Merge branch 'main' into fix-back-scroll

2025-07-31 14:35:25 -04:00 · 2024-09-05 17:21:46 -04:00 · 2024-09-05 17:21:46 -04:00 · d583d3d639
commit d583d3d639
parent c6a682e41e b0af9be513
143 changed files with 2169 additions and 731 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli.yml
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ permissions:

 jobs:
  publish:
-    name: Publish
+    name: CLI Publish
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    defaults:
      run:
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@ -234,3 +234,16 @@ jobs:
            BUILD_IMAGE=${{ github.event_name == 'release' && github.ref_name || steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
            BUILD_SOURCE_REF=${{ github.ref_name }}
            BUILD_SOURCE_COMMIT=${{ github.sha }}
+
+  success-check:
+    name: Docker Build & Push Success
+    needs: [build_and_push_ml, build_and_push_server]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: always()
+    steps:
+      - name: Any jobs failed?
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: All jobs passed or skipped
+        if: ${{ !(contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')) }}
+        run: echo "All jobs passed or skipped" && echo "${{ toJSON(needs.*.result) }}"
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
        run: echo "should_force=${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

  build:
+    name: Docs Build
    needs: pre-job
    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  checks:
+    name: Docs Deploy Checks
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      parameters: ${{ steps.parameters.outputs.result }}
@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
            return parameters;

  deploy:
+    name: Docs Deploy
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: checks
    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.checks.outputs.artifact).found && fromJson(needs.checks.outputs.parameters).shouldDeploy }}
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-destroy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-destroy.yml
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  deploy:
+    name: Docs Destroy
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
        run: echo "should_force=${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

  server-unit-tests:
-    name: Server
+    name: Test & Lint Server
    needs: pre-job
    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_server == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}

  cli-unit-tests:
-    name: CLI
+    name: Unit Test CLI
    needs: pre-job
    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_cli == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}

  cli-unit-tests-win:
-    name: CLI (Windows)
+    name: Unit Test CLI (Windows)
    needs: pre-job
    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_cli == 'true' }}
    runs-on: windows-latest
@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}

  web-unit-tests:
-    name: Web
+    name: Test & Lint Web
    needs: pre-job
    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_web == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ jobs:
        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}

  mobile-unit-tests:
-    name: Mobile
+    name: Unit Test Mobile
    needs: pre-job
    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_mobile == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jobs:
        run: flutter test -j 1

  ml-unit-tests:
-    name: Machine Learning
+    name: Unit Test ML
    needs: pre-job
    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_ml == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
--- a/docs/docs/guides/template-backup-script.md
+++ b/docs/docs/guides/template-backup-script.md
@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ borg mount "$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH"/immich-borg /tmp/immich-mountpoint
 cd /tmp/immich-mountpoint
 ```

-You can find available snapshots in seperate sub-directories at `/tmp/immich-mountpoint`. Restore the files you need, and unmount the Borg repository using `borg umount /tmp/immich-mountpoint`
+You can find available snapshots in separate sub-directories at `/tmp/immich-mountpoint`. Restore the files you need, and unmount the Borg repository using `borg umount /tmp/immich-mountpoint`
--- a/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
+++ b/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ When `DB_URL` is defined, the `DB_HOSTNAME`, `DB_PORT`, `DB_USERNAME`, `DB_PASSW
 All `REDIS_` variables must be provided to all Immich workers, including `api` and `microservices`.

 `REDIS_URL` must start with `ioredis://` and then include a `base64` encoded JSON string for the configuration.
-More info can be found in the upstream [ioredis][redis-api] documentation.
+More info can be found in the upstream [ioredis] documentation.

 When `REDIS_URL` or `REDIS_SOCKET` are defined, the `REDIS_HOSTNAME`, `REDIS_PORT`, `REDIS_USERNAME`, `REDIS_PASSWORD`, and `REDIS_DBINDEX` variables are ignored.
 :::
@ -226,4 +226,4 @@ to use use a Docker secret for the password in the Redis container.
 [docker-secrets-example]: https://github.com/docker-library/redis/issues/46#issuecomment-335326234
 [docker-secrets-docs]: https://github.com/docker-library/docs/tree/master/postgres#docker-secrets
 [docker-secrets]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/secrets/
-[redis-api]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository
+[ioredis]: https://ioredis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/README/#connect-to-redis
--- a/docs/package-lock.json
+++ b/docs/package-lock.json
@ -13698,9 +13698,10 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/prism-react-renderer": {
-      "version": "2.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prism-react-renderer/-/prism-react-renderer-2.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Rdf+HzBLR7KYjzpJ1rSoxT9ioO85nZngQEoFIhL07XhtJHlCU3SOz0GJ6+qvMyQe0Se+BV3qpe6Yd/NmQF5Juw==",
+      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prism-react-renderer/-/prism-react-renderer-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-327BsVCD/unU4CNLZTWVHyUHKnsqcvj2qbPlQ8MiBE2eq2rgctjigPA1Gp9HLF83kZ20zNN6jgizHJeEsyFYOw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
        "@types/prismjs": "^1.26.0",
        "clsx": "^2.0.0"
--- a/e2e/src/api/specs/asset.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/src/api/specs/asset.e2e-spec.ts
@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import {
  LoginResponseDto,
  SharedLinkType,
  getAssetInfo,
+  getConfig,
  getMyUser,
+  updateConfig,
 } from '@immich/sdk';
 import { exiftool } from 'exiftool-vendored';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ const TEN_TIMES = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];

 const locationAssetFilepath = `${testAssetDir}/metadata/gps-position/thompson-springs.jpg`;
 const ratingAssetFilepath = `${testAssetDir}/metadata/rating/mongolels.jpg`;
+const facesAssetFilepath = `${testAssetDir}/metadata/faces/portrait.jpg`;
+
+const getSystemConfig = (accessToken: string) => getConfig({ headers: asBearerAuth(accessToken) });

 const readTags = async (bytes: Buffer, filename: string) => {
  const filepath = join(tempDir, filename);
@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ describe('/asset', () => {
  let user2Assets: AssetMediaResponseDto[];
  let locationAsset: AssetMediaResponseDto;
  let ratingAsset: AssetMediaResponseDto;
+  let facesAsset: AssetMediaResponseDto;

  const setupTests = async () => {
    await utils.resetDatabase();
@ -224,6 +230,64 @@ describe('/asset', () => {
      });
    });

+    it('should get the asset faces', async () => {
+      const config = await getSystemConfig(admin.accessToken);
+      config.metadata.faces.import = true;
+      await updateConfig({ systemConfigDto: config }, { headers: asBearerAuth(admin.accessToken) });
+
+      // asset faces
+      facesAsset = await utils.createAsset(admin.accessToken, {
+        assetData: {
+          filename: 'portrait.jpg',
+          bytes: await readFile(facesAssetFilepath),
+        },
+      });
+
+      await utils.waitForWebsocketEvent({ event: 'assetUpload', id: facesAsset.id });
+
+      const { status, body } = await request(app)
+        .get(`/assets/${facesAsset.id}`)
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${admin.accessToken}`);
+      expect(status).toBe(200);
+      expect(body.id).toEqual(facesAsset.id);
+      expect(body.people).toMatchObject([
+        {
+          name: 'Marie Curie',
+          birthDate: null,
+          thumbnailPath: '',
+          isHidden: false,
+          faces: [
+            {
+              imageHeight: 700,
+              imageWidth: 840,
+              boundingBoxX1: 261,
+              boundingBoxX2: 356,
+              boundingBoxY1: 146,
+              boundingBoxY2: 284,
+              sourceType: 'exif',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'Pierre Curie',
+          birthDate: null,
+          thumbnailPath: '',
+          isHidden: false,
+          faces: [
+            {
+              imageHeight: 700,
+              imageWidth: 840,
+              boundingBoxX1: 536,
+              boundingBoxX2: 618,
+              boundingBoxY1: 83,
+              boundingBoxY2: 252,
+              sourceType: 'exif',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
    it('should work with a shared link', async () => {
      const sharedLink = await utils.createSharedLink(user1.accessToken, {
        type: SharedLinkType.Individual,
--- a/e2e/src/api/specs/server-info.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/src/api/specs/server-info.e2e-spec.ts
@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ describe('/server-info', () => {
        configFile: false,
        duplicateDetection: false,
        facialRecognition: false,
+        importFaces: false,
        map: true,
        reverseGeocoding: true,
        oauth: false,
--- a/e2e/src/api/specs/server.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/src/api/specs/server.e2e-spec.ts
@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ describe('/server', () => {
        facialRecognition: false,
        map: true,
        reverseGeocoding: true,
+        importFaces: false,
        oauth: false,
        oauthAutoLaunch: false,
        passwordLogin: true,
--- a/e2e/test-assets
+++ b/e2e/test-assets
@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4e9731d3fc270fe25901f72a6b6f57277cdb8a30
+Subproject commit 3e057d2f58750acdf7ff281a3938e34a86cfef4d
--- a/machine-learning/Dockerfile
+++ b/machine-learning/Dockerfile
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG DEVICE=cpu

-FROM python:3.11-bookworm@sha256:f7543d9969bdc112dd9819ca642e14433fdacfe857f170f6b803392fc7e451ad AS builder-cpu
+FROM python:3.11-bookworm@sha256:20c1819af5af3acba0b2b66074a2615e398ceee6842adf03cd7ad5f8d0ee3daf AS builder-cpu

 FROM builder-cpu AS builder-openvino

@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN python3 -m venv /opt/venv
 COPY poetry.lock pyproject.toml ./
 RUN poetry install --sync --no-interaction --no-ansi --no-root --with ${DEVICE} --without dev

-FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm@sha256:ad5dadd957a398226996bc4846e522c39f2a77340b531b28aaab85b2d361210b AS prod-cpu
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm@sha256:ed4e985674f478c90ce879e9aa224fbb772c84e39b4aed5155b9e2280f131039 AS prod-cpu

 FROM prod-cpu AS prod-openvino

--- a/machine-learning/export/Dockerfile
+++ b/machine-learning/export/Dockerfile
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mambaorg/micromamba:bookworm-slim@sha256:475730daef12ff9c0733e70092aeeefdf4c373a584c952dac3f7bdb739601990 AS builder
+FROM mambaorg/micromamba:bookworm-slim@sha256:29174348bd09352e5f1b1f6756cf1d00021487b8340fae040e91e4f98e954ce5 AS builder

 ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/cache \
  PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
--- a/machine-learning/poetry.lock
+++ b/machine-learning/poetry.lock
@ -680,13 +680,13 @@ test = ["pytest (>=6)"]

 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi-slim"
-version = "0.112.1"
+version = "0.112.2"
 description = "FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "fastapi_slim-0.112.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cc227cf9402d0ba54a24f80eb205c33bcb25d3ea18d53fdac3fd76ea5af8e76d"},
-    {file = "fastapi_slim-0.112.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:876ebd24e72273986709db2d469b75dc18f04c3ab9140ffd78b29d7785d26687"},
+    {file = "fastapi_slim-0.112.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c023f74768f187af142c2fe5ff9e4ca3c4c1940bbde7df008cb283532422a23f"},
+    {file = "fastapi_slim-0.112.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75b8eb0c6ee05a20270da7a527ac7ad53b83414602f42b68f7027484dab3aedb"},
 ]

 [package.dependencies]
@ -695,8 +695,8 @@ starlette = ">=0.37.2,<0.39.0"
 typing-extensions = ">=4.8.0"

 [package.extras]
-all = ["email_validator (>=2.0.0)", "fastapi-cli[standard] (>=0.0.5)", "httpx (>=0.23.0)", "itsdangerous (>=1.1.0)", "jinja2 (>=2.11.2)", "orjson (>=3.2.1)", "pydantic-extra-types (>=2.0.0)", "pydantic-settings (>=2.0.0)", "python-multipart (>=0.0.7)", "pyyaml (>=5.3.1)", "ujson (>=4.0.1,!=4.0.2,!=4.1.0,!=4.2.0,!=4.3.0,!=5.0.0,!=5.1.0)", "uvicorn[standard] (>=0.12.0)"]
-standard = ["email_validator (>=2.0.0)", "fastapi-cli[standard] (>=0.0.5)", "httpx (>=0.23.0)", "jinja2 (>=2.11.2)", "python-multipart (>=0.0.7)", "uvicorn[standard] (>=0.12.0)"]
+all = ["email-validator (>=2.0.0)", "fastapi-cli[standard] (>=0.0.5)", "httpx (>=0.23.0)", "itsdangerous (>=1.1.0)", "jinja2 (>=2.11.2)", "orjson (>=3.2.1)", "pydantic-extra-types (>=2.0.0)", "pydantic-settings (>=2.0.0)", "python-multipart (>=0.0.7)", "pyyaml (>=5.3.1)", "ujson (>=4.0.1,!=4.0.2,!=4.1.0,!=4.2.0,!=4.3.0,!=5.0.0,!=5.1.0)", "uvicorn[standard] (>=0.12.0)"]
+standard = ["email-validator (>=2.0.0)", "fastapi-cli[standard] (>=0.0.5)", "httpx (>=0.23.0)", "jinja2 (>=2.11.2)", "python-multipart (>=0.0.7)", "uvicorn[standard] (>=0.12.0)"]

 [[package]]
 name = "filelock"
@ -1212,13 +1212,13 @@ test = ["Cython (>=0.29.24,<0.30.0)"]

 [[package]]
 name = "httpx"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.27.2"
 description = "The next generation HTTP client."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "httpx-0.27.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:71d5465162c13681bff01ad59b2cc68dd838ea1f10e51574bac27103f00c91a5"},
-    {file = "httpx-0.27.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a0cb88a46f32dc874e04ee956e4c2764aba2aa228f650b06788ba6bda2962ab5"},
+    {file = "httpx-0.27.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7bb2708e112d8fdd7829cd4243970f0c223274051cb35ee80c03301ee29a3df0"},
+    {file = "httpx-0.27.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f7c2be1d2f3c3c3160d441802406b206c2b76f5947b11115e6df10c6c65e66c2"},
 ]

 [package.dependencies]
@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ brotli = ["brotli", "brotlicffi"]
 cli = ["click (==8.*)", "pygments (==2.*)", "rich (>=10,<14)"]
 http2 = ["h2 (>=3,<5)"]
 socks = ["socksio (==1.*)"]
+zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]

 [[package]]
 name = "huggingface-hub"
@ -1530,13 +1531,13 @@ test = ["pytest (>=7.4)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1)"]

 [[package]]
 name = "locust"
-version = "2.31.3"
+version = "2.31.5"
 description = "Developer-friendly load testing framework"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
-    {file = "locust-2.31.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:03122e007519b371a5a553d578af502826755de83551d79ea8a412ea1c660115"},
-    {file = "locust-2.31.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:25f4603f24afa11ef1ee1f26b1c86a232eb9a1140be30b2a4642c12d7a7af8ae"},
+    {file = "locust-2.31.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2904ff6307d54d3202c9ebd776f9170214f6dfbe4059504dad9e3ffaca03f600"},
+    {file = "locust-2.31.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:14b2fa6f95bf248668e6dc92d100a44f06c5dcb1c26f88a5442bcaaee18faceb"},
 ]

 [package.dependencies]
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-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.11.2"
 description = "Optional static typing for Python"
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 name = "rich"
-version = "13.7.1"
+version = "13.8.0"
 description = "Render rich text, tables, progress bars, syntax highlighting, markdown and more to the terminal"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.0"
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+version = "0.6.3"
 description = "An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust."
