Immich Postgres authentication failures after version update
Setup: docker-compose.yml file with .env both fed and handled through Dockge without major issue until recently. After checking, I upgraded from v1.140.1->v.1.141.1, and immich server container failed to spin up correctly, outputting this error:
Initializing Immich v1.141.1
Detected CPU Cores: 24
Starting api worker
Starting microservices worker
[Nest] 7 - 09/11/2025, 8:48:26 PM LOG [Microservices:EventRepository] Initialized websocket server
PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "immich"
(...)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23) {
severity_local: 'FATAL',
severity: 'FATAL',
code: '28P01',
file: 'auth.c',
line: '329',
routine: 'auth_failed'
}
microservices worker error: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "immich", stack: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "immich"
at ErrorResponse (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:794:26)
at handle (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:480:6)
at Socket.data (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:315:9)
at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)
microservices worker exited with code 1
Killing api processInitializing Immich v1.141.1
Detected CPU Cores: 24
Starting api worker
Starting microservices worker
[Nest] 7 - 09/11/2025, 8:48:26 PM LOG [Microservices:EventRepository] Initialized websocket server
PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "immich"
(...)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23) {
severity_local: 'FATAL',
severity: 'FATAL',
code: '28P01',
file: 'auth.c',
line: '329',
routine: 'auth_failed'
}
microservices worker error: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "immich", stack: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "immich"
at ErrorResponse (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:794:26)
at handle (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:480:6)
at Socket.data (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:315:9)
at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)
microservices worker exited with code 1
Killing api process