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Part 3 of #1671, stacked on #3355.

Wires episode availability into the media server scanners so media-server-only users get per-episode badges without Sonarr.
Episode numbers come from the library agent, so Seerr's metadata provider must match that agent (TMDB or TVDB).

Sonarr tracking stays TVDB-only.

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  • New Features

    • Added episode-level availability tracking across Plex, Jellyfin, and Sonarr.
    • Added separate standard and 4K episode availability statuses when 4K tracking is enabled.
    • Jellyfin episodes spanning multiple episode numbers are tracked individually.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Episode statuses are preserved when availability checks fail or return incomplete data.
    • Existing available episodes are no longer incorrectly downgraded during scans.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified that Seerr’s metadata provider must match the library agent for episode availability tracking.

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Plex, Jellyfin, and Sonarr now provide episode availability data, including standard and 4K file presence. Scanners persist episode records, and AvailabilitySync reconciles them by season and tier. Tests cover incomplete lookups, missing episodes, stale 4K statuses, and disabled tracking.

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Episode availability tracking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provider episode reporting
server/lib/scanners/baseScanner.ts, server/lib/scanners/plex/*, server/lib/scanners/jellyfin/*, server/lib/scanners/plex/plex.test.ts, server/lib/scanners/jellyfin/jellyfin.test.ts, server/lib/scanners/sonarr/sonarr.test.ts
Scanner details carry standard and 4K file availability flags. Jellyfin expands combined episode ranges. The scanner base persists episodes when either applicable tier has a file. Tests cover persistence and resolution handling.
Availability synchronization
server/lib/availabilitySync.ts
AvailabilitySync records provider results by season and tier. It preserves episodes when lookups fail or episode numbers are unknown. After a complete census, it deletes missing rows when the opposite tier is inactive, or marks the current tier deleted when the opposite tier remains active.
Synchronization tests and setting text
server/lib/availabilitySync.test.ts, src/components/Settings/SettingsMain/index.tsx, src/i18n/locale/en.json
Tests cover provider evidence, failed lookups, missing episodes, stale 4K statuses, Sonarr results, and disabled tracking. Setting text explains that Plex and Jellyfin agents are configured per library and may not all match one Seerr provider.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AvailabilitySync
  participant Plex
  participant Jellyfin
  participant Sonarr
  participant EpisodeRows
  AvailabilitySync->>Plex: collect episode presence
  AvailabilitySync->>Jellyfin: collect episode presence
  AvailabilitySync->>Sonarr: collect episode file results
  Plex-->>AvailabilitySync: return census or lookup failure
  Jellyfin-->>AvailabilitySync: return census or lookup failure
  Sonarr-->>AvailabilitySync: return file results
  AvailabilitySync->>EpisodeRows: reconcile episode records
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With episode tracking on, a temporary Sonarr outage could cause episodes that still have files to be removed or shown as deleted. Fix this before merging. The cross-tier Jellyfin cache issue appears fixed, but its regression test does not reach the cache-hit path.

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Two changes in here aren't about episode badges. The Jellyfin cache key fix should go straight to develop on its own as it's fixing a bug live today. The Plex 4K detection switch should either come out or land as its own PR covering the movie path too, since right now the file is half on videoResolution and half on width and there is no explanation as to why. The Jellyfin season-existence change is fine but keys off enable4kShow rather than the tracking setting, so it needs a gate or this will change behaviour for people who do not use this setting. The worst blocker is the per-source demotion since, as written, each source deletes what it can't see and the sources disagree.

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In `@server/lib/scanners/baseScanner.ts`:
- Line 710: Aggregate Plex, Jellyfin, and Sonarr reports before applying episode
status changes in BaseScanner.processShow and syncEpisodeDetails, using a union
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- Around line 1117-1133: Update applyEpisodeDemotions and the media-server
season-fetch error path to track failed season-and-tier fetches, and skip
demotion for matching entries. Preserve existing demotion behavior for
successfully fetched seasons while preventing Sonarr-only data from marking
episodes DELETED or removing them after Plex or Jellyfin fetch failures.
- Around line 1596-1616: Update the episode tier-presence logic so absent or
undefined MediaSources remains unknown rather than evaluating as false;
propagate that unknown through the presence and demotion flow without promoting
or demoting the episode. Keep an explicitly empty MediaSources array as a known
absence, and adjust the surrounding is4k/has4k/hasStandard handling accordingly.
- Around line 1363-1396: Update the episode file-resolution classification used
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🟡 Minor · Record a failed lookup when a cache hit skips the Jellyfin… · availabilitySync.ts:1610-1611

server/lib/availabilitySync.ts:1610-1611
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Record a failed lookup when a cache hit skips the Jellyfin episode count.

jellyfinEpisodeExistsCache stores results under ${seriesId}-${seasonMeta.Id}. The key does not include the tier. Some shows use one Jellyfin series item for both tiers, so jellyfinMediaId === jellyfinMediaId4k. For those shows, the 4K pass reuses the standard pass's cached result. The code at Lines 1618-1717 then does not run, and the 4K tier gets neither markEpisodePresenceCensus nor markEpisodePresenceFailed.

applyEpisodeDemotions then sees only the 4K Sonarr results for that season and tier. Sonarr entries with hasFile: false become DELETED, even if Jellyfin still has the 4K file. The episode status then changes again on every cycle, because the scanner promotes the episode again.

The test at server/lib/availabilitySync.test.ts Line 3265 avoids this case on purpose. The cache-key fix is planned for develop, but this PR's episode demotion depends on it now. Mark the tier as failed whenever a cache hit skips the episode count while tracking is on.

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         if (cacheKey in this.jellyfinEpisodeExistsCache) {
           seasonExistsInJellyfin = this.jellyfinEpisodeExistsCache[cacheKey];
+          if (shouldTrackEpisodes) {
+            // No episode census for this tier; do not let other sources demote alone.
+            this.markEpisodePresenceFailed(season.id, is4k);
+          }
         } else {
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In the Jellyfin episode-cache hit branch, mark episode presence as failed for
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Combined libraries can share a seriesId across standard and 4K checks,
so the cache must include the tier like Plex already does.

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🟠 Major · Do not demote episodes when a Sonarr lookup fails. · availabilitySync.ts:317-318

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Do not demote episodes when a Sonarr lookup fails.

If Sonarr’s episode request fails, the catch path leaves no episode data and does not mark the affected tier as failed. A completed Plex or Jellyfin census can then remove an episode that still has a file in Sonarr. Mark the affected season and tier as failed on a Sonarr lookup error, and defer demotion until the source can be checked.

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Update the Sonarr episode lookup error path to mark the affected season and tier
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3346-3348: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Make this test reach the cache-hit branch.

The standard and 4K lookups have different cache keys even when their series IDs match. The 4K lookup therefore fetches the episode, and its 4K file keeps the status AVAILABLE without the cache-hit safeguard. Arrange two lookups with the same tier and cache key, then assert that the second lookup uses the cache before checking its episode status.

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Review comment at @server/lib/availabilitySync.test.ts around lines 3346 - 3348:
Update the availability sync test setup so both lookups use the same tier and
cache key; matching series IDs across standard and 4K tiers is insufficient.
Assert that the second lookup uses the cached episode before checking its
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- Around line 317-318: Update the Sonarr episode lookup error path to mark the
affected season and tier as failed, and ensure applyEpisodeDemotions skips
demotion for failed tiers until Sonarr can be checked successfully.

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- Around line 3346-3348: Update the availability sync test setup so both lookups
use the same tier and cache key; matching series IDs across standard and 4K
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