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Usage of Files Referenced in Entity Reference Fields Not Tracked

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Created on 9 November 2016, over 8 years ago
Updated 21 July 2025, 18 days ago

Problem/Motivation

I have an entity reference field type for file entities on a custom block type. When a file is added (referenced) on the field, the usage is not recorded. This is a problem if you enable orphan file deletion.

Before working on this read 🌱 Dealing with unexpected file deletion due to incorrect file usage Active .

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Proposed resolution

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Remaining tasks

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API changes

Data model changes

Release notes snippet

🐛 Bug report
Status

Active

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

file system

Created by

🇺🇸United States dobrzyns

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  • Comment 18 days ago →
    🇺🇸United States smustgrave

    Believe this is still a valid issue, tested by

    Standard profile install
    Add a reference field to the Article content type
    Using other > select file
    Uploaded a file on another node
    Verified the usage is 1
    Created an Article that references that file I uploaded
    Usage is still 1.

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  • Comment 17 days ago →
    🇳🇱Netherlands arjenk

    added a unittest that confirms the tested scenario. The suggestion in https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2826127#comment-12156312 🐛 Usage of Files Referenced in Entity Reference Fields Not Tracked Active will likely fix the issue, although after reading #2821423, this seems not the way to go.

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