[BUG] Automatic Library Scanning stopped working

[vmirage]

The bug

Automatic Library Scanning seems to have stopped working since v1.91

The OS that Immich Server is running on

Debian

Version of Immich Server

v1.91.3

Version of Immich Mobile App

v1.91.3

Platform with the issue

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

Your docker-compose.yml content

version: "3.8"

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    command: ["start.sh", "immich"]
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /mnt/photo:/mnt/photo:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - 2283:3001
    depends_on:
      - redis
    restart: always

  immich-microservices:
    container_name: immich_microservices
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    extends:
      file: hwaccel.yml
      service: hwaccel
    command: ["start.sh", "microservices"]
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /mnt/photo:/mnt/photo:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    depends_on:
      - redis
    restart: always

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:70a7a5b641117670beae0d80658430853896b5ef269ccf00d1827427e3263fa3
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: tensorchord/pgvecto-rs:pg14-v0.1.11
    env_file:
      - .env
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
    volumes:
      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always

volumes:
  pgdata:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
IMMICH_VERSION=release
DB_PASSWORD=postgres
DB_HOSTNAME=immich_postgres
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
IMMICH_REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich_redis

Reproduction steps

1. Ensure External Libary is already setup with the correct import path for user.
2. Copy some new photos into external library.
3. Go to Administration -> Settings -> Library -> Scanning
4. Enable automatic library scanning
5. Set cron expression to */15 * * * *
6. Save Settings.
6. Wait for 15 minutes, but no photos imported.

Additional information

No response

[johndoe0815]

I confirm, automatic scanning does nothing at all.

[frascu]

Waiting for the fix of this issue, I created a python script that uses the immich api to scan every external library.
I put the script in the linux cron to execute every X minutes/hours.
https://github.com/frascu/immich-scan-library

[nortuzar]

Same here, it was working until a few versions, i didn't change anything. In my case is an external library

[lilws]

So this is fix on 1.91.4 yet? I tried to trigger it with cron every hour but it seems not working.

[smeingast]

So this is fix on 1.91.4 yet? I tried to trigger it with cron every hour but it seems not working.

I have the same problem and do not see the related PRs included in 1.91.4.

[frascu]

The 1.91.4 has been released on 19 Dec, while the pull request #5951 has been merged on 23 Dec.
Therefore we have to wait the next version for the fix.