Released November 10, 2026 | Official GitHub release

Immich v3.4.0 introduces JPEG XL support, mobile tagging, improved automation workflows, significant security fixes, and performance optimizations across the server, web interface, and mobile applications.

1. New Features

• JPEG XL (JXL) support: Adds a mobile JPEG XL decoder and support for JPEG XL as a server-side target format.
• Mobile tags: Users can now work with tags directly in the mobile application.
• Smooth timeline scrubbing: Introduces an optional smoother timeline navigation experience on mobile.
• Backup improvements: Updates backup functionality and its underlying components.

2. Workflow Automation

• EXIF metadata filters: Adds missing and present match types to check whether a metadata field exists.
• OCR workflow trigger: Workflows can now run automatically after OCR processing finishes.
• OCR text filtering: Enables automated actions based on text extracted from images.
• Practical example: Automatically organize photographed receipts into an album based on recognized keywords.

3. Security Improvements

Immich v3.4.0 includes numerous security fixes:

• Content Security Policy (CSP): Removes unsafe-inline and adopts inline hashes.
• Shared-link protection: Tightens access to metadata, album membership, and shared assets.
• Access controls: Strengthens permissions for duplicate detection, partner timelines, and Live Photos.
• Input sanitization: Improves handling of EXIF metadata, custom email templates, and storage paths.
• Server hardening: Improves OAuth cookie handling, plugin host validation, and symbolic-link security.

4. Performance Optimizations

• Faster album operations: Reduces unnecessary loading and processing of album assets.
• Improved shared-link performance: Avoids expensive full-album scans.
• Database optimizations: Adds indexes for asset synchronization and improves recent-asset queries.
• Machine learning: Reduces RKNN model memory consumption and prevents duplicate model loading.
• Backup performance: Supports parallel scanning through Restic and faster database compression using pigz when installed.

5. Mobile and Web Improvements

• Mobile: Improves image zoom limits, timeline sorting, offline startup, and handling of background uploads.
• iOS: Fixes 10-bit HEIC/AVIF original-image display and video playback behavior.
• Android: Corrects distorted display of unusually tall images.
• Web: Adds the F shortcut for favoriting multiple selected assets and new keyboard shortcuts on the People page.
• Camera metadata: Eliminates duplicated manufacturer names in camera model descriptions.

6. Bug Fixes

The release addresses numerous issues involving:

• Live Photo detection, matching, and deletion.
• OCR text persistence after editing or thumbnail regeneration.
• Smart search indexing for edited assets.
• Album synchronization, asset stacking, and shared links.
• Mobile upload cancellation and offline reliability.
• OAuth authentication, web caching, and interface responsiveness.

7. Documentation and Localization

• Adds a Polish README translation.
• Updates Catalan documentation.
• Improves translations and mobile interface terminology.

Source: Immich v3.4.0 Release Notes.