Was filing a bug report and it suggested I ask here first.
Been lowkey using digiKam for years. No problems.
Today, it would not populate images or thumbnails for new sub-directories in defined collections. The “monitor for external changes” is checked. Nothing defined in “ignored directories.”
I gave up and trashed my local collection and redefined it. But not a single photo or thumbnail will resolve anymore.
Issue came up on digiKam Version 8.4.0.
I updated to digiKam Version 8.5.0. Restarted. Problem persists.