fix: five PR review bugs and folder-recovery UX for missing/renamed folders

BackgroundTasks: dismiss no longer calls clearTaggingJobs; dismissal only
updates local dismissed state

DuplicateFinder: entering the view clears stale groups when the stored scan
scope differs from selectedFolderId; duplicateScanFolderId is recorded on
each scan and cache load so scope is always tracked

Tagger threshold: set_tagger_threshold now sets TAGGER_SESSION_DIRTY so the
worker rebuilds its WdTagger instance and applies the new threshold on the
next batch

Region search global scope: fetch offset+limit+2 candidates before removing
the source image so has_more is accurate across pages

Region search pagination: loadMoreImages now sets loadingImages and checks
galleryRequestToken before appending results, preventing duplicate pages and
stale responses corrupting a new collection

Folder recovery: when index_folder detects a missing path it records the
error in a new folders.scan_error column (ensure_column migration) and emits
done without deleting images, preserving them for recovery. A new
update_folder_path command rewrites image paths in the DB before reindexing
so thumbnails and embeddings are not needlessly regenerated for unchanged
files. The sidebar shows an amber warning icon on affected folders and a
recovery banner with Locate Folder and Remove actions

src-tauri/src/commands.rs

@@ -325,6 +325,37 @@ pub async fn reindex_folder(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn update_folder_path(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    db: State<'_, DbState>,
+    folder_id: i64,
+    new_path: String,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let new_path_buf = PathBuf::from(&new_path);
+    if !new_path_buf.is_dir() {
+        return Err(format!("Path is not a valid directory: {}", new_path));
+    }
+    let new_name = new_path_buf
+        .file_name()
+        .map(|n| n.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| new_path.clone());
+    {
+        let conn = db.get().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        // Fetch the old path before updating so image paths can be rewritten.
+        let old_path = db::get_folders(&conn)
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|f| f.id == folder_id)
+            .map(|f| f.path)
+            .ok_or("Folder not found")?;
+        db::update_folder_path(&conn, folder_id, &old_path, &new_path, &new_name)
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    }
+    indexer::index_folder(app, db.inner().clone(), folder_id, new_path_buf);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tauri::command]
 pub async fn find_similar_images(
     db: State<'_, DbState>,
@@ -403,9 +434,10 @@ pub async fn find_similar_by_region(
         )
         .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?,
         None => {
-            let mut ids = vector::search_image_ids_by_embedding(&conn, &embedding, offset + limit + 1)
+            // Fetch one extra candidate to compensate for the source image that
+            // will be removed, so has_more is accurate and results span multiple pages.
+            let mut ids = vector::search_image_ids_by_embedding(&conn, &embedding, offset + limit + 2)
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-            // Exclude the source image from global results
             ids.retain(|&id| id != params.image_id);
             ids
         }

src-tauri/src/db.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub struct Folder {
     pub name: String,
     pub image_count: i64,
     pub indexed_at: Option<String>,
+    pub scan_error: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@ pub fn migrate(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
             path        TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
             name        TEXT NOT NULL,
             image_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-            indexed_at  TEXT
+            indexed_at  TEXT,
+            scan_error  TEXT
         );
 
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS images (
@@ -304,6 +306,7 @@ pub fn migrate(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
     ensure_column(conn, "images", "ai_tagger_model", "TEXT")?;
     ensure_column(conn, "images", "ai_tagged_at", "TEXT")?;
     ensure_column(conn, "images", "ai_tagger_error", "TEXT")?;
+    ensure_column(conn, "folders", "scan_error", "TEXT")?;
 
     vector::migrate(conn)?;
     Ok(())
@@ -1339,7 +1342,7 @@ pub fn get_images_by_ids(conn: &Connection, image_ids: &[i64]) -> Result<Vec<Ima
 
 pub fn get_folders(conn: &Connection) -> Result<Vec<Folder>> {
     let mut stmt =
-        conn.prepare("SELECT id, path, name, image_count, indexed_at FROM folders ORDER BY name")?;
+        conn.prepare("SELECT id, path, name, image_count, indexed_at, scan_error FROM folders ORDER BY name")?;
     let rows = stmt.query_map([], |row| {
         Ok(Folder {
             id: row.get(0)?,
@@ -1347,11 +1350,43 @@ pub fn get_folders(conn: &Connection) -> Result<Vec<Folder>> {
             name: row.get(2)?,
             image_count: row.get(3)?,
             indexed_at: row.get(4)?,
+            scan_error: row.get(5)?,
         })
     })?;
     Ok(rows.collect::<rusqlite::Result<Vec<_>>>()?)
 }
 
