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Ability to send notifications for new episodes of ongoing seasons #480
Description
Description
I've noticed when requesting shows with Jellyseer, that if I request a TV show season that has already aired all of its episodes, I'll get a notification when everything is downloaded as expected. However, when requesting a season that is still actively airing new episodes, you won't receive notifications until the full season has aired, and the last episode has been downloaded.
Desired Behavior
It would be nice if it were possible to enable an option to get a notification that an episode was downloaded/imported, even if the full season hasn't been downloaded yet (because its still actively airing). Ideally though, Jellyseer would be able to only do this when a newly aired episode has just been imported (so that you don't request a season of say 26 episodes that have all aired, resulting in 26 notifications as they all import).
This could even be extended to have a "series partially available" notification option. As an example, lets say three weeks ago I requested Foundation (the last episode of the season only just aired this last week), once all episodes that had aired at that point were imported, a notification could be sent. After that point, it could send a notification each week when the next episode is downloaded.
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ojmaster commentedon Nov 10, 2023
bump, i'd like this aswell
martindacost commentedon Jun 25, 2024
Same here ! Would be cool to have notification when new episode comes out and it's available on the media server, like movies
SpiderMan-ParkerTalley commentedon Dec 13, 2024
I'm definitely interested in something like this. A way to receive notifications about new content added from stuff on your watchlist would also be greatly appreciated.
feat(notifications): adds a NEW_EPISODE notification that fires for n…
feat(notifications): adds a NEW_EPISODE notification that fires for n…
parkuman commentedon Apr 14, 2025
I have opened a PR for this. Would really appreciate some eyes on it! Feels like a first step at least: #1589
Vexz00 commentedon May 5, 2025
I just started using Jellyseerr and am very baffled that this isn't even an option. I thought this would be the default. Without that feature it feels like this software only does 50% of what I want. I hope this feature will be added soon, but I have my doubts, considering how long this feature request has been open.
fallenbagel commentedon May 5, 2025
If this was not a planned feature, the feature request would be closed as not planned. And if you check the message above, a draft PR is already open to implement this exact feature. Currently, there are discussions on how to implement it properly to avoid bulk spam.
Vexz00 commentedon May 5, 2025
Fair point. At least Sonarr can send notifications for single file imports. Should be a good workaround for now.
Sdhb1 commentedon Nov 13, 2025
There seem to be many duplicates of this very request. Can someone confirm if it is on the roadmap? All requests seems to link back to one another. I'm not clear if this has or will be availible in jellyseer or overseer. Ty
fallenbagel commentedon Nov 13, 2025
A duplicate issue that is closed and linked to another issue which is open (like this one) means that it's still in the roadmap. If it wasn't this will be closed as
not planned.feat(episodes): add Episode entity for per-episode availability tracking
feat(notifications): add per-episode availability notifications
parkuman commentedon Apr 14, 2026
I was just thinking about how the multiple added notifications could get annoying for something like a Discord server with multiple users, each who may have different TV watching interests.
Say user1 requests a show, and week by week a notification gets sent to a shared Discord channel for each new episode. All the other users would get notified of this and it would get pretty annoying, especially for a show you have no interest in watching.
I was thinking it could be cool to have an option to only notify the user who requested the show about each new episode drop. Maybe we could do this via a mapping in the Discord notification settings? i.e.
If multiple users wanted to be notified for each new episode drop, we'd need some sort of system for them to opt-in to notifications too.
Just a thought! I am really excited for this to be implemented as I'd use it with family and friends all the time.
fallenbagel commentedon Apr 14, 2026
This is already possible for requests? (Not episode but season wise). When you enable mentioned and you add in discord id in user settings > general.
parkuman commentedon Apr 15, 2026
@fallenbagel You're totally right. I was digging in the General settings screen before writing the message rather than user settings. 😆
Super useful, thank you!
ghaisasadvait commentedon Jul 27, 2026
I vibecoded my own docker compose based app for this:
Behavior
On each poll:
Overlapping polls (scheduler + Check now) are serialized so the same request cannot be emailed twice in parallel.
Screenshot:
gwilliams00 commentedon Sep 7, 2026
Could a once-per-request version of this sit alongside #2869? The thing I actually want on a running show is a single "you're caught up" message: fire it the first time every episode that has aired so far is downloaded and there are still episodes to come. After that, nothing until the season finishes, when the normal available notification does its job.
The data is already there, the TMDB air dates and the per-season count that drives partially available. It's one comparison, so it could be on by default without the volume problem, and the per-episode notification from #2869 could stay an opt-in for people who want it.
Wording along the lines of the existing ones: "Ludwig (2024) Season 2 is now available. The season is currently airing; new episodes will follow."
A few edge cases I'd want covered: a request for several seasons counts as caught up once the finished seasons are complete and the airing one meets the rule; an episode with no air date yet is treated as unaired; season 0 is skipped the same way the scanners skip it unless specials are enabled.