src/file_types.rs

@@ -22,8 +22,38 @@ pub fn needs_ffmpeg_thumbnail(path: &Path) -> bool {
 /// Supported video file extensions
 pub const VIDEO_EXTENSIONS: &[&str] = &["mp4", "mov", "avi", "mkv"];
 
+/// Filenames that are filesystem metadata, not real media — exact
+/// basename match. Extend if a new platform sidecar appears (Windows
+/// Thumbs.db / desktop.ini live here too if those libraries land).
+const METADATA_FILENAMES: &[&str] = &[".DS_Store"];
+
+/// True if the basename is a filesystem metadata sidecar that should be
+/// invisible to every media predicate.
+///
+/// macOS writes `._<name>` AppleDouble companions when copying to
+/// non-HFS volumes — each holds the extended attributes of `<name>`,
+/// NOT a copy of the bytes. Same extension as the real file, so a
+/// pure-extension match treats `._photo.jpg` as a JPEG, ships it to
+/// the decoder, and accumulates failed rows: face_detections
+/// `status='failed'`, clip_embedding `status='failed'`, plus a
+/// pointless `image_exif` row whose `content_hash` will be the hash
+/// of the metadata blob. The downstream noise (failed-row counts that
+/// never go to zero, 422 bursts to Apollo, evictor timer reset by
+/// those 422s) is the visible damage. `.DS_Store` is the per-directory
+/// version (Finder view state) — no extension, but cheap to guard
+/// here too in case some future predicate matches by content type.
+pub fn is_filesystem_metadata(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    let Some(name) = path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    name.starts_with("._") || METADATA_FILENAMES.contains(&name)
+}
+
 /// Check if a path has an image extension
 pub fn is_image_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    if is_filesystem_metadata(path) {
+        return false;
+    }
     if let Some(ext) = path.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) {
         let ext_lower = ext.to_lowercase();
         IMAGE_EXTENSIONS.contains(&ext_lower.as_str())
@@ -34,6 +64,9 @@ pub fn is_image_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
 
 /// Check if a path has a video extension
 pub fn is_video_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    if is_filesystem_metadata(path) {
+        return false;
+    }
     if let Some(ext) = path.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) {
         let ext_lower = ext.to_lowercase();
         VIDEO_EXTENSIONS.contains(&ext_lower.as_str())
@@ -98,4 +131,46 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!is_media_file(Path::new("document.txt")));
         assert!(!is_media_file(Path::new("no_extension")));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_apple_double_excluded_from_media() {
+        // The bug-of-record: ImageApi was shipping macOS AppleDouble
+        // sidecars to Apollo's CLIP/face decoders, accumulating failed
+        // rows and pinning Apollo's eviction timer with the 422 burst.
+        // Predicate-level guard means every downstream walker
+        // (face_watch, backfill, clip_watch, watcher) inherits the fix
+        // without touching their filters.
+        assert!(!is_image_file(Path::new("._photo.jpg")));
+        assert!(!is_image_file(Path::new("dir/._photo.JPG")));
+        assert!(!is_image_file(Path::new("a/b/._DSC_2182-S.jpg")));
+        assert!(!is_video_file(Path::new("._video.mp4")));
+        assert!(!is_media_file(Path::new("._photo.png")));
+        // A real file that merely starts with "_" (no leading dot) is
+        // not AppleDouble — must NOT be filtered.
+        assert!(is_image_file(Path::new("_photo.jpg")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_ds_store_excluded() {
+        // Finder per-directory metadata. No image extension so
+        // is_image_file would already say false; the guard makes the
+        // predicate's *reason* explicit and covers a hypothetical
+        // future caller matching by basename.
+        assert!(!is_image_file(Path::new(".DS_Store")));
+        assert!(!is_video_file(Path::new(".DS_Store")));
+        assert!(!is_media_file(Path::new("some/dir/.DS_Store")));
+        assert!(is_filesystem_metadata(Path::new(".DS_Store")));
+        assert!(is_filesystem_metadata(Path::new("dir/.DS_Store")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_dotfiles_other_than_apple_double_are_unaffected() {
+        // We deliberately scope to `._*` + the exact .DS_Store name —
+        // not all dotfiles — because a user could plausibly name a
+        // cover image `.cover.jpg` and we shouldn't silently drop it.
+        // If that turns out to be wrong, broaden here; for now,
+        // narrow + explicit > broad + surprising.
+        assert!(is_image_file(Path::new(".cover.jpg")));
+        assert!(!is_filesystem_metadata(Path::new(".cover.jpg")));
+    }
 }