+pub fn update_folder_path(conn: &Connection, folder_id: i64, old_path: &str, new_path: &str, new_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE folders SET path = ?2, name = ?3, scan_error = NULL WHERE id = ?1",
+        params![folder_id, new_path, new_name],
+    )?;
+    // Rewrite image paths so the indexer can match them by path and skip
+    // re-generating thumbnails and embeddings for unchanged files.
+    // SQLite's replace() does a literal prefix substitution on each path.
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE images SET path = replace(path, ?1, ?2) WHERE folder_id = ?3",
+        params![old_path, new_path, folder_id],
+    )?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn set_folder_scan_error(conn: &Connection, folder_id: i64, error: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE folders SET scan_error = ?2 WHERE id = ?1",
+        params![folder_id, error],
+    )?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn clear_folder_scan_error(conn: &Connection, folder_id: i64) -> Result<()> {
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE folders SET scan_error = NULL WHERE id = ?1",
+        [folder_id],
+    )?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn get_images(
     conn: &Connection,
     folder_id: Option<i64>,

src-tauri/src/indexer.rs

@@ -147,11 +147,39 @@ pub struct MediaJobProgressEvent {
 
 pub fn index_folder(app: AppHandle, pool: DbPool, folder_id: i64, folder_path: PathBuf) {
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        set_folder_indexing_state(folder_id, true);
+
+        // If the folder path no longer exists on disk, record the error and
+        // emit done. Images are intentionally kept in the DB so the user can
+        // choose to relocate the folder or remove it explicitly — they should
+        // not be silently destroyed.
+        if !folder_path.is_dir() {
+            let error_msg = format!("Folder not found: {}", folder_path.display());
+            eprintln!("Indexing error for folder {}: {}", folder_id, error_msg);
+            if let Ok(conn) = pool.get() {
+                let _ = db::set_folder_scan_error(&conn, folder_id, &error_msg);
+            }
+            emit_progress(
+                &app,
+                &IndexProgress {
+                    folder_id,
+                    total: 0,
+                    indexed: 0,
+                    current_file: String::new(),
+                    done: true,
+                },
+            );
+            set_folder_indexing_state(folder_id, false);
+            return;
+        }
+
         let storage_profile = detect_storage_profile(&folder_path);
         set_folder_storage_profile(folder_id, RuntimeAdaptiveProfile::new(storage_profile));
-        set_folder_indexing_state(folder_id, true);
+        if let Err(error) = do_index(app.clone(), &pool, folder_id, folder_path) {
-        if let Err(error) = do_index(app.clone(), pool, folder_id, folder_path) {
             eprintln!("Indexing error for folder {}: {}", folder_id, error);
+            if let Ok(conn) = pool.get() {
+                let _ = db::set_folder_scan_error(&conn, folder_id, &error.to_string());
+            }
             // Always emit done so the frontend reloads and recovers from partial state.
             emit_progress(
                 &app,
@@ -246,7 +274,7 @@ pub fn start_tagging_worker(app: AppHandle, pool: DbPool, app_data_dir: PathBuf)
     });
 }
 
-fn do_index(app: AppHandle, pool: DbPool, folder_id: i64, folder_path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
+fn do_index(app: AppHandle, pool: &DbPool, folder_id: i64, folder_path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
     let existing_entries = {
         let conn = pool.get()?;
         db::get_folder_media_index(&conn, folder_id)?
@@ -344,6 +372,7 @@ fn do_index(app: AppHandle, pool: DbPool, folder_id: i64, folder_path: PathBuf)
         }
         let _ = db::backfill_embedding_jobs(&conn)?;
         db::update_folder_count(&conn, folder_id)?;
+        let _ = db::clear_folder_scan_error(&conn, folder_id);
     }
 
     emit_progress(

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             commands::find_duplicates,
             commands::load_duplicate_scan_cache,
             commands::delete_images_from_disk,
+            commands::update_folder_path,
         ])
         .run(tauri::generate_context!())
         .expect("error while running tauri application");

src-tauri/src/tagger.rs

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ pub fn set_tagger_threshold(app_data_dir: &Path, threshold: f32) -> Result<f32>
         std::fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
     }
     std::fs::write(path, clamped.to_string())?;
+    TAGGER_SESSION_DIRTY.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
     Ok(clamped)
 }
 

