feat(server): Nullable asset dates (#15669)

* nullable dates

* wip

* don't search for null dates

* Add placeholder type

* cleanup

e2e/src/api/specs/library.e2e-spec.ts

@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ describe('/libraries', () => {
       expect(status).toBe(204);
 
       await utils.waitForQueueFinish(admin.accessToken, 'library');
+      await utils.waitForQueueFinish(admin.accessToken, 'metadataExtraction');
 
       const { assets } = await utils.searchAssets(admin.accessToken, {
         originalPath: `${testAssetDirInternal}/temp/directoryA/assetA.png`,

server/src/db.d.ts

@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ export interface Assets {
   duplicateId: string | null;
   duration: string | null;
   encodedVideoPath: Generated<string | null>;
-  fileCreatedAt: Timestamp;
-  fileModifiedAt: Timestamp;
+  fileCreatedAt: Timestamp | null;
+  fileModifiedAt: Timestamp | null;
   id: Generated<string>;
   isArchived: Generated<boolean>;
   isExternal: Generated<boolean>;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export interface Assets {
   isVisible: Generated<boolean>;
   libraryId: string | null;
   livePhotoVideoId: string | null;
-  localDateTime: Timestamp;
+  localDateTime: Timestamp | null;
   originalFileName: string;
   originalPath: string;
   ownerId: string;

server/src/entities/asset.entity.ts

@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ export class AssetEntity {
   deletedAt!: Date | null;
 
   @Index('idx_asset_file_created_at')
-  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz' })
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true, default: null })
   fileCreatedAt!: Date;
 
-  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz' })
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true, default: null })
   localDateTime!: Date;
 
-  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz' })
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true, default: null })
   fileModifiedAt!: Date;
 
   @Column({ type: 'boolean', default: false })
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ export class AssetEntity {
   duplicateId!: string | null;
 }
 
+export type AssetEntityPlaceholder = AssetEntity & {
+  fileCreatedAt: Date | null;
+  fileModifiedAt: Date | null;
+  localDateTime: Date | null;
+};
+
 export function withExif<O>(qb: SelectQueryBuilder<DB, 'assets', O>) {
   return qb.leftJoin('exif', 'assets.id', 'exif.assetId').select((eb) => eb.fn.toJson(eb.table('exif')).as('exifInfo'));
 }
@@ -419,5 +425,8 @@ export function searchAssetBuilder(kysely: Kysely<DB>, options: AssetSearchBuild
     )
     .$if(!!options.withExif, withExifInner)
     .$if(!!(options.withFaces || options.withPeople || options.personIds), (qb) => qb.select(withFacesAndPeople))
-    .$if(!options.withDeleted, (qb) => qb.where('assets.deletedAt', 'is', null));
+    .$if(!options.withDeleted, (qb) => qb.where('assets.deletedAt', 'is', null))
+    .where('assets.fileCreatedAt', 'is not', null)
+    .where('assets.fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+    .where('assets.localDateTime', 'is not', null);
 }

server/src/migrations/1737845696644-NullableDates.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class NullableDates1737845696644 implements MigrationInterface {
+    name = 'NullableDates1737845696644'
+
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "fileCreatedAt" DROP NOT NULL`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "localDateTime" DROP NOT NULL`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "fileModifiedAt" DROP NOT NULL`);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "fileModifiedAt" SET NOT NULL`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "localDateTime" SET NOT NULL`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "assets" ALTER COLUMN "fileCreatedAt" SET NOT NULL`);
+    }
+
+}

server/src/queries/activity.repository.sql

@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ where
   and "activity"."albumId" = $2
   and "activity"."isLiked" = $3
   and "assets"."deletedAt" is null
+  and "assets"."fileCreatedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."localDateTime" is not null

server/src/queries/asset.repository.sql

@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ where
   "ownerId" = $1::uuid
   and "deviceId" = $2
   and "isVisible" = $3
+  and "assets"."fileCreatedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."localDateTime" is not null
   and "deletedAt" is null
 
