Are you saying there are never backward incompatible changes?

Are you saying there's no need to back up the underlying DB?

Are you saying I can keep an insurance running for, say, three years and it'll be trivial to upgrade after that?

I'm saying your contribution is outdated and irrelevant, and my primary intention in commenting is to label it as such for any passers-by who might think you're talking about the current state Immich.

That sad, I'm happy to answer your questions. I've run Immich in docker for 3 years with automatic updates through watchtower. Updates are frequent but require no effort from me and have never broken anything, nor is there an "update script" to fail. Nor have I encountered "corruption" at any point. I do back up the database and my photo library.

I'm glad you're happy with your solution, you can share it without disparaging other solutions you're unfamiliar with.