# Play button misbehaving for Smart Collections

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-button-misbehaving-for-smart-collections/943734>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** server-linux, lg-webos\
**Created:** [October 1, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-button-misbehaving-for-smart-collections/943734 "2026-10-01T00:20:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcandre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mcandre/32/210047_2.png) [@mcandre](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mcandre)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-button-misbehaving-for-smart-collections/943734/1 "2026-10-01T00:20:24Z")

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Pressing play on a Smart Collection can ignore the very filters that define the collection.

Such as constraints that the items be unwatched (Plex proceeded to play the very first TV episode instead of the first Smart Collection search result matching the unwatched constraint).