From 72f1034c58503b4b17bee682d47b141ef58eb766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bo0tzz <git@bo0tzz.me>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:19:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: only run version check in production env (#31443)

---
 server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts       | 4 ++++
 server/src/services/version.service.ts             | 4 ++++
 server/test/repositories/config.repository.mock.ts | 1 +
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
index 16b0bfe80..8b1460b21 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ export class ConfigRepository {
     return this.getEnv().environment === ImmichEnvironment.Development;
   }
 
+  isProduction() {
+    return this.getEnv().environment === ImmichEnvironment.Production;
+  }
+
   getWorker() {
     return this.worker;
   }
diff --git a/server/src/services/version.service.ts b/server/src/services/version.service.ts
index 6c9ed9b08..bf3deac84 100644
--- a/server/src/services/version.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/version.service.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ export class VersionService extends BaseService {
   @OnJob({ name: JobName.VersionCheck, queue: QueueName.BackgroundTask })
   async handleVersionCheck(): Promise<JobStatus> {
     try {
+      if (!this.configRepository.isProduction()) {
+        return JobStatus.Skipped;
+      }
+
       this.logger.debug('Running version check');
 
       const { newVersionCheck } = await this.getConfig({ withCache: true });
diff --git a/server/test/repositories/config.repository.mock.ts b/server/test/repositories/config.repository.mock.ts
index 580c7a227..e2b957e00 100644
--- a/server/test/repositories/config.repository.mock.ts
+++ b/server/test/repositories/config.repository.mock.ts
@@ -111,5 +111,6 @@ export const newConfigRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<RepositoryInterface<ConfigRepo
     getEnv: vitest.fn().mockReturnValue(mockEnvData({})),
     getWorker: vitest.fn().mockReturnValue(ImmichWorker.Api),
     isDev: vitest.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+    isProduction: vitest.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
   };
 };