Bulk removal of tags does not update the XMP sidecar files.

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• Yes

The bug

I use tags and XMP sidecar files, but the sidecar files are not updated on all cases.

1. When I add or remove a tag from an single image via the info panel, the XMP sidecar files update properly.

2. When I add a tag to some images via bulk, i.e., by selecting the images and using the three-dot menu, the XMP sidecar files update properly as well.

3. When I delete a tag from multiple images via the tags explorer, the tags are deleted from the images, but the XMP sidecar files are NOT updated. The sidecar files are only updated if I make a change according to 1) or 2) afterwards. Then, the tag is also removed from the sidecar files.

This will lead to reappearing tags if I run the synchronize sidecar metadata job because the deleted tags are imported again from the sidecar files.

The OS that Immich Server is running on

Debian

Version of Immich Server

2.2.0

Version of Immich Mobile App

not relevant

Platform with the issue

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

Device make and model

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Your docker-compose.yml content

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends:
    #   file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /media/nas/photo/photo:/photo/family
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - '2283:2283'
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
    #   file: hwaccel.ml.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-bookworm@sha256:fea8b3e67b15729d4bb70589eb03367bab9ad1ee89c876f54327fc7c6e618571
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:bcf63357191b76a916ae5eb93464d65c07511da41e3bf7a8416db519b40b1c23
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
    # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs
    # DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    shm_size: 128mb
    restart: always

volumes:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/media/nas/photo/immich/library

# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/media/nas/photo/immich/postgres

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=Europe/Berlin

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=xxx

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

Reproduction steps

1. Delete a tag via the tag explorer
2. Check XML sidecar files of the affected images, they are not updated.
3. Add a tag to one of these images
4. Check XML sidecar files, the sidecar file of this image is updated, the new tag is added and the tag of step 1 is deleted.
5. Trigger "sync" on the Sidecar metadata job
6. The deleted tag will reappear after job is finished.

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Additional information

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