ErrorInternal server error (Immich Server Error)

[dusk kindle]

Trying to delete duplicates from the server that has been accumulating for quite some time (approx. 107,174 items) and encountering this error.

logs from the container:

[Nest] 25 - 07/12/2026, 1:45:03 PM ERROR [Api:GlobalExceptionFilter] Unknown error: PayloadTooLargeError: request entity too large
PayloadTooLargeError: request entity too large
at readStream (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/raw-body/index.js:163:17)
at getRawBody (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/raw-body/index.js:116:12)
at read (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/body-parser/lib/read.js:113:3)
at jsonParser (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/body-parser/lib/types/json.js:88:5)
at Layer.handleRequest (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
at trimPrefix (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
at /usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
at processParams (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
at next (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)

[regal wren]

:wave: Hey @dusk kindle,

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References

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