So I understand that the removal of items on TMDB is not automatically synced to Trakt. Also if backdrops or posters are removed from TMDB and they were the only ones (so there are’nt any left on TMDB), this change is not reflected on Trakt, it keeps on using the latest media. But is there any othe…

I think episode data like the overview and titles actually do get removed. As in they get updated. To blank. If the whole episode gets removed it won’t get removed though.

No I mean if someone vandalizes data because blanking out episode data on tmdb. It will also get blanked out on trakt. I know deleted episodes dont get deleted. That’s what I mentioned hahaha.

If TMDB changed the episode order, then our data will just update to match the new order and it might create duplicates. For example, a show has a season 2 with a continuos order, so some user goes to TMDB and moves episodes 1-10 from season 2 to be episodes 11-20 of season 2(This shouldn’t be done …

Metadata such as air data or runtime seem to be removed if they were removed from TMDB @Sonply Btw sorry for opening my last report regarding the removal of a The Clone Wars air date, I didn’t know about that automatic removal

[image] Sonply: Titles usually update, the only reason they might not is if the title of a movie or show with a lot of plays change. Those cases need to be changed by a moderator. @Sonply What about automating this, but with a certain threshold of 2 weeks or something, so items don’t stay out…

I’ll discuss this with the developers.

@Sonply Has anything come out of that yet?

Hi, We are still discussing some changes on how we get metadata and some other issues ended up being a priority, this is part of that discussion. Once I have an update, I’ll reply here.

[image] Sonply: Titles usually update, the only reason they might not is if the title of a movie or show with a lot of plays change. Those cases need to be changed by a moderator. what is a lot, because Lubach S1 and S3 (Current season) are totally messed up :frowning: Maybe “a lot” treshold…

What changed data from TMDB is not automatically synced?

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lifeiscrazy (꧁『marr』) March 13, 2026, 6:45pm 14

what is a lot, because Lubach S1 and S3 (Current season) are totally messed up
Maybe “a lot” treshold should be different for English content versus non-English content?

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