Socket.io UnauthorizedException: Authentication required
Hi I am trying to connect to immich server using socket.io , I am getting an UnauthorizedException: Authentication required response in the server.
I am using : inside or outide docker ( localhost:2283 )
const socket = io("http://immich-server:2283", { path: "/api/socket.io", transports: ["websocket"], auth: { token }, });The tocken is generated using
const response = await fetch(${IMMICH_API_BASE}/auth/login, {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ email: EMAIL, password: PASSWORD }),
});
or usingcurl -X POST http://localhost:2283/api/auth/login -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"email":"email@domain","password":"..."}'using socket.on("connect", () => { .... ) I see that I am connected , but directly disconnected from the server due to unauthorized response .
[Nest] 25 - 10/31/2025, 8:30:09 AM LOG [Api:WebsocketRepository] Websocket Connect: g1HqIKlUVe2lhaGGAAAF [Nest] 25 - 10/31/2025, 8:30:09 AM ERROR [Api:WebsocketRepository] Websocket connection error: UnauthorizedException: Authentication required **UnauthorizedException: Authentication required** at AuthService.validate (/usr/src/app/server/dist/services/auth.service.js:165:15) ... /usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/rxjs@7.8.2/node_modules/rxjs/dist/cjs/internal/operators/distinctUntilChanged.js:18:28 [Nest] 25 - 10/31/2025, 8:30:09 AM LOG [Api:WebsocketRepository] Websocket Disconnect: g1HqIKlUVe2lhaGGAAAFI am using latest immich version
cat package.json { "name": "immich-ws-listener", "version": "1.0.0", "type": "module", "dependencies": { "@Immich/sdk": "^2.1.0", "node-fetch": "^3.3.2", "socket.io-client": "^4.8.1" } }Any help with this i greatly appreciated Alain
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Linux odroidn2 6.6.16-current-meson64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 5 20:14:39 UTC 2024 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
root@odroidn2:/home/afawaz/docker/immich-app# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 372M 13M 360M 4% /run
/dev/mmcblk1p1 57G 14G 43G 24% /
tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 1.9G 2.8M 1.9G 1% /tmp
/dev/zram1 47M 38M 6.3M 86% /var/log
overlay 57G 14G 43G 24% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/d7e96fefd7d03fd66a6026db5447a0dfc436144254111f6b11db63ac9ca3df5e/merged
tmpfs 372M 4.0K 372M 1% /run/user/1000
overlay 57G 14G 43G 24% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/a44d68510f6edff8c44b97d508ee03388a458e2bff835b871a77dc87f4006d03/merged
overlay 57G 14G 43G 24% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/df9587fa7f4da546be85dbaf3975ddb3b17b6593d71f98f40191e47615e17fd2/merged
overlay 57G 14G 43G 24% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/ff5b4ee79a9a93b6499aba61428a9240a2bb1be206102f5731e7fc63e37dd1fa/merged
overlay 57G 14G 43G 24% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/fb7d32ef87fba82da8e46c597ab7d50ec924ed5b9fb827e269c426941c55e60e/merged
overlay 57G 14G 43G 24% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/0d749f9d2fa3ac52954b78f090d10f7524c4559a7ba5f251d416866ad551f095/merged
overlay 57G 14G 43G 24% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/377c0019f40d1689b8f29be30a24d251d215f58686cf892a4a7e6e6a90eea4f0/merged
.env UPLOAD_LOCATION=/volume1/docker/immich-app/library DB_DATA_LOCATION=./immich-app/postgres TZ=Etc/CET IMMICH_VERSION=release DB_PASSWORD=my password DB_USERNAME=postgres DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
anyone please ? 🙏