I found a bug and here is a detailed description of it: Bug Report: Incorrect “Recently Added” Sorting Due to File Modification Date Summary Plex uses the file’s LastWriteTime (Windows modification date) as the added_at timestamp in the database instead of generating its own timestamp when media is…

[image] UberJaeger: Plex uses the file’s LastWriteTime (Windows modification date) as the added_at timestamp in the database instead of generating its own timestamp when media is added. No, it doesn’t. Plex uses the file date/time stamp only, when you create a new library and have added the …

I had this happen and only temporarily changing the location of the file so plex deletes that entry from the db and then move it back with a “LastWriteTime”-date that is not in the future and start the plex scanner to add it again with a correct time. But i assumed that plex always uses the “LastWri…

[image] UberJaeger: changing the location of the file so plex deletes that entry from the db and then move it back and start the plex scanner to add it again with corrected file attributes. That depends. If you want it thoroughly removed from the Plex database, perform the Plex Dance .

This workaround worked for me already, i just wanted to report the behavior. I see that it works because the time for “Recently added…” is now going to “X minutes ago” and before it was always “a few seconds ago”. Which is still a bug in my opinion, i just got the “wrong” reason for it.

[image] UberJaeger: Which is still a bug in my opinion What exactly is the bug?

When a library is created with a file that has the “LastWriteTime” in the future, plex adds this date as the “added_at”-date and this file will always be on top in the category “recently added” and has the status “a few seconds ago” when you go to the “recently added”-category.

I agree. If the file’s date is in the future, it would be more sensible to fall back to the current date.

Bug Report: Incorrect "Recently Added" Sorting Due to File Modification Date

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

OttoKerner December 16, 2025, 2:48pm 4

That depends. If you want it thoroughly removed from the Plex database, perform the Plex Dance.

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Bug Report: Incorrect "Recently Added" Sorting Due to File Modification Date

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