Problem with ML models #8081

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opened 2026-02-05 13:31:08 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 1 comment
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Originally created by @AstolfoBestGirl1 on GitHub (Dec 18, 2025).

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

  • Yes

The bug

Infinite downloading models

The OS that Immich Server is running on

deb12bw

Version of Immich Server

2.3.1

Version of Immich Mobile App

NR

Platform with the issue

  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

Device make and model

NR

Your docker-compose.yml content

# WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://docs.immich.app/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}:/data
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .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}-openvino
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/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:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false
  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8@sha256:81db6d39e1bba3b3ff32bd3a1b19a6d69690f94a3954ec131277b9a26b95b3aa
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always
  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:bcf63357191b76a916ae5eb93464d65c07511da41e3bf7a8416db519b40b1c23
    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
    shm_size: 128mb
    restart: always
volumes:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables
# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/hdd1tb/immich_photos
# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres
# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this
list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
# TZ=Etc/UTC
# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v2.1.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release
# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=postgres
# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
MACHINE_LEARNING_MODEL_INTRA_OP_THREADS=8
MACHINE_LEARNING_MODEL_INTER_OP_THREADS=4
MACHINE_LEARNING_WORKERS=8

Reproduction steps

  1. Launch immich
  2. Start any AI feature
  3. Get infinite downloading
    ...

Relevant log output

[12/18/25 15:39:26] INFO     Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to
                             /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx.
                             This may take a while.
[12/18/25 15:39:26] INFO     Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to
                             /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx.
                             This may take a while.
[12/18/25 15:44:27] INFO     Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to
                             /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx.
                             This may take a while.
[12/18/25 15:49:27] INFO     Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to
                             /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx.
                             This may take a while.
[12/18/25 15:49:27] INFO     Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to
                             /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx.
                             This may take a while.

Additional information

No response

Originally created by @AstolfoBestGirl1 on GitHub (Dec 18, 2025). ### I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report. - [x] Yes ### The bug Infinite downloading models ### The OS that Immich Server is running on deb12bw ### Version of Immich Server 2.3.1 ### Version of Immich Mobile App NR ### Platform with the issue - [x] Server - [ ] Web - [ ] Mobile ### Device make and model NR ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML # WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://docs.immich.app/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}:/data - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro env_file: - .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}-openvino # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/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: - .env restart: always healthcheck: disable: false redis: container_name: immich_redis image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8@sha256:81db6d39e1bba3b3ff32bd3a1b19a6d69690f94a3954ec131277b9a26b95b3aa healthcheck: test: redis-cli ping || exit 1 restart: always database: container_name: immich_postgres image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:bcf63357191b76a916ae5eb93464d65c07511da41e3bf7a8416db519b40b1c23 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 shm_size: 128mb restart: always volumes: model-cache: ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables # The location where your uploaded files are stored UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/hdd1tb/immich_photos # The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres # To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List # TZ=Etc/UTC # The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v2.1.0" IMMICH_VERSION=release # Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password # Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces DB_PASSWORD=postgres # The values below this line do not need to be changed ################################################################################### DB_USERNAME=postgres DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich MACHINE_LEARNING_MODEL_INTRA_OP_THREADS=8 MACHINE_LEARNING_MODEL_INTER_OP_THREADS=4 MACHINE_LEARNING_WORKERS=8 ``` ### Reproduction steps 1. Launch immich 2. Start any AI feature 3. Get infinite downloading ... ### Relevant log output ```shell [12/18/25 15:39:26] INFO Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx. This may take a while. [12/18/25 15:39:26] INFO Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx. This may take a while. [12/18/25 15:44:27] INFO Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx. This may take a while. [12/18/25 15:49:27] INFO Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx. This may take a while. [12/18/25 15:49:27] INFO Downloading visual model 'ViT-B-32__openai' to /cache/clip/ViT-B-32__openai/visual/model.onnx. This may take a while. ``` ### Additional information _No response_
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@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2025):

what is the issue here? are you from mainland China? if yes I believe you need to use a proxy to download the models

@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2025): what is the issue here? are you from mainland China? if yes I believe you need to use a proxy to download the models
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Reference: immich-app/immich#8081