"exclude from search" ... DOESN'T? (bug)

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Server Version#: 1.30.2.6563
Player Version#: {bundled webapp}

just noticed in a search result, a playlist name will be included in the search result even if its items’ parent library is set to be excluded from search via

library> advanced> visibility> excludeFromHomeScreenAndGlobalSearch

@ChuckPA, does the exclusion code coverage not account for this use case? perhaps it should.

e.g. library “animals” playlist “elephant” media “dumbo”

exclude library ‘animals’ from search+home result
search ‘elephant’
and whoops we see dumbo the elephant.

oops :frowning:

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Traditional/manual/dumb playlists are not bound to a particular library, as they can contain elements from several libraries.
And checking the availability of every item within a playlist is simply too slow to be performed during global search.