[Tobby]

If the service doesn't run at boot, the content of the widget won't have "been told to" change, so a library update won't update the widget.

Also, that would not work for people that don't run a library update on boot, anyways.

I'll mull this over.

Okay, I see. Do you think it's the service or just the refresh that disturbs the library scan? I had AutoWidget set to refresh pretty often so it's hard for me to tell.

Also thank you for the add-on. It's really great and having widgets updating automatically takes Kodi one step closer to working like a streaming service. Appreciate your help.

Well, I would guess that it's the library update that happens during normal operation if the service.

I don't know that I can really see any way around it

Thanks anyway. At least now I know why it happens and what to do about it.