added Assets Autoscan feature

app/api/schemas_out.py

@@ -92,17 +92,25 @@ class TagsRemove(BaseModel):
     total_tags: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
 
+class AssetScanError(BaseModel):
+    path: str
+    message: str
+    phase: Literal["fast", "slow"]
+    at: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="ISO timestamp")
+
+
 class AssetScanStatus(BaseModel):
     scan_id: str
-    root: Literal["models","input","output"]
+    root: Literal["models", "input", "output"]
-    status: Literal["scheduled","running","completed","failed","cancelled"]
+    status: Literal["scheduled", "running", "completed", "failed", "cancelled"]
     scheduled_at: Optional[str] = None
     started_at: Optional[str] = None
     finished_at: Optional[str] = None
     discovered: int = 0
     processed: int = 0
-    errors: int = 0
+    slow_queue_total: int = 0
-    last_error: Optional[str] = None
+    slow_queue_finished: int = 0
+    file_errors: list[AssetScanError] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
 
 class AssetScanStatusResponse(BaseModel):

app/assets_manager.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async def asset_exists(*, asset_hash: str) -> bool:
 
 
 def populate_db_with_asset(file_path: str, tags: Optional[list[str]] = None) -> None:
-    if not args.disable_model_processing:
+    if not args.enable_model_processing:
         if tags is None:
             tags = []
         try:

app/assets_scanner.py

@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@ import uuid
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import Literal, Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Callable, Literal, Optional, Sequence
 
 import folder_paths
 
 from . import assets_manager
 from .api import schemas_out
 from ._assets_helpers import get_comfy_models_folders
+from .database.db import create_session
+from .database.services import check_fs_asset_exists_quick
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 RootType = Literal["models", "input", "output"]
 ALLOWED_ROOTS: tuple[RootType, ...] = ("models", "input", "output")
 
-# We run at most one scan per root; overall max parallelism is therefore 3
+SLOW_HASH_CONCURRENCY = 1
-# We also bound per-scan ingestion concurrency to avoid swamping threads/DB
-DEFAULT_PER_SCAN_CONCURRENCY = 1
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -34,15 +34,25 @@ class ScanProgress:
 
     discovered: int = 0
     processed: int = 0
-    errors: int = 0
+    slow_queue_total: int = 0
-    last_error: Optional[str] = None
+    slow_queue_finished: int = 0
+    file_errors: list[dict] = field(default_factory=list)  # {"path","message","phase","at"}
 
-    # Optional details for diagnostics (e.g., files per bucket)
+    # Internal diagnostics for logs
-    details: dict[str, int] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    _fast_total_seen: int = 0
+    _fast_clean: int = 0
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SlowQueueState:
+    queue: asyncio.Queue
+    workers: list[asyncio.Task] = field(default_factory=list)
+    closed: bool = False
 
 
 RUNNING_TASKS: dict[RootType, asyncio.Task] = {}
 PROGRESS_BY_ROOT: dict[RootType, ScanProgress] = {}
+SLOW_STATE_BY_ROOT: dict[RootType, SlowQueueState] = {}
 
 
 def _new_scan_id(root: RootType) -> str:
@@ -50,23 +60,13 @@ def _new_scan_id(root: RootType) -> str:
 
 
 def current_statuses() -> schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse:
-    return schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse(
+    scans = []
-        scans=[
+    for root in ALLOWED_ROOTS:
-            schemas_out.AssetScanStatus(
+        prog = PROGRESS_BY_ROOT.get(root)
-                scan_id=s.scan_id,
+        if not prog:
-                root=s.root,
+            continue
-                status=s.status,
+        scans.append(_scan_progress_to_scan_status_model(prog))
-                scheduled_at=_ts_to_iso(s.scheduled_at),
+    return schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse(scans=scans)
-                started_at=_ts_to_iso(s.started_at),
-                finished_at=_ts_to_iso(s.finished_at),
-                discovered=s.discovered,
-                processed=s.processed,
-                errors=s.errors,
-                last_error=s.last_error,
-            )
-            for s in [PROGRESS_BY_ROOT[r] for r in ALLOWED_ROOTS if r in PROGRESS_BY_ROOT]
-        ]
-    )
 
