Server Version#:1.21.1.3876
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Started happening when I rebuilt my server from scratch. First two movies in r gently added movies never change. Newly added starts with third movie card. Same situation with TV shows.
Check the XML for those items. Find the “addedAt” data. Put that into a UTC converter and see what it says. Likely it’s a date in the future so it will always be the most recent until that date passes.
To fix it, you’ll need to do the Plex Dance.
Been trying to figure out a fix to this for a couple of months now and finally came to a solution. I have about 12 movies that haven’t budged at all.
Short answer: After right clicking the file, selecting properties and looking at the details for the video file, I found the modified date was many years into the future. I was able to change the modified date to match the date the file was created and that did the trick.
Long answer: In order to change the modified date I had to download a small bit of software called “Attribute Changer” (v10). It essentially allows you to modify any locked attributes within a file. From there I had to perform the “Plex Dance” which is a handful of steps. (Essentially removing the modified files from the server, clearing some Plex data and then add the files back in.)
Upon completing these steps Plex found the “new” file and it fell in line with the rest of my recently added movies. Only time will tell but it should eventually move down and out of the queue as I continue to add stuff in.
Keeping my fingers crossed hoping this sticks!
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If you’re up for a little SQL fun -
sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db "UPDATE metadata_items SET added_at = DATETIME('now') WHERE DATETIME(added_at) > DATETIME('now')"
or if you’re tired of looking at them, and want them pushed off the front (now)
SET added_at = DATETIME('now', '-7 days`)
will push the added date to 7 days ago
You’ll need sqlite3 installed on your system
and stop plex before you run this
Thank you for responding. Unfortunately his is well beyond my capabilities. Is there an alternative?
I did see this option but have no experience with SQL. Figured for a one time fix the time to learn it and not screw things up was not in my favor. (Too many other things to do not enough of me to go around.) Overall the process looks pretty straight forward based on the one (and only) video I could find.
SQL and Plex Recently Added Fix
Thanks for the idea though!
man that video makes it look like a long process
1st: download an and install an SQLite3 editor/browser
I like https://sqlitestudio.pl/
2nd: find out which folder your plex database sits in
3rd: Stop Plex
4th: make a copy of com.plexapp.plugins.library.db for safe keeping
5th: Start the SQLite3Studio, if it’s not already running
6th: open the plex database, click on “add database”, and navigate to your plex DB folder and select “com.plexapp.plugins.library.db”
7th: open a new query and paste in UPDATE metadata_items SET added_at = DATETIME('now') WHERE DATETIME(added_at) > DATETIME('now'); and click execute.
DONE, restart plex
Hey friedflix,
I too was looking for a way to fix this problem. My 3 movies always showed up in “recently added” as being added a few seconds ago. After reading about the new agent I moved over to it.
Plex Version 1.21.2.3943
Scanner and Agent both set to “Plex Movie” in advanced tab of movie library.
After moving the problematic files out of the library and back in (a partial plex dance 
) the culprits started to age out, out to an hour ago now for the first one.
So solved for me.
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