PlexAPI python lib not updating library anymore

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Server Version#: 1.16.1.1291
Player Version#: N/A
PlexAPI Python lib Version: 3.1.0 (https://pypi.org/project/PlexAPI/)

I’m not certain if upgrading the server version affected this or if that’s a red herring (because I did an update a couple days ago) but I’ve noticed that my Plex server no longer updates using the python lib.

plex = PlexServer(baseurl="http://myplexip:32400", token="mytoken", timeout=10)

for section in (plex.library.section(section) for section in ["movies", "tvshows"]):
    section.update()

This is the snippet of code I use to update my library. I’ve used the lib’s debug/logging to confirm that the request is being successfully sent (the server returns a 200 OK), but Plex doesn’t seem to update the library at all anymore. This has been working reliably for nearly a year now, so I’m trying to figure out what changed.

Did something change in the latest server update that might be causing it not to update?

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did you see Plex Media Server security changes for Synology users

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Read through it, not sure that’s what’s going on here. Plex still shows all the media, and everything plays fine - it’s just new things that it isn’t discovering when I hit the API endpoint. When it syncs itself, it appears to pick things up (but it takes a while).

I’d go digging in the logs, but I don’t even know if API requests show up in (which?) log.

Update:

I tried updating with the NPM module (in Node), and here is the resulting payload:

[ { allowSync: true,
    art: '/:/resources/movie-fanart.jpg',
    composite: '/library/sections/1/composite/1562444636',
    filters: true,
    refreshing: true,
    thumb: '/:/resources/movie.png',
    key: '1',
    type: 'movie',
    title: 'movies',
    agent: 'com.plexapp.agents.themoviedb',
    scanner: 'Plex Movie Scanner',
    language: 'en',
    uuid: '2b428567-8a15-4e94-bb22-8deaeddadea6',
    updatedAt: 1562450374,
    createdAt: 1514237708,
    scannedAt: 1562444636,
    Location: [ [Object], [Object], [Object] ] } ]

Clearly it returns data, but you can see the ‘scannedAt’ property is 1562444636 (Saturday, July 6, 2019 8:23:56 PM GMT) and the current time of posting this is Saturday, July 6, 2019 10:49:24 PM GMT — a 2 ½ hour difference. So it appears the update endpoint is not doing its job?

Update 2:

Tried the Node version a couple more times, and I noticed that it does trigger the Plex admin UI’s loading indicator/spinner on the library — which says to me that the library is updating properly when I run the Node version. I’ll start picking apart the Python lib to see what’s up.

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