New Jellyfin Server/Web release: 12.1

[overplant]

jellyfin12.1 new installing on debian13 amd64 successful but failure on initializing, the log shows an error on the migration of database:

Code:

[2026-09-22 17:55:34.734 +08:00] [INF] Architecture: X64
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.735 +08:00] [INF] 64-Bit Process: True
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.735 +08:00] [INF] User Interactive: True
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.735 +08:00] [INF] Processor count: 4
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.735 +08:00] [INF] Program data path: "/var/lib/jellyfin"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.735 +08:00] [INF] Log directory path: "/var/log/jellyfin"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.736 +08:00] [INF] Config directory path: "/etc/jellyfin"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.736 +08:00] [INF] Cache path: "/var/cache/jellyfin"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.736 +08:00] [INF] Temp directory path: "/tmp/jellyfin"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.736 +08:00] [INF] Web resources path: "/usr/share/jellyfin/web"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.736 +08:00] [INF] Application directory: "/usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.742 +08:00] [INF] Storage path `"/var/lib/jellyfin/data"` (Fixed) successfully checked with "223.9GiB" free which is over the minimum of "2GiB".
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.743 +08:00] [INF] Storage path `"/var/cache/jellyfin"` (Fixed) successfully checked with "223.9GiB" free which is over the minimum of "2GiB".
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.743 +08:00] [INF] Storage path `"/var/lib/jellyfin"` (Fixed) successfully checked with "223.9GiB" free which is over the minimum of "2GiB".
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.749 +08:00] [INF] Setting cache path: "/var/cache/jellyfin"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.849 +08:00] [INF] SQLite connection string: "Data Source=/var/lib/jellyfin/data/jellyfin.db;Cache=Private;Default Timeout=60;Pooling=True"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.860 +08:00] [INF] SQLITE connection pragma command set to:
"PRAGMA locking_mode=NORMAL;
PRAGMA journal_size_limit=134217728;
PRAGMA synchronous=1;
PRAGMA temp_store=2;
"
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.862 +08:00] [INF] The database locking mode has been set to: NoLock.
[2026-09-22 17:55:34.923 +08:00] [INF] Initialise Migration service.
[2026-09-22 17:55:36.766 +08:00] [INF] There are 5 migrations for stage PreInitialisation.
[2026-09-22 17:55:36.768 +08:00] [INF] Perform migration "20250420000000_CreateNetworkConfiguration"
[2026-09-22 17:55:36.809 +08:00] [ERR] Failed executing DbCommand ("3"ms) [Parameters=[""], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='60']"
""INSERT INTO \"__EFMigrationsHistory\" (\"MigrationId\", \"ProductVersion\")
VALUES ('20250420000000_CreateNetworkConfiguration', '12.1.0.0');"
[2026-09-22 17:55:36.810 +08:00] [FTL] Error: "SQLite Error 1: 'no such table: __EFMigrationsHistory'."
[2026-09-22 17:55:36.810 +08:00] [ERR] Migration "20250420000000_CreateNetworkConfiguration" failed
Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException (0x80004005): SQLite Error 1: 'no such table: __EFMigrationsHistory'.
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException.ThrowExceptionForRC(Int32 rc, sqlite3 db)
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.PrepareAndEnumerateStatements()+MoveNext()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.GetStatements()+MoveNext()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteDataReader.NextResult()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
  at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensions.ExecuteSqlRawAsync(DatabaseFacade databaseFacade, String sql, IEnumerable`1 parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.JellyfinMigrationService.InternalCodeMigration.PerformAsync(IStartupLogger logger)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.JellyfinMigrationService.MigrateStepAsync(JellyfinMigrationStageTypes stage, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.JellyfinMigrationService.MigrateStepAsync(JellyfinMigrationStageTypes stage, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
[2026-09-22 17:55:36.828 +08:00] [FTL] Unhandled Exception
Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException (0x80004005): SQLite Error 1: 'no such table: __EFMigrationsHistory'.
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException.ThrowExceptionForRC(Int32 rc, sqlite3 db)
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.PrepareAndEnumerateStatements()+MoveNext()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.GetStatements()+MoveNext()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteDataReader.NextResult()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader()
  at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
  at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalCommand.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensions.ExecuteSqlRawAsync(DatabaseFacade databaseFacade, String sql, IEnumerable`1 parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.JellyfinMigrationService.InternalCodeMigration.PerformAsync(IStartupLogger logger)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.JellyfinMigrationService.MigrateStepAsync(JellyfinMigrationStageTypes stage, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.JellyfinMigrationService.MigrateStepAsync(JellyfinMigrationStageTypes stage, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.JellyfinMigrationService.MigrateStepAsync(JellyfinMigrationStageTypes stage, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Program.ApplyStartupMigrationAsync(ServerApplicationPaths appPaths, IConfiguration startupConfig, StartupOptions startupOptions)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Program.StartApp(StartupOptions options)
  at Jellyfin.Server.Program.<Main>(String[] args)

[TheDreadPirate]

You said this is a new installation? As in you've never run Jellyfin before?

Please start a separate thread in troubleshooting and we'll pick up diagnosing this issue.

[34626]

Thnk you for fixing all these issues so fast :-D

[kehlanii]

Hello!
Did anything change after 10.11.11 with devices session? In the admin dashboard in the previous version they were down after 15 minutes of inactivity - now sometimes it's stuck for few hours.

[muddy]

Great work all, just upgraded on Arch bare metal 10.11.11-1 to 12.1-1 and came up quick and scan is progressing. 
Much much better than the last migration which blew up my install and force a complete fresh reinstall.

Looks like post upgrade hit the skiasharp bug but installing fonts so far has worked:
LOG:

Code:

Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]: [10:17:09] [ERR] Error in Dynamic Image Provider for /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/views/843e63749782f0b45613c0439da5b20d
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'typeface')
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz.SKShaper..ctor(SKTypeface typeface)
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at Jellyfin.Drawing.Skia.StripCollageBuilder.DrawText(SKCanvas canvas, Single x, Single y, String text, SKPaint textPaint, SKFont textFont, Boolea>
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at Jellyfin.Drawing.Skia.StripCollageBuilder.BuildThumbCollageBitmap(IReadOnlyList`1 paths, Int32 width, Int32 height, String libraryName)
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at Jellyfin.Drawing.Skia.SkiaEncoder.CreateImageCollage(ImageCollageOptions options, String libraryName)
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at Jellyfin.Drawing.ImageProcessor.CreateImageCollage(ImageCollageOptions options, String libraryName)
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at Emby.Server.Implementations.Images.BaseDynamicImageProvider`1.FetchToFileInternal(BaseItem item, IReadOnlyList`1 itemsWithImages, ImageType ima>
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at Emby.Server.Implementations.Images.BaseDynamicImageProvider`1.FetchAsync(T item, MetadataRefreshOptions options, CancellationToken cancellation>
Sep 26 10:17:09 jellyfin jellyfin[675]:    at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.MetadataService`2.RunCustomProvider(ICustomMetadataProvider`1 provider, TItemType item, String logName, Metadata>

Installed and updated fonts to help:

Code:

sudo pacman -S --needed fontconfig ttf-dejavu noto-fonts
fc-cache -fv
sudo systemctl restart jellyfin

re-running full scan, will report back if error comes back.