P: Adding to/Creation of a new Target collection takes minutes unless Sync is paused

[wroublin]

Hello everyone.

I've been using LR for a long time, previously on an intel based Windows 10 laptop. It was a bit slow, but usable.

Now I am using m1 macbookair, both MacOS and LR are up to date and the issue persists.

Since couple versions ago - LR is not usable for me. My collection is huge, has photos on several external hard drives, but i mostly use one, with most current shots. Since 3-6 months my LR is UNUSABLE. I push the B key to add image to target collection - nothing happens. I push it again - nothing happens. After couple minutes - some photos appear in the target collection, others don't, because i pushed the button more than once. It's very annoying. Sync activity goes back to some photos on random external hdd (not currently connected) form way back - i haven't done anything with those photos but there are sync errors for some reason, because why not?

Also - i create a collection - and it doesn't appear immediately.I create another one - after 20 minutes LR wakes up, that the collection I want to create has to have a unique name and boom, the firs one I created magically appears. Seriously - my impression is that this has something to do with syncing - as I sync some collections to cloud to be ableto do some additional culling on my mobile while on the go.

I cannot work like this and instead of having a pleasant experience with culling photos - I am very annoyed and I am unable to work like that. What can i do to make it work smooth again?

[HDelion]

Exactly same issues for me. I will update with Lrc 14 but I don't hope a lot.  I just noticed that if I suspend synchronization and kill several times the process "Adobe Content Synchronizer", I can retrieve some performances.

[DaMoroshka!]

Rikk reported: "The October (MAX) update contains an update for this issue" and also the bug seems to have changed to "fixed" status. 

1/ Bug has not been fixed. 

2/ The real issue is not limited to "Creating Target Collections..." - moderators won't let me file this bug with proper description - it deals with lags in MULTIPLE Lightroom operations with cloud sync enabled, including but not limited to "auto-tone", "update to current process version", "apply Portrait AI preset" etc. I still see ALL OF THOSE LAGS in 14.0 OCTOBER MAX update (weirdly, export command seems to be working normal now - while before it used to be in the "lags" category - so there may be a bit of an improvement in 14.0)

Once again a plea to moderators - please allow me to create a proper bug thread with adequate issues description. I did it as far back as July 2024, and ever since my thread has been - RELEGATED to discussions, LOCKED, and MERGED with other less adequately described bug issues. 

We need a proper thread for this LAGs bug - it has not been fixed in 14.0! 

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

@DaMoroshka! 
"Once again a plea to moderators - please allow me to create a proper bug thread with adequate issues description."

No one is stopping you from creating a proper thread describing the issues you are facing as long as you do so within the best practices, Community guidelines, and proper, respectful forum decorum. (I love that the last one rhymes)

Some recommendations: 

1. Post in Discussions (Read this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-discussions/p-do-i-post-in-discussion...)
2.  Use a descriptive and precise subject line (Read this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-fine-tune-the-subject-line-of-your-ad...)
3.  Do not combine issues.  Regardless of whether you believe they are related or not, post individual problems as unique threads. This avoids your threads being combined with a mish-mash of others. 
4.  Use Precise terms.  Lag, sluggish, and other descriptive but imprecise terms tell post readers nothing.  Describe specific operations and use specific time increments. Example: "It takes 20 seconds for the Export dialog to open" - not "this program lags on everything."
   4. Do not alter the Moderator's text. It is there to accurately and effectively improve your post's visibility and, ultimately, provide a quicker solution. Altering a moderator's text may result in your thread being locked. 

Realize that the Adobe Staff, Legends, Community Experts, and other members are here to help you, and your results will improve by following best practices. 

I look forward to your new posts. 

[DaMoroshka!]

@Rikk Flohr: Photography After you have multiple times downgraded my thread from bugs to discussions, then locked it multiple times because your "forum decorum" was rhyming in your head and you thought it proper to punish me for editing MY OWN THREAD TITLE, then after finally you've successfully diluted it by MERGING with a bug thread posted much later, with misleading description and dealing with ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE of the issue (lag in creating collections), but nowhere touching on the core of the problem (poorly coded sync engine) and not touching on a dozen other even more serious instances of that same bug (lags in other various vital workflow operations),

after all that you are saying "nobody is preventing you from filing"? You are a funny decorum rhymer! I hope Adobe soon realizes that employees like you who care more about your own decorum and display of your moderation powers are a detriment to company success. You are obstructing investigation of a very serious bug affecting perhaps thousands of users! I hope Adobe management will rhyme it up with you 😉

[GoemonX]

Oh, I have a mayor problem with the LRc 14 update....it suddenly requires MacOS 13.1 or later, which my old iMac dosen't get...

The iMac is connected to external storage and just uploads the images for editing with different devices. This worked perfectly till LRc 13.3. Since then the upload to the Adobe cloud is completly broken. 

Well, I guess with this update Adobe locked me out...

[r_9398]

I am giving up on adobe LR classic and lookingg for non adobe tools at this point.

[wroublin]

I thought the issue has been fixed untill today - I was told by my model, that part of the photos are missing in my shared collection. When I tried to add them - boom! there it is... It again takes AGES to see that a photo has been added to synced collection, even after pausing sync. Also, same is true for any change I make to the photo. Even minor exposure update.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

@wroublin 

I am no longer able to replicate this issue using the recipe posted earlier. I suspect your issue might be different.  Would you consider posting complete information in a new thread?

[DaMoroshka!]

I am still having this issue, so obviously the bug was not fixed. Adding new images to collection lags atrociously after some time working with Lightroom, even with sync on pause (but there are images in the sync queue)

[HDelion]

Same issue for me with LRC14.0.1. Have to wait more than 10 minutes ...

[DdeGannes]

@DaMoroshka! , you stated "Adding new images to collection lags atrociously after some time working with Lightroom, even with sync on pause (but there are images in the sync queue)"

Can you clarify, are  you  referring  to a Collection that is set to Sunc to Adobe Creative Cloud  or to a targeted Collection?

[photoliker]

Just want to add this issue is still a thing for me on 14.1.1 on macOS 15.3. I can hit B to add to non-synced Quick Collection and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. 

I also can't drag items to collections at times.

[DaMoroshka!]

The bug is due to faulty code in the "new" cloud sync engine they introduced ONE YEAR AGO, and it IS NOT YET FIXED! It can present itself as lags in MANY VARIOUS seemingly unrelated operations within Lightroom. But I have figured out it is DIRECTELY RELATED to the amount of albums and collections you have in your library. If you have a lot of them (like I do, literally hundreds of albums for all sorts of publishing services, hard disk publishing, smart collections, regular collections, etc) you are in for a WORLD OF PAIN, because Adobe QE doesn't test for libraries with huge amount of collections and albums and they report all good bug fixed. 

Currently the only workaround for those of us who are overgrown with albums is to TURN OFF THE CLOUD SYNC completely. Even then there is sometimes a lag creating new album, but it is manageable. With cloud sync ON lightroom classic IS UNUSABLE on a library with lots of albums -collections. 

[DaMoroshka!]

Target collection can also be "synced with cloud" collection, so your question is kind of vague. The lags are with all kinds of collections, no matter synced or not - if you've enabled the sync - the lags start. The fact that some people seem to go on with no problems is that they don't have enough collections collected in their libraries to trigger this bug.