New Plex Movie Agent will not match movies - automatically or manually

Server Version#: 1.22.0.4163
Player Version#: N/A

I switched to the new Plex Movie agent a few weeks ago (ran Upgrade Matching and Refreshed All Metadata), and since then it’s been unable to match any new movies. Nothing is matched automatically, and when I try to manually match with Fix Match it can’t find anything - either searching by name or by IMDB id. Updated the server to the latest version, same issue.

I switched the libraries back to Plex Movie (Legacy), and every movie matched without issue.

Plex Media Server Logs_2021-03-15_00-15-26.zip (5.3 MB)

Thanks for the logs.

I can see certain requests returning an error. Is there something special/non-standard about your network configuration (e.g. do you have any proxies or VPNs sitting anywhere on the network)?

Yes, I have an always-on VPN.

However, the VPN did not change, and yet just switching back to Plex Movie (Legacy) was enough for the agent to match the movies correctly.

I don’t know if this is at all related, but checking the Agents under Settings, there’s no listing for the new Plex Movie - there’s only Personal Media, Plex Movie (Legacy), and The Movie Database.

Thanks. Could you test without the VPN?

There are a bunch of SSL requests failing for some reason, not only for the movie agent but also other Plex services. If you confirm if the VPN makes a difference or not then we have something to work with.

I started having the same issues two days ago. Tried restarting plex, ran updates, no luck. Any new movie I add will not match.

Please provide logs.

So I was also unable to check for updates, but when i went to the website and saw 1.22.1.4200 i manually installed and now my movies are matching again and I can check for updates through the plex server.

Sorry for that and i hope this info helps some

I will try updating to the new Plex Movie Agent again and adding a movie to see what happens, and will report back.

It works without VPN, fails with VPN. With VPN, trying to find a Match comes up with nothing. Turn off the VPN, try again, and it finds the match right away.

The legacy agent works just fine with VPN on.

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