From 997c6fb3aa30c0b2a0fa8458b35be3a57420d304 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: izzy <me@insrt.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:53:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add a failsafe on restart to prevent other exit codes
 from preventing restart

---
 server/src/main.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/main.ts b/server/src/main.ts
index 19a7161939..ffc8417af1 100644
--- a/server/src/main.ts
+++ b/server/src/main.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ class Workers {
    */
   workers: Partial<Record<ImmichWorker, Worker | ChildProcess>>;
 
+  /**
+   * Fail-safe in case anything dies during restart
+   */
+  restarting = false;
+
   constructor() {
     this.workers = {};
   }
@@ -97,13 +102,16 @@ class Workers {
 
   onExit(name: ImmichWorker, exitCode: number | null) {
     // restart immich server
-    if (exitCode === 7) {
+    if (exitCode === 7 || this.restarting) {
+      this.restarting = true;
+
       console.info(`${name} worker shutdown for restart`);
       delete this.workers[name];
 
       // once all workers shut down, bootstrap again
       if (Object.keys(this.workers).length === 0) {
         this.bootstrap();
+        this.restarting = false;
       }
 
       return;