this.

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Nice work, thanks.