User quota doesn't include transcoded videos and thumbnails

[bakhtiyarneyman]

I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report.

• Yes

The bug

Currently, the quota is computed using only the data that the user uploaded. It should also include additional artifacts that Immich generated based on the uploads of the user.

Why is this a bug?

I have other services running on my server besides immich. The space is tight. I want to institute tight control of the quota to avoid locking up other services that might also consume disk space. I do that via reservation property on individual ZFS datasets that are backing up services, including immich. Originally, I had set up the reservation on the immich dataset to match the sum of quotas assigned within Immich. I was lucky enough to notice the discrepancy between the storage reported by the Immich frontend and the underlying dataset. If I were not, my system would have locked up, making changes extremely painful.

The OS that Immich Server is running on

NixOS 25.05

Version of Immich Server

1.134.0

Version of Immich Mobile App

N/A

Platform with the issue

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

Your docker-compose.yml content

N/A

Your .env content

N/A

Reproduction steps

Obvious.

Relevant log output

Additional information

No response

[schuhbacca]

This is currently the intended design so it's not an issue. Leaving open as a feature request, though not sure if will be considered for implementation.

[bakhtiyarneyman]

Thanks! Is there any reason beyond extra complexity for not changing the current design?

[mmomjian]

The size of the extra assets is not fixed and can change based on admin thumbnail and/or transcoding settings. So it would be very easy to end up with a user who goes above their quota due to transcode jobs. We don’t have any way to stop these jobs at the moment.

[bakhtiyarneyman]

Thanks Matthew!

Stopping the jobs would be ideal indeed... On the other hand, it feels like "perfect is the enemy of the good" situation here.

Regarding admin changing the thumbnail/transcoding settings, how often does that happen in practice? Also, by the same logic, the admin could manually reduce the quota of any particular user, and they would suddenly start exceeding their quota. I just tested it, and nothing prevented me from doing this, so it seems there is no guarantee that Immich makes that a user would not be suddenly found in non-compliance based on the actions of the admin. Which is expected, because the admin is... well, the admin.