Renaming user and storage label
When I first setup Immich I created the first user with the wrong name. I have since added all my media and now I can see I can rename the user name and storage label, which I have done and kicked off the migration.
However, after completing I noticed the old directory has media that hasn't been migrated to the new directory. There is about 400 media files under /library/firstuser that don't appear in the new /library/user dir.
I have run the migration multiple times but nothing else happens. I'm wondering why this has happened and what to do about it? Is it a bug? Is it fixable? Do I need to trash Immich and start from scratch?
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.I found this in the
docker compose logs
that selected filename is one of the files not moved
Could you try
find /path/to/lib -name IMG-20250417-WA0000.jpgYeah, I did that out of curiosity when I grabbed the screenshot. It is in the old storage location and wasn't moved
So it appears for example in /library/firstuser/blah.../ instead of /library/newuser/blah.../
yes but also no
Does this image also exist? I assume it does
I think the duplicates are in upload and library, not library and newlibrary
ahhh interesting. There are about 243 files in upload. Different filenames, but potentially same checksums like you're thinking
what gets put in upload?
why would it not be in the library?
failed uploads didn't used to get cleared, they might be leftover
from the timestamp it appears to be a recent image though 🤔
Unless that's just when you did the migration?
Ok, that directory exists but not the file
i haven't had this immich setup for long, maybe a few weeks I think
I did the user name rename and storage label change yesterday
Are any of the database entries actually referencing files in upload/?
This error is likely just trying to upload a file that already exists in Immich
Which would get rejected, and then that file in upload/ is cleaned up
It's not in /immich/library but /immich/upload/5233...
There is no immich/upload directory there. It is located in immich/library/upload and library is in immich/library/library
immich/library is the bind mount root
ah right
The name confusion strikes again
hehehe
thankyou for helping me btw. Very much appreciated 🙂
I really like Immich and can see the gap it fills and the quality the devs are aiming for