fix: gracefully handle Next.js static component fetch rendering when setup configs are completely empty

app/page.tsx

@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ function HeroNavLinks({
 
 export default async function HomePage() {
   const config = getConfig();
+
+  if (config.needsSetup) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   const [subpages, albums] = await Promise.all([
     immich.getSubpages(),
     immich.getStandaloneAlbums(),

lib/config/index.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function getConfig(): AppConfig {
     const gallery = loadYaml<GalleryYaml>('gallery.yaml');
     const settings = loadYaml<SettingsYaml>('settings.yaml') || {};
 
-    if (!gallery) {
+    if (!gallery || !apiKey || !apiUrl) {
         // Return dummy config if gallery.yaml is missing
         _config = {
             immich: { apiUrl: `${apiUrl}/api`, apiKey },

lib/env.ts

@@ -18,25 +18,15 @@ function parseEnv(): Env {
 
   const urlRaw = process.env.IMMICH_API_URL;
   let apiUrl = '';
-  if (!urlRaw) {
+  if (urlRaw) {
-    errors.push('IMMICH_API_URL is required');
-  } else {
     try {
       apiUrl = new URL(urlRaw).toString().replace(/\/+$/, '');
     } catch {
-      errors.push('IMMICH_API_URL must be a valid URL');
+      console.warn('⚠️ IMMICH_API_URL is invalid, falling back to empty string for setup.');
     }
   }
 
-  const apiKey = process.env.IMMICH_API_KEY;
+  const apiKey = process.env.IMMICH_API_KEY || '';
-  if (!apiKey) {
-    errors.push('IMMICH_API_KEY is required');
-  }
-
-  if (errors.length > 0) {
-    const formatted = errors.map((err) => `  ✗ ${err}`).join('\n');
-    throw new Error(`\n❌ Environment validation failed:\n${formatted}\n`);
-  }
 
   const cacheTtlStr = process.env.CACHE_TTL;
   const cacheTtl = cacheTtlStr && !isNaN(parseInt(cacheTtlStr, 10)) ? parseInt(cacheTtlStr, 10) : 300;

lib/immich.ts

@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ class ImmichClient {
     return getConfig();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Make an authenticated request to the Immich API.
-   */
   private async request<T>(endpoint: string): Promise<T | null> {
+    if (this.config.needsSetup) return null;
+
     const url = `${this.config.immich.apiUrl}${endpoint}`;
     try {
       const res = await fetch(url, {
@@ -114,6 +113,8 @@ class ImmichClient {
     assetId: string,
     size: ImageSize = 'preview',
   ): Promise<{ stream: ReadableStream; contentType: string; contentLength: string | null } | null> {
+    if (this.config.needsSetup || !this.config.immich.apiUrl) return null;
+
     const endpoint =
       size === 'original'
         ? `/assets/${encodeURIComponent(assetId)}/original`

server.log

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+▲ Next.js 16.1.6
+- Local:         http://localhost:3000
+- Network:       http://0.0.0.0:3000
+
+✓ Starting...
+✓ Ready in 33ms