# Library change detection is not working correctly

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-change-detection-is-not-working-correctly/867415>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-change-detection-is-not-working-correctly/867415 "2024-01-26T17:36:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mikoto\_railgun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikoto_railgun/32/297143_2.png) [@Mikoto\_railgun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mikoto_railgun)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-change-detection-is-not-working-correctly/867415/1 "2024-01-26T17:36:04Z")

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Server Version#: 1.32.8.7639  
Player Version#: 4.118.0  
library change detection does not work, plex will not automatically update the library after files are downloaded to the target folder. I have to use every 15 mins scan to make sure my library up to date.

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-change-detection-is-not-working-correctly/867415/2 "2024-01-26T17:49:21Z")

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Might this apply ?

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/9):
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> Increase the number of directories Linux can monitor (inotify) for PMS The default size of the Linux inotify table is 8192 directories (\*1). When PMS is configured to update automatically when media is added, with properly organized media, especially music, this table rapidly fills and exceeds the default allocation requiring you to increase it. The solution to this is straight forward. Increasing the table size is easy. The first step is to determine how many directories to alloca…

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**Author:** ![Mikoto\_railgun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikoto_railgun/32/297143_2.png) [@Mikoto\_railgun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mikoto_railgun)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-change-detection-is-not-working-correctly/867415/4 "2024-01-26T23:43:48Z")

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Thank you, that fixes my problem.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-change-detection-is-not-working-correctly/867415/5 "2024-04-25T23:44:48Z")

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