iCloud Photos listing drops photos in parallel fetch
rclone's iCloud Photos backend lists fewer photos on parallel fetch than in cold listing, so about 15 percent of a library goes missing.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
6 public reports · first reported 20 September 2026 · last reported 21 September 2026
What's going wrong
Users backing up an iCloud photo library with rclone find that a full listing counts the right number of photos, but the parallel fetch returns fewer.
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