src/components/BackgroundTasks.tsx

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export function BackgroundTasks() {
   const indexingProgress = useGalleryStore((state) => state.indexingProgress);
   const mediaJobProgress = useGalleryStore((state) => state.mediaJobProgress);
   const retryFailedEmbeddings = useGalleryStore((state) => state.retryFailedEmbeddings);
-  const clearTaggingJobs = useGalleryStore((state) => state.clearTaggingJobs);
   const duplicateScanning = useGalleryStore((state) => state.duplicateScanning);
   const duplicateScanProgress = useGalleryStore((state) => state.duplicateScanProgress);
   const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ export function BackgroundTasks() {
 
   const dismissTask = (id: number, snapshot: string) => {
     if (id < 0) return; // system tasks (duplicate scan) cannot be dismissed
-    void clearTaggingJobs(id);
     setDismissed((prev) => ({ ...prev, [id]: snapshot }));
     setExpanded(false);
   };

src/components/Sidebar.tsx

@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ function FolderItem({
   selected: boolean;
   progress: IndexProgress | undefined;
 }) {
-  const { selectFolder, removeFolder, reindexFolder } = useGalleryStore();
+  const { selectFolder, removeFolder, reindexFolder, updateFolderPath } = useGalleryStore();
   const isIndexing = progress && !progress.done;
   const [confirmingRemoval, setConfirmingRemoval] = useState(false);
+  const isMissing = !!folder.scan_error && !isIndexing;
+
+  const handleLocateFolder = async (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    const selected = await open({ directory: true, multiple: false, title: `Locate "${folder.name}"` });
+    if (selected && typeof selected === "string") {
+      await updateFolderPath(folder.id, selected);
+    }
+  };
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!confirmingRemoval) return;
@@ -31,6 +40,7 @@ function FolderItem({
   };
 
   return (
+    <>
     <div
       className={`group relative flex items-center gap-2.5 px-3 py-2 rounded-lg cursor-pointer transition-all duration-150 ${
         selected
@@ -39,10 +49,19 @@ function FolderItem({
       }`}
       onClick={() => selectFolder(folder.id)}
     >
+      {folder.scan_error ? (
+        <span title={folder.scan_error} className="shrink-0 text-amber-400">
+          <svg className="w-3.5 h-3.5" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
+            <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={1.5}
+              d="M12 9v3.75m-9.303 3.376c-.866 1.5.217 3.374 1.948 3.374h14.71c1.73 0 2.813-1.874 1.948-3.374L13.949 3.378c-.866-1.5-3.032-1.5-3.898 0L2.697 16.126zM12 15.75h.007v.008H12v-.008z" />
+          </svg>
+        </span>
+      ) : (
         <svg className="w-3.5 h-3.5 shrink-0" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
           <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={1.5}
             d="M3 7a2 2 0 012-2h3.586a1 1 0 01.707.293l1.414 1.414A1 1 0 0011.414 7H19a2 2 0 012 2v9a2 2 0 01-2 2H5a2 2 0 01-2-2V7z" />
         </svg>
+      )}
 
       <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">
         <div className={`truncate text-[13px] font-medium leading-tight ${selected ? "text-white" : ""}`}>
@@ -112,6 +131,29 @@ function FolderItem({
         </div>
       )}
     </div>
+    {isMissing && (
+      <div className="mx-2 mb-1 px-3 py-2 rounded-lg bg-amber-500/10 border border-amber-500/20">
+        <p className="text-[11px] text-amber-400 font-medium mb-1.5">Folder not found</p>
+        <p className="text-[10px] text-gray-500 mb-2 leading-snug">
+          This folder may have been moved or renamed. Locate it to resume, or remove it from the app.
+        </p>
+        <div className="flex gap-1.5">
+          <button
+            className="flex-1 px-2 py-1 rounded-md text-[10px] font-medium bg-amber-500/20 text-amber-300 hover:bg-amber-500/30 hover:text-amber-200 transition-colors"
+            onClick={handleLocateFolder}
+          >
+            Locate Folder
+          </button>
+          <button
+            className="flex-1 px-2 py-1 rounded-md text-[10px] font-medium bg-white/5 text-gray-400 hover:bg-red-500/15 hover:text-red-400 transition-colors"
+            onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); void removeFolder(folder.id); }}
+          >
+            Remove
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    )}
+    </>
   );
 }
 

src/store.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface Folder {
   name: string;
   image_count: number;
   indexed_at: string | null;
+  scan_error: string | null;
 }
 
