# Plex auto refreshing metadata

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-nvidia-shield\
**Created:** [March 7, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622 "2022-03-07T01:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![gfunkera627](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@gfunkera627](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gfunkera627)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622/1 "2022-03-07T01:58:07Z")

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Hi all,  
Hoping someone can help but I’ve noticed recently that Plex is automatically refreshing metadata randomly without anything in settings have changed. This is annoying because I’ve set the metadata a certain way and don’t want an auto-refresh. In many instances its also incorrectly matching the movie title incorrectly.

Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix this? Is it a new server issue?

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**Author:** ![VBB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vbb/32/333130_2.png) [@VBB](https://forums.plex.tv/u/VBB)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622/2 "2022-03-07T02:07:20Z")

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This was introduced with **Plex Media Server 1.25.4.5426** on Jan 20 - (Library) Refresh movie metadata periodically during scheduled tasks (#13250)

It says movie metadata, but it actually affects TV shows as well. You can disable this in Scheduled Tasks by unchecking “Refresh library metadata periodically”.

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**Author:** ![gfunkera627](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@gfunkera627](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gfunkera627)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622/3 "2022-03-07T12:56:25Z")

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Hi this must be a bug then because I’ve never had that option checked and looked now and it’s still unchecked. Any other ideas?

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**Author:** ![VBB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vbb/32/333130_2.png) [@VBB](https://forums.plex.tv/u/VBB)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622/4 "2022-03-07T20:40:21Z")

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Did you perhaps switch/upgrade agents recently? How often does this “auto-refresh” happen? The feature I was talking about only refreshes metadata, but does not change the name or anything else.

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**Author:** ![gfunkera627](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@gfunkera627](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gfunkera627)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622/5 "2022-03-11T20:01:57Z")

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sorry for the late reply. No i havent changed anything in the server settings for a long time. And i can’t tell it seems to be doing it on its own. I would guess during the normal maintenance hours

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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:** [June 9, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-auto-refreshing-metadata/779622/6 "2022-06-09T20:02:48Z")

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