# \[Bug\] Plex uploaded season posters reverting after metadata refresh **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** plex-web\ **Created:** [March 27, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833 "2021-03-27T22:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/1 "2021-03-27T22:20:15Z")
## Versions **Server Version:** 1.22.1.4228 **Player Version:** 4.54.4 - Note: I don’t know how long this has been going on, but I think I really started noticing it early last year, but my memory fails me. ## Introduction As the title suggest, **Plex uploaded seasonal posters are reverting after a metadata refresh**. ## How to replicate: 1. Edit a season in Plex 2. Upload your custom poster 3. Save 4. Refresh metadata ## Issue ### Explanation Seasonal posters are reverted during a metadata refresh, but the series poster is not. ### Cause When uploading a Series poster, it _selects_ your image after the upload, so when you save it, it actually saves. When uploading a Seasonal poster, it _does not select_ your image after the upload, but it changes the image on entry, giving the illusion of it saving correctly, until you refresh metadata; then it reverts back. ## End notes I did some multiple tests on my own and this is a consistent issue and whenever I select the Seasonal poster manually efter upload, it doesn’t get reverted with a metadata refresh. So should be a relatively easy fix (maybe I jinxed it now), something along the line must have broken the auto selection for seasonal posters, which is why this has become an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/2 "2021-04-04T21:46:36Z")
Bumping post since it contains a solution ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/3 "2021-04-13T12:34:59Z")
Another bump ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/4 "2021-04-21T21:30:57Z")
Bumperino ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/5 "2021-04-21T21:38:03Z")
While not a solution to your problem but have you considered using local posters? I moved approx a year ago to use local assets (show, poster and fanart) for everything in my library. While a bit of up front work it will 100% give you control of the artwork used in your libraries. ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/6 "2021-04-21T22:21:45Z")
Hey, yeah What I do right now for my “flow” is uploading my own images through the panel, then I refresh the series metadata since I use [Lambda](https://github.com/ZeroQI/Lambda.bundle) (from ZeroQI) which allows me to automatically export stuff like that to being properly locally saved. This (last I checked) also compressed and renamed etc the images for me, so I do sort of use local – just in a roundabout sort of way ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/7 "2021-05-27T06:41:07Z")
Bump since issue is still here ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/8 "2021-07-31T09:04:45Z")
Bump for awareness 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/9 "2021-08-25T13:24:53Z")
Badump bump ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/10 "2021-08-25T13:56:23Z")
One remark: If you are using the Lambda plugin, you are also using the old Plex metadata agent. Which receives no updates and bugfixes anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/11 "2021-08-25T14:08:46Z")
This happens with all agents, not just the old Plex metadata one, it’s a GUI/Client issue and not a server issue ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/12 "2021-08-25T14:12:11Z")
Are you also storing the season posters as local assets beside your video files? ```auto /TV Shows /Heroes /Season 01 Heroes - s01e01 - Genesis.avi Season01.jpg ``` I used these kind of posters and selected them for the seasons of my test show. After refreshing Metadata of the whole show, the season posters remain selected. Or does this issue occur only after some time? ---
**Author:** ![Soitora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soitora/32/213218_2.png) [@Soitora](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Soitora)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/13 "2021-08-25T14:50:08Z")
Yes I do for some, but for new entries I start off with not having any local assets. This again seem to occur because the browser doesn’t auto select a poster after upload. If I select the poster after upload in the Client GUI, then it successfully saves and uses it. It’s unselected after upload by default (for me) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-plex-uploaded-season-posters-reverting-after-metadata-refresh/704833/14 "2021-11-23T14:51:01Z")
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