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 [[package]]
--- a/mobile/android/app/src/main/kotlin/app/alextran/immich/BackupWorker.kt
+++ b/mobile/android/app/src/main/kotlin/app/alextran/immich/BackupWorker.kt
@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ class BackupWorker(ctx: Context, params: WorkerParameters) : ListenableWorker(ct
    // called when the system has to stop this worker because constraints are
    // no longer met or the system needs resources for more important tasks
    Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postAtFrontOfQueue {
-      backgroundChannel.invokeMethod("systemStop", null)
+      if (::backgroundChannel.isInitialized) {
+        backgroundChannel.invokeMethod("systemStop", null)
+      }
    }
    waitOnSetForegroundAsync()
    // cannot await/get(block) on resolvableFuture as its already cancelled (would throw CancellationException)
--- a/mobile/assets/i18n/en-US.json
+++ b/mobile/assets/i18n/en-US.json
@ -252,9 +252,10 @@
  "home_page_share_err_local": "Can not share local assets via link, skipping",
  "home_page_upload_err_limit": "Can only upload a maximum of 30 assets at a time, skipping",
  "image_saved_successfully": "Image saved",
-  "image_viewer_page_state_provider_download_error": "Download Error",
-  "image_viewer_page_state_provider_download_started": "Download Started",
-  "image_viewer_page_state_provider_download_success": "Download Success",
+  "download_error": "Download Error",
+  "download_started": "Download started",
+  "download_sucess": "Download success",
+  "download_sucess_android": "The media has been downloaded to DCIM/Immich",
  "image_viewer_page_state_provider_share_error": "Share Error",
  "invalid_date": "Invalid date",
  "invalid_date_format": "Invalid date format",
--- a/mobile/lib/providers/asset_viewer/image_viewer_page_state.provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/providers/asset_viewer/image_viewer_page_state.provider.dart
@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
 import 'package:easy_localization/easy_localization.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:fluttertoast/fluttertoast.dart';
@ -31,19 +33,21 @@ class ImageViewerStateNotifier extends StateNotifier<AssetViewerPageState> {

    ImmichToast.show(
      context: context,
-      msg: 'image_viewer_page_state_provider_download_started'.tr(),
+      msg: 'download_started'.tr(),
      toastType: ToastType.info,
      gravity: ToastGravity.BOTTOM,
    );

-    bool isSuccess = await _imageViewerService.downloadAssetToDevice(asset);
+    bool isSuccess = await _imageViewerService.downloadAsset(asset);

    if (isSuccess) {
      state = state.copyWith(downloadAssetStatus: DownloadAssetStatus.success);

      ImmichToast.show(
        context: context,
-        msg: 'image_viewer_page_state_provider_download_success'.tr(),
+        msg: Platform.isAndroid
+            ? 'download_sucess_android'.tr()
+            : 'download_sucess'.tr(),
        toastType: ToastType.success,
        gravity: ToastGravity.BOTTOM,
      );
@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ class ImageViewerStateNotifier extends StateNotifier<AssetViewerPageState> {
      state = state.copyWith(downloadAssetStatus: DownloadAssetStatus.error);
      ImmichToast.show(
        context: context,
-        msg: 'image_viewer_page_state_provider_download_error'.tr(),
+        msg: 'download_error'.tr(),
        toastType: ToastType.error,
        gravity: ToastGravity.BOTTOM,
      );
--- a/mobile/lib/services/asset.service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/asset.service.dart
@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/entities/asset.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/entities/etag.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/entities/exif_info.entity.dart';
-import 'package:immich_mobile/entities/store.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/entities/user.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/models/backup/backup_candidate.model.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/providers/api.provider.dart';
@ -309,18 +308,6 @@ class AssetService {
        useTimeFilter: false,
      );

-      final duplicates = await _apiService.assetsApi.checkExistingAssets(
-        CheckExistingAssetsDto(
-          deviceAssetIds: candidates.map((c) => c.asset.id).toList(),
-          deviceId: Store.get(StoreKey.deviceId),
-        ),
-      );
-
-      if (duplicates != null) {
-        candidates
-            .removeWhere((c) => !duplicates.existingIds.contains(c.asset.id));
-      }
-
      await refreshRemoteAssets();
      final remoteAssets = await _db.assets
          .where()
--- a/mobile/lib/services/backup.service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/backup.service.dart
@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ class BackupService {
            ),
          );

-          if (shouldSyncAlbums && !isDuplicate) {
+          if (shouldSyncAlbums) {
            await _albumService.syncUploadAlbums(
              candidate.albumNames,
              [responseBody['id'] as String],
--- a/mobile/lib/services/image_viewer.service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/image_viewer.service.dart
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ImageViewerService {

  ImageViewerService(this._apiService);

-  Future<bool> downloadAssetToDevice(Asset asset) async {
+  Future<bool> downloadAsset(Asset asset) async {
    File? imageFile;
    File? videoFile;
    try {
@ -82,18 +82,23 @@ class ImageViewerService {
        }

        final AssetEntity? entity;
+        final relativePath = Platform.isAndroid ? 'DCIM/Immich' : null;

        if (asset.isImage) {
          entity = await PhotoManager.editor.saveImage(
            res.bodyBytes,
            title: asset.fileName,
+            relativePath: relativePath,
          );
        } else {
          final tempDir = await getTemporaryDirectory();
          videoFile = await File('${tempDir.path}/${asset.fileName}').create();
          videoFile.writeAsBytesSync(res.bodyBytes);
-          entity = await PhotoManager.editor
-              .saveVideo(videoFile, title: asset.fileName);
+          entity = await PhotoManager.editor.saveVideo(
+            videoFile,
+            title: asset.fileName,
+            relativePath: relativePath,
+          );
        }
        return entity != null;
      }
--- a/mobile/lib/widgets/asset_viewer/gallery_app_bar.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/widgets/asset_viewer/gallery_app_bar.dart
@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ class GalleryAppBar extends ConsumerWidget {
      );
    }

+    handleDownloadAsset() {
+      ref.read(imageViewerStateProvider.notifier).downloadAsset(asset, context);
+    }
+
    return IgnorePointer(
      ignoring: !ref.watch(showControlsProvider),
      child: AnimatedOpacity(
@ -109,13 +113,7 @@ class GalleryAppBar extends ConsumerWidget {
            onFavorite: toggleFavorite,
            onRestorePressed: () => handleRestore(asset),
            onUploadPressed: asset.isLocal ? () => handleUpload(asset) : null,
-            onDownloadPressed: asset.isLocal
-                ? null
-                : () =>
-                    ref.read(imageViewerStateProvider.notifier).downloadAsset(
-                          asset,
-                          context,
-                        ),
+            onDownloadPressed: asset.isLocal ? null : handleDownloadAsset,
            onToggleMotionVideo: onToggleMotionVideo,
            onAddToAlbumPressed: () => addToAlbum(asset),
            onActivitiesPressed: handleActivities,
--- a/mobile/openapi/.gitignore
+++ b/mobile/openapi/.gitignore
@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 .dart_tool/
 .packages
 build/
-pubspec.lock  # Except for application packages
+
+# Except for application packages
+pubspec.lock

 doc/api/

--- a/mobile/openapi/.openapi-generator/VERSION
+++ b/mobile/openapi/.openapi-generator/VERSION
@ -1 +1 @@
-7.5.0
+7.8.0
--- a/mobile/openapi/README.md
+++ b/mobile/openapi/README.md
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Immich API
 This Dart package is automatically generated by the [OpenAPI Generator](https://openapi-generator.tech) project:

 - API version: 1.113.1
- Generator version: 7.5.0
+- Generator version: 7.8.0
 - Build package: org.openapitools.codegen.languages.DartClientCodegen

 ## Requirements
@ -407,11 +407,13 @@ Class | Method | HTTP request | Description
 - [SignUpDto](doc//SignUpDto.md)
 - [SmartInfoResponseDto](doc//SmartInfoResponseDto.md)
 - [SmartSearchDto](doc//SmartSearchDto.md)
+ - [SourceType](doc//SourceType.md)
 - [StackCreateDto](doc//StackCreateDto.md)
 - [StackResponseDto](doc//StackResponseDto.md)
 - [StackUpdateDto](doc//StackUpdateDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigDto](doc//SystemConfigDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigFFmpegDto](doc//SystemConfigFFmpegDto.md)
+ - [SystemConfigFacesDto](doc//SystemConfigFacesDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigImageDto](doc//SystemConfigImageDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigJobDto](doc//SystemConfigJobDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigLibraryDto](doc//SystemConfigLibraryDto.md)
@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ Class | Method | HTTP request | Description
 - [SystemConfigLoggingDto](doc//SystemConfigLoggingDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigMachineLearningDto](doc//SystemConfigMachineLearningDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigMapDto](doc//SystemConfigMapDto.md)
+ - [SystemConfigMetadataDto](doc//SystemConfigMetadataDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto](doc//SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigNotificationsDto](doc//SystemConfigNotificationsDto.md)
 - [SystemConfigOAuthDto](doc//SystemConfigOAuthDto.md)
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/api.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/api.dart
@ -221,11 +221,13 @@ part 'model/shared_link_type.dart';
 part 'model/sign_up_dto.dart';
 part 'model/smart_info_response_dto.dart';
 part 'model/smart_search_dto.dart';
+part 'model/source_type.dart';
 part 'model/stack_create_dto.dart';
 part 'model/stack_response_dto.dart';
 part 'model/stack_update_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_f_fmpeg_dto.dart';
+part 'model/system_config_faces_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_image_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_job_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_library_dto.dart';
@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ part 'model/system_config_library_watch_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_logging_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_machine_learning_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_map_dto.dart';
+part 'model/system_config_metadata_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_new_version_check_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_notifications_dto.dart';
 part 'model/system_config_o_auth_dto.dart';
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/api_client.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/api_client.dart
@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ class ApiClient {
          return SmartInfoResponseDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'SmartSearchDto':
          return SmartSearchDto.fromJson(value);
+        case 'SourceType':
+          return SourceTypeTypeTransformer().decode(value);
        case 'StackCreateDto':
          return StackCreateDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'StackResponseDto':
@ -507,6 +509,8 @@ class ApiClient {
          return SystemConfigDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'SystemConfigFFmpegDto':
          return SystemConfigFFmpegDto.fromJson(value);
+        case 'SystemConfigFacesDto':
+          return SystemConfigFacesDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'SystemConfigImageDto':
          return SystemConfigImageDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'SystemConfigJobDto':
@ -523,6 +527,8 @@ class ApiClient {
          return SystemConfigMachineLearningDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'SystemConfigMapDto':
          return SystemConfigMapDto.fromJson(value);
+        case 'SystemConfigMetadataDto':
+          return SystemConfigMetadataDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto':
          return SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto.fromJson(value);
        case 'SystemConfigNotificationsDto':
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/api_helper.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/api_helper.dart
@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ String parameterToString(dynamic value) {
  if (value is SharedLinkType) {
    return SharedLinkTypeTypeTransformer().encode(value).toString();
  }
+  if (value is SourceType) {
+    return SourceTypeTypeTransformer().encode(value).toString();
+  }
  if (value is TimeBucketSize) {
    return TimeBucketSizeTypeTransformer().encode(value).toString();
  }
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_response_dto.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_response_dto.dart
@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class AssetFaceResponseDto {
    required this.imageHeight,
    required this.imageWidth,
    required this.person,
+    this.sourceType,
  });

  int boundingBoxX1;
@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ class AssetFaceResponseDto {

  PersonResponseDto? person;

+  ///
+  /// Please note: This property should have been non-nullable! Since the specification file
+  /// does not include a default value (using the "default:" property), however, the generated
+  /// source code must fall back to having a nullable type.
+  /// Consider adding a "default:" property in the specification file to hide this note.
+  ///
+  SourceType? sourceType;
+
  @override
  bool operator ==(Object other) => identical(this, other) || other is AssetFaceResponseDto &&
    other.boundingBoxX1 == boundingBoxX1 &&
@ -48,7 +57,8 @@ class AssetFaceResponseDto {
    other.id == id &&
    other.imageHeight == imageHeight &&
    other.imageWidth == imageWidth &&
-    other.person == person;
+    other.person == person &&
+    other.sourceType == sourceType;

  @override
  int get hashCode =>
@ -60,10 +70,11 @@ class AssetFaceResponseDto {
    (id.hashCode) +
    (imageHeight.hashCode) +
    (imageWidth.hashCode) +
-    (person == null ? 0 : person!.hashCode);
+    (person == null ? 0 : person!.hashCode) +
+    (sourceType == null ? 0 : sourceType!.hashCode);

  @override
-  String toString() => 'AssetFaceResponseDto[boundingBoxX1=$boundingBoxX1, boundingBoxX2=$boundingBoxX2, boundingBoxY1=$boundingBoxY1, boundingBoxY2=$boundingBoxY2, id=$id, imageHeight=$imageHeight, imageWidth=$imageWidth, person=$person]';
+  String toString() => 'AssetFaceResponseDto[boundingBoxX1=$boundingBoxX1, boundingBoxX2=$boundingBoxX2, boundingBoxY1=$boundingBoxY1, boundingBoxY2=$boundingBoxY2, id=$id, imageHeight=$imageHeight, imageWidth=$imageWidth, person=$person, sourceType=$sourceType]';

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
    final json = <String, dynamic>{};
@ -79,6 +90,11 @@ class AssetFaceResponseDto {
    } else {
    //  json[r'person'] = null;
    }
+    if (this.sourceType != null) {
+      json[r'sourceType'] = this.sourceType;
+    } else {
+    //  json[r'sourceType'] = null;
+    }
    return json;
  }

@ -98,6 +114,7 @@ class AssetFaceResponseDto {
        imageHeight: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'imageHeight')!,
        imageWidth: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'imageWidth')!,
        person: PersonResponseDto.fromJson(json[r'person']),
+        sourceType: SourceType.fromJson(json[r'sourceType']),
      );
    }
    return null;
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_without_person_response_dto.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_without_person_response_dto.dart
@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {
    required this.id,
    required this.imageHeight,
    required this.imageWidth,
+    this.sourceType,
  });

  int boundingBoxX1;
@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ class AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {

  int imageWidth;

+  ///
+  /// Please note: This property should have been non-nullable! Since the specification file
+  /// does not include a default value (using the "default:" property), however, the generated
+  /// source code must fall back to having a nullable type.
+  /// Consider adding a "default:" property in the specification file to hide this note.
+  ///
+  SourceType? sourceType;
+
  @override
  bool operator ==(Object other) => identical(this, other) || other is AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto &&
    other.boundingBoxX1 == boundingBoxX1 &&
@ -44,7 +53,8 @@ class AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {
    other.boundingBoxY2 == boundingBoxY2 &&
    other.id == id &&
    other.imageHeight == imageHeight &&
-    other.imageWidth == imageWidth;
+    other.imageWidth == imageWidth &&
+    other.sourceType == sourceType;

  @override
  int get hashCode =>
@ -55,10 +65,11 @@ class AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {
    (boundingBoxY2.hashCode) +
    (id.hashCode) +
    (imageHeight.hashCode) +
-    (imageWidth.hashCode);
+    (imageWidth.hashCode) +
+    (sourceType == null ? 0 : sourceType!.hashCode);

  @override
-  String toString() => 'AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto[boundingBoxX1=$boundingBoxX1, boundingBoxX2=$boundingBoxX2, boundingBoxY1=$boundingBoxY1, boundingBoxY2=$boundingBoxY2, id=$id, imageHeight=$imageHeight, imageWidth=$imageWidth]';
+  String toString() => 'AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto[boundingBoxX1=$boundingBoxX1, boundingBoxX2=$boundingBoxX2, boundingBoxY1=$boundingBoxY1, boundingBoxY2=$boundingBoxY2, id=$id, imageHeight=$imageHeight, imageWidth=$imageWidth, sourceType=$sourceType]';

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
    final json = <String, dynamic>{};
@ -69,6 +80,11 @@ class AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {
      json[r'id'] = this.id;
      json[r'imageHeight'] = this.imageHeight;
      json[r'imageWidth'] = this.imageWidth;
+    if (this.sourceType != null) {
+      json[r'sourceType'] = this.sourceType;
+    } else {
+    //  json[r'sourceType'] = null;
+    }
    return json;
  }

@ -87,6 +103,7 @@ class AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {
        id: mapValueOfType<String>(json, r'id')!,
        imageHeight: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'imageHeight')!,
        imageWidth: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'imageWidth')!,
+        sourceType: SourceType.fromJson(json[r'sourceType']),
      );
    }
    return null;
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/server_features_dto.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/server_features_dto.dart
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {
    required this.duplicateDetection,
    required this.email,
    required this.facialRecognition,
+    required this.importFaces,
    required this.map,
    required this.oauth,
    required this.oauthAutoLaunch,
@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {

  bool facialRecognition;

+  bool importFaces;
+
  bool map;

  bool oauth;
@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {
    other.duplicateDetection == duplicateDetection &&
    other.email == email &&
    other.facialRecognition == facialRecognition &&
+    other.importFaces == importFaces &&
    other.map == map &&
    other.oauth == oauth &&
    other.oauthAutoLaunch == oauthAutoLaunch &&
@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {
    (duplicateDetection.hashCode) +
    (email.hashCode) +
    (facialRecognition.hashCode) +
+    (importFaces.hashCode) +
    (map.hashCode) +
    (oauth.hashCode) +
    (oauthAutoLaunch.hashCode) +
@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {
    (trash.hashCode);

  @override
-  String toString() => 'ServerFeaturesDto[configFile=$configFile, duplicateDetection=$duplicateDetection, email=$email, facialRecognition=$facialRecognition, map=$map, oauth=$oauth, oauthAutoLaunch=$oauthAutoLaunch, passwordLogin=$passwordLogin, reverseGeocoding=$reverseGeocoding, search=$search, sidecar=$sidecar, smartSearch=$smartSearch, trash=$trash]';
+  String toString() => 'ServerFeaturesDto[configFile=$configFile, duplicateDetection=$duplicateDetection, email=$email, facialRecognition=$facialRecognition, importFaces=$importFaces, map=$map, oauth=$oauth, oauthAutoLaunch=$oauthAutoLaunch, passwordLogin=$passwordLogin, reverseGeocoding=$reverseGeocoding, search=$search, sidecar=$sidecar, smartSearch=$smartSearch, trash=$trash]';

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
    final json = <String, dynamic>{};
@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {
      json[r'duplicateDetection'] = this.duplicateDetection;
      json[r'email'] = this.email;
      json[r'facialRecognition'] = this.facialRecognition;
+      json[r'importFaces'] = this.importFaces;
      json[r'map'] = this.map;
      json[r'oauth'] = this.oauth;
      json[r'oauthAutoLaunch'] = this.oauthAutoLaunch;
@ -120,6 +126,7 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {
        duplicateDetection: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'duplicateDetection')!,
        email: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'email')!,
        facialRecognition: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'facialRecognition')!,
+        importFaces: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'importFaces')!,
        map: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'map')!,
        oauth: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'oauth')!,
        oauthAutoLaunch: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'oauthAutoLaunch')!,
@ -180,6 +187,7 @@ class ServerFeaturesDto {
    'duplicateDetection',
    'email',
    'facialRecognition',
+    'importFaces',
    'map',
    'oauth',
    'oauthAutoLaunch',
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/source_type.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/source_type.dart
@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+//
+// AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT MODIFY!
