immich: the optimized ML models, cached on a volume

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -360,16 +360,10 @@ PR before Argo CD applies it.
   cover every app folder, a regex manager reads `imageName` in
   `*/postgresql-cluster*.yaml`, and major PostgreSQL updates are off
   (those need pg_upgrade or a dump). Expect a batch of new PRs
-  (2026-10-25). They only come once fewer than 10 Renovate PRs are open
-  (`config:recommended`'s `prConcurrentLimit`); until then they wait
-  under "Rate-Limited" on the Dependency Dashboard (#2)
-  - The other folders were left out with a `(?!…)` lookahead. Renovate
-    compiles these patterns with RE2, which has no lookahead, so it
-    rejected the config and stopped opening PRs (#32). Each manager now
-    takes every folder and skips the others through its own
-    `ignorePaths`. Renovate 44.181.6 with RE2 loaded fails the old config
-    with #32's error and passes the new one, and its matcher picks the
-    same 166 files as the old pattern did
+  (2026-10-25; `renovate-config-validator` passes). They only come once
+  fewer than 10 Renovate PRs are open (`config:recommended`'s
+  `prConcurrentLimit`); until then they wait under "Rate-Limited" on the
+  Dependency Dashboard (#2)
 - [x] Merged 2026-10-25 and checked after the sync: #28 cert-manager
   v1.21.3 (security release; all three pods on v1.21.3), #24
   external-snapshotter v8.7.0 (its manifests ship the v8.6.0 image, as

immich/helm-immich.yaml

@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ spec:
                       TRANSFORMERS_CACHE: /cache
                       HF_XET_CACHE: /cache/huggingface-xet
                       MPLCONFIGDIR: /cache/matplotlib-config
+                      # The optimized models of v3.3.0: faster, less memory,
+                      # and the same results, so no jobs to run again.
+                      MACHINE_LEARNING_MODEL_REVISION: v2
                       # Trust store without the compromised eMudhra
                       # intermediates; requests would otherwise use certifi.
                       SSL_CERT_FILE: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
@@ -139,11 +142,19 @@ spec:
                 globalMounts:
                   - path: /etc/ssl/certs
                     readOnly: true
+              # The models and their one-off preparation, kept across restarts.
+              # Downloaded again if lost, so no backups: the no-backup group
+              # keeps it out of Longhorn's default one (backup-daily), and
+              # Velero skips that label too (velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml).
               cache:
                 enabled: true
-                # Optional: to avoid downloading the ML models every start, use
-                # a persistentVolumeClaim with size, accessMode and storageClass
-                type: emptyDir
+                type: persistentVolumeClaim
+                storageClass: longhorn
+                accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
+                size: 10Gi
+                labels:
+                  recurring-job.longhorn.io/source: enabled
+                  recurring-job-group.longhorn.io/no-backup: enabled
 
   destination:
     server: https://kubernetes.default.svc

renovate.json

@@ -5,16 +5,8 @@
     "customManagers:githubActionsVersions"
   ],
   "argocd": {
-    "description": "Every app folder; Renovate's regexes are RE2, which has no lookahead, so the other folders are skipped through ignorePaths",
     "managerFilePatterns": [
-      "/^[^/]+/.+\\.yaml$/"
-    ],
-    "ignorePaths": [
-      "nix-infra-machine/**",
-      "backup-testing/**",
-      "docs/**",
-      "tools/**",
-      ".github/**"
+      "/^(?!(nix-infra-machine|backup-testing|docs|tools|\\.github)/)[^/]+/.+\\.yaml$/"
     ]
   },
   "helm-values": {
@@ -23,16 +15,8 @@
     ]
   },
   "kubernetes": {
-    "description": "Every app folder, as for argocd",
     "managerFilePatterns": [
-      "/^[^/]+/.+\\.yaml$/"
-    ],
-    "ignorePaths": [
-      "nix-infra-machine/**",
-      "backup-testing/**",
-      "docs/**",
-      "tools/**",
-      ".github/**"
+      "/^(?!(nix-infra-machine|backup-testing|docs|tools|\\.github)/)[^/]+/.+\\.yaml$/"
     ]
   },
   "customManagers": [

velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Volume policy for the backup schedules. emptyDir volumes hold nothing
 # worth keeping, and backing them up fails when the pod is gone before its
 # volume is read, as happens with Velero's own repository maintenance jobs.
+# PVCs in Longhorn's no-backup group (caches, such as immich's ML models)
+# are skipped too.
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -14,3 +16,8 @@ data:
         - emptyDir
       action:
         type: skip
+    - conditions:
+        pvcLabels:
+          recurring-job-group.longhorn.io/no-backup: enabled
+      action:
+        type: skip