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Export overwrites footage without confirmation #1743
Description
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new project
- Save it in the same directory as some .mp4 footage
- Import File and select an .mp4 from the same directory
- Drag the video into the bottom panel to create a composition
- Add to render queue
- Click Render on the queue panel
The composition that is created has the same name as the footage, which is used as the render output under the project folder, and the render process doesn't confirm whether to overwrite an existing file. As a result the footage is overwritten.
If the render process could confirm before overwrite it might obviate the other problems.
EffectCraft 0.10.0, Flatpak
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ticket-craft commentedon Oct 17, 2026
Possibly related: #1230, storytold/filmcraft#2231 and storytold/lightcraft#93.
Fix storytold#1743 (follow-up): commands that write to a given path n…
Higgs32584 commentedon Oct 18, 2026
Open PR #1758 says it fixes this issue, and GitHub has it linked. With that PR, a render never writes over footage, proxies or the project file, and it asks Replace / Cancel before replacing any other existing file. The CLI needs
--overwritefor that, and scripts or MCP needoverwrite: true. It also adds tests (tests_render_overwrite.rs,tests_export_overwrite.rs,ui_render_overwrite.rs). Related: #1320 (#1230) keeps the previous output when an overwrite is cancelled or fails.Fix storytold#1743: a render never replaces footage or the project fi…
Fix storytold#1743 (follow-up): commands that write to a given path n…
storytold#1743: protect render sources and refresh proxies safely
storytold#1743: report refused queue items to CLI callers