Redis Auth Issue After Switching to Valkey – Immich Won’t Start
Hey folks! 
I’ve been running Immich smoothly for about 6 months, but recently it stopped working out of nowhere—looks like it’s choking on Redis auth. I’m not sure if I had already switched to Valkey or if that happened during the crash, but since then I haven’t been able to get it back online.
Here’s the error I’m seeing:
A few things I’ve tried:
- Logging in via redis-cli using both the password and no password → works fine.
- Double-checked that the password is correctly passed in .env and not empty.
- Tried using a custom Redis user (immich) instead of the default Valkey user → still no luck.
I’d prefer not to use the default Valkey user for security reasons, so I’m trying to stick with a dedicated user and password.
Here’s a snippet of my setup:
.env
docker-compose.yml
Redis is reachable, and I can authenticate manually, but Immich keeps throwing the WRONGPASS error. Has anyone managed to get Immich working with Valkey + custom Redis ACLs?
Any tips or working configs would be super appreciated
I’ve been running Immich smoothly for about 6 months, but recently it stopped working out of nowhere—looks like it’s choking on Redis auth. I’m not sure if I had already switched to Valkey or if that happened during the crash, but since then I haven’t been able to get it back online.
Here’s the error I’m seeing:
A few things I’ve tried:- Logging in via redis-cli using both the password and no password → works fine.
- Double-checked that the password is correctly passed in .env and not empty.
- Tried using a custom Redis user (immich) instead of the default Valkey user → still no luck.
I’d prefer not to use the default Valkey user for security reasons, so I’m trying to stick with a dedicated user and password.
Here’s a snippet of my setup:
.env
docker-compose.yml
Redis is reachable, and I can authenticate manually, but Immich keeps throwing the WRONGPASS error. Has anyone managed to get Immich working with Valkey + custom Redis ACLs?
Any tips or working configs would be super appreciated