+//
+// @dart=2.18
+
+// ignore_for_file: unused_element, unused_import
+// ignore_for_file: always_put_required_named_parameters_first
+// ignore_for_file: constant_identifier_names
+// ignore_for_file: lines_longer_than_80_chars
+
+part of openapi.api;
+
+
+class SourceType {
+  /// Instantiate a new enum with the provided [value].
+  const SourceType._(this.value);
+
+  /// The underlying value of this enum member.
+  final String value;
+
+  @override
+  String toString() => value;
+
+  String toJson() => value;
+
+  static const machineLearning = SourceType._(r'machine-learning');
+  static const exif = SourceType._(r'exif');
+
+  /// List of all possible values in this [enum][SourceType].
+  static const values = <SourceType>[
+    machineLearning,
+    exif,
+  ];
+
+  static SourceType? fromJson(dynamic value) => SourceTypeTypeTransformer().decode(value);
+
+  static List<SourceType> listFromJson(dynamic json, {bool growable = false,}) {
+    final result = <SourceType>[];
+    if (json is List && json.isNotEmpty) {
+      for (final row in json) {
+        final value = SourceType.fromJson(row);
+        if (value != null) {
+          result.add(value);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return result.toList(growable: growable);
+  }
+}
+
+/// Transformation class that can [encode] an instance of [SourceType] to String,
+/// and [decode] dynamic data back to [SourceType].
+class SourceTypeTypeTransformer {
+  factory SourceTypeTypeTransformer() => _instance ??= const SourceTypeTypeTransformer._();
+
+  const SourceTypeTypeTransformer._();
+
+  String encode(SourceType data) => data.value;
+
+  /// Decodes a [dynamic value][data] to a SourceType.
+  ///
+  /// If [allowNull] is true and the [dynamic value][data] cannot be decoded successfully,
+  /// then null is returned. However, if [allowNull] is false and the [dynamic value][data]
+  /// cannot be decoded successfully, then an [UnimplementedError] is thrown.
+  ///
+  /// The [allowNull] is very handy when an API changes and a new enum value is added or removed,
+  /// and users are still using an old app with the old code.
+  SourceType? decode(dynamic data, {bool allowNull = true}) {
+    if (data != null) {
+      switch (data) {
+        case r'machine-learning': return SourceType.machineLearning;
+        case r'exif': return SourceType.exif;
+        default:
+          if (!allowNull) {
+            throw ArgumentError('Unknown enum value to decode: $data');
+          }
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /// Singleton [SourceTypeTypeTransformer] instance.
+  static SourceTypeTypeTransformer? _instance;
+}
+
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/system_config_dto.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/system_config_dto.dart
@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class SystemConfigDto {
    required this.logging,
    required this.machineLearning,
    required this.map,
+    required this.metadata,
    required this.newVersionCheck,
    required this.notifications,
    required this.oauth,
@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ class SystemConfigDto {

  SystemConfigMapDto map;

+  SystemConfigMetadataDto metadata;
+
  SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto newVersionCheck;

  SystemConfigNotificationsDto notifications;
@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ class SystemConfigDto {
    other.logging == logging &&
    other.machineLearning == machineLearning &&
    other.map == map &&
+    other.metadata == metadata &&
    other.newVersionCheck == newVersionCheck &&
    other.notifications == notifications &&
    other.oauth == oauth &&
@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ class SystemConfigDto {
    (logging.hashCode) +
    (machineLearning.hashCode) +
    (map.hashCode) +
+    (metadata.hashCode) +
    (newVersionCheck.hashCode) +
    (notifications.hashCode) +
    (oauth.hashCode) +
@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ class SystemConfigDto {
    (user.hashCode);

  @override
-  String toString() => 'SystemConfigDto[ffmpeg=$ffmpeg, image=$image, job=$job, library_=$library_, logging=$logging, machineLearning=$machineLearning, map=$map, newVersionCheck=$newVersionCheck, notifications=$notifications, oauth=$oauth, passwordLogin=$passwordLogin, reverseGeocoding=$reverseGeocoding, server=$server, storageTemplate=$storageTemplate, theme=$theme, trash=$trash, user=$user]';
+  String toString() => 'SystemConfigDto[ffmpeg=$ffmpeg, image=$image, job=$job, library_=$library_, logging=$logging, machineLearning=$machineLearning, map=$map, metadata=$metadata, newVersionCheck=$newVersionCheck, notifications=$notifications, oauth=$oauth, passwordLogin=$passwordLogin, reverseGeocoding=$reverseGeocoding, server=$server, storageTemplate=$storageTemplate, theme=$theme, trash=$trash, user=$user]';

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
    final json = <String, dynamic>{};
@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ class SystemConfigDto {
      json[r'logging'] = this.logging;
      json[r'machineLearning'] = this.machineLearning;
      json[r'map'] = this.map;
+      json[r'metadata'] = this.metadata;
      json[r'newVersionCheck'] = this.newVersionCheck;
      json[r'notifications'] = this.notifications;
      json[r'oauth'] = this.oauth;
@ -147,6 +153,7 @@ class SystemConfigDto {
        logging: SystemConfigLoggingDto.fromJson(json[r'logging'])!,
        machineLearning: SystemConfigMachineLearningDto.fromJson(json[r'machineLearning'])!,
        map: SystemConfigMapDto.fromJson(json[r'map'])!,
+        metadata: SystemConfigMetadataDto.fromJson(json[r'metadata'])!,
        newVersionCheck: SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto.fromJson(json[r'newVersionCheck'])!,
        notifications: SystemConfigNotificationsDto.fromJson(json[r'notifications'])!,
        oauth: SystemConfigOAuthDto.fromJson(json[r'oauth'])!,
@ -211,6 +218,7 @@ class SystemConfigDto {
    'logging',
    'machineLearning',
    'map',
+    'metadata',
    'newVersionCheck',
    'notifications',
    'oauth',
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/system_config_faces_dto.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/system_config_faces_dto.dart
@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//
+// AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT MODIFY!
+//
+// @dart=2.18
+
+// ignore_for_file: unused_element, unused_import
+// ignore_for_file: always_put_required_named_parameters_first
+// ignore_for_file: constant_identifier_names
+// ignore_for_file: lines_longer_than_80_chars
+
+part of openapi.api;
+
+class SystemConfigFacesDto {
+  /// Returns a new [SystemConfigFacesDto] instance.
+  SystemConfigFacesDto({
+    required this.import_,
+  });
+
+  bool import_;
+
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(Object other) => identical(this, other) || other is SystemConfigFacesDto &&
+    other.import_ == import_;
+
+  @override
+  int get hashCode =>
+    // ignore: unnecessary_parenthesis
+    (import_.hashCode);
+
+  @override
+  String toString() => 'SystemConfigFacesDto[import_=$import_]';
+
+  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
+    final json = <String, dynamic>{};
+      json[r'import'] = this.import_;
+    return json;
+  }
+
+  /// Returns a new [SystemConfigFacesDto] instance and imports its values from
+  /// [value] if it's a [Map], null otherwise.
+  // ignore: prefer_constructors_over_static_methods
+  static SystemConfigFacesDto? fromJson(dynamic value) {
+    if (value is Map) {
+      final json = value.cast<String, dynamic>();
+
+      return SystemConfigFacesDto(
+        import_: mapValueOfType<bool>(json, r'import')!,
+      );
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  static List<SystemConfigFacesDto> listFromJson(dynamic json, {bool growable = false,}) {
+    final result = <SystemConfigFacesDto>[];
+    if (json is List && json.isNotEmpty) {
+      for (final row in json) {
+        final value = SystemConfigFacesDto.fromJson(row);
+        if (value != null) {
+          result.add(value);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return result.toList(growable: growable);
+  }
+
+  static Map<String, SystemConfigFacesDto> mapFromJson(dynamic json) {
+    final map = <String, SystemConfigFacesDto>{};
+    if (json is Map && json.isNotEmpty) {
+      json = json.cast<String, dynamic>(); // ignore: parameter_assignments
+      for (final entry in json.entries) {
+        final value = SystemConfigFacesDto.fromJson(entry.value);
+        if (value != null) {
+          map[entry.key] = value;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  // maps a json object with a list of SystemConfigFacesDto-objects as value to a dart map
+  static Map<String, List<SystemConfigFacesDto>> mapListFromJson(dynamic json, {bool growable = false,}) {
+    final map = <String, List<SystemConfigFacesDto>>{};
+    if (json is Map && json.isNotEmpty) {
+      // ignore: parameter_assignments
+      json = json.cast<String, dynamic>();
+      for (final entry in json.entries) {
+        map[entry.key] = SystemConfigFacesDto.listFromJson(entry.value, growable: growable,);
+      }
+    }
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  /// The list of required keys that must be present in a JSON.
+  static const requiredKeys = <String>{
+    'import',
+  };
+}
+
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/system_config_metadata_dto.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/system_config_metadata_dto.dart
@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//
+// AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT MODIFY!
+//
+// @dart=2.18
+
+// ignore_for_file: unused_element, unused_import
+// ignore_for_file: always_put_required_named_parameters_first
+// ignore_for_file: constant_identifier_names
+// ignore_for_file: lines_longer_than_80_chars
+
+part of openapi.api;
+
+class SystemConfigMetadataDto {
+  /// Returns a new [SystemConfigMetadataDto] instance.
+  SystemConfigMetadataDto({
+    required this.faces,
+  });
+
+  SystemConfigFacesDto faces;
+
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(Object other) => identical(this, other) || other is SystemConfigMetadataDto &&
+    other.faces == faces;
+
+  @override
+  int get hashCode =>
+    // ignore: unnecessary_parenthesis
+    (faces.hashCode);
+
+  @override
+  String toString() => 'SystemConfigMetadataDto[faces=$faces]';
+
+  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
+    final json = <String, dynamic>{};
+      json[r'faces'] = this.faces;
+    return json;
+  }
+
+  /// Returns a new [SystemConfigMetadataDto] instance and imports its values from
+  /// [value] if it's a [Map], null otherwise.
+  // ignore: prefer_constructors_over_static_methods
+  static SystemConfigMetadataDto? fromJson(dynamic value) {
+    if (value is Map) {
+      final json = value.cast<String, dynamic>();
+
+      return SystemConfigMetadataDto(
+        faces: SystemConfigFacesDto.fromJson(json[r'faces'])!,
+      );
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  static List<SystemConfigMetadataDto> listFromJson(dynamic json, {bool growable = false,}) {
+    final result = <SystemConfigMetadataDto>[];
+    if (json is List && json.isNotEmpty) {
+      for (final row in json) {
+        final value = SystemConfigMetadataDto.fromJson(row);
+        if (value != null) {
+          result.add(value);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return result.toList(growable: growable);
+  }
+
+  static Map<String, SystemConfigMetadataDto> mapFromJson(dynamic json) {
+    final map = <String, SystemConfigMetadataDto>{};
+    if (json is Map && json.isNotEmpty) {
+      json = json.cast<String, dynamic>(); // ignore: parameter_assignments
+      for (final entry in json.entries) {
+        final value = SystemConfigMetadataDto.fromJson(entry.value);
+        if (value != null) {
+          map[entry.key] = value;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  // maps a json object with a list of SystemConfigMetadataDto-objects as value to a dart map
+  static Map<String, List<SystemConfigMetadataDto>> mapListFromJson(dynamic json, {bool growable = false,}) {
+    final map = <String, List<SystemConfigMetadataDto>>{};
+    if (json is Map && json.isNotEmpty) {
+      // ignore: parameter_assignments
+      json = json.cast<String, dynamic>();
+      for (final entry in json.entries) {
+        map[entry.key] = SystemConfigMetadataDto.listFromJson(entry.value, growable: growable,);
+      }
+    }
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  /// The list of required keys that must be present in a JSON.
+  static const requiredKeys = <String>{
+    'faces',
+  };
+}
+
--- a/mobile/openapi/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/mobile/openapi/pubspec.yaml
@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ version: '1.0.0'
 description: 'OpenAPI API client'
 homepage: 'homepage'
 environment:
-  sdk: '>=2.12.0 <3.0.0'
+  sdk: '>=2.12.0 <4.0.0'
 dependencies:
-  collection: '^1.17.0'
-  http: '>=0.13.0 <0.14.0'
+  collection: '>=1.17.0 <2.0.0'
+  http: '>=0.13.0 <2.0.0'
  intl: any
-  meta: '^1.1.8'
+  meta: '>=1.1.8 <2.0.0'
  immich_mobile:
    path: ../
--- a/mobile/pubspec.lock
+++ b/mobile/pubspec.lock
@ -1737,10 +1737,10 @@ packages:
    dependency: transitive
    description:
      name: vm_service
-      sha256: f652077d0bdf60abe4c1f6377448e8655008eef28f128bc023f7b5e8dfeb48fc
+      sha256: "5c5f338a667b4c644744b661f309fb8080bb94b18a7e91ef1dbd343bed00ed6d"
      url: "https://pub.dev"
    source: hosted
-    version: "14.2.4"
+    version: "14.2.5"
  wakelock_plus:
    dependency: "direct main"
    description:
--- a/open-api/bin/generate-open-api.sh
+++ b/open-api/bin/generate-open-api.sh
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-OPENAPI_GENERATOR_VERSION=v7.5.0
+OPENAPI_GENERATOR_VERSION=v7.8.0

 # usage: ./bin/generate-open-api.sh

--- a/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
+++ b/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
@ -8018,6 +8018,9 @@
              }
            ],
            "nullable": true
+          },
+          "sourceType": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SourceType"
          }
        },
        "required": [
@ -8086,6 +8089,9 @@
          },
          "imageWidth": {
            "type": "integer"
+          },
+          "sourceType": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SourceType"
          }
        },
        "required": [
@ -10688,6 +10694,9 @@
          "facialRecognition": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
+          "importFaces": {
+            "type": "boolean"
+          },
          "map": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
@ -10721,6 +10730,7 @@
          "duplicateDetection",
          "email",
          "facialRecognition",
+          "importFaces",
          "map",
          "oauth",
          "oauthAutoLaunch",
@ -11229,6 +11239,13 @@
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
+      "SourceType": {
+        "enum": [
+          "machine-learning",
+          "exif"
+        ],
+        "type": "string"
+      },
      "StackCreateDto": {
        "properties": {
          "assetIds": {
@ -11299,6 +11316,9 @@
          "map": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SystemConfigMapDto"
          },
+          "metadata": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SystemConfigMetadataDto"
+          },
          "newVersionCheck": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto"
          },
@ -11338,6 +11358,7 @@
          "logging",
          "machineLearning",
          "map",
+          "metadata",
          "newVersionCheck",
          "notifications",
          "oauth",
@ -11464,6 +11485,17 @@
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
+      "SystemConfigFacesDto": {
+        "properties": {
+          "import": {
+            "type": "boolean"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "import"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
      "SystemConfigImageDto": {
        "properties": {
          "colorspace": {
@ -11656,6 +11688,17 @@
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
+      "SystemConfigMetadataDto": {
