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[Android APP] Duplicate album created. #4353

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opened 2026-02-05 10:13:18 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 19 comments
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:18 +03:00
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Originally created by @alextran1502 on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024).

Discussed in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/12653

Originally posted by DrieWielRr September 14, 2024

The bug

I share my camera album with my wife but she notifified me that she did not see new pictures appearing so I checked my Immich app and noticed that it suddenly decided to create a new album called "Camera" and started uploading my Camera-pictures in there instead of the original album.

Below the duplicate album the app has created for no reason:
screencap_duplicate_album

The albums that are synced from my phone does not include this mistery album:
Screencap_sync_settings

Sync settings:
Screencap_phone_albums

How can I get these images back within the old album and stop the app from creating a new album for a album that already exist?

The OS that Immich Server is running on

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Version of Immich Server

v1.113.0

Version of Immich Mobile App

1.113.0 build.156

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  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

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Originally created by @alextran1502 on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024). ### Discussed in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/12653 <div type='discussions-op-text'> <sup>Originally posted by **DrieWielRr** September 14, 2024</sup> ### The bug I share my camera album with my wife but she notifified me that she did not see new pictures appearing so I checked my Immich app and noticed that it suddenly decided to create a new album called "Camera" and started uploading my Camera-pictures in there instead of the original album. Below the duplicate album the app has created for no reason: ![screencap_duplicate_album](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f62b317d-7807-46c9-b834-246b51309535) The albums that are synced from my phone does not include this mistery album: ![Screencap_sync_settings](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ed711238-3be4-4edb-a9ea-c41a03eef6bb) Sync settings: ![Screencap_phone_albums](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/43addb8f-0f79-4f37-8833-f573776023e7) How can I get these images back within the old album and stop the app from creating a new album for a album that already exist? ### The OS that Immich Server is running on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ### Version of Immich Server v1.113.0 ### Version of Immich Mobile App 1.113.0 build.156 ### Platform with the issue - [ ] Server - [ ] Web - [x] Mobile ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML N/A ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell N/A ``` ### Reproduction steps N/A ### Relevant log output _No response_ ### Additional information _No response_</div>
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OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:21 +03:00
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@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024):

@DrieWielRr I reopen to get it tracked

@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024): @DrieWielRr I reopen to get it tracked
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:27 +03:00
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@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024):

Do you know if you often press the sync button in the backup setting?

@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024): Do you know if you often press the sync button in the backup setting?
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:30 +03:00
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@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024):

Thanks Alex :)

No, I only did it once (when 1.113 dropped allowing the album sync, didn't use immich before that because we were waiting for album sync functionality) with the initial backup and after that I enabled the background sync to upload pictures when the are 10m of age.

@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024): Thanks Alex :) No, I only did it once (when 1.113 dropped allowing the album sync, didn't use immich before that because we were waiting for album sync functionality) with the initial backup and after that I enabled the background sync to upload pictures when the are 10m of age.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:32 +03:00
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@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024):

Ps:
I run the server connection over a private "always online VPN" and I'm currently abroad where the internet connection is not that great (quite slow and dropouts are frequent).
I had to restart the app 2/3 times in the past week because it got stuck for hours looking for assets or didn't process new uploads at all (my wife starts complaining in the evening that pictures that where made that entire day are not availeble yet within my shared immich album, which is becomming a bit of pain now that the app creates new albums that I constantly have to share with her so she can access the vacation pictures ^^).
I also had another case where it didnt do anything until I actually manually opened the application from the app tray before it immediately started searching for assets and begun uploading (maybe the background service crashed?).

@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024): Ps: I run the server connection over a private "always online VPN" and I'm currently abroad where the internet connection is not that great (quite slow and dropouts are frequent). I had to restart the app 2/3 times in the past week because it got stuck for hours looking for assets or didn't process new uploads at all (my wife starts complaining in the evening that pictures that where made that entire day are not availeble yet within my shared immich album, which is becomming a bit of pain now that the app creates new albums that I constantly have to share with her so she can access the vacation pictures ^^). I also had another case where it didnt do anything until I actually manually opened the application from the app tray before it immediately started searching for assets and begun uploading (maybe the background service crashed?).
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:35 +03:00
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@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024):

It just created yet another (4th) Camera album when it started syncing just a couple of minutes a go, below the server and app logs:

