Hazel 6 Not Applying Rules Properly to Monitored Folder

I’ve been using Hazel 6 on macOS Ventura 13.2, and I’m experiencing an issue where rules are not being applied consistently to a monitored folder. The folder contains various file types, and while some rules work as expected, others fail to execute or only apply intermittently.
I set up a rule to move PDF files with a specific tag to another folder.
The rule condition is "If all conditions are met: Kind is PDF and Tag is 'Invoice'".
I added an action to move the file to a designated folder called Processed Invoices.
I dropped multiple files matching the criteria into the monitored folder.
Some files are moved as expected, while others remain in the monitored folder. Occasionally, the rule does not trigger until I restart Hazel or manually force the rule to run. No error messages appear, but the inconsistency is disrupting workflow.
Does anyone know why this might be happening or what else I can try? Is this a known bug with Hazel 6, or could it be an issue with macOS permissions? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Try the troubleshooting guide here: https://www.noodlesoft.com/kb/hazel-tro ... ing-guide/

If you can't figure it out from that, post the results of each test.

I have a similar problem. After a few days of Hazel working without issue, the following happens:

-A documents shows all green checkmarks in Preview Rule. Rule not executed.
-Rule Status shows the correct rule under "Rules Matched" for that document. No date in the Date Matched column. Rule not executed.
-Log shows the rule matching but the rule is not executed (confirmed in Debug Mode, no errors).
-Stopping and starting Hazel does not resolve the issue.

Once this occurs, other documents will match but NONE of their rules are executed. Only fix is a full reboot. User logoff and logon does NOT work.

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melmedarda wrote:I’ve been using Hazel 6 on macOS Ventura 13.2, and I’m experiencing an issue where rules are not being applied consistently to a monitored folder...Occasionally, the rule does not trigger until I restart Hazel or manually force the rule to run. No error messages appear, but the inconsistency is disrupting workflow.
Does anyone know why this might be happening or what else I can try? Is this a known bug with Hazel 6, or could it be an issue with macOS permissions? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Did you modify the rule in some way? There is something I recently experienced like ghosting where after modifying or deleting a rule, it still may run. I had to go to ~/Library/Application Support/Hazel and look for .hazelrule or .plist with older names or that I think should have been deleted but were not. Weirdly, when I deleted them, they would go to the trash and reappear in the folder with a name like trash- in front...As a result, I am about to delete hazel and related files and reinstall and see if that works.