[Bug]: Junction links not working after the 1.2.0 update

[Proquror]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [x] I have searched the existing issues and checked the recent builds/commits

What happened?

When generating an image, it does not appear in the view window, although it is saved to the output folder, placed as a Junction link in the root directory. I also have a Junction links for many subfolders inside the models folder.

Steps to reproduce the problem

0. Download and install A1111 1.2.1 release from Releases.
1. Move the output folder to location outside of the A1111 repo. For example: D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output.
2. Using Link Shell Extension or CMD (as admin) create the Junction Link of the D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output folder inside your A1111 repo folder.
   • If using CMD (as admin): type mklink /J "where to put Junction link" "which folder this junction will refer to" For example: mklink /J "H:\AI\stable-diffusion-webui-1.2.1-test\output" "D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output".
   • To ensure that the junction link is present in H:\AI\stable-diffusion-webui-1.2.1-test\output and works properly:
   • You may create any folder inside the H:\AI\stable-diffusion-webui-1.2.1-test\output and check its presence at D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output.
3. Run webui-user.bat and generate any image.
4. Verify that the image can be seen while generation process is running, but when it's 100% generated - the image disappears.
5. Verify that the generated image is present in the D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output.

What should have happened?

1. Move the output folder to location outside of the A1111 repo. For example: D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output.
2. Using Link Shell Extension or CMD (as admin) create a Junction Link of the D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output folder inside your A1111 repo folder.
3. Run webui-user.bat and generate any image.
4. Verify that the image can be seen while generation process is running and can be seen in web-ui after the generation process is complete.
5. Verify that the generated image is present in the D:\1 SD AI\outputs\output.
6. Continue your work as always.

Commit where the problem happens

89f9faa63388756314e8a1d96cf86bf5e0663045 and b08500cec8a791ef20082628b49b17df833f5dda

What platforms do you use to access the UI ?

Windows

What browsers do you use to access the UI ?

Google Chrome

Command Line Arguments

I usually use:

--xformers --no-half-vae

But it was empty for the test.

List of extensions

Default A1111 extensions list for the test.

Extension	URL	Version
LDSR	built-in
Lora	built-in
ScuNET	built-in
SwinIR	built-in
prompt-bracket-checker	built-in

My extensions list I use.

