Downloading multiple pictures from album with apostrophe in name produces `archive` w/o extension
Author: PlethoraChutneyCreated Sep 17, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
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- Yes
The bug
When downloading multiple images from an album with one or more apostrophes (') in the name on the web interface, the notification says "Downloading {album name} {datetime}" but the downloaded file is just named archive (no .zip extension).
The OS that Immich Server is running on
Debian 13
Version of Immich Server
v3.2.2
Version of Immich Mobile App
v3.2.2
Platform with the issue
- Server
- Web
- Mobile
Device make and model
MacBook Pro M2 Max running macOS 14.8.9
Your docker-compose.yml content
#
# WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://docs.immich.app/install/docker-compose
#
# Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
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
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:9@sha256:3b55fbaa0cd93cf0d9d961f405e4dfcc70efe325e2d84da207a0a8e6d8fde4f9
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
healthcheck:
disable: false
volumes:
model-cache:Your .env content
# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables
# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/lake/immich
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./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=America/Los_Angeles
# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=v3.2.2
# 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={{ redacted }}
# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME={{ redacted }}
DB_DATABASE_NAME={{ redacted }}Reproduction steps
- Create an album in the name, e.g.
Issue's Test Album - Select any two (or more) photos and click
Add Assests - Select the two (or more) photos and either press Shift + D or
...>Download
Expected result: a file with a .zip extension is downloaded
Observed result: a file simply named archive is downloaded
Relevant log output
No log entries are generated by the above processAdditional information
No response
Source: immich-app/immich