Immich upload thorugh CloudFlare - max_upload_size limit
Hello everyone! 👋
I recently shared an album with some friends and encouraged them to upload photos from our trip. My Immich instance is exposed via a Cloudflare Tunnel.
Here’s the issue: each of them wanted to upload a large number of photos, but they ran into an error whenever their uploads exceeded 100 MB. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any relevant logs in Immich.
After some investigation, I discovered that the free Cloudflare tier has a
max_upload_file size limit of 100 MB.
Could this be the cause? Specifically:
- Does Immich handle batch uploads as a single HTTP request, which might be restricted by this file size limit?
- Or could there be another issue I need to dig into?
If the batch upload is sent as a single HTTP request, wouldn’t it make sense to split each file into separate requests? This could potentially bypass the max_upload_file limit and also allow for parallel uploads, improving efficiency.
Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 😊9 Replies
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If the batch upload is sent as a single HTTP request, wouldn’t it make sense to split each file into separate requests? This could potentially bypass the max_upload_file limit and also allow for parallel uploads, improving efficiency.
I get that PRs are welcome, but is there a way I could check if this is a known issue and/or planned on the roadmap?
It would make sense, and is something we want, but it's not so straightforward to implement
#1674
A PR would definitely be welcome, but if you plan to make one please discuss your approach with us in #contributing or #focus-discussion before starting
Thank you! I'll go through current discussion after New Year's season
A new docker container is not something we’re currently willing to look at for this , AFAIK