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June 1, 2026
Question

quickly queuing two export jobs will sometimes duplicate one of them

  • June 1, 2026
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  1. Select some files (seems to happen more often with larger exports).
  2. Export them to a directory.
  3. While that export is still getting ready, immediately open the export dialog again and export again to a different directory.

Sometimes, one of the two export jobs gets duplicated and you'll see 3 exports in progress instead of 2. Checking the two directories afterwards will confirm that one of them has twice as many files.

Also, rarely, one or more of the files from one of the exports (first I think?) won't be exported, but no error or dialog will be shown indicating that this happened.

Tested on macOS Tahoe on a 16" M5 Max MacBook Pro

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    Anshul_Saini
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 3, 2026

    Hi ​@Generous_view0D45,

    Thanks for the detailed report and the repro steps. The behavior you’re describing definitely doesn’t sound expected.

    I haven’t been able to reproduce it on my end yet, so could you help with a couple of things?

    • Please share your System Info. Lightroom > Help > System Info. Copy & paste it here.

    • If possible, record a short screen recording showing starting the first export, immediately starting the second export, and the export queue is showing 3 jobs instead of 2.

    Also, if you’re able to reproduce it again, could you generate Lightroom logs immediately afterward and share them? That would be extremely helpful for the product team.

     

    A few quick questions as well:

    • Does this happen every time or only occasionally?
    • Roughly how many files are being exported when you see it most often?
     

    Once we have the screen recording, logs, and System Info, I’ll be happy to pass everything along to the product team for investigation.
     

    Best,
    Anshul Saini

    Known Participant
    June 4, 2026

    @Anshul_Saini 

    I'm not sure how this post ended up on the Lightroom Classic community but it was intended for the cloud-based Lightroom community, which is where I was browsing when posting this. The issue is encountered on Lightroom Desktop, not Lightroom Classic.

    Known Participant
    June 5, 2026

    @Anshul_Saini this was moved to the wrong community. Please move it back where it belongs.