People album on mobile with external library #7548

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opened 2026-02-05 13:08:12 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Tibi-rvb on GitHub (Oct 17, 2025).

I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report.

  • Yes

The bug

Hi,

Issue is only on the mobile Immich, iOS app.

When the photos are from an external library like /photos and we have 2 or multiple users accessing /photos/user1 and /photos/user2, both of the users are able to see in the people folder, people faces from the other user.

So user1 sees the people found in user2 folder but when accessing the person it has zero pictures.

Behavior should be that user1 is able to see only people grouped from /photos/user1 not other subfolders of /photos as the library is mounted for him with /photo/user1

The OS that Immich Server is running on

Ubuntu 24

Version of Immich Server

v2.1.0

Version of Immich Mobile App

v2.1.0 build 231

Platform with the issue

  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

Device make and model

iPhone 16Pro Max

Your docker-compose.yml content

#
# WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose
#
# Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends:
    #   file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /nfs/immich_photos:/home
    env_file:
      - stack.env
    ports:
      - '2283:2283'
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
    #   file: hwaccel.ml.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - stack.env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-bookworm@sha256:ff21bc0f8194dc9c105b769aeabf9585fea6a8ed649c0781caeac5cb3c247884
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:fa4f6e0971f454cd95fec5a9aaed2ed93d8f46725cc6bc61e0698e97dba96da1
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
      # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs
      # DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always

volumes:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

UPLOAD_LOCATION=/nfs/immich_system
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres
TZ=Europe/Bucharest
IMMICH_VERSION=release
DB_PASSWORD=<---edited--->
DB_USERNAME=<---edited--->
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

Reproduction steps

  1. 2 users with libraries in same parent folder
  2. wait for face recognition to finish
  3. check library folder "people"
    ...

Relevant log output


Additional information

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Originally created by @Tibi-rvb on GitHub (Oct 17, 2025). ### I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report. - [x] Yes ### The bug Hi, Issue is only on the mobile Immich, iOS app. When the photos are from an external library like /photos and we have 2 or multiple users accessing /photos/user1 and /photos/user2, both of the users are able to see in the people folder, people faces from the other user. So user1 sees the people found in user2 folder but when accessing the person it has zero pictures. Behavior should be that user1 is able to see only people grouped from /photos/user1 not other subfolders of /photos as the library is mounted for him with /photo/user1 ### The OS that Immich Server is running on Ubuntu 24 ### Version of Immich Server v2.1.0 ### Version of Immich Mobile App v2.1.0 build 231 ### Platform with the issue - [ ] Server - [ ] Web - [x] Mobile ### Device make and model iPhone 16Pro Max ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML # # WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose # # Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release: # # https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml # # The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release. name: immich services: immich-server: container_name: immich_server image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro - /nfs/immich_photos:/home env_file: - stack.env ports: - '2283:2283' depends_on: - redis - database restart: always healthcheck: disable: false immich-machine-learning: container_name: immich_machine_learning # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag. # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration # file: hwaccel.ml.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable volumes: - model-cache:/cache env_file: - stack.env restart: always healthcheck: disable: false redis: container_name: immich_redis image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-bookworm@sha256:ff21bc0f8194dc9c105b769aeabf9585fea6a8ed649c0781caeac5cb3c247884 healthcheck: test: redis-cli ping || exit 1 restart: always database: container_name: immich_postgres image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:fa4f6e0971f454cd95fec5a9aaed2ed93d8f46725cc6bc61e0698e97dba96da1 environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD} POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME} POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME} POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums' # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs # DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data restart: always volumes: model-cache: ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell UPLOAD_LOCATION=/nfs/immich_system DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres TZ=Europe/Bucharest IMMICH_VERSION=release DB_PASSWORD=<---edited---> DB_USERNAME=<---edited---> DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich ``` ### Reproduction steps 1. 2 users with libraries in same parent folder 2. wait for face recognition to finish 3. check library folder "people" ... ### Relevant log output ```shell ``` ### Additional information _No response_
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Reference: immich-app/immich#7548