 
 async def schedule_scans(roots: Sequence[str]) -> schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse:
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ async def schedule_scans(roots: Sequence[str]) -> schemas_out.AssetScanStatusRes
     normalized: list[RootType] = []
     seen = set()
     for r in roots or []:
-        if not isinstance(r, str):
-            continue
         rr = r.strip().lower()
         if rr in ALLOWED_ROOTS and rr not in seen:
             normalized.append(rr)  # type: ignore
@@ -98,142 +96,311 @@ async def schedule_scans(roots: Sequence[str]) -> schemas_out.AssetScanStatusRes
 
         prog = ScanProgress(scan_id=_new_scan_id(root), root=root, status="scheduled")
         PROGRESS_BY_ROOT[root] = prog
-
+        SLOW_STATE_BY_ROOT[root] = SlowQueueState(queue=asyncio.Queue())
-        task = asyncio.create_task(_run_scan_for_root(root, prog), name=f"asset-scan:{root}")
+        RUNNING_TASKS[root] = asyncio.create_task(
-        RUNNING_TASKS[root] = task
+            _pipeline_for_root(root, prog, progress_cb=None),
+            name=f"asset-scan:{root}",
+        )
         results.append(prog)
-
+    return _status_response_for(results)
-    return schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse(
-        scans=[
-            schemas_out.AssetScanStatus(
-                scan_id=s.scan_id,
-                root=s.root,
-                status=s.status,
-                scheduled_at=_ts_to_iso(s.scheduled_at),
-                started_at=_ts_to_iso(s.started_at),
-                finished_at=_ts_to_iso(s.finished_at),
-                discovered=s.discovered,
-                processed=s.processed,
-                errors=s.errors,
-                last_error=s.last_error,
-            )
-            for s in results
-        ]
-    )
 
