Continuing the discussion from Bug: changing an item's file name does not update the metadata field "updatedAt":
Server Version#: latest
Player Version#: latest
As mentioned in the previous topic, if the file for an episode or movie is deleted and replaced with a new file with a different file name (but mapped to the same episode or movie within Plex). The metadata xml for the episode or movie won’t contain the updatedAt field.
If you didn’t Plex Dance it or hit Analyze, PMS will not update anything.
There must be a clear ‘change’ in the file’s content -OR- a new file ‘fingerprint’ to warrant being ‘updated’.
This is intended behavior.
In Linux, modifying the directory (renaming / deleting and placing a new file ) is not “updating the file”.
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