Uploading a specific image caused an InvalidArgumentException error in the photo album.

[ildyria]

Discussed in https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/discussions/3823

^{Originally posted by x1ntt November 20, 2025}

Lychee version

v6.10.2

Did you check the latest Lychee version?

Yes, I did

Which PHP version are you using?

PHP 8.4

Detailed description of the problem

After I uploaded the specified image, the album containing the image could not be opened. The browser displayed a 500 error code indicating that the API call returned a 500 error, and I received the following response.

http://127.0.0.1:8802/api/v2/Album?album_id=lY4Hkq7RXE6yPrXzjogDoZpA&page=1

{
    "message": "Server Error",
    "exception": "InvalidArgumentException"
}

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Pull the lychee:dev image using Docker.
2. Install and create the database normally.
3. Create a new photo album.
4. Upload an image.
5. The album is now inaccessible.

The problematic image was generated by taking a screenshot from https://github.com/xxxily/h5player. Several screenshots I generated had this issue, but screenshots generated today are fine.

Currently, I haven't found anything unusual about the image, nor have I seen any further useful logs.

errors.log daily-2025-11-20.log

The problem doesn't recur when I upload and download the images here, so I can only provide them as compressed files. It seems the issue might be a non-standard image format or a metadata problem?

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Diagnostics [REQUIRED]

Self-diagnosis info Hash: 0f2b93996ca8a91e—73e14913fec581d5 2353 files and 13363 vendor files info Full directory permission check is disabled warning Default timezone not properly set; you might experience strange results when importing photos without explicit EXIF timezone info Have you considered supporting Lychee? :) Info Lychee Version (git): master (05d6463) -- 2 commits behind f2473b7 (0 seconds ago) DB Version: 6.10.2 Docker: lycheeorg composer install: --no-dev APP_ENV: production APP_DEBUG: false APP_URL: set APP_DIR: default LOG_VIEWER_ENABLED: true System: Linux PHP Version: 8.4.14 PHP User agent: Lychee/6 (https://lycheeorg.dev/) Timezone: UTC Max uploaded file size: 100M Max post size: 100M Chunk size: 25.60 MB Max execution time: 3600 SQLite Version: 3.40.1 exec() Available: yes Imagick Available: 1 Imagick Enabled: 1 Imagick Version: 1691 GD Version: 2.3.3 Number of foreign key: 26 found.