 
-async def _run_scan_for_root(root: RootType, prog: ScanProgress) -> None:
+async def fast_reconcile_and_kickoff(
-    prog.started_at = time.time()
+    roots: Sequence[str] | None = None,
+    *,
+    progress_cb: Optional[Callable[[dict], None]] = None,
+) -> schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse:
+    """
+    Startup helper: do the fast pass now (so we know queue size),
+    start slow hashing in the background, return immediately.
+    """
+    normalized = [*ALLOWED_ROOTS] if not roots else [r for r in roots if r in ALLOWED_ROOTS]
+    snaps: list[ScanProgress] = []
+
+    for root in normalized:
+        if root in RUNNING_TASKS and not RUNNING_TASKS[root].done():
+            snaps.append(PROGRESS_BY_ROOT[root])
+            continue
+
+        prog = ScanProgress(scan_id=_new_scan_id(root), root=root, status="scheduled")
+        PROGRESS_BY_ROOT[root] = prog
+        state = SlowQueueState(queue=asyncio.Queue())
+        SLOW_STATE_BY_ROOT[root] = state
+
         prog.status = "running"
+        prog.started_at = time.time()
         try:
-        if root == "models":
+            await _fast_reconcile_into_queue(root, prog, state, progress_cb=progress_cb)
-            await _scan_models(prog)
+        except Exception as e:
-        elif root == "input":
+            _append_error(prog, phase="fast", path="", message=str(e))
-            base = folder_paths.get_input_directory()
+            prog.status = "failed"
-            await _scan_directory_tree(base, root, prog)
+            prog.finished_at = time.time()
-        elif root == "output":
+            LOGGER.exception("Fast reconcile failed for %s", root)
-            base = folder_paths.get_output_directory()
+            snaps.append(prog)
-            await _scan_directory_tree(base, root, prog)
+            continue
-        else:
+
-            raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported root: {root}")
+        _start_slow_workers(root, prog, state, progress_cb=progress_cb)
-        prog.status = "completed"
+        RUNNING_TASKS[root] = asyncio.create_task(
+            _await_workers_then_finish(root, prog, state, progress_cb=progress_cb),
+            name=f"asset-hash:{root}",
+        )
+        snaps.append(prog)
+    return _status_response_for(snaps)
+
+
+def _status_response_for(progresses: list[ScanProgress]) -> schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse:
+    return schemas_out.AssetScanStatusResponse(scans=[_scan_progress_to_scan_status_model(p) for p in progresses])
+
+
+def _scan_progress_to_scan_status_model(progress: ScanProgress) -> schemas_out.AssetScanStatus:
+    return schemas_out.AssetScanStatus(
+        scan_id=progress.scan_id,
+        root=progress.root,
+        status=progress.status,
+        scheduled_at=_ts_to_iso(progress.scheduled_at),
+        started_at=_ts_to_iso(progress.started_at),
+        finished_at=_ts_to_iso(progress.finished_at),
+        discovered=progress.discovered,
+        processed=progress.processed,
+        slow_queue_total=progress.slow_queue_total,
+        slow_queue_finished=progress.slow_queue_finished,
+        file_errors=[
+            schemas_out.AssetScanError(
+                path=e.get("path", ""),
+                message=e.get("message", ""),
+                phase=e.get("phase", "slow"),
+                at=e.get("at"),
+            )
+            for e in (progress.file_errors or [])
+        ],
+    )
+
+
+async def _pipeline_for_root(
+    root: RootType,
+    prog: ScanProgress,
+    progress_cb: Optional[Callable[[dict], None]],
+) -> None:
+    state = SLOW_STATE_BY_ROOT.get(root) or SlowQueueState(queue=asyncio.Queue())
+    SLOW_STATE_BY_ROOT[root] = state
+
+    prog.status = "running"
+    prog.started_at = time.time()
+
+    try:
+        await _fast_reconcile_into_queue(root, prog, state, progress_cb=progress_cb)
+        _start_slow_workers(root, prog, state, progress_cb=progress_cb)
+        await _await_workers_then_finish(root, prog, state, progress_cb=progress_cb)
     except asyncio.CancelledError:
         prog.status = "cancelled"
         raise
     except Exception as exc:
-        LOGGER.exception("Asset scan failed for %s", root)
+        _append_error(prog, phase="slow", path="", message=str(exc))
         prog.status = "failed"
-        prog.errors += 1
-        prog.last_error = str(exc)
-    finally:
         prog.finished_at = time.time()
+        LOGGER.exception("Asset scan failed for %s", root)
+    finally:
         RUNNING_TASKS.pop(root, None)
 
 
-async def _scan_models(prog: ScanProgress) -> None:
+async def _fast_reconcile_into_queue(
+    root: RootType,
+    prog: ScanProgress,
+    state: SlowQueueState,
+    *,
+    progress_cb: Optional[Callable[[dict], None]],
+) -> None:
     """
-    Scan all configured model buckets from folder_paths.folder_names_and_paths,
+    Enumerate files, set 'discovered' to total files seen, increment 'processed' for fast-matched files,
-    restricted to entries whose base paths lie under folder_paths.models_dir
+    and queue the rest for slow hashing.
-    (per get_comfy_models_folders). We trust those mappings and do not try to
-    infer anything else here.
     """
-    targets: list[tuple[str, list[str]]] = get_comfy_models_folders()
+    if root == "models":
+        files = _collect_models_files()
+        preset_discovered = len(files)
+        files_iter = asyncio.Queue()
+        for p in files:
+            await files_iter.put(p)
+        await files_iter.put(None)  # sentinel for our local draining loop
+    elif root == "input":
+        base = folder_paths.get_input_directory()
+        preset_discovered = _count_files_in_tree(os.path.abspath(base))
+        files_iter = await _queue_tree_files(base)
+    elif root == "output":
+        base = folder_paths.get_output_directory()
+        preset_discovered = _count_files_in_tree(os.path.abspath(base))
+        files_iter = await _queue_tree_files(base)
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported root: {root}")
 
-    plans: list[str] = []  # absolute file paths to ingest
+    prog.discovered = int(preset_discovered or 0)
-    per_bucket: dict[str, int] = {}
 
