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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion backend/app/database/images.py
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Expand Up @@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ def db_create_images_table() -> None:
if "score" not in {row[1] for row in cursor.fetchall()}:
cursor.execute("ALTER TABLE image_classes ADD COLUMN score REAL")

# isMetadataSynced: whether the file on disk carries the metadata we hold.
# Guarded for the same reason as score -- shipped databases predate it.
cursor.execute("PRAGMA table_info(images)")
if "isMetadataSynced" not in {row[1] for row in cursor.fetchall()}:
cursor.execute(
"ALTER TABLE images ADD COLUMN isMetadataSynced BOOLEAN DEFAULT 0"
)

conn.commit()
conn.close()

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -159,6 +167,9 @@ def db_bulk_insert_images(image_records: List[ImageRecord]) -> bool:
END,
latitude=COALESCE(excluded.latitude, images.latitude),
longitude=COALESCE(excluded.longitude, images.longitude),
-- Only changed files reach this branch, and a file that changed
-- underneath us may no longer carry the metadata we wrote.
isMetadataSynced=0,
-- Not COALESCE: every record here comes from a full re-read of
-- the file, so NULL means "no capture date exists" and has to
-- overwrite a bad one a previous extractor guessed.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -586,7 +597,10 @@ def db_toggle_image_favourite_status(image_id: str) -> bool:
cursor.execute(
"""
UPDATE images
SET isFavourite = CASE WHEN isFavourite = 1 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END
SET isFavourite = CASE WHEN isFavourite = 1 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,
-- The rating in the file no longer matches, so the photo goes
-- back in the queue for the next metadata pass.
isMetadataSynced = 0
WHERE id = ?
""",
(image_id,),
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246 changes: 246 additions & 0 deletions backend/app/database/metadata_sync.py
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"""
Which photos still need their metadata written into the file, and what to write.

The database stays the fast index; the file is what survives PictoPy. These
queries pull together the pieces the packet is built from, none of which live
in one table.
"""

import json
import sqlite3
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, TypedDict

from app.config.settings import DATABASE_PATH
from app.logging.setup_logging import get_logger

logger = get_logger(__name__)

ImageId = str


class SyncCandidate(TypedDict):
"""Everything the packet for one photo is built from."""

id: ImageId
path: str
metadata: Mapping[str, Any]
is_favourite: bool
keywords: List[str]
faces: List[Dict[str, Any]]


def _connect() -> sqlite3.Connection:
conn = sqlite3.connect(DATABASE_PATH)
conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON")
return conn


def _parse_json(raw: Optional[str], fallback: Any) -> Any:
if not raw:
return fallback
try:
return json.loads(raw)
except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
return fallback


def db_get_images_pending_metadata_sync(limit: int = 200) -> List[SyncCandidate]:
"""
Photos whose file does not yet carry what the database knows.

Only tagged photos are returned: writing before the AI pass has run would
put an empty keyword list into the file and need a second write anyway.
"""
conn = _connect()
cursor = conn.cursor()

try:
cursor.execute(
"""
SELECT id, path, metadata, isFavourite
FROM images
WHERE isMetadataSynced = 0 AND isTagged = 1
ORDER BY id
LIMIT ?
""",
(limit,),
)
rows = cursor.fetchall()
if not rows:
return []

candidates: Dict[ImageId, SyncCandidate] = {}
for image_id, path, metadata, is_favourite in rows:
candidates[image_id] = SyncCandidate(
id=image_id,
path=path,
metadata=_parse_json(metadata, {}),
is_favourite=bool(is_favourite),
keywords=[],
faces=[],
)

placeholders = ",".join("?" for _ in candidates)
identifiers = list(candidates)

# Tags come through the display view so the file gets the same labels
# the gallery shows, rather than every low-scoring semantic match.
cursor.execute(
f"""
SELECT d.image_id, m.name
FROM image_classes_display d
JOIN mappings m ON m.class_id = d.class_id
WHERE d.image_id IN ({placeholders})
ORDER BY m.name
""",
identifiers,
)
for image_id, name in cursor.fetchall():
if name:
candidates[image_id]["keywords"].append(name)

