Photos library on external drive stopped opening after upgrade, error (3146). Same error after repairing as well.

My mac mini was upgraded to macOS Sequoia last night and I am trying to open my photos library which is on an external SSD. I'm getting error 3146. I tried repairing the library and also other troubleshooting steps I came across on Apple support but I'm unable to open it.

The drive's ownership is ignored, the drive is formatted as a AFPS volume and its and SSD not a flash drive or an SD card.

I even tried ejecting and replugging the drive. No go!

Any advice what I could do?

Thank you

Neerav