-    for folder_name, bases in targets:
+    queued = 0
+    checked = 0
+    clean = 0
+
+    # Single session for the whole fast pass
+    async with await create_session() as sess:
+        while True:
+            item = await files_iter.get()
+            files_iter.task_done()
+            if item is None:
+                break
+
+            abs_path = item
+            checked += 1
+
+            # Stat; skip empty/unreadable
+            try:
+                st = os.stat(abs_path, follow_symlinks=True)
+                if not st.st_size:
+                    continue
+                size_bytes = int(st.st_size)
+                mtime_ns = getattr(st, "st_mtime_ns", int(st.st_mtime * 1_000_000_000))
+            except OSError as e:
+                _append_error(prog, phase="fast", path=abs_path, message=str(e))
+                continue
+
+            # Known good -> count as processed immediately
+            try:
+                known = await check_fs_asset_exists_quick(
+                    sess,
+                    file_path=abs_path,
+                    size_bytes=size_bytes,
+                    mtime_ns=mtime_ns,
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                _append_error(prog, phase="fast", path=abs_path, message=str(e))
+                known = False
+
+            if known:
+                clean += 1
+                prog.processed += 1  # preserve original semantics
+            else:
+                await state.queue.put(abs_path)
+                queued += 1
+                prog.slow_queue_total += 1
+
+            if progress_cb:
+                progress_cb({
+                    "root": root,
+                    "phase": "fast",
+                    "checked": checked,
+                    "clean": clean,
+                    "queued": queued,
+                    "discovered": prog.discovered,
+                    "processed": prog.processed,
+                })
+
+    prog._fast_total_seen = checked
+    prog._fast_clean = clean
+
+    if progress_cb:
+        progress_cb({
+            "root": root,
+            "phase": "fast",
+            "checked": checked,
+            "clean": clean,
+            "queued": queued,
+            "discovered": prog.discovered,
+            "processed": prog.processed,
+            "done": True,
+        })
+
+    state.closed = True
+
+
+def _start_slow_workers(
+    root: RootType,
+    prog: ScanProgress,
+    state: SlowQueueState,
+    *,
+    progress_cb: Optional[Callable[[dict], None]],
+) -> None:
+    if state.workers:
+        return
+
+    async def _worker(_worker_id: int):
+        while True:
+            item = await state.queue.get()
+            try:
+                if item is None:
+                    return
+                try:
+                    await asyncio.to_thread(assets_manager.populate_db_with_asset, item)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    _append_error(prog, phase="slow", path=item, message=str(e))
+                finally:
+                    # Slow queue finished for this item; also counts toward overall processed
+                    prog.slow_queue_finished += 1
+                    prog.processed += 1
+                    if progress_cb:
+                        progress_cb({
+                            "root": root,
+                            "phase": "slow",
+                            "processed": prog.processed,
+                            "slow_queue_finished": prog.slow_queue_finished,
+                            "slow_queue_total": prog.slow_queue_total,
+                        })
+            finally:
+                state.queue.task_done()
+
+    state.workers = [asyncio.create_task(_worker(i), name=f"asset-hash:{root}:{i}") for i in range(SLOW_HASH_CONCURRENCY)]
+
+    async def _close_when_empty():
+        # When the fast phase closed the queue, push sentinels to end workers
+        while not state.closed:
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+        for _ in range(SLOW_HASH_CONCURRENCY):
+            await state.queue.put(None)
+
+    asyncio.create_task(_close_when_empty())
+
+
+async def _await_workers_then_finish(
+    root: RootType,
+    prog: ScanProgress,
+    state: SlowQueueState,
+    *,
+    progress_cb: Optional[Callable[[dict], None]],
+) -> None:
+    if state.workers:
+        await asyncio.gather(*state.workers, return_exceptions=True)
+    prog.finished_at = time.time()
+    prog.status = "completed"
+    if progress_cb:
+        progress_cb({
+            "root": root,
+            "phase": "slow",
+            "processed": prog.processed,
+            "slow_queue_finished": prog.slow_queue_finished,
+            "slow_queue_total": prog.slow_queue_total,
+            "done": True,
+        })
+
+
+def _collect_models_files() -> list[str]:
+    """Collect absolute file paths from configured model buckets under models_dir."""
+    out: list[str] = []
+    for folder_name, bases in get_comfy_models_folders():
         rel_files = folder_paths.get_filename_list(folder_name) or []
-        count_valid = 0
-
         for rel_path in rel_files:
             abs_path = folder_paths.get_full_path(folder_name, rel_path)
             if not abs_path:
                 continue
             abs_path = os.path.abspath(abs_path)
-
+            # ensure within allowed bases
-            # Extra safety: ensure file is inside one of the allowed base paths
             allowed = False
-            for base in bases:
+            for b in bases:
-                base_abs = os.path.abspath(base)
+                base_abs = os.path.abspath(b)
                 try:
-                    common = os.path.commonpath([abs_path, base_abs])
+                    if os.path.commonpath([abs_path, base_abs]) == base_abs:
-                except ValueError:
-                    common = ""  # Different drives on Windows
-                if common == base_abs:
                         allowed = True
                         break
-            if not allowed:
+                except Exception:
-                LOGGER.warning("Skipping file outside models base: %s", abs_path)
+                    pass
-                continue
+            if allowed:
-
+                out.append(abs_path)
-            try:
+    return out
-                if not os.path.getsize(abs_path):
-                    continue  # skip empty files
-            except OSError as e:
-                LOGGER.warning("Could not stat %s: %s – skipping", abs_path, e)
-                continue
-
-            plans.append(abs_path)
-            count_valid += 1
-
-        if count_valid:
-            per_bucket[folder_name] = per_bucket.get(folder_name, 0) + count_valid
-
-    prog.discovered = len(plans)
-    for k, v in per_bucket.items():
-        prog.details[k] = prog.details.get(k, 0) + v
-
-    if not plans:
-        LOGGER.info("Model scan %s: nothing to ingest", prog.scan_id)
-        return
-
-    sem = asyncio.Semaphore(DEFAULT_PER_SCAN_CONCURRENCY)
-    tasks: list[asyncio.Task] = []
-
-    for abs_path in plans:
-        async def worker(fp_abs: str = abs_path):
-            try:
-                # Offload sync ingestion into a thread; populate_db_with_asset
-                # derives name and tags from the path using _assets_helpers.
-                await asyncio.to_thread(assets_manager.populate_db_with_asset, fp_abs)
-            except Exception as e:
-                prog.errors += 1
-                prog.last_error = str(e)
-                LOGGER.debug("Error ingesting %s: %s", fp_abs, e)
-            finally:
-                prog.processed += 1
-                sem.release()
-
-        await sem.acquire()
-        tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(worker()))
-
-    if tasks:
-        await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
-    LOGGER.info(
-        "Model scan %s finished: discovered=%d processed=%d errors=%d",
-        prog.scan_id, prog.discovered, prog.processed, prog.errors
-    )
 