_immich-server_logs-1.txt
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@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024): It just created yet another (4th) Camera album when it started syncing just a couple of minutes a go, below the server and app logs: [_immich-server_logs-1.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17046391/_immich-server_logs-1.txt) [app-log.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17046392/app-log.txt)
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:36 +03:00
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@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024):

Below the applogs after sync was completed, 4th album now also containing pictures:

Screenshot_20240918_173350

app-log.txt

@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024): Below the applogs after sync was completed, 4th album now also containing pictures: ![Screenshot_20240918_173350](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bdd87573-d387-4233-8a99-2c0822c2f034) [app-log.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17046469/app-log.txt)
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:39 +03:00
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@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024):

I see, thanks for the update!

@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2024): I see, thanks for the update!
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:42 +03:00
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@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 22, 2024):

When I take one of the rogue camera albums and select all the images and add them to the original camera album I get the error that the pictures are already part of that album, which they are not..

Info message:
"Assets were already part of the album".

Its getting even more weird now, counters/immich links to albums are now all over the place (compared to previous screencaps above):
screencap_01

@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 22, 2024): When I take one of the rogue camera albums and select all the images and add them to the original camera album I get the error that the pictures are already part of that album, which they are not.. Info message: "Assets were already part of the album". Its getting even more weird now, counters/immich links to albums are now all over the place (compared to previous screencaps above): ![screencap_01](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c5977eb-1001-4704-a93b-f9e34d6e7944)
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:44 +03:00
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@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2024):

I eventually fixed it by doing the following:

  • disabled the background sync on the mobile app and closed it down
  • checked if any pictures where not member of any album and made sure the list was empty
  • deleted all the rogue camera albums leaving all the pictures album-less.
  • did another search for pictures without albums.
  • selected all the pictures that now showed up and added them to the original camera album.
  • opened the app and press the "sync album button".
  • after that I did a manual backup and it looked all fine, it had nothing to sync.
  • turned the background service back on and set the timer on 10m of age.
  • made a random picture and waited.

After 10m the picture was synced with Immich in the correct Camera album and no new albums where created.
It has been stable for a day or 2 now with multiple syncs that all ended up in the correct album.
Problem seems to have been corrected, but it would be great if an "Album constraint" can be implemented to prevent this from happening again.

@DrieWielRr commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2024): I eventually fixed it by doing the following: - disabled the background sync on the mobile app and closed it down - checked if any pictures where not member of any album and made sure the list was empty - deleted all the rogue camera albums leaving all the pictures album-less. - did another search for pictures without albums. - selected all the pictures that now showed up and added them to the original camera album. - opened the app and press the "sync album button". - after that I did a manual backup and it looked all fine, it had nothing to sync. - turned the background service back on and set the timer on 10m of age. - made a random picture and waited. After 10m the picture was synced with Immich in the correct Camera album and no new albums where created. It has been stable for a day or 2 now with multiple syncs that all ended up in the correct album. Problem seems to have been corrected, but it would be great if an "Album constraint" can be implemented to prevent this from happening again.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:44 +03:00
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@zhiiwg commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2024):

Same issue here, and after pressed the “sync album button”, it looks like two albums have same photos.

Try to add photo from “Camera” to “Camera”, and it shows “photo already in album”

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Server 1.118.2
App 1.118.1

Update: since in my case two albums have some contents, so I add a new photo and check which album is synced to, then delete the other album, looks good.

@zhiiwg commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2024): Same issue here, and after pressed the “sync album button”, it looks like two albums have same photos. Try to add photo from “Camera” to “Camera”, and it shows “photo already in album” ![图片](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/841bb957-b05b-4007-a5dd-18920d46354c) Server 1.118.2 App 1.118.1 Update: since in my case two albums have some contents, so I add a new photo and check which album is synced to, then delete the other album, looks good.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:46 +03:00
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@Manut38 commented on GitHub (Jan 2, 2025):

I have experienced this issue, too.
In my case it just stopped adding pictures to one of the albums, so after I disabled and re-enabled the backup, I just deleted the one that was outdated.
Not sure what caused it. I think it happened after the sync did not exit gracefully because of an app crash or a lost connection.
I did not click the sync albums button at that time.

