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Immich

COLLAB
Velocity0.0

Self-hosted photo and video backup solution with mobile apps

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Immich is four release candidates into v3 with every feature note published somewhere else.

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◆Current state
The visible release stream is a v3.0.0 RC series — rc.0 through rc.3, cut over eleven days in June — and each entry is the same template: a release-candidate disclaimer, a database and library backup warning, and instructions to move IMMICH_VERSION from v2 to v3 or the rolling v3-rc tag. The actual release notes live on a work-in-progress preview page outside the changelog.
◆Where it's heading
What the feed does show is a project running a disciplined pre-release: a rolling RC tag so testers do not have to chase point versions, and two-to-seven day turnarounds between candidates as bugs come in. What it does not show is a single feature, which means anyone tracking Immich through its changelog learns only that a major version is close, not what it changes.
◆Prediction
A v3.0.0 stable release follows once the RC turnaround lengthens; the entries give no basis for predicting what it contains, because none of them describe it.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Third v3 candidate fixes issues found in rc.2

    A bug-fix candidate a week after the previous one, with the changes described only as fixes to issues found in rc.2. The seven-day gap, up from two, is the clearest signal in the feed that the RC series is settling.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Second v3 candidate fixes issues found in rc.1

    Another fix-only candidate, two days after rc.1. The rapid cadence early in the series is what you would expect when testers first hit a major version at scale.

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  3. 1mo ago

    Rolling v3-rc tag introduced for prereleases

    Adds a rolling v3-rc tag so testers can track all v3 prereleases without editing a version pin each time. A small operational change that lowers the cost of participating in the RC.

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  4. 1mo ago

    First v3 release candidate opens the major-version cut

    The first public candidate for v3, moving the version pin from v2 and warning of possible breaking changes. It marks the major-version boundary, though the release notes it points to were still a work in progress at the time of publication.

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