 
 def _count_files_in_tree(base_abs: str) -> int:
@@ -245,60 +412,37 @@ def _count_files_in_tree(base_abs: str) -> int:
     return total
 
 
-async def _scan_directory_tree(base_dir: str, root: RootType, prog: ScanProgress) -> None:
+async def _queue_tree_files(base_dir: str) -> asyncio.Queue:
     """
-    Generic scanner for input/output roots. We pass only the absolute path to
+    Walk base_dir in a worker thread and return a queue prefilled with all paths,
-    populate_db_with_asset and let it derive the relative name and tags.
+    terminated by a single None sentinel for the draining loop in fast reconcile.
     """
+    q: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue()
     base_abs = os.path.abspath(base_dir)
     if not os.path.isdir(base_abs):
-        LOGGER.info("Scan root %s skipped: base directory missing: %s", root, base_abs)
+        await q.put(None)
-        return
+        return q
 
-    prog.discovered = _count_files_in_tree(base_abs)
+    def _walk_list():
-
+        paths: list[str] = []
-    sem = asyncio.Semaphore(DEFAULT_PER_SCAN_CONCURRENCY)
-    tasks: list[asyncio.Task] = []
         for dirpath, _subdirs, filenames in os.walk(base_abs, topdown=True, followlinks=False):
             for name in filenames:
-            abs_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirpath, name))
+                paths.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirpath, name)))
+        return paths
 
