BUG:API crash if invalid metadata found

[aniket866]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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What happened?

Where :backend/app/routes/images.py

What happened ? : The MetadataModel enforces strict types (e.g., width: int), so if the database contains images where metadata parsing failed (returning None), Pydantic validation throws an error.

What should be : Make fields Optional (e.g., width: Optional[int] = None) or use validators to provide defaults.

Why?: A single image with missing EXIF data causes the get_all_images endpoint to return HTTP 500, breaking the gallery for the entire library.

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[aniket866]

@rahulharpal1603 what's your view on this , Feel free to assign

[krishnasingh-09]

Hi maintainers,
I’m interested in working on this issue and have gone through the related code. Please let me know if I can take this up. Happy to discuss the approach first.