 -- AssetRepository.getLivePhotoCount
@@ -260,6 +263,9 @@ with
     where
       "assets"."deletedAt" is null
       and "assets"."isVisible" = $2
+      and "assets"."fileCreatedAt" is not null
+      and "assets"."fileModifiedAt" is not null
+      and "assets"."localDateTime" is not null
   )
 select
   "timeBucket",

server/src/queries/search.repository.sql

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ where
   and "assets"."isFavorite" = $4
   and "assets"."isArchived" = $5
   and "assets"."deletedAt" is null
+  and "assets"."fileCreatedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."localDateTime" is not null
 order by
   "assets"."fileCreatedAt" desc
 limit
@@ -34,6 +37,9 @@ offset
     and "assets"."isFavorite" = $4
     and "assets"."isArchived" = $5
     and "assets"."deletedAt" is null
+    and "assets"."fileCreatedAt" is not null
+    and "assets"."fileModifiedAt" is not null
+    and "assets"."localDateTime" is not null
     and "assets"."id" < $6
   order by
     random()
@@ -54,6 +60,9 @@ union all
     and "assets"."isFavorite" = $11
     and "assets"."isArchived" = $12
     and "assets"."deletedAt" is null
+    and "assets"."fileCreatedAt" is not null
+    and "assets"."fileModifiedAt" is not null
+    and "assets"."localDateTime" is not null
     and "assets"."id" > $13
   order by
     random()
@@ -77,6 +86,9 @@ where
   and "assets"."isFavorite" = $4
   and "assets"."isArchived" = $5
   and "assets"."deletedAt" is null
+  and "assets"."fileCreatedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "assets"."localDateTime" is not null
 order by
   smart_search.embedding <=> $6
 limit

server/src/queries/view.repository.sql

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ where
   and "isVisible" = $3
   and "isArchived" = $4
   and "deletedAt" is null
+  and "fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "localDateTime" is not null
 
 -- ViewRepository.getAssetsByOriginalPath
 select
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ where
   and "isVisible" = $2
   and "isArchived" = $3
   and "deletedAt" is null
+  and "fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "fileModifiedAt" is not null
+  and "localDateTime" is not null
   and "originalPath" like $4
   and "originalPath" not like $5
 order by

server/src/repositories/activity.repository.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ export class ActivityRepository {
       .where('activity.albumId', '=', albumId)
       .where('activity.isLiked', '=', false)
       .where('assets.deletedAt', 'is', null)
+      .where('assets.fileCreatedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('assets.fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('assets.localDateTime', 'is not', null)
       .executeTakeFirstOrThrow();
 
     return count as number;

server/src/repositories/asset.repository.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { AssetFiles, AssetJobStatus, Assets, DB, Exif } from 'src/db';
 import { Chunked, ChunkedArray, DummyValue, GenerateSql } from 'src/decorators';
 import {
   AssetEntity,
+  AssetEntityPlaceholder,
   hasPeople,
   searchAssetBuilder,
   truncatedDate,
@@ -183,8 +184,12 @@ export class AssetRepository {
       .execute();
   }
 
-  create(asset: Insertable<Assets>): Promise<AssetEntity> {
-    return this.db.insertInto('assets').values(asset).returningAll().executeTakeFirst() as any as Promise<AssetEntity>;
+  create(asset: Insertable<Assets>): Promise<AssetEntityPlaceholder> {
+    return this.db
+      .insertInto('assets')
+      .values(asset)
+      .returningAll()
+      .executeTakeFirst() as any as Promise<AssetEntityPlaceholder>;
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, { day: 1, month: 1 }] })
@@ -395,6 +400,9 @@ export class AssetRepository {
       .where('ownerId', '=', asUuid(ownerId))
       .where('deviceId', '=', deviceId)
       .where('isVisible', '=', true)
+      .where('assets.fileCreatedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('assets.fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('assets.localDateTime', 'is not', null)
       .where('deletedAt', 'is', null)
       .execute();
 
