Xbox Serie X and RetroArch 1.22.2 msvc2026 - impossibile to create any playlist

Is there an existing issue for this?

• This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
• I have searched the existing issues

Description

I have just done a fresh RA 1.22.2 installation on my Xbox Series X (previously i had version 1.19.0).
I have configured it as usual, now i’m trying to add my first playlist (some NES games, unzipped, as i had before) using the new Import Content function, but it doens’t work… i tried both Scan Method = Automatic and Scan Method = Custom, but when i push START SCAN, it seems that it scan the first .nes file only and then it finished, without any error message, but it doesn’t add any new Playlist to RA…

I tried games in others games folder (i have configured an USB key and my games are into the E:\Games\Console XXX path, but it is impossible to create any playlist. All the games where perfectly detected in my old RA installation and they are perfectly detected and working if I load them using the Load Content funcion. So, for sure, it isn’t an issue related to the games.
I run as usual the Online Database Update and it seems that it is correctly downloaded. How i can know if the databases are correctly downloaded? It could be an issue related to the missing database files?

Expected behavior

As usual, after the Scan, Retroarch should create the Playlist of the system i'm scanning

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Import Content
2. Content Location: Choose a folder in the USB key properly formatted where games (unzipped) are stored
3. Scan Method: full automatic
4. Scan without match core: ON and OFF
5. Start Scan

In addition:

1. Import Content
2. Content Location: choose a folder in the USB key properly formatted where games (unzipped) are stored
3. Scan Method: custom scan
4. All the parameters with default values
5. Start Scan

Playlist isn't created.

Version/Commit

1.22.2 (Build date: Aug 19, 2026), Compiler MSVC 1951

Bisect Results

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Present in the nightly version

I don't know

Platform & operating system

Xbox Series X

Affected Cores

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Environment information

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Relevant log output

Start by reproducing the failure through Import Content on an Xbox Series X with unzipped NES files on the USB drive, using both automatic and custom scan methods. Check the scan behavior alongside the Online Database Update, and identify why the first file is processed without creating a playlist. Done means a scan creates the expected system playlist without affecting normal Load Content behavior.