+        "properties": {
+          "faces": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SystemConfigFacesDto"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "faces"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
      "SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto": {
        "properties": {
          "enabled": {
--- a/open-api/openapitools.json
+++ b/open-api/openapitools.json
@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@openapitools/openapi-generator-cli/config.schema.json",
  "spaces": 2,
  "generator-cli": {
-    "version": "7.5.0"
+    "version": "7.8.0"
  }
 }
--- a/open-api/patch/pubspec_immich_mobile.yaml.patch
+++ b/open-api/patch/pubspec_immich_mobile.yaml.patch
@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Include code from immich_mobile
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
-   http: '>=0.13.0 <0.14.0'
+   http: '>=0.13.0 <2.0.0'
   intl: any
-   meta: '^1.1.8'
+   meta: '>=1.1.8 <2.0.0'
 -dev_dependencies:
 -  test: '>=1.21.6 <1.22.0'
 +  immich_mobile:
--- a/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
+++ b/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ export type AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto = {
    id: string;
    imageHeight: number;
    imageWidth: number;
+    sourceType?: SourceType;
 };
 export type PersonWithFacesResponseDto = {
    birthDate: string | null;
@ -508,6 +509,7 @@ export type AssetFaceResponseDto = {
    imageHeight: number;
    imageWidth: number;
    person: (PersonResponseDto) | null;
+    sourceType?: SourceType;
 };
 export type FaceDto = {
    id: string;
@ -893,6 +895,7 @@ export type ServerFeaturesDto = {
    duplicateDetection: boolean;
    email: boolean;
    facialRecognition: boolean;
+    importFaces: boolean;
    map: boolean;
    oauth: boolean;
    oauthAutoLaunch: boolean;
@ -1122,6 +1125,12 @@ export type SystemConfigMapDto = {
    enabled: boolean;
    lightStyle: string;
 };
+export type SystemConfigFacesDto = {
+    "import": boolean;
+};
+export type SystemConfigMetadataDto = {
+    faces: SystemConfigFacesDto;
+};
 export type SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto = {
    enabled: boolean;
 };
@ -1178,6 +1187,7 @@ export type SystemConfigDto = {
    logging: SystemConfigLoggingDto;
    machineLearning: SystemConfigMachineLearningDto;
    map: SystemConfigMapDto;
+    metadata: SystemConfigMetadataDto;
    newVersionCheck: SystemConfigNewVersionCheckDto;
    notifications: SystemConfigNotificationsDto;
    oauth: SystemConfigOAuthDto;
@ -3226,6 +3236,10 @@ export enum AlbumUserRole {
    Editor = "editor",
    Viewer = "viewer"
 }
+export enum SourceType {
+    MachineLearning = "machine-learning",
+    Exif = "exif"
+}
 export enum AssetTypeEnum {
    Image = "IMAGE",
    Video = "VIDEO",
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
        "@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks": "^1.24.0",
        "@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus": "^0.53.0",
        "@opentelemetry/sdk-node": "^0.53.0",
-        "@react-email/components": "^0.0.23",
+        "@react-email/components": "^0.0.24",
        "@socket.io/redis-adapter": "^8.3.0",
        "archiver": "^7.0.0",
        "async-lock": "^1.4.0",
@ -5070,9 +5070,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@react-email/code-block": {
-      "version": "0.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/code-block/-/code-block-0.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3lYLwn9rK16I4JmTR/sTzAJMVHzUmmcT1PT27+TXnQyBCfpfDV+VockSg1qhsgCusA/u6j0C97BMsa96AWEbbw==",
+      "version": "0.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/code-block/-/code-block-0.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WbuAEpTnB262i9C3SGPmmErgZ4iU5KIpqLUjr7uBJijqldLqZc5x39e8wPWaRdF7NLcShmrc/+G7GJgI1bdC5w==",
      "dependencies": {
        "prismjs": "1.29.0"
      },
@ -5106,13 +5106,13 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@react-email/components": {
-      "version": "0.0.23",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/components/-/components-0.0.23.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RcBoffx2IZG6quLBXo5sj3fF47rKmmkiMhG1ZBua4nFjHYlmW8j1uUMyO5HNglxIF9E52NYq4sF7XeZRp9jYjg==",
+      "version": "0.0.24",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/components/-/components-0.0.24.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/DNmfTREaT59UFdkHoIK3BewJ214LfRxmduiil3m7POj+gougkItANu1+BMmgbUATxjf7jH1WoBxo9x/rhFEFw==",
      "dependencies": {
        "@react-email/body": "0.0.10",
        "@react-email/button": "0.0.17",
-        "@react-email/code-block": "0.0.7",
+        "@react-email/code-block": "0.0.8",
        "@react-email/code-inline": "0.0.4",
        "@react-email/column": "0.0.12",
        "@react-email/container": "0.0.14",
@ -5125,7 +5125,7 @@
        "@react-email/link": "0.0.10",
        "@react-email/markdown": "0.0.12",
        "@react-email/preview": "0.0.11",
-        "@react-email/render": "1.0.0",
+        "@react-email/render": "1.0.1",
        "@react-email/row": "0.0.10",
        "@react-email/section": "0.0.14",
        "@react-email/tailwind": "0.1.0",
@ -5249,9 +5249,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@react-email/render": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/render/-/render-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-seN2p3JRUSZhwIUiymh9N6ZfhRZ14ywOraQqAokY63DkDeHZW2pA2a6nWpNc/igfOcNyt09Wsoi1Aj0esxhdzw==",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/render/-/render-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-W3gTrcmLOVYnG80QuUp22ReIT/xfLsVJ+n7ghSlG2BITB8evNABn1AO2rGQoXuK84zKtDAlxCdm3hRyIpZdGSA==",
      "dependencies": {
        "html-to-text": "9.0.5",
        "js-beautify": "^1.14.11",
@ -19280,9 +19280,9 @@
      "requires": {}
    },
    "@react-email/code-block": {
-      "version": "0.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/code-block/-/code-block-0.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3lYLwn9rK16I4JmTR/sTzAJMVHzUmmcT1PT27+TXnQyBCfpfDV+VockSg1qhsgCusA/u6j0C97BMsa96AWEbbw==",
+      "version": "0.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/code-block/-/code-block-0.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WbuAEpTnB262i9C3SGPmmErgZ4iU5KIpqLUjr7uBJijqldLqZc5x39e8wPWaRdF7NLcShmrc/+G7GJgI1bdC5w==",
      "requires": {
        "prismjs": "1.29.0"
      }
@ -19300,13 +19300,13 @@
      "requires": {}
    },
    "@react-email/components": {
-      "version": "0.0.23",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/components/-/components-0.0.23.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RcBoffx2IZG6quLBXo5sj3fF47rKmmkiMhG1ZBua4nFjHYlmW8j1uUMyO5HNglxIF9E52NYq4sF7XeZRp9jYjg==",
+      "version": "0.0.24",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/components/-/components-0.0.24.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/DNmfTREaT59UFdkHoIK3BewJ214LfRxmduiil3m7POj+gougkItANu1+BMmgbUATxjf7jH1WoBxo9x/rhFEFw==",
      "requires": {
        "@react-email/body": "0.0.10",
        "@react-email/button": "0.0.17",
-        "@react-email/code-block": "0.0.7",
+        "@react-email/code-block": "0.0.8",
        "@react-email/code-inline": "0.0.4",
        "@react-email/column": "0.0.12",
        "@react-email/container": "0.0.14",
@ -19319,7 +19319,7 @@
        "@react-email/link": "0.0.10",
        "@react-email/markdown": "0.0.12",
        "@react-email/preview": "0.0.11",
-        "@react-email/render": "1.0.0",
+        "@react-email/render": "1.0.1",
        "@react-email/row": "0.0.10",
        "@react-email/section": "0.0.14",
        "@react-email/tailwind": "0.1.0",
@ -19389,9 +19389,9 @@
      "requires": {}
    },
    "@react-email/render": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/render/-/render-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-seN2p3JRUSZhwIUiymh9N6ZfhRZ14ywOraQqAokY63DkDeHZW2pA2a6nWpNc/igfOcNyt09Wsoi1Aj0esxhdzw==",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-email/render/-/render-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-W3gTrcmLOVYnG80QuUp22ReIT/xfLsVJ+n7ghSlG2BITB8evNABn1AO2rGQoXuK84zKtDAlxCdm3hRyIpZdGSA==",
      "requires": {
        "html-to-text": "9.0.5",
        "js-beautify": "^1.14.11",
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
    "@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks": "^1.24.0",
    "@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus": "^0.53.0",
    "@opentelemetry/sdk-node": "^0.53.0",
-    "@react-email/components": "^0.0.23",
+    "@react-email/components": "^0.0.24",
    "@socket.io/redis-adapter": "^8.3.0",
    "archiver": "^7.0.0",
    "async-lock": "^1.4.0",
--- a/server/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/app.module.ts
@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
 import { AuthGuard } from 'src/middleware/auth.guard';
 import { ErrorInterceptor } from 'src/middleware/error.interceptor';
 import { FileUploadInterceptor } from 'src/middleware/file-upload.interceptor';
-import { HttpExceptionFilter } from 'src/middleware/http-exception.filter';
+import { GlobalExceptionFilter } from 'src/middleware/global-exception.filter';
 import { LoggingInterceptor } from 'src/middleware/logging.interceptor';
 import { repositories } from 'src/repositories';
 import { services } from 'src/services';
+import { DatabaseService } from 'src/services/database.service';
 import { setupEventHandlers } from 'src/utils/events';
 import { otelConfig } from 'src/utils/instrumentation';

@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const common = [...services, ...repositories];

 const middleware = [
  FileUploadInterceptor,
-  { provide: APP_FILTER, useClass: HttpExceptionFilter },
+  { provide: APP_FILTER, useClass: GlobalExceptionFilter },
  { provide: APP_PIPE, useValue: new ValidationPipe({ transform: true, whitelist: true }) },
  { provide: APP_INTERCEPTOR, useClass: LoggingInterceptor },
  { provide: APP_INTERCEPTOR, useClass: ErrorInterceptor },
@ -43,7 +44,17 @@ const imports = [
  ConfigModule.forRoot(immichAppConfig),
  EventEmitterModule.forRoot(),
  OpenTelemetryModule.forRoot(otelConfig),
-  TypeOrmModule.forRoot(databaseConfig),
+  TypeOrmModule.forRootAsync({
+    inject: [ModuleRef],
+    useFactory: (moduleRef: ModuleRef) => {
+      return {
+        ...databaseConfig,
+        poolErrorHandler: (error) => {
+          moduleRef.get(DatabaseService, { strict: false }).handleConnectionError(error);
+        },
+      };
+    },
+  }),
  TypeOrmModule.forFeature(entities),
 ];

--- a/server/src/config.ts
+++ b/server/src/config.ts
@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ export interface SystemConfig {
  reverseGeocoding: {
    enabled: boolean;
  };
+  metadata: {
+    faces: {
+      import: boolean;
+    };
+  };
  oauth: {
    autoLaunch: boolean;
    autoRegister: boolean;
@ -286,6 +291,11 @@ export const defaults = Object.freeze<SystemConfig>({
  reverseGeocoding: {
    enabled: true,
  },
+  metadata: {
+    faces: {
+      import: false,
+    },
+  },
  oauth: {
    autoLaunch: false,
    autoRegister: true,
--- a/server/src/cores/storage.core.ts
+++ b/server/src/cores/storage.core.ts
@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export class StorageCore {
        return this.assetRepository.update({ id, sidecarPath: newPath });
      }
      case PersonPathType.FACE: {
-        return this.personRepository.update({ id, thumbnailPath: newPath });
+        return this.personRepository.update([{ id, thumbnailPath: newPath }]);
      }
    }
  }
--- a/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { PropertyLifecycle } from 'src/decorators';
 import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
 import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
 import { PersonEntity } from 'src/entities/person.entity';
+import { SourceType } from 'src/enum';
 import { IsDateStringFormat, MaxDateString, Optional, ValidateBoolean, ValidateUUID } from 'src/validation';

 export class PersonCreateDto {
@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ export class AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {
  boundingBoxY1!: number;
  @ApiProperty({ type: 'integer' })
  boundingBoxY2!: number;
+  @ApiProperty({ enum: SourceType, enumName: 'SourceType' })
+  sourceType?: SourceType;
 }

 export class AssetFaceResponseDto extends AssetFaceWithoutPersonResponseDto {
@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ export function mapFacesWithoutPerson(face: AssetFaceEntity): AssetFaceWithoutPe
    boundingBoxX2: face.boundingBoxX2,
    boundingBoxY1: face.boundingBoxY1,
    boundingBoxY2: face.boundingBoxY2,
+    sourceType: face.sourceType,
  };
 }

--- a/server/src/dtos/server.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/server.dto.ts
@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export class ServerFeaturesDto {
  map!: boolean;
  trash!: boolean;
  reverseGeocoding!: boolean;
+  importFaces!: boolean;
  oauth!: boolean;
  oauthAutoLaunch!: boolean;
  passwordLogin!: boolean;
--- a/server/src/dtos/system-config.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/system-config.dto.ts
@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ class SystemConfigReverseGeocodingDto {
  enabled!: boolean;
 }

+class SystemConfigFacesDto {
+  @IsBoolean()
+  import!: boolean;
+}
+
+class SystemConfigMetadataDto {
+  @Type(() => SystemConfigFacesDto)
+  @ValidateNested()
+  @IsObject()
+  faces!: SystemConfigFacesDto;
+}
+
 class SystemConfigServerDto {
  @ValidateIf((_, value: string) => value !== '')
  @IsUrl({ require_tld: false, require_protocol: true, protocols: ['http', 'https'] })
@ -555,6 +567,11 @@ export class SystemConfigDto implements SystemConfig {
  @IsObject()
  reverseGeocoding!: SystemConfigReverseGeocodingDto;

+  @Type(() => SystemConfigMetadataDto)
+  @ValidateNested()
+  @IsObject()
+  metadata!: SystemConfigMetadataDto;
+
  @Type(() => SystemConfigStorageTemplateDto)
  @ValidateNested()
  @IsObject()
--- a/server/src/entities/asset-face.entity.ts
+++ b/server/src/entities/asset-face.entity.ts
@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { FaceSearchEntity } from 'src/entities/face-search.entity';
 import { PersonEntity } from 'src/entities/person.entity';
+import { SourceType } from 'src/enum';
 import { Column, Entity, Index, ManyToOne, OneToOne, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';

@Entity('asset_faces', { synchronize: false })
@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ export class AssetFaceEntity {
  @Column({ default: 0, type: 'int' })
  boundingBoxY2!: number;

+  @Column({ default: SourceType.MACHINE_LEARNING, type: 'enum', enum: SourceType })
+  sourceType!: SourceType;
+
  @ManyToOne(() => AssetEntity, (asset) => asset.faces, { onDelete: 'CASCADE', onUpdate: 'CASCADE' })
  asset!: AssetEntity;

--- a/server/src/enum.ts
+++ b/server/src/enum.ts
@ -180,3 +180,8 @@ export enum UserStatus {
  REMOVING = 'removing',
  DELETED = 'deleted',
 }
+
+export enum SourceType {
+  MACHINE_LEARNING = 'machine-learning',
+  EXIF = 'exif',
+}
--- a/server/src/interfaces/database.interface.ts
+++ b/server/src/interfaces/database.interface.ts
@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export interface VectorUpdateResult {
 export const IDatabaseRepository = 'IDatabaseRepository';

 export interface IDatabaseRepository {
+  reconnect(): Promise<boolean>;
  getExtensionVersion(extension: DatabaseExtension): Promise<ExtensionVersion>;
  getExtensionVersionRange(extension: VectorExtension): string;
  getPostgresVersion(): Promise<string>;
--- a/server/src/interfaces/metadata.interface.ts
+++ b/server/src/interfaces/metadata.interface.ts
@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ export interface ExifDuration {
  Scale?: number;
 }

-export interface ImmichTags extends Omit<Tags, 'FocalLength' | 'Duration' | 'Description' | 'ImageDescription'> {
+type TagsWithWrongTypes = 'FocalLength' | 'Duration' | 'Description' | 'ImageDescription' | 'RegionInfo';
+export interface ImmichTags extends Omit<Tags, TagsWithWrongTypes> {
  ContentIdentifier?: string;
  MotionPhoto?: number;
  MotionPhotoVersion?: number;
@ -23,6 +24,28 @@ export interface ImmichTags extends Omit<Tags, 'FocalLength' | 'Duration' | 'Des
  // Type is wrong, can also be number.
