# Plex caching old (incomplete) TVDB metadata?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-caching-old-incomplete-tvdb-metadata/904804>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-synology, library-management\
**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-caching-old-incomplete-tvdb-metadata/904804 "2025-02-07T06:22:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-caching-old-incomplete-tvdb-metadata/904804/5 "2025-02-07T12:21:53Z")

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> [@y2chen](#):
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> Does Plex maintain an intermediate metadata cache per source?

Plex uses its own metadata database. That database is populated from sources like tvdb, tmdb and imdb. That data is combined, and then given to plex users. However it can take 3-5 days, sometimes a bit longer for changes in tvdb/tmdb to get ingested into plex.

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