[Feature] Share photos automatically based on shared people in Cluster Groups

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The feature

Feature Request: Automatically share photos of selected people within Cluster Groups

Description

With the introduction of Cluster Groups and People Sharing in Immich, it is now possible to share person identities between users.

However, sharing a person does not automatically grant access to the photos and videos containing that person.

I would like to propose an optional extension to the existing People Sharing feature that allows users to automatically share photos and videos containing a selected person, without creating or maintaining shared albums.

Use Case

My partner and I use Immich with separate accounts and private photo libraries.

For example:

• I have 1,500 photos containing a person named "Max".
• My partner has another 800 photos containing Max.
• We want to share photos of Max with each other.
• We do not want to share our entire photo libraries.
• We do not want to manually create and maintain shared albums.

Ideally, sharing Max within our Cluster Group would optionally allow us to share the associated photos as well.

Proposed Behavior

Extend the existing People → Manage Access functionality with an optional setting:

"Also share photos and videos containing this person"

When enabled:

1. Existing photos and videos containing the selected person become accessible to the selected recipient.
2. Newly uploaded photos and videos containing that person are automatically shared after facial recognition.
3. If a face is incorrectly assigned and later removed from the person, access granted by this sharing rule is automatically updated.
4. Disabling the option revokes access granted by this rule without affecting independently shared assets.
5. Other photos and videos remain private.

The feature should be opt-in and clearly explain that an entire photo or video will be shared, including other people who may appear in it.

Expected Result

Users can share a specific person and automatically make the associated photos and videos accessible to selected users within their Cluster Group.

The recipient should be able to view the shared photos under the corresponding person, together with their own accessible photos of that person.

No additional album creation or manual maintenance should be necessary.

Relation to Smart Albums / Workflows

I am aware of the existing Smart Albums / Workflows proposal (#1673).

While rule-based albums might provide a technical foundation, this request focuses specifically on integrating dynamic asset sharing directly into the existing People Sharing interface.

The goal is to share a person, not to create another album.

Related discussion: #32196

Why This Matters

This would make Cluster Groups particularly useful for families and couples who maintain separate private libraries but want to automatically share photos of specific family members or friends.

It would also build naturally upon the recently introduced People Sharing functionality without requiring users to change their existing facial recognition organization.

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

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