Immich always reset at restart

Hello,

I'm having an issue with my Immich setup deployed using Docker Compose.

The directory used for the PostgreSQL database remains completely empty, and every time I restart the Immich stack, it resets as if it were a fresh installation. No data is being persisted.

Details:
- The PostgreSQL container starts without any visible errors.
- The database volume is mounted like this:

database:
  image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0
  env_file:
    - postgres.env
  volumes:
    - ./db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/
  restart: always

database:
  image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0
  env_file:
    - postgres.env
  volumes:
    - ./db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/
  restart: always

(runned as root)
The db-data folder on the host stays empty even after the container starts:

ls db-data/data/

ls db-data/data/

→ empty

→ empty

Immich runs, but no data persists across restarts.

Do you know why PostgreSQL might not be writing any data into the directory?
Is there a specific directory required by this Immich PostgreSQL image, or any known issue related to mounting /var/lib/postgresql/?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Immich•3mo ago•

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Immich always reset at restart

database:
  image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0
  env_file:
    - postgres.env
  volumes:
    - ./db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/
  restart: always

database:
  image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0
  env_file:
    - postgres.env
  volumes:
    - ./db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/
  restart: always

(runned as root)
The db-data folder on the host stays empty even after the container starts:

ls db-data/data/

ls db-data/data/

→ empty

→ empty

Immich always reset at restart

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