Bug 2090880

Summary:	Loading all photos take too long
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Luya Tshimbalanga <luya_tfz>
Component:	gnome-photos	Assignee:	GNOME SIG Unassigned <gnome-sig>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	36	CC:	aday, debarshir, gnome-sig, pranav913
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Description Luya Tshimbalanga 2022-05-26 19:31:37 UTC

Description of problem:
When used as main photo manager, loading a large number of photos take too long and sometime ended up crashing GNOME Photos. Possible issue related to tracker3

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
42.0-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open GNOME Photos and wait for the pictures to load
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Actual results:
GNOME Photos is still loading pictures at slow pace and crashed in midway.

Expected results:
All photos should be loaded at decent speed.

Additional info:
The problem may relate to tracker3 when it comes to a large number of photos (over thousand)

Comment 1 Allan Day 2022-06-06 09:17:23 UTC

The crash is probably the most serious issue to tackle first. A backtrace or error message will likely be needed.

Either way, it would be best to have this report upstream rather than in RH Bugzilla: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-photos/-/issues