  Description?: string | number;
  ImageDescription?: string | number;
+
+  // Extended properties for image regions, such as faces
+  RegionInfo?: {
+    AppliedToDimensions: {
+      W: number;
+      H: number;
+      Unit: string;
+    };
+    RegionList: {
+      Area: {
+        // (X,Y) // center of the rectangle
+        X: number;
+        Y: number;
+        W: number;
+        H: number;
+        Unit: string;
+      };
+      Rotation?: number;
+      Type?: string;
+      Name?: string;
+    }[];
+  };
 }

 export interface IMetadataRepository {
@ -30,9 +53,9 @@ export interface IMetadataRepository {
  readTags(path: string): Promise<ImmichTags | null>;
  writeTags(path: string, tags: Partial<Tags>): Promise<void>;
  extractBinaryTag(tagName: string, path: string): Promise<Buffer>;
-  getCountries(userId: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
-  getStates(userId: string, country?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
-  getCities(userId: string, country?: string, state?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
-  getCameraMakes(userId: string, model?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
-  getCameraModels(userId: string, make?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
+  getCountries(userIds: string[]): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
+  getStates(userIds: string[], country?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
+  getCities(userIds: string[], country?: string, state?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
+  getCameraMakes(userIds: string[], model?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
+  getCameraModels(userIds: string[], make?: string): Promise<Array<string | null>>;
 }
--- a/server/src/interfaces/person.interface.ts
+++ b/server/src/interfaces/person.interface.ts
@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ export interface PersonNameSearchOptions {
  withHidden?: boolean;
 }

+export interface PersonNameResponse {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+}
+
 export interface AssetFaceId {
  assetId: string;
  personId: string;
@ -35,20 +40,26 @@ export interface PeopleStatistics {
  hidden: number;
 }

+export interface DeleteAllFacesOptions {
+  sourceType?: string;
+}
+
 export interface IPersonRepository {
  getAll(pagination: PaginationOptions, options?: FindManyOptions<PersonEntity>): Paginated<PersonEntity>;
  getAllForUser(pagination: PaginationOptions, userId: string, options: PersonSearchOptions): Paginated<PersonEntity>;
  getAllWithoutFaces(): Promise<PersonEntity[]>;
  getById(personId: string): Promise<PersonEntity | null>;
  getByName(userId: string, personName: string, options: PersonNameSearchOptions): Promise<PersonEntity[]>;
+  getDistinctNames(userId: string, options: PersonNameSearchOptions): Promise<PersonNameResponse[]>;

  getAssets(personId: string): Promise<AssetEntity[]>;

-  create(entity: Partial<PersonEntity>): Promise<PersonEntity>;
+  create(entities: Partial<PersonEntity>[]): Promise<PersonEntity[]>;
  createFaces(entities: Partial<AssetFaceEntity>[]): Promise<string[]>;
  delete(entities: PersonEntity[]): Promise<void>;
  deleteAll(): Promise<void>;
-  deleteAllFaces(): Promise<void>;
+  deleteAllFaces(options: DeleteAllFacesOptions): Promise<void>;
+  replaceFaces(assetId: string, entities: Partial<AssetFaceEntity>[], sourceType?: string): Promise<string[]>;
  getAllFaces(pagination: PaginationOptions, options?: FindManyOptions<AssetFaceEntity>): Paginated<AssetFaceEntity>;
  getFaceById(id: string): Promise<AssetFaceEntity>;
  getFaceByIdWithAssets(
@ -63,6 +74,6 @@ export interface IPersonRepository {
  reassignFace(assetFaceId: string, newPersonId: string): Promise<number>;
  getNumberOfPeople(userId: string): Promise<PeopleStatistics>;
  reassignFaces(data: UpdateFacesData): Promise<number>;
-  update(entity: Partial<PersonEntity>): Promise<PersonEntity>;
+  update(entities: Partial<PersonEntity>[]): Promise<PersonEntity[]>;
  getLatestFaceDate(): Promise<string | undefined>;
 }
--- a/server/src/middleware/error.interceptor.ts
+++ b/server/src/middleware/error.interceptor.ts
@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Observable, catchError, throwError } from 'rxjs';
 import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
+import { logGlobalError } from 'src/utils/logger';
 import { routeToErrorMessage } from 'src/utils/misc';

@Injectable()
@ -25,9 +26,10 @@ export class ErrorInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
            return error;
          }

-          const errorMessage = routeToErrorMessage(context.getHandler().name);
-          this.logger.error(errorMessage, error, error?.errors, error?.stack);
-          return new InternalServerErrorException(errorMessage);
+          logGlobalError(this.logger, error);
+
+          const message = routeToErrorMessage(context.getHandler().name);
+          return new InternalServerErrorException(message);
        }),
      ),
    );
--- a/server/src/middleware/global-exception.filter.ts
+++ b/server/src/middleware/global-exception.filter.ts
@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { ArgumentsHost, Catch, ExceptionFilter, HttpException, Inject } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Response } from 'express';
+import { ClsService } from 'nestjs-cls';
+import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
+import { logGlobalError } from 'src/utils/logger';
+
+@Catch()
+export class GlobalExceptionFilter implements ExceptionFilter<Error> {
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(ILoggerRepository) private logger: ILoggerRepository,
+    private cls: ClsService,
+  ) {
+    this.logger.setContext(GlobalExceptionFilter.name);
+  }
+
+  catch(error: Error, host: ArgumentsHost) {
+    const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
+    const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
+    const { status, body } = this.fromError(error);
+    if (!response.headersSent) {
+      response.status(status).json({ ...body, statusCode: status, correlationId: this.cls.getId() });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fromError(error: Error) {
+    logGlobalError(this.logger, error);
+
+    if (error instanceof HttpException) {
+      const status = error.getStatus();
+      let body = error.getResponse();
+
+      // unclear what circumstances would return a string
+      if (typeof body === 'string') {
+        body = { message: body };
+      }
+
+      return { status, body };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      status: 500,
+      body: {
+        message: 'Internal server error',
+      },
+    };
+  }
+}
--- a/server/src/middleware/http-exception.filter.ts
+++ b/server/src/middleware/http-exception.filter.ts
@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import { ArgumentsHost, Catch, ExceptionFilter, HttpException, Inject } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { Response } from 'express';
-import { ClsService } from 'nestjs-cls';
-import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
-
-@Catch(HttpException)
-export class HttpExceptionFilter implements ExceptionFilter {
-  constructor(
-    @Inject(ILoggerRepository) private logger: ILoggerRepository,
-    private cls: ClsService,
-  ) {
-    this.logger.setContext(HttpExceptionFilter.name);
-  }
-
-  catch(exception: HttpException, host: ArgumentsHost) {
-    const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
-    const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
-    const status = exception.getStatus();
-
-    this.logger.debug(`HttpException(${status}) ${JSON.stringify(exception.getResponse())}`);
-
-    let responseBody = exception.getResponse();
-    // unclear what circumstances would return a string
-    if (typeof responseBody === 'string') {
-      responseBody = {
-        error: 'Unknown',
-        message: responseBody,
-        statusCode: status,
-      };
-    }
-
-    if (!response.headersSent) {
-      response.status(status).json({
-        ...responseBody,
-        correlationId: this.cls.getId(),
-      });
-    }
-  }
-}
--- a/server/src/migrations/1661881837496-AddAssetChecksum.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1661881837496-AddAssetChecksum.ts
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class AddAssetChecksum1661881837496 implements MigrationInterface {
  }

  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_64c507300988dd1764f9a6530c"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_64c507300988dd1764f9a6530c"`);
    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" DROP COLUMN "checksum"`);
  }
 }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1670257571385-CreateTagsTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1670257571385-CreateTagsTable.ts
@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ export class CreateTagsTable1670257571385 implements MigrationInterface {
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tag_asset" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_e99f31ea4cdf3a2c35c7287eb42"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tag_asset" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_f8e8a9e893cb5c54907f1b798e9"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tags" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_92e67dc508c705dd66c94615576"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_e99f31ea4cdf3a2c35c7287eb4"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_f8e8a9e893cb5c54907f1b798e"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_e99f31ea4cdf3a2c35c7287eb4"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_f8e8a9e893cb5c54907f1b798e"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "tag_asset"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "tags"`);
    }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1673150490490-AddSharedLinkTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1673150490490-AddSharedLinkTable.ts
@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ export class AddSharedLinkTable1673150490490 implements MigrationInterface {
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "shared_link__asset" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_c9fab4aa97ffd1b034f3d6581ab"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "shared_link__asset" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_5b7decce6c8d3db9593d6111a66"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "shared_links" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_0c6ce9058c29f07cdf7014eac66"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_c9fab4aa97ffd1b034f3d6581a"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_5b7decce6c8d3db9593d6111a6"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_c9fab4aa97ffd1b034f3d6581a"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_5b7decce6c8d3db9593d6111a6"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "shared_link__asset"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_sharedlink_key"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_sharedlink_key"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "shared_links"`);
    }

--- a/server/src/migrations/1675812532822-FixAlbumEntityTypeORM.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1675812532822-FixAlbumEntityTypeORM.ts
@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ export class FixAlbumEntityTypeORM1675812532822 implements MigrationInterface {
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "asset_album" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_4bd1303d199f4e72ccdf998c621"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "user_shared_album" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab737"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "user_shared_album" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd06"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab73"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd0"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_e590fa396c6898fcd4a50e4092"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_4bd1303d199f4e72ccdf998c62"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab73"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd0"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_e590fa396c6898fcd4a50e4092"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_4bd1303d199f4e72ccdf998c62"`);

        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "albums" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_b22c53f35ef20c28c21637c85f4"`);
        await queryRunner.query(
--- a/server/src/migrations/1676437878377-AppleContentIdentifier.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1676437878377-AppleContentIdentifier.ts
@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class AppleContentIdentifier1676437878377 implements MigrationInterface {
  }

  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_live_photo_cid"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_live_photo_cid"`);
    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "exif" DROP COLUMN "livePhotoCID"`);
  }
 }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1676848629119-ExifEntityDefinitionFixes.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1676848629119-ExifEntityDefinitionFixes.ts
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export class ExifEntityDefinitionFixes1676848629119 implements MigrationInterfac
    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "exif" ALTER COLUMN "description" SET NOT NULL`);

-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_c0117fdbc50b917ef9067740c4"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_c0117fdbc50b917ef9067740c4"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "exif" DROP CONSTRAINT "PK_28663352d85078ad0046dafafaa"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "exif" DROP COLUMN "id"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "exif" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_c0117fdbc50b917ef9067740c44"`);
--- a/server/src/migrations/1676852143506-SmartInfoEntityDefinitionFixes.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1676852143506-SmartInfoEntityDefinitionFixes.ts
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export class SmartInfoEntityDefinitionFixes1676852143506 implements MigrationInt
    name = 'SmartInfoEntityDefinitionFixes1676852143506'

    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_5e3753aadd956110bf3ec0244a"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_5e3753aadd956110bf3ec0244a"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "smart_info" DROP CONSTRAINT "PK_0beace66440e9713f5c40470e46"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "smart_info" DROP COLUMN "id"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "smart_info" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_5e3753aadd956110bf3ec0244ac"`);
--- a/server/src/migrations/1677535643119-AddIndexForAlbumInSharedLinkTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1677535643119-AddIndexForAlbumInSharedLinkTable.ts
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class AddIndexForAlbumInSharedLinkTable1677535643119 implements Migration
    }

    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_sharedlink_albumId"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_sharedlink_albumId"`);
    }

 }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1684328185099-RequireChecksumNotNull.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1684328185099-RequireChecksumNotNull.ts
@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ export class RequireChecksumNotNull1684328185099 implements MigrationInterface {
  name = 'removeNotNullFromChecksumIndex1684328185099';

  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_64c507300988dd1764f9a6530c"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_64c507300988dd1764f9a6530c"`);
    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "checksum" SET NOT NULL`);
    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX "IDX_8d3efe36c0755849395e6ea866" ON "assets" ("checksum") `);
  }

  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_8d3efe36c0755849395e6ea866"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_8d3efe36c0755849395e6ea866"`);
    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "checksum" DROP NOT NULL`);
    await queryRunner.query(
      `CREATE INDEX "IDX_64c507300988dd1764f9a6530c" ON "assets" ("checksum") WHERE ('checksum' IS NOT NULL)`,
--- a/server/src/migrations/1692804658140-AddAuditTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1692804658140-AddAuditTable.ts
@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class AddAuditTable1692804658140 implements MigrationInterface {
    }

    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_ownerId_createdAt"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_ownerId_createdAt"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "audit"`);
    }

--- a/server/src/migrations/1696888644031-AddOriginalPathIndex.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1696888644031-AddOriginalPathIndex.ts
@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ export class AddOriginalPathIndex1696888644031 implements MigrationInterface {
  }

  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_originalPath_libraryId"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_originalPath_libraryId"`);
  }
 }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1698693294632-AddActivity.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1698693294632-AddActivity.ts
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class AddActivity1698693294632 implements MigrationInterface {
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "activity" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_1af8519996fbfb3684b58df280b"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "activity" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_3571467bcbe021f66e2bdce96ea"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "activity" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_8091ea76b12338cb4428d33d782"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_activity_like"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_activity_like"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "activity"`);
    }

--- a/server/src/migrations/1700752078178-AddAssetFaceIndicies.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1700752078178-AddAssetFaceIndicies.ts
@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export class AddAssetFaceIndicies1700752078178 implements MigrationInterface {
    }

    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_b463c8edb01364bf2beba08ef1"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_bf339a24070dac7e71304ec530"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_b463c8edb01364bf2beba08ef1"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_bf339a24070dac7e71304ec530"`);
    }

 }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1701665867595-AddExifCityIndex.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1701665867595-AddExifCityIndex.ts
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class AddExifCityIndex1701665867595 implements MigrationInterface {
    }

    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."exif_city"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "exif_city"`);
    }

 }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1703035138085-AddAutoStackId.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1703035138085-AddAutoStackId.ts
@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class AddAutoStackId1703035138085 implements MigrationInterface {
    }

    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_auto_stack_id"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_auto_stack_id"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "exif" DROP COLUMN "autoStackId"`);
    }

--- a/server/src/migrations/1705306747072-AddOriginalFileNameIndex.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1705306747072-AddOriginalFileNameIndex.ts
@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ export class AddOriginalFileNameIndex1705306747072 implements MigrationInterface
  }

  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_4d66e76dada1ca180f67a205dc"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_4d66e76dada1ca180f67a205dc"`);
  }
 }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1705363967169-CreateAssetStackTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1705363967169-CreateAssetStackTable.ts
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class CreateAssetStackTable1705197515600 implements MigrationInterface {
    );

    // update constraints
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_b463c8edb01364bf2beba08ef1"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_b463c8edb01364bf2beba08ef1"`);
    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_b463c8edb01364bf2beba08ef19"`);
    await queryRunner.query(
      `ALTER TABLE "assets" ADD CONSTRAINT "FK_f15d48fa3ea5e4bda05ca8ab207" FOREIGN KEY ("stackId") REFERENCES "asset_stack"("id") ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE`,
--- a/server/src/migrations/1711637874206-AddMemoryTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1711637874206-AddMemoryTable.ts
@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ export class AddMemoryTable1711637874206 implements MigrationInterface {
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "memories_assets_assets" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_6942ecf52d75d4273de19d2c16f"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "memories_assets_assets" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_984e5c9ab1f04d34538cd32334e"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "memories" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_575842846f0c28fa5da46c99b19"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_6942ecf52d75d4273de19d2c16"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_984e5c9ab1f04d34538cd32334"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_6942ecf52d75d4273de19d2c16"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_984e5c9ab1f04d34538cd32334"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "memories_assets_assets"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "memories"`);
    }
--- a/server/src/migrations/1715804005643-RemoveLibraryType.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1715804005643-RemoveLibraryType.ts
@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ export class RemoveLibraryType1715804005643 implements MigrationInterface {

  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_9977c3c1de01c3d848039a6b90c"`);
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."UQ_assets_owner_library_checksum"`);
-    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_originalPath_libraryId"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "UQ_assets_owner_library_checksum"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_originalPath_libraryId"`);
    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "libraryId" DROP NOT NULL`);
    await queryRunner.query(`
      UPDATE "assets"
