Tonfotos 1.11.4 crashes during startup/scanning on Debian 13 at the very first run after installing

Environment

Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie), 13.4

Kernel: 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64

Session: Wayland

Observed behavior

Tonfotos starts normally.

Then the log shows an obviously wrong count:

    estimating 1774792558198 Pictures

    scanning 1774792558198 Pictures

After that it aborts with:

ERROR:/home/andrey/Documents/tonfotos/node_modules/sharp/node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-dev/include/vips/VImage8.h:134:vips::VObject& vips::VObject::operator=(const vips::VObject&): assertion failed: (!a.vobject VIPS_IS_OBJECT(a.vobject))
Bail out! ERROR:/home/andrey/Documents/tonfotos/node_modules/sharp/node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-dev/include/vips/VImage8.h:134:vips::VObject& vips::VObject::operator=(const vips::VObject&): assertion failed: (!a.vobject VIPS_IS_OBJECT(a.vobject))
Aborted

Other suspicious lines before the crash

get_parent_node PANIC!!! ( [ 'Pictures' ] )

Warning: "Screenshots" does not exist in the tree anymore (1): [ 'Pictures' ]

The absurd picture count may indicate corrupted internal state or an overflow before the sharp/libvips crash.

The second run gives

checkpoint config: 4 ms
checkpoint app ready: 116 ms
Database unused space: 0.01Mb, 43%, no compacting needed at this moment
scanning 1774792558198 Pictures
Auto update URL: https://tonfotos.com/distribution/tonfotos/release/linux/x64
G_SLICE= undefined
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ERROR:/home/andrey/Documents/tonfotos/node_modules/sharp/node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-dev/include/vips/VImage8.h:134:vips::VObject& vips::VObject::operator=(const vips::VObject&): assertion failed: (!a.vobject VIPS_IS_OBJECT(a.vobject))
Bail out! ERROR:/home/andrey/Documents/tonfotos/node_modules/sharp/node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-dev/include/vips/VImage8.h:134:vips::VObject& vips::VObject::operator=(const vips::VObject&): assertion failed: (!a.vobject VIPS_IS_OBJECT(a.vobject))
Aborted