Processing in DXO PureRaw 5 duplicates photos in LrC catalogue after 14.4 update

[Junction10Photo]

Since updating to the latest 14.4 LrC update, processing a RAW image through DXO PureRaw 5 (which then imports it back into LrC) results in two copies of the imported image in the Lightroom catalog but referencing a single file in the OS - each copy in LrC has independent settings, as if one is a virtual copy, but deleting one image will delete both from catalog and OS..  Both images show in the filmstrip with the same file name, and no "copy 1" or similar.

This is since the LrC 14.4 update and with DXO PureRaw 5.2 - the same PureRaw 5.2 works on LrC 14.3 without creating duplicate images in the catalogue.

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Macbook M1 Max - Mac OS 15.5

[Junction10Photo]

Following up on this - I've also reported the bug to DXO but have some more info..

It turns out that running PureRaw from the Plugin Extras menu acts like 'edit in Photoshop' - where the new file is automatically brought back into Lightroom without showing the Import dialog...

But - if you have a preset in DXO and have the settings to then export from DXO PureRaw and choose Lightroom Classic as the destination, it then brings up the import dialog as well..  but by then, it's already brought the images directly back in..

Now in that case, the 'import' dialog in Lightroom Classic SHOULD detect the images are already in the catalogue, and not import them - but it doesn't, it goes ahead and adds them to the catalog - resulting in the duplicate entries, but only one file in the operating system..

So there is a workaround in making sure the DXO preset DOESN'T have "export images to Lightroom after processing" enabled, but ultimately I think it's a bug in LrC that the import dialog doesn't see the images already exist in the catalog by the plugin that called it.  

[JohanElzenga]

I think this is a bug in the DxO plugin (wouldn't be the first one). This plugin is a little different than a normal plugin. A normal plugin gets an intermediate file (tiff, psd) from Lightroom, edits that and saves it. No import necessary. As the name suggests, DxO PureRAW needs to load the original raw file however, so the plugin tricks Lightroom into thinking that the resulting new image is what it sent. Apparently the 14.4 update has broken the plugin.

[Thomas Dearie]

You can export the image to disk from DXO (use the little action icon beside the export button in DXO).
If you get duplicates when exporting to other apps, then the problem is likely DXO.
If  you don't get a duplicate image, then the problem is either in Lightroom, or in the way the two apps speak to each other.

In the latter case, whichever app was updated last before the problem is the likely source of the new issue.