[Bug]: scan library triggers full scan instead of change only #1292

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opened 2026-04-24 23:38:37 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @adispi on GitHub (Jul 27, 2023).

Describe the issue

every time i add a book or change my book folder structure to comply with ABS, triggering a full scan is updating the entire library.
since i have 14K book, each scan is taking 8-10 hours.
can this be returned to what it used to be where a scan only looked for new books only?

Steps to reproduce the issue

  1. add a book or change a folder
  2. go to settings and run scan under library

Audiobookshelf version

2.3.3

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

Originally created by @adispi on GitHub (Jul 27, 2023). ### Describe the issue every time i add a book or change my book folder structure to comply with ABS, triggering a full scan is updating the entire library. since i have 14K book, each scan is taking 8-10 hours. can this be returned to what it used to be where a scan only looked for new books only? ### Steps to reproduce the issue 1. add a book or change a folder 2. go to settings and run scan under library ### Audiobookshelf version 2.3.3 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker
adam added the bug label 2026-04-24 23:38:37 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-24 23:38:38 +02:00
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@wtanksleyjr commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2023):

Is this possibly why when I ran a scan a couple of days ago I got 1400 books re-scanned (i.e. they went from their hand-curated Matched settings to the first-scanned settings based on OPF or folder names)? I very carefully did NOT choose "Force Re-Scan". Fortunately the backups work, no lost data.

@wtanksleyjr commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2023): Is this possibly why when I ran a scan a couple of days ago I got 1400 books re-scanned (i.e. they went from their hand-curated Matched settings to the first-scanned settings based on OPF or folder names)? I very carefully did NOT choose "Force Re-Scan". Fortunately the backups work, no lost data.
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2023):

The scanner was updated in v2.4.2 and this shouldn't be the case. Let me know if this is still an issue on latest

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2023): The scanner was updated in v2.4.2 and this shouldn't be the case. Let me know if this is still an issue on latest
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#1292