-            # Safety: ensure within base
+    for p in await asyncio.to_thread(_walk_list):
-            try:
+        await q.put(p)
-                if os.path.commonpath([abs_path, base_abs]) != base_abs:
+    await q.put(None)
-                    LOGGER.warning("Skipping path outside root %s: %s", root, abs_path)
+    return q
-                    continue
-            except ValueError:
-                continue
 
-            # Skip empty files and handle stat errors
-            try:
-                if not os.path.getsize(abs_path):
-                    continue
-            except OSError as e:
-                LOGGER.warning("Could not stat %s: %s – skipping", abs_path, e)
-                continue
 
-            async def worker(fp_abs: str = abs_path):
+def _append_error(prog: ScanProgress, *, phase: Literal["fast", "slow"], path: str, message: str) -> None:
-                try:
+    prog.file_errors.append({
-                    await asyncio.to_thread(assets_manager.populate_db_with_asset, fp_abs)
+        "path": path,
-                except Exception as e:
+        "message": message,
-                    prog.errors += 1
+        "phase": phase,
-                    prog.last_error = str(e)
+        "at": _ts_to_iso(time.time()),
-                finally:
+    })
-                    prog.processed += 1
-                    sem.release()
-
-            await sem.acquire()
-            tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(worker()))
-
-    if tasks:
-        await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
-
-    LOGGER.info(
-        "%s scan %s finished: discovered=%d processed=%d errors=%d",
-        root.capitalize(), prog.scan_id, prog.discovered, prog.processed, prog.errors
-    )
 
 
 def _ts_to_iso(ts: Optional[float]) -> Optional[str]:

comfy/cli_args.py

@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ database_default_path = os.path.abspath(
     os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "user", "comfyui.db")
 )
 parser.add_argument("--database-url", type=str, default=f"sqlite+aiosqlite:///{database_default_path}", help="Specify the database URL, e.g. for an in-memory database you can use 'sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:'.")
-parser.add_argument("--disable-model-processing", action="store_true", help="Disable automatic processing of the model file, such as calculating hashes and populating the database.")
+parser.add_argument("--enable-model-processing", action="store_true", help="Enable automatic processing of the model file, such as calculating hashes and populating the database.")
+parser.add_argument("--disable-assets-autoscan", action="store_true", help="Disable asset scanning on startup for database synchronization.")
 
 if comfy.options.args_parsing:
     args = parser.parse_args()

main.py

@@ -279,10 +279,35 @@ def cleanup_temp():
         shutil.rmtree(temp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
 
 async def setup_database():
+    def _console_cb(e: dict):
+        root = e.get("root")
+        phase = e.get("phase")
+        if phase == "fast":
+            if e.get("done"):
+                logging.info(
+                    f"[assets][{root}] fast done: processed={e['processed']}/{e['discovered']} queued={e['queued']}"
+                )
+            elif e.get("checked", 0) % 500 == 0:  # do not spam with fast progress
+                logging.info(f"[assets][{root}] fast progress: processed={e['processed']}/{e['discovered']}"
+                             )
+        elif phase == "slow":
+            if e.get("done"):
+                logging.info(
+                    f"[assets][{root}] slow done: {e.get('slow_queue_finished', 0)}/{e.get('slow_queue_total', 0)}"
+                )
+            else:
+                logging.info(
+                    f"[assets][{root}] slow progress: {e.get('slow_queue_finished', 0)}/{e.get('slow_queue_total', 0)}"
+                )
+
     try:
         from app.database.db import init_db_engine, dependencies_available
         if dependencies_available():
             await init_db_engine()
+            if not args.disable_assets_autoscan:
+                from app import assets_scanner
+
+                await assets_scanner.fast_reconcile_and_kickoff(progress_cb=_console_cb)
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error(f"Failed to initialize database. Please ensure you have installed the latest requirements. If the error persists, please report this as in future the database will be required: {e}")