Space Configuration version: 061002 check_for_updates: 0 sorting_photos_col: taken_at sorting_photos_order: ASC sorting_albums_col: max_taken_at sorting_albums_order: ASC imagick: 1 skip_duplicates: 0 small_max_width: 0 small_max_height: 360 medium_max_width: 1920 medium_max_height: 1080 lang: en image_overlay_type: desc default_license: none compression_quality: 90 grants_full_photo_access: 1 delete_imported: 0 mod_frame_enabled: 1 mod_frame_refresh: 30 thumb_2x: 1 small_2x: 1 medium_2x: 1 landing_page_enable: 0 search_public: 0 hide_version_number: 0 recent_age: 1 grants_download: 0 photos_wraparound: 1 map_display: 0 zip64: 1 map_display_public: 0 map_provider: Wikimedia map_include_subalbums: 0 update_check_every_days: 3 has_exiftool: 1 share_button_visible: 0 import_via_symlink: 0 has_ffmpeg: 1 location_decoding: 0 location_decoding_timeout: 30 location_show: 1 location_show_public: 0 rss_enable: 0 rss_recent_days: 7 rss_max_items: 100 prefer_available_xmp_metadata: 0 editor_enabled: 1 lossless_optimization: 0 local_takestamp_video_formats: .avi|.mov log_max_num_line: 1000 unlock_password_photos_with_url_param: 0 nsfw_visible: 1 nsfw_blur: 0 nsfw_warning: 0 nsfw_warning_admin: 0 nsfw_banner_override:
map_display_direction: 1 album_subtitle_type: oldstyle upload_processing_limit: 4 new_photos_notification: 0 zip_deflate_level: 6 default_album_protection: 1 album_decoration: layers album_decoration_orientation: row allow_username_change: 1 auto_fix_orientation: 1 random_album_id: starred use_last_modified_date_when_no_exif_date: 0 layout: justified date_format_photo_thumb: M j, Y, g:i:s A e date_format_photo_overlay: M j, Y, g:i:s A e date_format_sidebar_uploaded: M j, Y, g:i:s A e date_format_sidebar_taken_at: M j, Y, g:i:s A e date_format_hero_min_max: F Y date_format_hero_created_at: M j, Y, g:i:s A T date_format_album_thumb: M Y upload_chunk_size: 0 nsfw_banner_blur_backdrop: 0 search_pagination_limit: 300 search_minimum_length_required: 4 photo_layout_justified_row_height: 320 photo_layout_masonry_column_width: 300 photo_layout_grid_column_width: 250 photo_layout_square_column_width: 200 photo_layout_gap: 12 display_thumb_album_overlay: always display_thumb_photo_overlay: hover default_album_thumb_aspect_ratio: 1/1 use_album_compact_header: 0 back_button_enabled: 0 back_button_text: Return to Home SA_random_thumbs: 0 login_required: 0 enable_unsorted: 1 enable_starred: 1 enable_recent: 1 enable_on_this_day: 1 login_required_root_only: 1 dark_mode_enabled: 1 low_quality_image_placeholder: 1 show_keybinding_help_popup: 1 show_keybinding_help_button: 1 disable_se_call_for_actions: 0 enable_se_preview: 0 slideshow_timeout: 5 keep_original_untouched: 1 timeline_photos_enabled: 1 timeline_photos_public: 0 timeline_photos_granularity: day timeline_photos_order: taken_at timeline_photos_layout: square timeline_photos_pagination_limit: 200 timeline_albums_enabled: 1 timeline_albums_public: 0 timeline_albums_granularity: year timeline_left_border_enabled: 1 timeline_photo_date_format_year: Y timeline_photo_date_format_month: M Y timeline_photo_date_format_day: j M Y timeline_photo_date_format_hour: g:i timeline_album_date_format_year: Y timeline_album_date_format_month: M Y timeline_album_date_format_day: j M hide_nsfw_in_smart_albums: 1 hide_nsfw_in_frame: 1 hide_nsfw_in_map: 1 hide_nsfw_in_search: 1 search_photos_layout: square hide_nsfw_in_rss: 1 hide_nsfw_in_timeline: 1 number_albums_per_row_mobile: 3 cache_enabled: 0 cache_ttl: 86400 low_number_of_shoots_per_day: 10 medium_number_of_shoots_per_day: 50 high_number_of_shoots_per_day: 100 maintenance_processing_limit: 5000 disable_recursive_permission_check: 1 exif_disabled_for_all: 0 file_name_hidden: 0 default_old_settings: 0 default_expert_settings: 0 default_all_settings: 0 client_side_favourite_enabled: 0 disable_thumb_download: 1 disable_thumb2x_download: 1 disable_small_download: 0 disable_small2x_download: 0 disable_medium_download: 0 disable_medium2x_download: 0 temporary_image_link_enabled: 0 temporary_image_link_when_logged_in: 0 temporary_image_link_when_admin: 0 temporary_image_link_life_in_seconds: 86400 secure_image_link_enabled: 0 SA_override_visibility: 0 TA_override_visibility: 0 enable_colour_extractions: 0 colour_extraction_driver: farzai home_page_default: gallery timeline_page_enabled: 1 timeline_quick_access_date_format_year: Y timeline_quick_access_date_format_month: M timeline_quick_access_date_format_day: j M timeline_quick_access_date_format_hour: h M, g:i flow_enabled: 1 flow_public: 0 flow_base:
flow_max_items: 10 flow_strategy: auto flow_include_sub_albums: 0 flow_include_photos_from_children: 0 flow_open_album_on_click: 0 flow_display_open_album_button: 0 flow_highlight_first_picture: 1 flow_min_max_enabled: 1 flow_display_statistics: 1 flow_compact_mode_enabled: 1 flow_image_header_enabled: 1 flow_image_header_cover: cover flow_image_header_height: 24 flow_carousel_enabled: 1 flow_carousel_height: 6 date_format_flow_published: M j, Y, g:i:s A e date_format_flow_min_max: F Y flow_blur_nsfw_enabled: 1 hide_nsfw_in_flow: 1 skip_duplicates_early: 1 sync_delete_missing_photos: 0 sync_delete_missing_albums: 0 sync_dry_run: 1 gallery_header_enabled: 0 gallery_header_logged_in_enabled: 0 gallery_header:
gallery_header_bar_transparent: 1 gallery_header_bar_gradient: 1 import_via_url_forbidden_localhost: 1 import_via_url_forbidden_local_ip: 1 import_via_url_require_https: 1 import_via_url_forbidden_ports: 1 details_links_enabled: 0 details_links_public: 0 is_scroll_to_navigate_photos_enabled: 1 is_swipe_vertically_to_go_back_enabled: 1 photo_thumb_tags_enabled: 0 hide_nsfw_in_tag_albums: 1 hide_nsfw_in_tag_listing: 1 sorting_pinned_albums_col: created_at sorting_pinned_albums_order: DESC copyright_text:
watermark_enabled: 0 watermark_photo_id:
watermark_public: 1 watermark_logged_in_users_enabled: 0 renamer_enabled: 0 renamer_enforced: 0 renamer_enforced_before: 0 renamer_enforced_after: 0 renamer_photo_title_enabled: 1 renamer_album_title_enabled: 1 extract_zip_on_upload: 1 webshop_currency: EUR webshop_default_description: No description provided. webshop_allow_guest_checkout: 1 webshop_terms_url:
webshop_privacy_url:
webshop_default_price_cents: 0 webshop_default_license: personal webshop_default_size: medium enable_untagged: 1 photos_pagination_limit: 500 deduplicate_pinned_albums: 0 desktop_dock_full_transparency_enabled: 0 mobile_dock_full_transparency_enabled: 0

Browser & System [REQUIRED]

edge windows11

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[ildyria]

Behaviour is observed when using the docker image but not when using local dev installation. See discussion https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/discussions/3823

[x1ntt]

I'll provide my method for reproducing the problem, which seems to behave differently from yours.

md5sum: 769ba2fc46172486c686da84777e7811 (linux md5sum)

[ildyria]

Interesting the error is different.

[x1ntt]

Interesting the error is different.

Is it still impossible to reproduce my situation? What other information can I provide?

[ildyria]

I haven't had much time to dive into it. Sorry.