 export type MediaKind = "image" | "video";
@@ -279,12 +280,14 @@ interface GalleryState {
   duplicateScanProgress: { scanned: number; total: number } | null;
   duplicateSelectedIds: Set<number>;
   duplicateLastScanned: number | null; // Unix timestamp (seconds)
+  duplicateScanFolderId: number | null | undefined; // undefined = never scanned
 
   loadFolders: () => Promise<void>;
   loadBackgroundJobProgress: () => Promise<void>;
   addFolder: (path: string) => Promise<void>;
   removeFolder: (folderId: number) => Promise<void>;
   reindexFolder: (folderId: number) => Promise<void>;
+  updateFolderPath: (folderId: number, newPath: string) => Promise<void>;
   selectFolder: (folderId: number | null) => void;
   loadImages: (reset?: boolean) => Promise<void>;
   loadMoreImages: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -611,6 +614,7 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
   duplicateScanProgress: null,
   duplicateSelectedIds: new Set(),
   duplicateLastScanned: null,
+  duplicateScanFolderId: undefined,
 
   setCacheDir: (cacheDir) => set({ cacheDir }),
 
@@ -667,6 +671,13 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     await loadBackgroundJobProgress();
   },
 
+  updateFolderPath: async (folderId, newPath) => {
+    const { loadFolders, loadBackgroundJobProgress } = get();
+    await invoke("update_folder_path", { folderId, newPath });
+    await loadFolders();
+    await loadBackgroundJobProgress();
+  },
+
   selectFolder: (folderId) => {
     set({ selectedFolderId: folderId, images: [], loadedCount: 0, collectionTitle: null, similarSourceImageId: null, similarHasMore: false, activeView: "gallery", failedEmbeddingsOnly: false, imageLoadError: null });
     void get().loadImages(true);
@@ -785,6 +796,9 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     }
     if (collectionTitle === "Region Search Results" && similarSourceImageId !== null && similarCrop !== null) {
       if (!similarHasMore) return;
+      const requestToken = ++galleryRequestToken;
+      set({ loadingImages: true });
+      try {
         const result = await invoke<SimilarImagesPage>("find_similar_by_region", {
           params: {
             image_id: similarSourceImageId,
@@ -797,12 +811,18 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
             limit: PAGE_SIZE,
           },
         });
+        if (requestToken !== galleryRequestToken) return;
         set((state) => ({
           images: [...state.images, ...result.images],
           loadedCount: state.loadedCount + result.images.length,
           totalImages: result.has_more ? state.loadedCount + result.images.length + 1 : state.loadedCount + result.images.length,
           similarHasMore: result.has_more,
+          loadingImages: false,
         }));
+      } catch {
+        if (requestToken !== galleryRequestToken) return;
+        set({ loadingImages: false });
+      }
       return;
     }
     await get().loadImages(false);
@@ -858,7 +878,17 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
   openImage: (image) => set({ selectedImage: image }),
   closeImage: () => set({ selectedImage: null }),
 
-  setView: (activeView) => set({ activeView }),
+  setView: (activeView) => {
+    if (activeView === "duplicates") {
+      const { selectedFolderId, duplicateScanFolderId } = get();
+      if (duplicateScanFolderId !== selectedFolderId) {
+        set({ activeView, duplicateGroups: [], duplicateLastScanned: null, duplicateScanFolderId: undefined });
+        void get().loadDuplicateScanCache(selectedFolderId);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    set({ activeView });
+  },
 
   setExploreMode: (exploreMode) => set({ exploreMode }),
 
@@ -1409,7 +1439,7 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     interface CacheResult { groups: DuplicateGroup[]; scanned_at: number }
     const cached = await invoke<CacheResult | null>("load_duplicate_scan_cache", { folderId: folderId ?? null });
     if (cached) {
-      set({ duplicateGroups: cached.groups, duplicateLastScanned: cached.scanned_at });
+      set({ duplicateGroups: cached.groups, duplicateLastScanned: cached.scanned_at, duplicateScanFolderId: folderId });
     }
   },
 
@@ -1422,7 +1452,7 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     });
     try {
       const groups = await invoke<DuplicateGroup[]>("find_duplicates", { folderId: folderId ?? null });
-      set({ duplicateGroups: groups, duplicateLastScanned: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) });
+      set({ duplicateGroups: groups, duplicateLastScanned: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), duplicateScanFolderId: folderId });
       void notifyTaskComplete(
         "Duplicate scan complete",
         groups.length === 1 ? "Found 1 duplicate group." : `Found ${groups.length.toLocaleString()} duplicate groups.`,