Plex Deletes non-PVR recorded TV Shows

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Greetings!

(I just turned on debug logging this morning on my server, so please standby for further logs).

I have noticed an issue with Plex deleting media that is outside of my RecordedTV folder, for shows that it is, or has been managing in the past.

Previously I was recording Start Trek The Next Generation, and had it save the last 5 shows. However the quality was bad coming from an SD feed on a station, so I decided to grab the blu-ray box set and rip some in advance before I watch them. It seems there is a scheduled task that runs (I think nightly) which deletes most of the episodes, but only keeps the last 5 episodes in Season 3. I removed Start Trek TNG from my DVR schedule and removed the files from the filesystem, however something seems strange, as I am seeing old folder paths in my PMS logs.

Plex Media Scanner Credits.5.log:Aug 25, 2025 21:34:36.271 [0x16d603000] INFO - /Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner -C -f /volume1/Media/TV/Star Trek - The Next Generation/Season 2/S02E19.mkv --log-file-suffix Credits --creditsTempDataPath /var/folders/2_/dc5qxm1j4f10_93fg5gnc2p40000gn/T/PlexCreditsDetection-925bc017-8580-46cc-8905-dd891ff9a52e
Plex Media Scanner Credits.5.log:Aug 25, 2025 21:34:36.396 [0x1ff4560c0] ERROR - Exception analyzing media file ‘/volume1/Media/TV/Star Trek - The Next Generation/Season 2/S02E19.mkv’ (Could not parse /volume1/Media/TV/Star Trek - The Next Generation/Season 2/S02E19.mkv (error=-35): Resource temporarily unavailable)
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 10, 2025 11:00:43.365 [0x16f9bf000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 10, 2025 11:00:43.406 [0x16f9bf000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 10, 2025 23:44:13.836 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 10, 2025 23:44:13.868 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 11, 2025 12:32:36.273 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 11, 2025 12:32:36.320 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 11, 2025 12:32:38.670 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 11, 2025 12:32:38.673 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 11, 2025 12:32:59.947 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.3.log:Aug 11, 2025 12:32:59.974 [0x16f933000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:01:16.347 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:01:16.402 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:03:29.127 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:03:29.153 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:04:35.463 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:04:35.489 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:05:47.887 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:05:47.908 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:06:57.440 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:06:57.464 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:08:12.902 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:08:12.921 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:08:53.328 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:08:53.332 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:09:28.412 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:09:28.440 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:10:05.466 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:10:05.482 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:10:40.618 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:10:40.649 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:11:12.812 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:11:12.816 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:11:35.150 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:11:35.155 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:11:54.886 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:11:54.906 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:12:12.859 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:12:12.863 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:12:28.289 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:12:28.293 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:13:32.591 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:13:32.628 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:14:58.358 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:14:58.384 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:15:52.559 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:15:52.576 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:16:26.303 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:16:26.332 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:20:34.609 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:20:34.638 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:21:15.724 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:21:15.734 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:22:01.758 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:22:01.784 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:22:48.296 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:22:48.315 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:23:37.473 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:23:37.501 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:24:08.190 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:24:08.203 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:24:40.248 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 22, 2025 13:24:40.278 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 23, 2025 02:40:52.877 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/volume1/Media/Courses/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 23, 2025 02:40:52.911 [0x16cfdb000] WARN - Error scanning directory, we’ll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: “/RecordedTV/Star Trek - The Next Generation”
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 23, 2025 21:05:11.047 [0x16ed8f000] ERROR - Error opening file ‘“/volume1/Media/TV/Star Trek - The Next Generation/Season 2/S02E14.mkv”’ - Resource temporarily unavailable (35)
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 23, 2025 21:05:11.051 [0x16ed8f000] ERROR - Error opening file ‘“/volume1/Media/TV/Star Trek - The Next Generation/Season 2/S02E14.mkv”’ - Resource temporarily unavailable (35)
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 25, 2025 21:34:12.980 [0x16de9f000] ERROR - Error opening file ‘“/volume1/Media/TV/Star Trek - The Next Generation/Season 2/S02E19.mkv”’ - Resource temporarily unavailable (35)
Plex Media Server.log:Aug 25, 2025 21:34:12.985 [0x16de9f000] ERROR - Error opening file ‘“/volume1/Media/TV/Star Trek - The Next Generation/Season 2/S02E19.mkv”’ - Resource temporarily unavailable (35)

I’ve been wracking my brain for months over this issue. Is anyone able to assist?

Been a PlexPass member since at around 2014, this is the first problem I’ve had in a while that I’m not able to solve myself.

Plex is doing what it was told. To keep only the last 5 episodes of ST:TNG.

Add the files again, then edit the show and disable the policy to only keep the last 5 episodes. You’ll find them on the Advanced tab.

Wow so easy! Thanks for the heads up. I had no idea the settings were based per show/series instead of the source.

Is there a way to see all of the retention policies for any shows I’ve ever set?

Unfortunately not.
If you’ve used this feature regularly, you will have to check the setting regularly after adding shows. (at least those which you might have recorded in the past)