Immich 3.4 arrives with JPEG XL support, mobile tagging, workflow improvements, and more

The self-hosted photo management platform Immich has released version 3.4, bringing a mix of long-requested features and under-the-hood improvements. Headlining the update is support for JPEG XL, alongside the arrival of tags on the mobile apps, a feature users had been waiting for, as the release notes themselves acknowledge with a tongue-in-cheek “finally?!” The update also includes a plethora of security fixes, performance improvements, and assorted bug fixes.

Among the more notable workflow enhancements are two new match types for the EXIF metadata filter, “missing” and “present”, which let users trigger actions based simply on whether a metadata property exists, rather than matching a specific pattern. Version 3.4 also introduces a new trigger that fires once OCR processing has finished, which pairs naturally with the new OCR text filter. Combined, these open up practical automations; for example, a workflow that automatically adds photos of receipts to a dedicated album based on keywords typically found on a receipt, such as totals, tax lines, or merchant names.

On the security front, the release ships a whole batch of fixes and improvements, including a change to the Content Security Policy (CSP) that removes unsafe-inline, a tightening that reduces exposure to cross-site scripting attacks. Smaller refinements round out the update, including fixes for camera manufacturer names that were sometimes duplicated in the make/model display. With this release, Immich continues its rapid development pace, positioning itself as an increasingly polished alternative for users hosting their own photo libraries.