# Missing episode notification/warning **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** library-management\ **Created:** [December 20, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/missing-episode-notification-warning/823463 "2022-12-20T04:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phluffy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/phluffy/32/295061_2.png) [@Phluffy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Phluffy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/missing-episode-notification-warning/823463/1 "2022-12-20T04:53:49Z")
Sometimes I can accidentally download a new episode of a show but not know I missed one (scripted). Plex automatically adds the show to the home screen for currently watching and I go to it from there and don’t realize until partway through the episode I was missing the one before it - or sometimes I finish it and don’t even know until later when I look at the files. Could Plex have something added to show a notification/warning if you’re missing an episode? I assume it might not be too difficult for it to know if it had episode 4 but was missing 3 (and ones previous to it were watched). Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/missing-episode-notification-warning/823463/2 "2022-12-20T06:33:59Z")
There’s a somewhat related suggestion, discussing an option to stop autoplay / continue watching if the next episode is missing. > [@Stop autoplay if the next episode is not in library](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-autoplay-if-the-next-episode-is-not-in-library/564299): > > Sometimes, for example, 1,2,3,5,6,7 will be downloaded first and ep 4 later, but if you are not paying attention, you end up watching ep5 without noticing and this ruins the experience ---
**Author:** ![Phluffy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/phluffy/32/295061_2.png) [@Phluffy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Phluffy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/missing-episode-notification-warning/823463/3 "2022-12-20T06:50:30Z")
Ah yeah, that is a similarly related issue, but maybe needs separate handling. At least for me if it’s stuff I’m keeping up with the new episode will just appear on the home screen to continue watching, and without being aware of what the last episode was I can easily go into from here without thinking (as it’s not listed next to the other episodes, where I confirm one’s missing after). ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/missing-episode-notification-warning/823463/4 "2023-02-19T20:09:23Z")
I’ve just noticed I’ve missed mentioning the mothership of related suggestions when reviewing this suggestion back in December. There’s yet another suggestion focusing entirely on identifying and dealing with “missing” seasons/episodes and how to show them as such in a library (or notify a user when they attempt to autoplay the next episode. > [@Option to show MISSING seasons and episodes](https://forums.plex.tv/t/option-to-show-missing-seasons-and-episodes/77834): > > I have access to a friends shared library and every time I go into a episode "folder" I have to carefully look if there are missing ones before starting to watch anything(I hate starting to watch a show, to only find out that there are missing episodes in-between them all).   It would be so much easier is there was an option in Plex, that the client could turn on/decide if he wants to show missing episodes ("Make missing episodes visible") The missing episodes could be just listed as normal o…