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P: starting even with a [my catalog].lrcat.lock-file

Contributor ,
Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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Lightroom Classic 8.4.1 is starting even thou there is a saved [My catalog].lrcat.lock next to [My catalog].lrcat. 

I know the .lock-file is supposed to protect the catalog file from beeing opened by someone else. If a .lock-file with the same name as the catalog file is stored in the same folder, I should have to delete the .lock-file before I can open the catalog file.
Now, I am able to open the catalog file without deleting the .lock-file. I have seen this before, and a few other users have reported the same behavior in a user forum I am hosting in Norway. So I had to test, and I could also see Lightroom opening the catalog file with a .lock-file next to the catalog file.
How can this be? Is it a bug or a non-documented feature?

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Adobe Employee ,
Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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Arnold,

A screen capture of your OS file manager showing both the catalog and the lock file would be helpful. Is it possible for you to post this?
Rikk Flohr - Customer Advocacy: Adobe Photography Products

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Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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Of course I can post a screenshot, but bravely enough, I doubt it will help. At least, the name is the same. This is from my fully updated W 10 PC. 
This behavior is the same on my Catalina MacBook Pro with Lightrooom 8.4.1RackMultipart201910093261116b9-cfd73cd7-b29d-48f1-b8f3-3b6ad2709416-2017774062.JPG

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Adobe Employee ,
Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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Thanks - I tested based upon your screenshot and am getting the same behavior. I am going to ping the team and double check this. Thanks for posting. In any case I've logged a bug for the behavior.
Rikk Flohr - Customer Advocacy: Adobe Photography Products

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Advisor ,
Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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Hi,

The catalog status control now seems to be made another way :

- When opening the catalog with LR, 2 files are created : <catalog_name>.lrcat.lock and <catalog_name>.lrcat-wal. Both files are deleted when LR exits.

- When opening the catalog with an SQLite manager (SQLite Expert Personal v5 in my case), 2 files are created : <catalog_name>.lrcat-shm and <catalog_name>.lrcat-wal. Both files are deleted when SQLite Expert exits.

Contrary to what happened earlier, I can no longer have the catalog opened in both LR and SQLite Manager simultaneously. So I guess that the lock is now the -wal file.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2019 Oct 10, 2019

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There was a change a while back (couple of years?) to get over lock files being accidentally left behind after a crash.
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Advisor ,
Oct 10, 2019 Oct 10, 2019

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Also, maybe they switched to a new version of SQLite.

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Adobe Employee ,
Dec 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019

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The Team has reviewed and the current behavior is now the as-designed behavior and a change from the past. 

See engineerings' comments: 

"In the Lock file we write both the process name and process ID when we open it with Lightroom.
So just copying the lock file and re-launching Lightroom will not prevent it from opening the catalog as the process ID have changed ( this might not be true some time also )."
Rikk Flohr - Customer Advocacy: Adobe Photography Products

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