@Manut38 commented on GitHub (Jan 2, 2025): I have experienced this issue, too. In my case it just stopped adding pictures to one of the albums, so after I disabled and re-enabled the backup, I just deleted the one that was outdated. Not sure what caused it. I think it happened after the sync did not exit gracefully because of an app crash or a lost connection. I did not click the sync albums button at that time.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:51 +03:00
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@WhiteHawk7777 commented on GitHub (Feb 21, 2025):

I have the same issue, except in my case it does actually add the photos to the correct album, it just also creates a new one with only the photos that are currently on my device.

@WhiteHawk7777 commented on GitHub (Feb 21, 2025): I have the same issue, except in my case it does actually add the photos to the correct album, it just also creates a new one with only the photos that are currently on my device.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:52 +03:00
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@cthybert commented on GitHub (Apr 24, 2025):

I'm also still facing this issue on (v 1.132) 2 devices (ios and android) one account each ... moving everytime picture on the original "Camera" album (here for android) and "Recentes" album for IOS

@cthybert commented on GitHub (Apr 24, 2025): I'm also still facing this issue on (v 1.132) 2 devices (ios and android) one account each ... moving everytime picture on the original "Camera" album (here for android) and "Recentes" album for IOS
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:57 +03:00
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@HeytalePazguato commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

I have the same issue and I cannot find a way to solve it

App version: 1.135.1 build.210
Server version: 1.135.3

@HeytalePazguato commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): I have the same issue and I cannot find a way to solve it App version: 1.135.1 build.210 Server version: 1.135.3
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:13:59 +03:00
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@bigherc18 commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2025):

I have the same issue here

@bigherc18 commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2025): I have the same issue here
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:14:04 +03:00
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@bigherc18 commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2025):

The app now is assigning no Album, first it created the second Camera as the issue describe and now it just uploads the images without assigning the album

@bigherc18 commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2025): The app now is assigning no Album, first it created the second Camera as the issue describe and now it just uploads the images without assigning the album
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:14:05 +03:00
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@akuntsch commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2025):

The app now is assigning no Album, first it created the second Camera as the issue describe and now it just uploads the images without assigning the album

Same here, now that you mention it.
I have 2 camera albums and the most recent photo in any of them is from 2025-07-24.
I usually update to the latest immich version right away (server and app) and am also using the beta timeline since it was released.

@akuntsch commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2025): > The app now is assigning no Album, first it created the second Camera as the issue describe and now it just uploads the images without assigning the album Same here, now that you mention it. I have 2 camera albums and the most recent photo in any of them is from 2025-07-24. I usually update to the latest immich version right away (server and app) and am also using the beta timeline since it was released.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:14:06 +03:00
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@kr0k0 commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025):

The app now is assigning no Album, first it created the second Camera as the issue describe and now it just uploads the images without assigning the album

Same here with server version 2.0 and app version 1.144.1 build 3019.

@kr0k0 commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025): > The app now is assigning no Album, first it created the second Camera as the issue describe and now it just uploads the images without assigning the album Same here with server version 2.0 and app version 1.144.1 build 3019.
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 10:14:12 +03:00
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@depahk commented on GitHub (Dec 27, 2025):

To me it only happens with shared albums, is it a different issue?

I have shared an album to another user and the user have also the same album, both local and on Immich server synced, I thought that the albums will be merged but instead another one was created with only its own photos. So he found a shared album and an owned album with the same name, he copied the personal photos inside the shared album and deleted its own from Immich but when he add a new photo to the album via Samsung Gallery App, Immich create the new album like the first time without merging them.

At this point I think this may not be a bug but can be a Feature Request, I also add that I (new user) expected a button to save locally some photos/albums and not oly upload them to Immich server.

@depahk commented on GitHub (Dec 27, 2025): To me it only happens with shared albums, is it a different issue? I have shared an album to another user and the user have also the same album, both local and on Immich server synced, I thought that the albums will be merged but instead another one was created with only its own photos. So he found a shared album and an owned album with the same name, he copied the personal photos inside the shared album and deleted its own from Immich but when he add a new photo to the album via Samsung Gallery App, Immich create the new album like the first time without merging them. At this point I think this may not be a bug but can be a Feature Request, I also add that I (new user) expected a button to save locally some photos/albums and not oly upload them to Immich server.
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