Extension	URL	Version
Config-Presets	https://github.com/Zyin055/Config-Presets.git	1683ad6e (Thu May 11 00:00:45 2023)
Cozy-Nest	https://github.com/Nevysha/Cozy-Nest.git	bba4936f (Sun May 14 02:44:51 2023)
SD-latent-mirroring	https://github.com/dfaker/SD-latent-mirroring.git	05df9e83 (Sat Mar 25 14:37:33 2023)
a1111-sd-webui-lycoris	https://github.com/KohakuBlueleaf/a1111-sd-webui-lycoris.git	1f3e452c (Tue May 9 12:30:54 2023)
a1111-sd-webui-tagcomplete	https://github.com/DominikDoom/a1111-sd-webui-tagcomplete	5640a438 (Thu May 11 19:18:09 2023)
canvas-zoom	https://github.com/richrobber2/canvas-zoom.git	11586016 (Tue May 9 10:35:35 2023)
depthmap2mask	https://github.com/Extraltodeus/depthmap2mask.git	377e9224 (Thu Apr 13 04:10:08 2023)
multi-subject-render	https://github.com/Extraltodeus/multi-subject-render.git	03427e26 (Mon Mar 6 14:11:30 2023)
novelai-2-local-prompt	https://github.com/animerl/novelai-2-local-prompt.git	0e03ca1a (Sat Jan 28 06:33:03 2023)
posex	https://github.com/hnmr293/posex.git	292f92d5 (Wed May 3 08:59:57 2023)
sd-webui-ar	https://github.com/alemelis/sd-webui-ar.git	9df49dc2 (Wed Apr 12 09:23:17 2023)
sd-webui-aspect-ratio-helper	https://github.com/thomasasfk/sd-webui-aspect-ratio-helper.git	b03cce20 (Mon Apr 10 21:17:00 2023)
sd-webui-controlnet	https://github.com/Mikubill/sd-webui-controlnet	721159f7 (Sat May 13 17:13:43 2023)
sd-webui-depth-lib	https://github.com/jexom/sd-webui-depth-lib.git	efa9f616 (Mon Apr 10 05:27:11 2023)
sd-webui-infinite-image-browsing	https://github.com/zanllp/sd-webui-infinite-image-browsing.git	d67fcf93 (Thu May 11 18:16:40 2023)
sd-webui-regional-prompter	https://github.com/hako-mikan/sd-webui-regional-prompter.git	983e7029 (Fri May 12 16:47:03 2023)
stable-diffusion-webui-aesthetic-gradients	https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui-aesthetic-gradients.git	2624e5dd (Fri Jan 6 10:59:30 2023)
stable-diffusion-webui-composable-lora	https://github.com/opparco/stable-diffusion-webui-composable-lora.git	d4963e48 (Mon Feb 27 17:40:08 2023)
stable-diffusion-webui-pixelization	https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui-pixelization.git	e37251c5 (Sat Feb 4 17:02:01 2023)
stable-diffusion-webui-wd14-tagger	https://github.com/toriato/stable-diffusion-webui-wd14-tagger.git	a9eacb1e (Wed Jan 25 14:47:36 2023)
ultimate-upscale-for-automatic1111	https://github.com/Coyote-A/ultimate-upscale-for-automatic1111.git	756bb505 (Fri May 5 00:22:21 2023)
LDSR	[built-in]
Lora	[built-in]
ScuNET	[built-in]
SwinIR	[built-in]
prompt-bracket-checker	[built-in]

Console logs

My local setup logs - https://pastebin.com/ZYzeetv2 Fresh A1111 logs - https://pastebin.com/N3v6N0zu

Additional information

• On Web-UI 1.1.0 (commit) everything still works fine.
• Models that loaded via Junction link folder may cause a lag without any error.
• I tried to use both Link Shell Extension and CMD as admin to create Junction links.
• Posex with ControlNet may not work properly after 1.2.0 (commit; but I guess it started earlier.) but works fine on 1.1.0 (commit).
• I've just found this issue after writing. I think it's somehow related.

[Kadah]

Very likely duplicate of https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/issues/10346 ( I don't have windows to verify) and is fixed in the dev branch. See https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/issues/10346 for fix till that change gets pulled to release/rc.

[Proquror]

Very likely duplicate of #10346 ( I don't have windows to verify) and is fixed in the dev branch. See #10346 for fix till that change gets pulled to release/rc.

I've tried to fix my issue by editing modules/shared.py to - for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path): + for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, followlinks=True):

and modules/ui_extra_networks.py to - for root, dirs, files in os.walk(parentdir): + for root, dirs, files in os.walk(parentdir, followlinks=True):

but unfortunately it didn't solve my issue; maybe I did something wrong (not on dev)

UPD: I'll download dev now and check if the issue is solved there.

UPD 2: Unfortunately, still not solved on dev.

UPD 3: The symlinks are working fine for pictures on the latest (89f9faa63388756314e8a1d96cf86bf5e0663045) commit and dev (f6a2a98f1a406389da266ecc993da84d2ecef432) but not Junctions.

[Kadah]

Did junctions work previously?

is there a reason to use junctions over symlinks? Back in the day I used symlinks a lot in Windows and never junctions for some reason I have forgotten over the years.

[w-e-w]

can't reproduce Junctions seems to work fine for me win11

[qqualia]

I think this might be related, but since 1.2 my extra networks lora view shows a lot of the subdirectories, like .git, models, scripts, etc. I say it might be related because I too use junctions and my lora folder is not in the standard location (or even a the same root folder).

[akx]

#10286 is in master (version 1.3.0), so this should be fixed now.