--- a/server/src/migrations/1721249222549-AddSourceColumnToAssetFace.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1721249222549-AddSourceColumnToAssetFace.ts
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class AddSourceColumnToAssetFace1721249222549 implements MigrationInterface {
+    name = 'AddSourceColumnToAssetFace1721249222549'
+
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TYPE sourceType AS ENUM ('machine-learning', 'exif');`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "asset_faces" ADD "sourceType" sourceType NOT NULL DEFAULT 'machine-learning'`);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "asset_faces" DROP COLUMN "sourceType"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TYPE sourceType`);
+    }
+
+}
--- a/server/src/migrations/1724101822106-AddAssetFilesTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1724101822106-AddAssetFilesTable.ts
@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class AddAssetFilesTable1724101822106 implements MigrationInterface {
        await queryRunner.query(`UPDATE "assets" SET "thumbnailPath" = "asset_files".path FROM "asset_files" WHERE "assets".id = "asset_files".assetId AND "asset_files".type = 'thumbnail'`);

        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "asset_files" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_e3e103a5f1d8bc8402999286040"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_asset_files_assetId"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_asset_files_assetId"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "asset_files"`);
    }

--- a/server/src/migrations/1724790460210-NestedTagTable.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1724790460210-NestedTagTable.ts
@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export class NestedTagTable1724790460210 implements MigrationInterface {
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tags" ADD "name" character varying NOT NULL`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tags" ADD "type" character varying NOT NULL`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tags" ADD "renameTagId" uuid`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_b1a2a7ed45c29179b5ad51548a"`);
-        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_15fbcbc67663c6bfc07b354c22"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_b1a2a7ed45c29179b5ad51548a"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "IDX_15fbcbc67663c6bfc07b354c22"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "tags_closure"`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tags" ADD CONSTRAINT "UQ_tag_name_userId" UNIQUE ("name", "userId")`);
        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "tags" ADD CONSTRAINT "FK_92e67dc508c705dd66c94615576" FOREIGN KEY ("userId") REFERENCES "users"("id") ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION`);
--- a/server/src/queries/asset.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/asset.repository.sql
@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ SELECT
  "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."boundingBoxY1" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_boundingBoxY1",
  "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."boundingBoxX2" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_boundingBoxX2",
  "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_boundingBoxY2",
+  "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."sourceType" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_sourceType",
  "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280"."id" AS "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280_id",
  "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280"."createdAt" AS "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280_createdAt",
  "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280"."updatedAt" AS "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280_updatedAt",
--- a/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ SELECT
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY1" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY1",
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxX2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxX2",
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY2",
+  "AssetFaceEntity"."sourceType" AS "AssetFaceEntity_sourceType",
  "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."id" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_id",
  "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."createdAt" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_createdAt",
  "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."updatedAt" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_updatedAt",
@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ FROM
      "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY1" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY1",
      "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxX2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxX2",
      "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY2",
+      "AssetFaceEntity"."sourceType" AS "AssetFaceEntity_sourceType",
      "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."id" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_id",
      "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."createdAt" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_createdAt",
      "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."updatedAt" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_updatedAt",
@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ FROM
      "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY1" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY1",
      "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxX2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxX2",
      "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY2",
+      "AssetFaceEntity"."sourceType" AS "AssetFaceEntity_sourceType",
      "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."id" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_id",
      "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."createdAt" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_createdAt",
      "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person"."updatedAt" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_person_updatedAt",
@ -226,6 +229,16 @@ ORDER BY
 LIMIT
  20

+-- PersonRepository.getDistinctNames
+SELECT DISTINCT
+  ON (lower("person"."name")) "person"."id" AS "person_id",
+  "person"."name" AS "person_name"
+FROM
+  "person" "person"
+WHERE
+  "person"."ownerId" = $1
+  AND "person"."name" != ''
+
 -- PersonRepository.getStatistics
 SELECT
  COUNT(DISTINCT ("asset"."id")) AS "count"
@ -282,6 +295,7 @@ FROM
      "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."boundingBoxY1" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_boundingBoxY1",
      "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."boundingBoxX2" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_boundingBoxX2",
      "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_boundingBoxY2",
+      "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces"."sourceType" AS "AssetEntity__AssetEntity_faces_sourceType",
      "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280"."id" AS "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280_id",
      "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280"."createdAt" AS "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280_createdAt",
      "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280"."updatedAt" AS "8258e303a73a72cf6abb13d73fb592dde0d68280_updatedAt",
@ -375,6 +389,7 @@ SELECT
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY1" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY1",
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxX2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxX2",
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY2",
+  "AssetFaceEntity"."sourceType" AS "AssetFaceEntity_sourceType",
  "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_asset"."id" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_asset_id",
  "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_asset"."deviceAssetId" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_asset_deviceAssetId",
  "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_asset"."ownerId" AS "AssetFaceEntity__AssetFaceEntity_asset_ownerId",
@ -425,7 +440,8 @@ SELECT
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxX1" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxX1",
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY1" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY1",
  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxX2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxX2",
-  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY2"
+  "AssetFaceEntity"."boundingBoxY2" AS "AssetFaceEntity_boundingBoxY2",
+  "AssetFaceEntity"."sourceType" AS "AssetFaceEntity_sourceType"
 FROM
  "asset_faces" "AssetFaceEntity"
 WHERE
--- a/server/src/queries/search.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/search.repository.sql
@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ WITH
      "faces"."boundingBoxY1" AS "boundingBoxY1",
      "faces"."boundingBoxX2" AS "boundingBoxX2",
      "faces"."boundingBoxY2" AS "boundingBoxY2",
+      "faces"."sourceType" AS "sourceType",
      "search"."embedding" <= > $1 AS "distance"
    FROM
      "asset_faces" "faces"
--- a/server/src/repositories/database.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/database.repository.ts
@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ export class DatabaseRepository implements IDatabaseRepository {
    this.logger.setContext(DatabaseRepository.name);
  }

+  async reconnect() {
+    try {
+      if (this.dataSource.isInitialized) {
+        await this.dataSource.destroy();
+      }
+      const { isInitialized } = await this.dataSource.initialize();
+      return isInitialized;
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.logger.error(`Database connection failed: ${error}`);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
  async getExtensionVersion(extension: DatabaseExtension): Promise<ExtensionVersion> {
    const [res]: ExtensionVersion[] = await this.dataSource.query(
      `SELECT default_version as "availableVersion", installed_version as "installedVersion"
--- a/server/src/repositories/logger.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/logger.repository.ts
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { isLogLevelEnabled } from '@nestjs/common/services/utils/is-log-level-en
 import { ClsService } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { LogLevel } from 'src/config';
 import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
-import { LogColor } from 'src/utils/logger-colors';
+import { LogColor } from 'src/utils/logger';

 const LOG_LEVELS = [LogLevel.VERBOSE, LogLevel.DEBUG, LogLevel.LOG, LogLevel.WARN, LogLevel.ERROR, LogLevel.FATAL];

--- a/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ export class MetadataRepository implements IMetadataRepository {
  }

  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
-  async getCountries(userId: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  async getCountries(userIds: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
    const results = await this.exifRepository
      .createQueryBuilder('exif')
      .leftJoin('exif.asset', 'asset')
-      .where('asset.ownerId = :userId', { userId })
+      .where('asset.ownerId IN (:...userIds )', { userIds })
      .select('exif.country', 'country')
      .distinctOn(['exif.country'])
      .getRawMany<{ country: string }>();
@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ export class MetadataRepository implements IMetadataRepository {
  }

  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.STRING] })
-  async getStates(userId: string, country: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
+  async getStates(userIds: string[], country: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
    const query = this.exifRepository
      .createQueryBuilder('exif')
      .leftJoin('exif.asset', 'asset')
-      .where('asset.ownerId = :userId', { userId })
+      .where('asset.ownerId IN (:...userIds )', { userIds })
      .select('exif.state', 'state')
      .distinctOn(['exif.state']);

@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ export class MetadataRepository implements IMetadataRepository {
  }

  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.STRING, DummyValue.STRING] })
-  async getCities(userId: string, country: string | undefined, state: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
+  async getCities(userIds: string[], country: string | undefined, state: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
    const query = this.exifRepository
      .createQueryBuilder('exif')
      .leftJoin('exif.asset', 'asset')
-      .where('asset.ownerId = :userId', { userId })
+      .where('asset.ownerId IN (:...userIds )', { userIds })
      .select('exif.city', 'city')
      .distinctOn(['exif.city']);

@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ export class MetadataRepository implements IMetadataRepository {
  }

  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.STRING] })
-  async getCameraMakes(userId: string, model: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
+  async getCameraMakes(userIds: string[], model: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
    const query = this.exifRepository
      .createQueryBuilder('exif')
      .leftJoin('exif.asset', 'asset')
-      .where('asset.ownerId = :userId', { userId })
+      .where('asset.ownerId IN (:...userIds )', { userIds })
      .select('exif.make', 'make')
      .distinctOn(['exif.make']);

@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ export class MetadataRepository implements IMetadataRepository {
  }

  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.STRING] })
-  async getCameraModels(userId: string, make: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
+  async getCameraModels(userIds: string[], make: string | undefined): Promise<string[]> {
    const query = this.exifRepository
      .createQueryBuilder('exif')
      .leftJoin('exif.asset', 'asset')
-      .where('asset.ownerId = :userId', { userId })
+      .where('asset.ownerId IN (:...userIds )', { userIds })
      .select('exif.model', 'model')
      .distinctOn(['exif.model']);

--- a/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { InjectDataSource, InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { ChunkedArray, DummyValue, GenerateSql } from 'src/decorators';
 import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { PersonEntity } from 'src/entities/person.entity';
 import {
  AssetFaceId,
+  DeleteAllFacesOptions,
  IPersonRepository,
  PeopleStatistics,
+  PersonNameResponse,
  PersonNameSearchOptions,
  PersonSearchOptions,
  PersonStatistics,
@ -17,12 +19,13 @@ import {
 } from 'src/interfaces/person.interface';
 import { Instrumentation } from 'src/utils/instrumentation';
 import { Paginated, PaginationMode, PaginationOptions, paginate, paginatedBuilder } from 'src/utils/pagination';
-import { FindManyOptions, FindOptionsRelations, FindOptionsSelect, In, Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { DataSource, FindManyOptions, FindOptionsRelations, FindOptionsSelect, In, Repository } from 'typeorm';

@Instrumentation()
@Injectable()
 export class PersonRepository implements IPersonRepository {
  constructor(
+    @InjectDataSource() private dataSource: DataSource,
    @InjectRepository(AssetEntity) private assetRepository: Repository<AssetEntity>,
    @InjectRepository(PersonEntity) private personRepository: Repository<PersonEntity>,
    @InjectRepository(AssetFaceEntity) private assetFaceRepository: Repository<AssetFaceEntity>,
@ -49,7 +52,16 @@ export class PersonRepository implements IPersonRepository {
    await this.personRepository.clear();
  }

-  async deleteAllFaces(): Promise<void> {
+  async deleteAllFaces({ sourceType }: DeleteAllFacesOptions): Promise<void> {
+    if (sourceType) {
+      await this.assetFaceRepository
+        .createQueryBuilder('asset_faces')
+        .delete()
+        .andWhere('sourceType = :sourceType', { sourceType })
+        .execute();
+      return;
+    }
+
    await this.assetFaceRepository.query('TRUNCATE TABLE asset_faces CASCADE');
  }

@ -182,6 +194,21 @@ export class PersonRepository implements IPersonRepository {
    return queryBuilder.getMany();
  }

+  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, { withHidden: true }] })
+  getDistinctNames(userId: string, { withHidden }: PersonNameSearchOptions): Promise<PersonNameResponse[]> {
+    const queryBuilder = this.personRepository
+      .createQueryBuilder('person')
+      .select(['person.id', 'person.name'])
+      .distinctOn(['lower(person.name)'])
+      .where(`person.ownerId = :userId AND person.name != ''`, { userId });
+
+    if (!withHidden) {
+      queryBuilder.andWhere('person.isHidden = false');
+    }
+
+    return queryBuilder.getMany();
+  }
+
  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
  async getStatistics(personId: string): Promise<PersonStatistics> {
    const items = await this.assetFaceRepository
@ -248,8 +275,8 @@ export class PersonRepository implements IPersonRepository {
    return result;
  }

-  create(entity: Partial<PersonEntity>): Promise<PersonEntity> {
-    return this.personRepository.save(entity);
+  create(entities: Partial<PersonEntity>[]): Promise<PersonEntity[]> {
+    return this.personRepository.save(entities);
  }

  async createFaces(entities: AssetFaceEntity[]): Promise<string[]> {
@ -257,9 +284,16 @@ export class PersonRepository implements IPersonRepository {
    return res.map((row) => row.id);
  }

-  async update(entity: Partial<PersonEntity>): Promise<PersonEntity> {
-    const { id } = await this.personRepository.save(entity);
-    return this.personRepository.findOneByOrFail({ id });
+  async replaceFaces(assetId: string, entities: AssetFaceEntity[], sourceType: string): Promise<string[]> {
+    return this.dataSource.transaction(async (manager) => {
+      await manager.delete(AssetFaceEntity, { assetId, sourceType });
+      const assetFaces = await manager.save(AssetFaceEntity, entities);
+      return assetFaces.map(({ id }) => id);
+    });
+  }
+
+  async update(entities: Partial<PersonEntity>[]): Promise<PersonEntity[]> {
+    return await this.personRepository.save(entities);
  }

  @GenerateSql({ params: [[{ assetId: DummyValue.UUID, personId: DummyValue.UUID }]] })
--- a/server/src/services/audit.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/audit.service.ts
@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class AuditService {
        }

        case PersonPathType.FACE: {
-          await this.personRepository.update({ id, thumbnailPath: pathValue });
+          await this.personRepository.update([{ id, thumbnailPath: pathValue }]);
          break;
        }

--- a/server/src/services/database.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/database.service.ts
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import { getVectorExtension } from 'src/database.config';
 import { OnEmit } from 'src/decorators';
@ -59,8 +60,12 @@ const messages = {
    If ${name} ${installedVersion} is compatible with Immich, please ensure the Postgres instance has this available.`,
 };

+const RETRY_DURATION = Duration.fromObject({ seconds: 5 });
+
@Injectable()
 export class DatabaseService {
+  private reconnection?: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
  constructor(
    @Inject(IDatabaseRepository) private databaseRepository: IDatabaseRepository,
    @Inject(ILoggerRepository) private logger: ILoggerRepository,
@ -117,6 +122,26 @@ export class DatabaseService {
    });
  }

+  handleConnectionError(error: Error) {
+    if (this.reconnection) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.logger.error(`Database disconnected: ${error}`);
+    this.reconnection = setInterval(() => void this.reconnect(), RETRY_DURATION.toMillis());
+  }
+
+  private async reconnect() {
+    const isConnected = await this.databaseRepository.reconnect();
+    if (isConnected) {
+      this.logger.log('Database reconnected');
+      clearInterval(this.reconnection);
+      delete this.reconnection;
+    } else {
+      this.logger.warn(`Database connection failed, retrying in ${RETRY_DURATION.toHuman()}`);
+    }
+  }
+
  private async createExtension(extension: DatabaseExtension) {
    try {
      await this.databaseRepository.createExtension(extension);
--- a/server/src/services/media.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/media.service.ts
@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class MediaService {
            continue;
          }

-          await this.personRepository.update({ id: person.id, faceAssetId: face.id });
+          await this.personRepository.update([{ id: person.id, faceAssetId: face.id }]);
        }

        jobs.push({ name: JobName.GENERATE_PERSON_THUMBNAIL, data: { id: person.id } });
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export class MediaService {
  async handleGeneratePreview({ id }: IEntityJob): Promise<JobStatus> {
    const [{ image }, [asset]] = await Promise.all([
      this.configCore.getConfig({ withCache: true }),
-      this.assetRepository.getByIds([id], { exifInfo: true }),
+      this.assetRepository.getByIds([id], { exifInfo: true, files: true }),
    ]);
    if (!asset) {
      return JobStatus.FAILED;
--- a/server/src/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { BinaryField } from 'exiftool-vendored';
+import { BinaryField, ExifDateTime } from 'exiftool-vendored';
 import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
 import { Stats } from 'node:fs';
 import { constants } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { ExifEntity } from 'src/entities/exif.entity';
-import { AssetType } from 'src/enum';
+import { AssetType, SourceType } from 'src/enum';
 import { IAlbumRepository } from 'src/interfaces/album.interface';
 import { IAssetRepository, WithoutProperty } from 'src/interfaces/asset.interface';
 import { ICryptoRepository } from 'src/interfaces/crypto.interface';
@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import { MetadataService, Orientation } from 'src/services/metadata.service';
 import { assetStub } from 'test/fixtures/asset.stub';
 import { fileStub } from 'test/fixtures/file.stub';
 import { probeStub } from 'test/fixtures/media.stub';
+import { metadataStub } from 'test/fixtures/metadata.stub';
+import { personStub } from 'test/fixtures/person.stub';
 import { tagStub } from 'test/fixtures/tag.stub';
 import { newAlbumRepositoryMock } from 'test/repositories/album.repository.mock';
 import { newAssetRepositoryMock } from 'test/repositories/asset.repository.mock';
@ -449,6 +451,60 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
      });
    });

+    it('should extract hierarchy from HierarchicalSubject', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue({ HierarchicalSubject: ['Parent|Child'] });
