[Bug]: The Get All Collections API is very slow #3096

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opened 2026-04-25 00:13:38 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Originally created by @shanyan-wcx on GitHub (Nov 17, 2025).

What happened?

For servers with low bandwidth, other APIs can obtain results within seconds, but the Get All Collections API takes about a minute to load.

What did you expect to happen?

Improve loading speed.

Steps to reproduce the issue

  1. Retrieve all collections.
  2. It takes a long time to load.

Audiobookshelf version

v2.30.0

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from?

Linux

If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

None

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Originally created by @shanyan-wcx on GitHub (Nov 17, 2025). ### What happened? For servers with low bandwidth, other APIs can obtain results within seconds, but the Get All Collections API takes about a minute to load. ### What did you expect to happen? Improve loading speed. ### Steps to reproduce the issue 1. Retrieve all collections. 2. It takes a long time to load. ### Audiobookshelf version v2.30.0 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker ### What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from? Linux ### If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on? None ### Logs ```shell ``` ### Additional Notes _No response_
adam added the bug label 2026-04-25 00:13:38 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-25 00:13:39 +02:00
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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2025):

This is a known issue with collections as pagination is not currently supported for those endpoints. Duplicate of https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3569

@nichwall commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2025): This is a known issue with collections as pagination is not currently supported for those endpoints. Duplicate of https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3569
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#3096