Feature request: Unable to import newly added local LoRA files without clearing cache

[SspewieiwsS]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Yes.
Currently, there seems to be no available option to rescan or re-import locally downloaded LoRA files after the initial scan.

The online download feature provided by LoRA Manager is often very slow or fails entirely in my environment. While I am able to download LoRA files manually without any issue, I could not find any existing button or option to scan and import those locally added LoRA files into the manager.

As a result, newly added LoRA files are not detected after the first initialization.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to have a feature that allows scanning and importing LoRA files that already exist in local directories.

Ideally, this could be one of the following:

A manual “Rescan local LoRA directories” button

Or a dedicated “Import local LoRA files” option

This would make it possible to manage manually downloaded LoRA files without relying on the built-in online download feature.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Currently, the only workaround I have found is manually deleting LoRA Manager’s cache/registry files under the AppData directory in order to force a full rescan on the next startup.

While this works, it is not a convenient or intuitive solution, and it requires restarting ComfyUI and clearing internal state each time new LoRA files are added.

Additional context

From reading the README, it appears that LoRA Manager performs a one-time scan during initialization and does not provide a way to refresh or rescan local directories afterward.

If this behavior is intentional, it would be helpful to document it clearly. Otherwise, adding a manual local import or rescan feature would significantly improve usability for users who manage LoRA files locally.

Thanks a lot in advance for any help.

[SencneS]

My friend I think there is something else going on - First off let me say I am not the author, moderator, administrator or dev-contributor to this repository.

What you do is exactly what I do, I download the LoRA's manually (I actually use a download manager) but it's the same in which the LoRA's are deposited into a folder. Once in there, I hit he "Refresh" button - Just "Refresh" or the little down arrow and hit the "Sync-changes" option. I could hit the "Rebuild Cache" button there is no reason to do so. (99% of the time I just press "Refresh")

I download all the LoRA's into a "new" folder for easy finding, but it doesn't matter where I download them to as long as they are in a directory LM will monitor/scan/manage etc.

After "Refresh" it'll look like this.

From there I "Fetch"

Alternativily I can also "Right Click" on the LoRA and press "Refresh CivitAI Data"

It'll update that LoRA's meta data.

As an extra thing I do I also "Download Example Images"

I then check the tags to make sure there isn't any dumb tags like "lora" on it or something weird.
I then move it to the location I want, or use the "Auto-sort" function built into LM.

I have never had it not detect a new LoRA added to any folder in the LoRA folder or any of it's sub-folders.

P.S. I downloaded that LoRA just now to run though the steps I show here.

[SspewieiwsS]

Thank you very much for your guidance!
After checking I found that the issue was caused by a third-party application modifying my folder permissions, which prevented the refresh from working. Once I fixed the permission issue, the refresh function started working properly.