# Only named clusters: an unnamed one carries no information a person
# reading the file in another application could use.
cursor.execute(
f"""
SELECT f.image_id, f.bbox, c.cluster_name
FROM faces f
JOIN face_clusters c ON c.cluster_id = f.cluster_id
WHERE f.image_id IN ({placeholders})
AND c.cluster_name IS NOT NULL
AND TRIM(c.cluster_name) != ''
ORDER BY c.cluster_name
""",
identifiers,
)
for image_id, bbox, cluster_name in cursor.fetchall():
box = _parse_json(bbox, None)
if isinstance(box, dict):
candidates[image_id]["faces"].append(
{"name": cluster_name, "bbox": box}
)

return list(candidates.values())
except sqlite3.Error as e:
logger.error(f"Error collecting images pending metadata sync: {e}")
return []
finally:
conn.close()


def db_count_images_pending_metadata_sync() -> int:
"""How many photos are waiting for their file to be brought up to date."""
conn = _connect()
cursor = conn.cursor()

try:
cursor.execute(
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM images WHERE isMetadataSynced = 0 AND isTagged = 1"
)
return cursor.fetchone()[0]
except sqlite3.Error as e:
logger.error(f"Error counting images pending metadata sync: {e}")
return 0
finally:
conn.close()


def db_mark_metadata_synced(written: List[Tuple[ImageId, int, int]]) -> int:
"""
Record that a photo's file now carries its metadata, and how it now looks.

The size and mtime go back into the metadata blob on purpose. Our own write
changes both, and without this the next folder scan would see the file as
user-modified, re-read it, and mark it for another write -- a loop the file
itself keeps feeding.
"""
if not written:
return 0

conn = _connect()
cursor = conn.cursor()

try:
updated = 0
for image_id, file_size, file_mtime in written:
cursor.execute("SELECT metadata FROM images WHERE id = ?", (image_id,))
row = cursor.fetchone()
if row is None:
continue

metadata = _parse_json(row[0], {})
if not isinstance(metadata, dict):
metadata = {}
metadata["file_size"] = file_size
metadata["file_mtime"] = file_mtime

cursor.execute(
"""
UPDATE images
SET isMetadataSynced = 1, metadata = ?
WHERE id = ?
""",
(json.dumps(metadata), image_id),
)
updated += cursor.rowcount

conn.commit()
return updated
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A concurrent metadata change during a pass is lost.

db_get_images_pending_metadata_sync reads the candidates, the writer builds and writes the packet, and then db_mark_metadata_synced sets isMetadataSynced = 1 unconditionally. Any change that clears the flag between the read and the mark is overwritten. Example: the user toggles a favourite while the pass runs. db_toggle_image_favourite_status sets isMetadataSynced = 0, then this function sets it back to 1. The file keeps the old rating, and no later pass picks the photo up until another edit happens.

Guard the update with the state observed at read time. A monotonic revision column is one option; a simpler one is to record the flag-clearing timestamp and only mark synced when it has not moved.

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In `@backend/app/database/metadata_sync.py` around lines 148 - 188, Update
db_mark_metadata_synced to conditionally mark each image synced only if its
metadata-sync state has not changed since db_get_images_pending_metadata_sync
observed it, using the existing flag-clearing timestamp or another read-time
revision guard. Ensure concurrent changes such as
db_toggle_image_favourite_status remain isMetadataSynced = 0, while unchanged
rows retain the current metadata and updated-count behavior.

except sqlite3.Error as e:
logger.error(f"Error marking metadata synced: {e}")
conn.rollback()
return 0
finally:
conn.close()


def db_mark_metadata_dirty(image_ids: List[ImageId]) -> int:
"""Flag photos whose file no longer matches what the database holds."""
if not image_ids:
return 0

conn = _connect()
cursor = conn.cursor()

try:
placeholders = ",".join("?" for _ in image_ids)
cursor.execute(
f"UPDATE images SET isMetadataSynced = 0 WHERE id IN ({placeholders})",
image_ids,
)
conn.commit()
return cursor.rowcount
except sqlite3.Error as e:
logger.error(f"Error marking metadata dirty: {e}")
conn.rollback()
return 0
finally:
conn.close()


def db_mark_metadata_dirty_for_cluster(cluster_id: str) -> int:
"""
Flag every photo showing a given person.

Renaming a cluster changes one row but invalidates the region name written
into every file that person appears in.
"""
conn = _connect()
cursor = conn.cursor()

try:
cursor.execute(
"""
UPDATE images SET isMetadataSynced = 0
WHERE id IN (SELECT image_id FROM faces WHERE cluster_id = ?)
""",
(cluster_id,),
)
conn.commit()
return cursor.rowcount
except sqlite3.Error as e:
logger.error(f"Error marking cluster {cluster_id} dirty: {e}")
conn.rollback()
return 0
finally:
conn.close()
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