From 5d1e48647863202a5a7743e426384407254547ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timon <mail@timonrieger.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 22:33:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(server): avoid upserting empty metadata array (#25143)

---
 server/src/services/asset-media.service.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/services/asset-media.service.ts b/server/src/services/asset-media.service.ts
index 2bb8530c1c..5683c6ae15 100644
--- a/server/src/services/asset-media.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/asset-media.service.ts
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ export class AssetMediaService extends BaseService {
       originalFileName: dto.filename || file.originalName,
     });
 
-    if (dto.metadata) {
+    if (dto.metadata?.length) {
       await this.assetRepository.upsertMetadata(asset.id, dto.metadata);
     }