Immich don't start

[michal197609]

In Logfiles i have this issue:

Node.js v24.14.1
api worker exited with code 1
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmimalloc.so.2' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmimalloc.so.2' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
(node:555) ExperimentalWarning: WASI is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created

Pleas help me.
Thank you .
Regards.
Michal

[jesposito]

This looks like the same root cause as #714: the image now ships libmimalloc3 (.so.3) but the s6 startup scripts still preload libmimalloc.so.2, which no longer exists — hence the ld.so ... cannot be preloaded lines you're seeing.

A fix is up in #716.

To get running again right now, you can recreate the missing soname and restart (replace immich with your container name):

docker exec immich ln -sf libmimalloc.so.3.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmimalloc.so.2 && docker restart immich

One heads-up: that preload error is logged as ignored, so it may not actually be what's killing your api worker exited with code 1. If the workaround above clears the ld.so lines but immich still won't start, the real cause is probably further down in the logs (DB/redis connectivity is a common one) — if so, paste the full log from the start of the boot and we can dig in. 🙏

[michal197609]

Thanks for the support; I performed the update, but Immich still won't start.

Logfiles:

Node.js v24.14.1
api worker exited with code 1
(node:513) ExperimentalWarning: WASI is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
Starting api worker
(node:535) ExperimentalWarning: WASI is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:01 AM LOG [Api:WebsocketRepository] Initialized websocket server
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:01 AM WARN [Api:DatabaseService] DEPRECATION WARNING: The pgvecto.rs extension is deprecated and support for it will be removed very soon.
See https://docs.immich.app/install/upgrading#migrating-to-vectorchord in order to switch to the VectorChord extension instead.
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:01 AM LOG [Api:DatabaseRepository] Running migrations
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:02 AM LOG [Api:DatabaseRepository] Finished running migrations
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:02 AM LOG [Api:DatabaseService] Checking for schema drift
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:02 AM LOG [Api:DatabaseService] No schema drift detected
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:02 AM LOG [Api:StorageService] Verifying system mount folder checks, current state: {"mountChecks":{"thumbs":true,"upload":true,"backups":true,"library":true,"profile":true,"encoded-video":true}}
[Nest] 535 - 06/07/2026, 9:48:02 AM ERROR [Api:StorageService] Failed to read (/photos/backups/.immich): Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/photos/backups/.immich'
/app/immich/server/dist/services/storage.service.js:130
throw new misc_1.ImmichStartupError(Failed to read: "${externalPath} (${internalPath}) - ${docsMessage}");
^

ImmichStartupError: Failed to read: "<UPLOAD_LOCATION>/backups/.immich (/photos/backups/.immich) - Please see https://docs.immich.app/administration/system-integrity#folder-checks for more information."
at StorageService.verifyReadAccess (/app/immich/server/dist/services/storage.service.js:130:19)
at async /app/immich/server/dist/services/storage.service.js:57:21
at async /app/immich/server/dist/repositories/database.repository.js:392:27
at async /app/immich/server/node_modules/.pnpm/kysely@0.28.14/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/kysely.js:541:20
at async DefaultConnectionProvider.provideConnection (/app/immich/server/node_modules/.pnpm/kysely@0.28.14/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/driver/default-connection-provider.js:12:20)
at async /app/immich/server/dist/repositories/database.repository.js:389:13

[jesposito]

Thanks for trying the update and for posting the fuller log. I think this is a different startup blocker now rather than the mimalloc preload issue from before: the ld.so ... cannot be preloaded line is gone, and Immich is getting through database migrations before failing in StorageService.

The fatal line looks like this one:

Failed to read: "<UPLOAD_LOCATION>/backups/.immich (/photos/backups/.immich)"

For this image, <UPLOAD_LOCATION> maps to /photos, so Immich seems to be saying that the marker file for the backups folder is missing or unreadable. That can happen if the /photos host mount changed, hidden .immich files were not restored from backup, the backups folder was deleted/moved, or permissions prevent the container user from reading it.

Could you check the host path you mount to /photos and confirm it contains this file?

backups/.immich

If you are confident the mount is correct and only the marker is missing, recreating it should be enough. Replace the path and ownership values with your actual photos path and PUID/PGID:

mkdir -p /path/to/photos/backups
touch /path/to/photos/backups/.immich
chown <PUID>:<PGID> /path/to/photos/backups /path/to/photos/backups/.immich

Then restart the container.

I would only use IMMICH_IGNORE_MOUNT_CHECK_ERRORS=true as a temporary bypass after verifying the /photos mount is definitely correct, since this check is intended to catch missing/offline storage.

[michal197609]

Thanks! I copied .immich from another folder to /photos/backups/, and it works! Thanks for the great work and the support. Best regards, Michal