# Does Picard Query Acoustid.org submission\_status?

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/does-picard-query-acoustid-org-submission-status/726803
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard
**Tags:** en, webservice, fingerprint, picard
**Created:** [November 28, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/does-picard-query-acoustid-org-submission-status/726803 "2024-11-28T21:45:55Z")
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### Author: ![shenleihenlei](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@shenleihenlei](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/shenleihenlei)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/does-picard-query-acoustid-org-submission-status/726803/1 "2024-11-28T21:45:55Z")

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Does Picard check [acoustid web service](https://acoustid.org/webservice) `/submission_status` after submitting a fingerprint?

Does it cache submissions and check at future start-ups?

If not… in cases where there’s a significant processing delay at [acoustid.org](http://acoustid.org) (I’ve currently been waiting about 24hr for a single fingerprint in pending), this can result in situations where a submitted fingerprint file will show up as **un** submitted in the Album Pane if the program is later restarted (resulting in confusion / potential duplicate submissions, etc).

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### Author: ![sibilant](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/sibilant/32/32220_2.png) [@sibilant](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sibilant)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/does-picard-query-acoustid-org-submission-status/726803/2 "2025-02-18T17:33:57Z")

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Picard does not cache pending, unsent submissions when you close the application. When you reopen Picard, you have to reload the tracks and re-scan for fingerprints before you can try again to submit them. Resubmissions are no problem: they do not create a duplicate fingerprint.