+      tagMock.upsertValue.mockResolvedValueOnce(tagStub.parent);
+      tagMock.upsertValue.mockResolvedValueOnce(tagStub.child);
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+
+      expect(tagMock.upsertValue).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, { userId: 'user-id', value: 'Parent', parent: undefined });
+      expect(tagMock.upsertValue).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, {
+        userId: 'user-id',
+        value: 'Parent/Child',
+        parent: tagStub.parent,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should extract ignore / characters in a HierarchicalSubject tag', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue({ HierarchicalSubject: ['Mom/Dad'] });
+      tagMock.upsertValue.mockResolvedValueOnce(tagStub.parent);
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+
+      expect(tagMock.upsertValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        userId: 'user-id',
+        value: 'Mom|Dad',
+        parent: undefined,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore HierarchicalSubject when TagsList is present', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue({ HierarchicalSubject: ['Parent2|Child2'], TagsList: ['Parent/Child'] });
+      tagMock.upsertValue.mockResolvedValue(tagStub.parent);
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+
+      expect(tagMock.upsertValue).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, { userId: 'user-id', value: 'Parent', parent: undefined });
+      expect(tagMock.upsertValue).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, {
+        userId: 'user-id',
+        value: 'Parent/Child',
+        parent: tagStub.parent,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should remove existing tags', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue({});
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+
+      expect(tagMock.upsertAssetTags).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ assetId: 'asset-id', tagIds: [] });
+    });
+
    it('should not apply motion photos if asset is video', async () => {
      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([{ ...assetStub.livePhotoMotionAsset, isVisible: true }]);
      mediaMock.probe.mockResolvedValue(probeStub.matroskaContainer);
@ -701,6 +757,8 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
    });

    it('should save all metadata', async () => {
+      const dateForTest = new Date('1970-01-01T00:00:00.000-11:30');
+
      const tags: ImmichTags = {
        BitsPerSample: 1,
        ComponentBitDepth: 1,
@ -708,7 +766,7 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
        BitDepth: 1,
        ColorBitDepth: 1,
        ColorSpace: '1',
-        DateTimeOriginal: new Date('1970-01-01').toISOString(),
+        DateTimeOriginal: ExifDateTime.fromISO(dateForTest.toISOString()),
        ExposureTime: '100ms',
        FocalLength: 20,
        ImageDescription: 'test description',
@ -717,11 +775,11 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
        MediaGroupUUID: 'livePhoto',
        Make: 'test-factory',
        Model: "'mockel'",
-        ModifyDate: new Date('1970-01-01').toISOString(),
+        ModifyDate: ExifDateTime.fromISO(dateForTest.toISOString()),
        Orientation: 0,
        ProfileDescription: 'extensive description',
        ProjectionType: 'equirectangular',
-        tz: '+02:00',
+        tz: 'UTC-11:30',
        Rating: 3,
      };
      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
@ -734,7 +792,7 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
        bitsPerSample: expect.any(Number),
        autoStackId: null,
        colorspace: tags.ColorSpace,
-        dateTimeOriginal: new Date('1970-01-01'),
+        dateTimeOriginal: dateForTest,
        description: tags.ImageDescription,
        exifImageHeight: null,
        exifImageWidth: null,
@ -760,11 +818,37 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
      expect(assetMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
        id: assetStub.image.id,
        duration: null,
-        fileCreatedAt: new Date('1970-01-01'),
-        localDateTime: new Date('1970-01-01'),
+        fileCreatedAt: dateForTest,
+        localDateTime: dateForTest,
      });
    });

+    it('should extract +00:00 timezone from raw value', async () => {
+      // exiftool-vendored returns "no timezone" information even though "+00:00" might be set explicitly
+      // https://github.com/photostructure/exiftool-vendored.js/issues/203
+
+      // this only tests our assumptions of exiftool-vendored, demonstrating the issue
+      const someDate = '2024-09-01T00:00:00.000';
+      expect(ExifDateTime.fromISO(someDate + 'Z')?.zone).toBe('UTC');
+      expect(ExifDateTime.fromISO(someDate + '+00:00')?.zone).toBe('UTC'); // this is the issue, should be UTC+0
+      expect(ExifDateTime.fromISO(someDate + '+04:00')?.zone).toBe('UTC+4');
+
+      const tags: ImmichTags = {
+        DateTimeOriginal: ExifDateTime.fromISO(someDate + '+00:00'),
+        tz: undefined,
+      };
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue(tags);
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+      expect(assetMock.getByIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith([assetStub.image.id]);
+      expect(assetMock.upsertExif).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          timeZone: 'UTC+0',
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+
    it('should extract duration', async () => {
      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([{ ...assetStub.video }]);
      mediaMock.probe.mockResolvedValue({
@ -883,6 +967,123 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
        }),
      );
    });
+
+    it('should skip importing metadata when the feature is disabled', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.primaryImage]);
+      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ metadata: { faces: { import: false } } });
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue(metadataStub.withFace);
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+      expect(personMock.getDistinctNames).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should skip importing metadata face for assets without tags.RegionInfo', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.primaryImage]);
+      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ metadata: { faces: { import: true } } });
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue(metadataStub.empty);
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+      expect(personMock.getDistinctNames).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should skip importing faces without name', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.primaryImage]);
+      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ metadata: { faces: { import: true } } });
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue(metadataStub.withFaceNoName);
+      personMock.getDistinctNames.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.replaceFaces.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+      expect(personMock.replaceFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith(assetStub.primaryImage.id, [], SourceType.EXIF);
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should skip importing faces with empty name', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.primaryImage]);
+      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ metadata: { faces: { import: true } } });
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue(metadataStub.withFaceEmptyName);
+      personMock.getDistinctNames.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.replaceFaces.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+      expect(personMock.replaceFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith(assetStub.primaryImage.id, [], SourceType.EXIF);
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should apply metadata face tags creating new persons', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.primaryImage]);
+      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ metadata: { faces: { import: true } } });
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue(metadataStub.withFace);
+      personMock.getDistinctNames.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);
+      personMock.replaceFaces.mockResolvedValue(['face-asset-uuid']);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.primaryImage.id });
+      expect(assetMock.getByIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith([assetStub.primaryImage.id]);
+      expect(personMock.getDistinctNames).toHaveBeenCalledWith(assetStub.primaryImage.ownerId, { withHidden: true });
+      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith([expect.objectContaining({ name: personStub.withName.name })]);
+      expect(personMock.replaceFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        assetStub.primaryImage.id,
+        [
+          {
+            id: 'random-uuid',
+            assetId: assetStub.primaryImage.id,
+            personId: 'random-uuid',
+            imageHeight: 100,
+            imageWidth: 100,
+            boundingBoxX1: 0,
+            boundingBoxX2: 10,
+            boundingBoxY1: 0,
+            boundingBoxY2: 10,
+            sourceType: SourceType.EXIF,
+          },
+        ],
+        SourceType.EXIF,
+      );
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ id: 'random-uuid', faceAssetId: 'random-uuid' }]);
+      expect(jobMock.queueAll).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+        {
+          name: JobName.GENERATE_PERSON_THUMBNAIL,
+          data: { id: personStub.withName.id },
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should assign metadata face tags to existing persons', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.primaryImage]);
+      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ metadata: { faces: { import: true } } });
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue(metadataStub.withFace);
+      personMock.getDistinctNames.mockResolvedValue([{ id: personStub.withName.id, name: personStub.withName.name }]);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      personMock.replaceFaces.mockResolvedValue(['face-asset-uuid']);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.primaryImage.id });
+      expect(assetMock.getByIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith([assetStub.primaryImage.id]);
+      expect(personMock.getDistinctNames).toHaveBeenCalledWith(assetStub.primaryImage.ownerId, { withHidden: true });
+      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+      expect(personMock.replaceFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        assetStub.primaryImage.id,
+        [
+          {
+            id: 'random-uuid',
+            assetId: assetStub.primaryImage.id,
+            personId: personStub.withName.id,
+            imageHeight: 100,
+            imageWidth: 100,
+            boundingBoxX1: 0,
+            boundingBoxX2: 10,
+            boundingBoxY1: 0,
+            boundingBoxY2: 10,
+            sourceType: SourceType.EXIF,
+          },
+        ],
+        SourceType.EXIF,
+      );
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+      expect(jobMock.queueAll).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+    });
  });

  describe('handleQueueSidecar', () => {
--- a/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ import { SystemConfig } from 'src/config';
 import { StorageCore } from 'src/cores/storage.core';
 import { SystemConfigCore } from 'src/cores/system-config.core';
 import { OnEmit } from 'src/decorators';
+import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
 import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { ExifEntity } from 'src/entities/exif.entity';
-import { AssetType } from 'src/enum';
+import { PersonEntity } from 'src/entities/person.entity';
+import { AssetType, SourceType } from 'src/enum';
 import { IAlbumRepository } from 'src/interfaces/album.interface';
 import { IAssetRepository, WithoutProperty } from 'src/interfaces/asset.interface';
 import { ICryptoRepository } from 'src/interfaces/crypto.interface';
@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ import { IStorageRepository } from 'src/interfaces/storage.interface';
 import { ISystemMetadataRepository } from 'src/interfaces/system-metadata.interface';
 import { ITagRepository } from 'src/interfaces/tag.interface';
 import { IUserRepository } from 'src/interfaces/user.interface';
+import { isFaceImportEnabled } from 'src/utils/misc';
 import { usePagination } from 'src/utils/pagination';
 import { upsertTags } from 'src/utils/tag';

@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
    @Inject(IMediaRepository) private mediaRepository: IMediaRepository,
    @Inject(IMetadataRepository) private repository: IMetadataRepository,
    @Inject(IMoveRepository) moveRepository: IMoveRepository,
-    @Inject(IPersonRepository) personRepository: IPersonRepository,
+    @Inject(IPersonRepository) private personRepository: IPersonRepository,
    @Inject(IStorageRepository) private storageRepository: IStorageRepository,
    @Inject(ISystemMetadataRepository) systemMetadataRepository: ISystemMetadataRepository,
    @Inject(ITagRepository) private tagRepository: ITagRepository,
@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
  }

  async handleMetadataExtraction({ id }: IEntityJob): Promise<JobStatus> {
+    const { metadata } = await this.configCore.getConfig({ withCache: true });
    const [asset] = await this.assetRepository.getByIds([id]);
    if (!asset) {
      return JobStatus.FAILED;
@ -253,6 +257,10 @@ export class MetadataService {
      metadataExtractedAt: new Date(),
    });

+    if (isFaceImportEnabled(metadata)) {
+      await this.applyTaggedFaces(asset, exifTags);
+    }
+
    return JobStatus.SUCCESS;
  }

@ -355,6 +363,16 @@ export class MetadataService {
    const tags: unknown[] = [];
    if (exifTags.TagsList) {
      tags.push(...exifTags.TagsList);
+    } else if (exifTags.HierarchicalSubject) {
+      tags.push(
+        exifTags.HierarchicalSubject.map((tag) =>
+          tag
+            // convert | to /
+            .replaceAll('/', '<PLACEHOLDER>')
+            .replaceAll('|', '/')
+            .replaceAll('<PLACEHOLDER>', '|'),
+        ),
+      );
    } else if (exifTags.Keywords) {
      let keywords = exifTags.Keywords;
      if (!Array.isArray(keywords)) {
@ -363,11 +381,8 @@ export class MetadataService {
      tags.push(...keywords);
    }

-    if (tags.length > 0) {
-      const results = await upsertTags(this.tagRepository, { userId: asset.ownerId, tags: tags.map(String) });
-      const tagIds = results.map((tag) => tag.id);
-      await this.tagRepository.upsertAssetTags({ assetId: asset.id, tagIds });
-    }
+    const results = await upsertTags(this.tagRepository, { userId: asset.ownerId, tags: tags.map(String) });
+    await this.tagRepository.upsertAssetTags({ assetId: asset.id, tagIds: results.map((tag) => tag.id) });
  }

  private async applyMotionPhotos(asset: AssetEntity, tags: ImmichTags) {
@ -502,6 +517,65 @@ export class MetadataService {
    }
  }

+  private async applyTaggedFaces(asset: AssetEntity, tags: ImmichTags) {
+    if (!tags.RegionInfo?.AppliedToDimensions || tags.RegionInfo.RegionList.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const discoveredFaces: Partial<AssetFaceEntity>[] = [];
+    const existingNames = await this.personRepository.getDistinctNames(asset.ownerId, { withHidden: true });
+    const existingNameMap = new Map(existingNames.map(({ id, name }) => [name.toLowerCase(), id]));
+    const missing: Partial<PersonEntity>[] = [];
+    const missingWithFaceAsset: Partial<PersonEntity>[] = [];
+    for (const region of tags.RegionInfo.RegionList) {
+      if (!region.Name) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const imageWidth = tags.RegionInfo.AppliedToDimensions.W;
+      const imageHeight = tags.RegionInfo.AppliedToDimensions.H;
+      const loweredName = region.Name.toLowerCase();
+      const personId = existingNameMap.get(loweredName) || this.cryptoRepository.randomUUID();
+
+      const face = {
+        id: this.cryptoRepository.randomUUID(),
+        personId,
+        assetId: asset.id,
+        imageWidth,
+        imageHeight,
+        boundingBoxX1: Math.floor((region.Area.X - region.Area.W / 2) * imageWidth),
+        boundingBoxY1: Math.floor((region.Area.Y - region.Area.H / 2) * imageHeight),
+        boundingBoxX2: Math.floor((region.Area.X + region.Area.W / 2) * imageWidth),
+        boundingBoxY2: Math.floor((region.Area.Y + region.Area.H / 2) * imageHeight),
+        sourceType: SourceType.EXIF,
+      };
+
+      discoveredFaces.push(face);
+      if (!existingNameMap.has(loweredName)) {
+        missing.push({ id: personId, ownerId: asset.ownerId, name: region.Name });
+        missingWithFaceAsset.push({ id: personId, faceAssetId: face.id });
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (missing.length > 0) {
+      this.logger.debug(`Creating missing persons: ${missing.map((p) => `${p.name}/${p.id}`)}`);
+    }
+
+    const newPersons = await this.personRepository.create(missing);
+
+    const faceIds = await this.personRepository.replaceFaces(asset.id, discoveredFaces, SourceType.EXIF);
+    this.logger.debug(`Created ${faceIds.length} faces for asset ${asset.id}`);
+
+    await this.personRepository.update(missingWithFaceAsset);
+
+    await this.jobRepository.queueAll(
+      newPersons.map((person) => ({
+        name: JobName.GENERATE_PERSON_THUMBNAIL,
+        data: { id: person.id },
+      })),
+    );
+  }
+
  private async exifData(
    asset: AssetEntity,
  ): Promise<{ exifData: ExifEntityWithoutGeocodeAndTypeOrm; exifTags: ImmichTags }> {
@ -521,12 +595,16 @@ export class MetadataService {

    this.logger.verbose('Exif Tags', exifTags);

+    const dateTimeOriginalWithRawValue = this.getDateTimeOriginalWithRawValue(exifTags);
+    const dateTimeOriginal = dateTimeOriginalWithRawValue.exifDate ?? asset.fileCreatedAt;
+    const timeZone = this.getTimeZone(exifTags, dateTimeOriginalWithRawValue.rawValue);
+
    const exifData = {
      // altitude: tags.GPSAltitude ?? null,
      assetId: asset.id,
      bitsPerSample: this.getBitsPerSample(exifTags),
      colorspace: exifTags.ColorSpace ?? null,
-      dateTimeOriginal: this.getDateTimeOriginal(exifTags) ?? asset.fileCreatedAt,
+      dateTimeOriginal,
      description: String(exifTags.ImageDescription || exifTags.Description || '').trim(),
      exifImageHeight: validate(exifTags.ImageHeight),
      exifImageWidth: validate(exifTags.ImageWidth),
@ -547,7 +625,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
      orientation: validate(exifTags.Orientation)?.toString() ?? null,
      profileDescription: exifTags.ProfileDescription || null,
      projectionType: exifTags.ProjectionType ? String(exifTags.ProjectionType).toUpperCase() : null,
-      timeZone: exifTags.tz ?? null,
+      timeZone,
      rating: exifTags.Rating ?? null,
    };

@ -568,10 +646,25 @@ export class MetadataService {
  }

  private getDateTimeOriginal(tags: ImmichTags | Tags | null) {
+    return this.getDateTimeOriginalWithRawValue(tags).exifDate;
+  }
+
+  private getDateTimeOriginalWithRawValue(tags: ImmichTags | Tags | null): { exifDate: Date | null; rawValue: string } {
    if (!tags) {
-      return null;
+      return { exifDate: null, rawValue: '' };
    }
-    return exifDate(firstDateTime(tags as Tags, EXIF_DATE_TAGS));
+    const first = firstDateTime(tags as Tags, EXIF_DATE_TAGS);
+    return { exifDate: exifDate(first), rawValue: first?.rawValue ?? '' };
+  }
+
+  private getTimeZone(exifTags: ImmichTags, rawValue: string) {
+    const timeZone = exifTags.tz ?? null;
+    if (timeZone == null && rawValue.endsWith('+00:00')) {
+      // exiftool-vendored returns "no timezone" information even though "+00:00" might be set explicitly
+      // https://github.com/photostructure/exiftool-vendored.js/issues/203
+      return 'UTC+0';
+    }
+    return timeZone;
  }

  private getBitsPerSample(tags: ImmichTags): number | null {
--- a/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Colorspace } from 'src/config';
 import { BulkIdErrorReason } from 'src/dtos/asset-ids.response.dto';
 import { PersonResponseDto, mapFaces, mapPerson } from 'src/dtos/person.dto';
 import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
-import { SystemMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
+import { SourceType, SystemMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
 import { IAssetRepository, WithoutProperty } from 'src/interfaces/asset.interface';
 import { ICryptoRepository } from 'src/interfaces/crypto.interface';
 import { IJobRepository, JobName, JobStatus } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
@ -241,18 +241,18 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
    });

    it("should update a person's name", async () => {
-      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withName);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);
      personMock.getAssets.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
      accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValue(new Set(['person-1']));

      await expect(sut.update(authStub.admin, 'person-1', { name: 'Person 1' })).resolves.toEqual(responseDto);

-      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: 'person-1', name: 'Person 1' });
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ id: 'person-1', name: 'Person 1' }]);
      expect(accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess).toHaveBeenCalledWith(authStub.admin.user.id, new Set(['person-1']));
    });

    it("should update a person's date of birth", async () => {
-      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withBirthDate);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withBirthDate]);
      personMock.getAssets.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
      accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValue(new Set(['person-1']));

@ -264,25 +264,25 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        isHidden: false,
        updatedAt: expect.any(Date),
      });
-      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: 'person-1', birthDate: '1976-06-30' });
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ id: 'person-1', birthDate: '1976-06-30' }]);
      expect(jobMock.queue).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(jobMock.queueAll).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess).toHaveBeenCalledWith(authStub.admin.user.id, new Set(['person-1']));
    });

    it('should update a person visibility', async () => {
-      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withName);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);
      personMock.getAssets.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
      accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValue(new Set(['person-1']));

      await expect(sut.update(authStub.admin, 'person-1', { isHidden: false })).resolves.toEqual(responseDto);

-      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: 'person-1', isHidden: false });
