Importing photos to NAS do not show until application restart.

[Sooks Media]

Issue: When Imported photos to my NAS, it would appear that the import failed as the photos aren't displayed. However, upon Restarting Lightroom, the new folder with the photos appear properly.

• Lightroom Classic Version Number: 13.0.2
• OS Version Number: Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build: 22631.2715

Steps to reproduce:

1. Import photos from camera card to NAS folder (NAS is showing activity)
2. Import is finished; photos are not present.
3. Reboot Lightroom. New folder shows in hiearchy with photos inside. 

Expected result: Imported photos to be shown immediately after import.
Actual result: Photos and new folder do not appear to be imported.

[Bill Sprague]

Anything happen when you select "Previous Import"?

[Sooks Media]

No, it jumps to previous imports automatically, as it should, but it is empty until I restart lightroom.

[Bill Sprague]

Where is Lightroom installed and where is your catalog folder?   How long has it been since it was working correctly?

[Sooks Media]

Lightroom and my catalog are in drive C:. I'm aware that catalogs must be on the main drive. Lightroom has always worked as it should; this is just the first time I'm trying to import directly to my NAS, so I'm not sure if this was an issue on previous versions.

[GoldingD]

In the import, are you selecting Copy, Copy as DNG, or Add.

For a NAS, it might be better to copy the photos to the NAS, then in LrC, import using Add.

[Sooks Media]

I'm using the copy option. I could use the method you mentioned. I was just hoping the normal way would work. I'm also curious if what I'm experiencing is the expected outcome or an issue.

[GoldingD]

Not expected, it is an issue. But LrC and NAS (for photo location) can be tepermental.