Tag writing to file metadata is still kinda broken! Deleted tags return on "Import tags from file metadata".

[bikram-agarwal]

Describe the bug After using the version 1.0.21, it looked like the tag editing is working as I would expect it to - as soon as a tag is added or removed from a picture in OneFolder, it gets written in the file metadata. I removed a bunch of tags from a bunch of pictures and also deleted those tags from the sidebar in OneFolder. I verified in Windows Explorer that those tags were indeed removed from those files' metadata. Yayy!

When I was done doing that, I went to the root directory of my Pictures folder in OneFolder and did a "Import tags from file metadata". And that undid everything that I just did! All the deleted tags were back in the sidebar and those were again added back to the pictures I deleted those tags from! I verified in Windows Explorer that those tags were indeed added back to those files' metadata. 😭

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Have a folder of tagged pictures opened in OneFolder.
2. Select each of those pictures, press T and deleted all the tags from all those pictures.
3. Verify in Windows Explorer that tags are deleted from those pictures.
4. Return to the folder in OneFolder, press S to open settings, go to Import/Export, click "Import tags from file metadata".
5. See the deleted tags return in the sidebar and pictures.

Expected behavior Tag changes should remain consistent. After I make any tag change in any picture, doing "Import tags from file metadata" should not undo that change.

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OneFolder version 1.0.21

Desktop OS Windows 11 Pro

[Antoine-lb]

Hello @bagarwa

I released v1.0.23 addressing this issue, would you mind testing on your end to see if the problem is fixed?

[bikram-agarwal]

I'm at 1.0.24 now. Got a whole bunch of "Failed to sync tags for " error during the sync. And the sync itself ran very slow. What took 5-10 mins yesterday, took 40 mins today!! And my laptop fans were spinning like crazy. I checked in task manager that the app was using 50% cpu and almost 1 GB of RAM.

After the sync finished, all the deleted tags are back in the OneFolder sidebar. And all those deleted tags are added back to the photos.

[Antoine-lb]

Sorry about that, I was working on something in the background and it messed-up that release. Can you try again this time with v1.1.0?

[bikram-agarwal]

Sadly same issue with 1.1.0 I re-indexed the whole library with "import metadata from files" enabled. All the deleted tags are now back. Example of 2 of such deleted tags -

I then select the images with those two tags I want to delete. I remove those tags from those images, and then delete those tags from OneFolder sidebar.

Then I press S to open settings, go to Import/Export, and click "export tags to file metadata". Good so far. Then I click "Import tags from file metadata". And then all the deleted tags are back in OneFolder and Windows Explorer. i.e. back to condition as seen in the first screenshot.