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ id: 'person-1', isHidden: false }]);
      expect(accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess).toHaveBeenCalledWith(authStub.admin.user.id, new Set(['person-1']));
    });

    it("should update a person's thumbnailPath", async () => {
-      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withName);
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);
      personMock.getFacesByIds.mockResolvedValue([faceStub.face1]);
      accessMock.asset.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValue(new Set([assetStub.image.id]));
      accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValue(new Set(['person-1']));
@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        sut.update(authStub.admin, 'person-1', { featureFaceAssetId: faceStub.face1.assetId }),
      ).resolves.toEqual(responseDto);

-      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: 'person-1', faceAssetId: faceStub.face1.id });
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ id: 'person-1', faceAssetId: faceStub.face1.id }]);
      expect(personMock.getFacesByIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
        {
          assetId: faceStub.face1.assetId,
@ -441,11 +441,11 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {

  describe('createPerson', () => {
    it('should create a new person', async () => {
-      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue(personStub.primaryPerson);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([personStub.primaryPerson]);

      await expect(sut.create(authStub.admin, {})).resolves.toBe(personStub.primaryPerson);

-      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ownerId: authStub.admin.user.id });
+      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ ownerId: authStub.admin.user.id }]);
    });
  });

@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        items: [personStub.withName],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
+      personMock.getAllWithoutFaces.mockResolvedValue([]);

      await sut.handleQueueDetectFaces({ force: true });

@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {

    it('should delete existing people and faces if forced', async () => {
      personMock.getAll.mockResolvedValue({
-        items: [faceStub.face1.person],
+        items: [faceStub.face1.person, personStub.randomPerson],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
      personMock.getAllFaces.mockResolvedValue({
@ -521,6 +522,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        items: [assetStub.image],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
+      personMock.getAllWithoutFaces.mockResolvedValue([personStub.randomPerson]);

      await sut.handleQueueDetectFaces({ force: true });

@ -531,8 +533,8 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
          data: { id: assetStub.image.id },
        },
      ]);
-      expect(personMock.delete).toHaveBeenCalledWith([faceStub.face1.person]);
-      expect(storageMock.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(faceStub.face1.person.thumbnailPath);
+      expect(personMock.delete).toHaveBeenCalledWith([personStub.randomPerson]);
+      expect(storageMock.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(personStub.randomPerson.thumbnailPath);
    });
  });

@ -561,10 +563,14 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        items: [faceStub.face1],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
+      personMock.getAllWithoutFaces.mockResolvedValue([]);

      await sut.handleQueueRecognizeFaces({});

-      expect(personMock.getAllFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ skip: 0, take: 1000 }, { where: { personId: IsNull() } });
+      expect(personMock.getAllFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { skip: 0, take: 1000 },
+        { where: { personId: IsNull(), sourceType: IsNull() } },
+      );
      expect(jobMock.queueAll).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
        {
          name: JobName.FACIAL_RECOGNITION,
@ -586,6 +592,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        items: [faceStub.face1],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
+      personMock.getAllWithoutFaces.mockResolvedValue([]);

      await sut.handleQueueRecognizeFaces({ force: true });

@ -616,6 +623,8 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        items: [faceStub.face1],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
+      personMock.getAllWithoutFaces.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
      await sut.handleQueueRecognizeFaces({ force: true, nightly: true });

      expect(systemMock.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SystemMetadataKey.FACIAL_RECOGNITION_STATE);
@ -641,6 +650,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        items: [faceStub.face1],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
+      personMock.getAllWithoutFaces.mockResolvedValue([]);

      await sut.handleQueueRecognizeFaces({ force: true, nightly: true });

@ -654,7 +664,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
    it('should delete existing people and faces if forced', async () => {
      jobMock.getJobCounts.mockResolvedValue({ active: 1, waiting: 0, paused: 0, completed: 0, failed: 0, delayed: 0 });
      personMock.getAll.mockResolvedValue({
-        items: [faceStub.face1.person],
+        items: [faceStub.face1.person, personStub.randomPerson],
        hasNextPage: false,
      });
      personMock.getAllFaces.mockResolvedValue({
@ -662,17 +672,19 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        hasNextPage: false,
      });

+      personMock.getAllWithoutFaces.mockResolvedValue([personStub.randomPerson]);
+
      await sut.handleQueueRecognizeFaces({ force: true });

-      expect(personMock.getAllFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ skip: 0, take: 1000 }, {});
+      expect(personMock.deleteAllFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ sourceType: SourceType.MACHINE_LEARNING });
      expect(jobMock.queueAll).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
        {
          name: JobName.FACIAL_RECOGNITION,
          data: { id: faceStub.face1.id, deferred: false },
        },
      ]);
-      expect(personMock.delete).toHaveBeenCalledWith([faceStub.face1.person]);
-      expect(storageMock.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(faceStub.face1.person.thumbnailPath);
+      expect(personMock.delete).toHaveBeenCalledWith([personStub.randomPerson]);
+      expect(storageMock.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(personStub.randomPerson.thumbnailPath);
    });
  });

@ -807,7 +819,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ machineLearning: { facialRecognition: { minFaces: 1 } } });
      searchMock.searchFaces.mockResolvedValue(faces);
      personMock.getFaceByIdWithAssets.mockResolvedValue(faceStub.noPerson1);
-      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue(faceStub.primaryFace1.person);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([faceStub.primaryFace1.person]);

      await sut.handleRecognizeFaces({ id: faceStub.noPerson1.id });

@ -832,14 +844,16 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ machineLearning: { facialRecognition: { minFaces: 1 } } });
      searchMock.searchFaces.mockResolvedValue(faces);
      personMock.getFaceByIdWithAssets.mockResolvedValue(faceStub.noPerson1);
-      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withName);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);

      await sut.handleRecognizeFaces({ id: faceStub.noPerson1.id });

-      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        ownerId: faceStub.noPerson1.asset.ownerId,
-        faceAssetId: faceStub.noPerson1.id,
-      });
+      expect(personMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+        {
+          ownerId: faceStub.noPerson1.asset.ownerId,
+          faceAssetId: faceStub.noPerson1.id,
+        },
+      ]);
      expect(personMock.reassignFaces).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
        faceIds: [faceStub.noPerson1.id],
        newPersonId: personStub.withName.id,
@ -851,7 +865,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {

      searchMock.searchFaces.mockResolvedValue(faces);
      personMock.getFaceByIdWithAssets.mockResolvedValue(faceStub.noPerson1);
-      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withName);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);

      await sut.handleRecognizeFaces({ id: faceStub.noPerson1.id });

@ -870,7 +884,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ machineLearning: { facialRecognition: { minFaces: 3 } } });
      searchMock.searchFaces.mockResolvedValue(faces);
      personMock.getFaceByIdWithAssets.mockResolvedValue(faceStub.noPerson1);
-      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withName);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);

      await sut.handleRecognizeFaces({ id: faceStub.noPerson1.id });

@ -892,7 +906,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({ machineLearning: { facialRecognition: { minFaces: 3 } } });
      searchMock.searchFaces.mockResolvedValueOnce(faces).mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
      personMock.getFaceByIdWithAssets.mockResolvedValue(faceStub.noPerson1);
-      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue(personStub.withName);
+      personMock.create.mockResolvedValue([personStub.withName]);

      await sut.handleRecognizeFaces({ id: faceStub.noPerson1.id, deferred: true });

@ -965,10 +979,12 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
          processInvalidImages: false,
        },
      );
-      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        id: 'person-1',
-        thumbnailPath: 'upload/thumbs/admin_id/pe/rs/person-1.jpeg',
-      });
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+        {
+          id: 'person-1',
+          thumbnailPath: 'upload/thumbs/admin_id/pe/rs/person-1.jpeg',
+        },
+      ]);
    });

    it('should generate a thumbnail without going negative', async () => {
@ -1087,7 +1103,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
    it('should merge two people with smart merge', async () => {
      personMock.getById.mockResolvedValueOnce(personStub.randomPerson);
      personMock.getById.mockResolvedValueOnce(personStub.primaryPerson);
-      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue({ ...personStub.randomPerson, name: personStub.primaryPerson.name });
+      personMock.update.mockResolvedValue([{ ...personStub.randomPerson, name: personStub.primaryPerson.name }]);
      accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Set(['person-3']));
      accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Set(['person-1']));

@ -1100,10 +1116,12 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        oldPersonId: personStub.primaryPerson.id,
      });

-      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        id: personStub.randomPerson.id,
-        name: personStub.primaryPerson.name,
-      });
+      expect(personMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+        {
+          id: personStub.randomPerson.id,
+          name: personStub.primaryPerson.name,
+        },
+      ]);

      expect(accessMock.person.checkOwnerAccess).toHaveBeenCalledWith(authStub.admin.user.id, new Set(['person-1']));
    });
@ -1177,6 +1195,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
        id: faceStub.face1.id,
        imageHeight: 1024,
        imageWidth: 1024,
+        sourceType: SourceType.MACHINE_LEARNING,
        person: mapPerson(personStub.withName),
      });
    });
--- a/server/src/services/person.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/person.service.ts
@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
 import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { PersonPathType } from 'src/entities/move.entity';
 import { PersonEntity } from 'src/entities/person.entity';
-import { AssetType, Permission, SystemMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
+import { AssetType, Permission, SourceType, SystemMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
 import { IAccessRepository } from 'src/interfaces/access.interface';
 import { IAssetRepository, WithoutProperty } from 'src/interfaces/asset.interface';
 import { ICryptoRepository } from 'src/interfaces/crypto.interface';
@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import { checkAccess, requireAccess } from 'src/utils/access';
 import { getAssetFiles } from 'src/utils/asset.util';
 import { CacheControl, ImmichFileResponse } from 'src/utils/file';
 import { mimeTypes } from 'src/utils/mime-types';
-import { isFacialRecognitionEnabled } from 'src/utils/misc';
+import { isFaceImportEnabled, isFacialRecognitionEnabled } from 'src/utils/misc';
 import { usePagination } from 'src/utils/pagination';
 import { IsNull } from 'typeorm';

@ -173,10 +173,7 @@ export class PersonService {
      const assetFace = await this.repository.getRandomFace(personId);

      if (assetFace !== null) {
-        await this.repository.update({
-          id: personId,
-          faceAssetId: assetFace.id,
-        });
+        await this.repository.update([{ id: personId, faceAssetId: assetFace.id }]);
        jobs.push({ name: JobName.GENERATE_PERSON_THUMBNAIL, data: { id: personId } });
      }
    }
@ -214,13 +211,16 @@ export class PersonService {
    return assets.map((asset) => mapAsset(asset));
  }

-  create(auth: AuthDto, dto: PersonCreateDto): Promise<PersonResponseDto> {
-    return this.repository.create({
-      ownerId: auth.user.id,
-      name: dto.name,
-      birthDate: dto.birthDate,
-      isHidden: dto.isHidden,
-    });
+  async create(auth: AuthDto, dto: PersonCreateDto): Promise<PersonResponseDto> {
+    const [created] = await this.repository.create([
+      {
+        ownerId: auth.user.id,
+        name: dto.name,
+        birthDate: dto.birthDate,
+        isHidden: dto.isHidden,
+      },
+    ]);
+    return created;
  }

  async update(auth: AuthDto, id: string, dto: PersonUpdateDto): Promise<PersonResponseDto> {
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export class PersonService {
      faceId = face.id;
    }

-    const person = await this.repository.update({ id, faceAssetId: faceId, name, birthDate, isHidden });
+    const [person] = await this.repository.update([{ id, faceAssetId: faceId, name, birthDate, isHidden }]);

    if (assetId) {
      await this.jobRepository.queue({ name: JobName.GENERATE_PERSON_THUMBNAIL, data: { id } });
@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ export class PersonService {
    }

    if (force) {
-      await this.deleteAllPeople();
-      await this.repository.deleteAllFaces();
+      await this.repository.deleteAllFaces({ sourceType: SourceType.MACHINE_LEARNING });
+      await this.handlePersonCleanup();
    }

    const assetPagination = usePagination(JOBS_ASSET_PAGINATION_SIZE, (pagination) => {
@ -339,11 +339,7 @@ export class PersonService {
      return JobStatus.FAILED;
    }

-    if (!asset.isVisible) {
-      return JobStatus.SKIPPED;
-    }
-
-    if (!asset.isVisible) {
+    if (!asset.isVisible || asset.faces.length > 0) {
      return JobStatus.SKIPPED;
    }

@ -408,7 +404,8 @@ export class PersonService {
    const { waiting } = await this.jobRepository.getJobCounts(QueueName.FACIAL_RECOGNITION);

    if (force) {
-      await this.deleteAllPeople();
+      await this.repository.deleteAllFaces({ sourceType: SourceType.MACHINE_LEARNING });
+      await this.handlePersonCleanup();
    } else if (waiting) {
      this.logger.debug(
        `Skipping facial recognition queueing because ${waiting} job${waiting > 1 ? 's are' : ' is'} already queued`,
@ -418,7 +415,9 @@ export class PersonService {

    const lastRun = new Date().toISOString();
    const facePagination = usePagination(JOBS_ASSET_PAGINATION_SIZE, (pagination) =>
-      this.repository.getAllFaces(pagination, { where: force ? undefined : { personId: IsNull() } }),
+      this.repository.getAllFaces(pagination, {
+        where: force ? undefined : { personId: IsNull(), sourceType: IsNull() },
+      }),
    );

    for await (const page of facePagination) {
@ -441,13 +440,18 @@ export class PersonService {
    const face = await this.repository.getFaceByIdWithAssets(
      id,
      { person: true, asset: true, faceSearch: true },
-      { id: true, personId: true, faceSearch: { embedding: true } },
+      { id: true, personId: true, sourceType: true, faceSearch: { embedding: true } },
    );
    if (!face || !face.asset) {
      this.logger.warn(`Face ${id} not found`);
      return JobStatus.FAILED;
    }

+    if (face.sourceType !== SourceType.MACHINE_LEARNING) {
+      this.logger.warn(`Skipping face ${id} due to source ${face.sourceType}`);
+      return JobStatus.SKIPPED;
+    }
+
    if (!face.faceSearch?.embedding) {
      this.logger.warn(`Face ${id} does not have an embedding`);
      return JobStatus.FAILED;
@ -497,7 +501,7 @@ export class PersonService {

    if (isCore && !personId) {
      this.logger.log(`Creating new person for face ${id}`);
-      const newPerson = await this.repository.create({ ownerId: face.asset.ownerId, faceAssetId: face.id });
+      const [newPerson] = await this.repository.create([{ ownerId: face.asset.ownerId, faceAssetId: face.id }]);
      await this.jobRepository.queue({ name: JobName.GENERATE_PERSON_THUMBNAIL, data: { id: newPerson.id } });
      personId = newPerson.id;
    }
@ -522,8 +526,8 @@ export class PersonService {
  }

  async handleGeneratePersonThumbnail(data: IEntityJob): Promise<JobStatus> {
-    const { machineLearning, image } = await this.configCore.getConfig({ withCache: true });
-    if (!isFacialRecognitionEnabled(machineLearning)) {
+    const { machineLearning, metadata, image } = await this.configCore.getConfig({ withCache: true });
+    if (!isFacialRecognitionEnabled(machineLearning) && !isFaceImportEnabled(metadata)) {
      return JobStatus.SKIPPED;
    }

@ -573,7 +577,7 @@ export class PersonService {
    } as const;

    await this.mediaRepository.generateThumbnail(inputPath, thumbnailPath, thumbnailOptions);
-    await this.repository.update({ id: person.id, thumbnailPath });
+    await this.repository.update([{ id: person.id, thumbnailPath }]);

    return JobStatus.SUCCESS;
  }
@ -620,7 +624,7 @@ export class PersonService {
        }

        if (Object.keys(update).length > 0) {
-          primaryPerson = await this.repository.update({ id: primaryPerson.id, ...update });
+          [primaryPerson] = await this.repository.update([{ id: primaryPerson.id, ...update }]);
        }

        const mergeName = mergePerson.name || mergePerson.id;
--- a/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe(SearchService.name, () => {
      await expect(
        sut.getSearchSuggestions(authStub.user1, { includeNull: true, type: SearchSuggestionType.COUNTRY }),
      ).resolves.toEqual(['USA', null]);
-      expect(metadataMock.getCountries).toHaveBeenCalledWith(authStub.user1.user.id);
+      expect(metadataMock.getCountries).toHaveBeenCalledWith([authStub.user1.user.id]);
    });

    it('should return search suggestions (without null)', async () => {
@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe(SearchService.name, () => {
      await expect(
        sut.getSearchSuggestions(authStub.user1, { includeNull: false, type: SearchSuggestionType.COUNTRY }),
      ).resolves.toEqual(['USA']);
-      expect(metadataMock.getCountries).toHaveBeenCalledWith(authStub.user1.user.id);
+      expect(metadataMock.getCountries).toHaveBeenCalledWith([authStub.user1.user.id]);
    });
  });
 });
--- a/server/src/services/search.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/search.service.ts
@ -121,26 +121,27 @@ export class SearchService {
  }

  async getSearchSuggestions(auth: AuthDto, dto: SearchSuggestionRequestDto) {
-    const results = await this.getSuggestions(auth.user.id, dto);
+    const userIds = await this.getUserIdsToSearch(auth);
+    const results = await this.getSuggestions(userIds, dto);
    return results.filter((result) => (dto.includeNull ? true : result !== null));
  }

-  private getSuggestions(userId: string, dto: SearchSuggestionRequestDto) {
+  private getSuggestions(userIds: string[], dto: SearchSuggestionRequestDto) {
    switch (dto.type) {
      case SearchSuggestionType.COUNTRY: {
-        return this.metadataRepository.getCountries(userId);
+        return this.metadataRepository.getCountries(userIds);
      }
      case SearchSuggestionType.STATE: {
-        return this.metadataRepository.getStates(userId, dto.country);
+        return this.metadataRepository.getStates(userIds, dto.country);
      }
      case SearchSuggestionType.CITY: {
-        return this.metadataRepository.getCities(userId, dto.country, dto.state);
+        return this.metadataRepository.getCities(userIds, dto.country, dto.state);
      }
      case SearchSuggestionType.CAMERA_MAKE: {
-        return this.metadataRepository.getCameraMakes(userId, dto.model);
+        return this.metadataRepository.getCameraMakes(userIds, dto.model);
      }
      case SearchSuggestionType.CAMERA_MODEL: {
-        return this.metadataRepository.getCameraModels(userId, dto.make);
+        return this.metadataRepository.getCameraModels(userIds, dto.make);
      }
      default: {
        return [];
--- a/server/src/services/server.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/server.service.spec.ts
@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ describe(ServerService.name, () => {
        smartSearch: true,
        duplicateDetection: true,
        facialRecognition: true,
+        importFaces: false,
        map: true,
        reverseGeocoding: true,
        oauth: false,
--- a/server/src/services/server.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/server.service.ts
@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class ServerService {
  }

  async getFeatures(): Promise<ServerFeaturesDto> {
-    const { reverseGeocoding, map, machineLearning, trash, oauth, passwordLogin, notifications } =
+    const { reverseGeocoding, metadata, map, machineLearning, trash, oauth, passwordLogin, notifications } =
      await this.configCore.getConfig({ withCache: false });

    return {
@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export class ServerService {
      duplicateDetection: isDuplicateDetectionEnabled(machineLearning),
      map: map.enabled,
      reverseGeocoding: reverseGeocoding.enabled,
+      importFaces: metadata.faces.import,
      sidecar: true,
      search: true,
      trash: trash.enabled,
--- a/server/src/services/system-config.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/system-config.service.spec.ts
@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ const updatedConfig = Object.freeze<SystemConfig>({
    enabled: true,
    level: LogLevel.LOG,
  },
+  metadata: {
+    faces: {
+      import: false,
+    },
+  },
  machineLearning: {
    enabled: true,
    url: 'http://immich-machine-learning:3003',
--- a/Show More
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