Inconsistent media location detected, but everything should line up?
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I'm currently having an issue where I cannot successfully start my Immich server. The logs are as follows:
It was functioning just fine before. I have verified the following:
- docker-compose.yml has
- using
- .env has
The reason I went through these changes is because at random I accessed the server and found that it was failing to find thumbnails including my user profile image. This setup was already very strange, as a result of migrating from whatever the Proxmox LXC helper scripts created, to an official setup in a VM using Docker Compose, but as it was functioning perfectly and did not break across updates, I did not touch it.
Now, all directories and paths are in the right place and should be referring to each other as intended - they all point to
I'm currently having an issue where I cannot successfully start my Immich server. The logs are as follows:
[Nest] 7 - 02/17/2026, 2:46:19 PM LOG [Microservices:StorageService] Verifying system mount folder checks, current state: {"mountChecks":{"thumbs":true,"upload":true,"backups":true,"library":true,"profile":true,"encoded-video":true}}
[Nest] 7 - 02/17/2026, 2:46:19 PM LOG [Microservices:StorageService] Successfully verified system mount folder checks
[Nest] 7 - 02/17/2026, 2:46:19 PM LOG [Microservices:StorageService] Media location changed (from=/usr/src/app/upload, to=/data)
Error: Detected an inconsistent media location. For more information, see https://docs.immich.app/errors#inconsistent-media-locationIt was functioning just fine before. I have verified the following:
- docker-compose.yml has
${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data- using
immich-admin change-media-location/data/usr/src/app- .env has
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/largestorage/immich/uploadThe reason I went through these changes is because at random I accessed the server and found that it was failing to find thumbnails including my user profile image. This setup was already very strange, as a result of migrating from whatever the Proxmox LXC helper scripts created, to an official setup in a VM using Docker Compose, but as it was functioning perfectly and did not break across updates, I did not touch it.
docker-compose.yml/usr/src/app/dataNow, all directories and paths are in the right place and should be referring to each other as intended - they all point to
/dataimmich-admin