Server Error after update (Relation doesn't exist)
Hey,
I was running v1.119.0 via helm 0.9.3 and wanted to update to appversion 1.40.1.
On the update i became the typeorm error and in the docs I saw the hint that I need to upgrade to a version in between to run migrations. So I set it to v1.136.0. Then my old server pod was replaced since it started successfully. But accesing the web frontend i get this error:
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Error: 500 - undefined
Error: Error: 500
at Object.it [as ok] (https://immich.towelie.dev/_app/immutable/chunks/fetch-client.BLZJ8ctV.js:1:7578)
at async Promise.all (index 1)
at async n (https://immich.towelie.dev/_app/immutable/chunks/server-config.store.Bbl1qVk9.js:1:515)
at async o (https://immich.towelie.dev/_app/immutable/chunks/server.0xz7K0Mx.js:1:189)
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I tried to go back to v1.119.0 but this doesnt fix the error.
In the console I now see this error:
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[Nest] 17 - 08/31/2025, 12:20:56 PM ERROR [Api:ErrorInterceptor~9zlhw5za] Database error: QueryFailedError: relation "users" does not exist
[Nest] 17 - 08/31/2025, 12:20:57 PM ERROR [Api:ErrorInterceptor~5sxlr7q2] Database error: QueryFailedError: relation "users" does not exist
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The helmrelease run appversion 1.134.0 at the moment. the server log is pretty clear to me. How can I run the missing migration manually?
or can i save my kubernetes pvc "image-library" that contains all the images and videos (as i assume), recreate the entire application and set my new user to the old exported files user?
The issue is that you downgraded again
Try going to the latest version you ran before, and then actually fixing the problem with that instead of blindly downgrading
ah i see. starting the 1.140.0 again give this error
my db seem to have an error, but i dont know why it try to chmod:
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/run/postgresql': Operation not permitted
PostgreSQL Database directory appears to contain a database; Skipping initialization
2025-08-31 15:16:04.706 UTC [1] LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process 2025-08-31 15:16:04.706 UTC [1] HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "log". Is there any idea why this error happens? Or how to avoid it?
PostgreSQL Database directory appears to contain a database; Skipping initialization
2025-08-31 15:16:04.706 UTC [1] LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process 2025-08-31 15:16:04.706 UTC [1] HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "log". Is there any idea why this error happens? Or how to avoid it?