@@ -562,7 +570,10 @@ export class AssetRepository {
           .where('job_status.duplicatesDetectedAt', 'is', null)
           .where('job_status.previewAt', 'is not', null)
           .where((eb) => eb.exists(eb.selectFrom('smart_search').where('assetId', '=', eb.ref('assets.id'))))
-          .where('assets.isVisible', '=', true),
+          .where('assets.isVisible', '=', true)
+          .where('assets.fileCreatedAt', 'is not', null)
+          .where('assets.fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+          .where('assets.localDateTime', 'is not', null),
       )
       .$if(property === WithoutProperty.ENCODED_VIDEO, (qb) =>
         qb
@@ -656,6 +667,9 @@ export class AssetRepository {
       .select((eb) => eb.fn.countAll().filterWhere('type', '=', AssetType.VIDEO).as(AssetType.VIDEO))
       .select((eb) => eb.fn.countAll().filterWhere('type', '=', AssetType.OTHER).as(AssetType.OTHER))
       .where('ownerId', '=', asUuid(ownerId))
+      .where('assets.fileCreatedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('assets.fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('assets.localDateTime', 'is not', null)
       .where('isVisible', '=', true)
       .$if(isArchived !== undefined, (qb) => qb.where('isArchived', '=', isArchived!))
       .$if(isFavorite !== undefined, (qb) => qb.where('isFavorite', '=', isFavorite!))
@@ -688,6 +702,9 @@ export class AssetRepository {
             .$if(!!options.isTrashed, (qb) => qb.where('assets.status', '!=', AssetStatus.DELETED))
             .where('assets.deletedAt', options.isTrashed ? 'is not' : 'is', null)
             .where('assets.isVisible', '=', true)
+            .where('assets.fileCreatedAt', 'is not', null)
+            .where('assets.fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+            .where('assets.localDateTime', 'is not', null)
             .$if(!!options.albumId, (qb) =>
               qb
                 .innerJoin('albums_assets_assets', 'assets.id', 'albums_assets_assets.assetsId')

server/src/repositories/view-repository.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ export class ViewRepository {
       .where('isVisible', '=', true)
       .where('isArchived', '=', false)
       .where('deletedAt', 'is', null)
+      .where('fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('localDateTime', 'is not', null)
       .execute();
 
     return results.map((row) => row.directoryPath.replaceAll(/^\/|\/$/g, ''));
@@ -35,6 +38,9 @@ export class ViewRepository {
       .where('isVisible', '=', true)
       .where('isArchived', '=', false)
       .where('deletedAt', 'is', null)
+      .where('fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('fileModifiedAt', 'is not', null)
+      .where('localDateTime', 'is not', null)
       .where('originalPath', 'like', `%${normalizedPath}/%`)
       .where('originalPath', 'not like', `%${normalizedPath}/%/%`)
       .orderBy(

server/src/services/library.service.ts

@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ export class LibraryService extends BaseService {
     }
 
     const mtime = stat.mtime;
-    const isAssetModified = mtime.toISOString() !== asset.fileModifiedAt.toISOString();
+    const isAssetModified = !asset.fileModifiedAt || mtime.toISOString() !== asset.fileModifiedAt.toISOString();
 
     if (asset.isOffline || isAssetModified) {
       this.logger.debug(`Asset was offline or modified, updating asset record ${asset.originalPath}`);

server/src/services/metadata.service.ts

@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ export class MetadataService extends BaseService {
 
     this.logger.verbose('Exif Tags', exifTags);
 
+    if (!asset.fileCreatedAt) {
+      asset.fileCreatedAt = stats.mtime;
+    }
+
+    if (!asset.fileModifiedAt) {
+      asset.fileModifiedAt = stats.mtime;
+    }
+
     const { dateTimeOriginal, localDateTime, timeZone, modifyDate } = this.getDates(asset, exifTags);
     const { latitude, longitude, country, state, city } = await this.getGeo(exifTags, reverseGeocoding);