Recently, no new TV episodes are being discovered (naming examples, .plexmatch, and logs)

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: 1.32.1.6999

Providing an example of a new show but this is happening with new episodes of old shows as well.

Directory structure and naming:

ansel@server:/tank/tv/The Problem With Jon Stewart$ tree
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├── Season 1
│ ├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E01.War.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
│ ├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E02.Freedom.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
│ ├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E03.The.Economy.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
│ ├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E04.Guns.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
│ ├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E05.Stock.Market.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv
│ ├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E06.Climate.Change.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv
│ ├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E07.Media.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv
│ └── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E08.Racism.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv
└── Season 2
├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S02E01.The.War.Over.Gender.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S02E02.Where.Is.Our.Tax.Money.Going.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S02E03.Globalization.Made.in.America.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S02E04.Midterms.This.Is.What.Democracy.Looks.Like.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
├── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S02E05.Allies.Friends.Without.Benefits.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
└── The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S02E06.Election.Wrap-Up.Special.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv

2 directories, 14 files

even if I .plexmatch the show with tvdbid and all the episode files, it doesn’t show up

ansel@server:/tank/tv/The Problem With Jon Stewart$ cat .plexmatch
tvdbid: 400756

Episode: S01E01: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E01.War.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
Episode: S01E02: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E02.Freedom.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
Episode: S01E03: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E03.The.Economy.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
Episode: S01E04: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E04.Guns.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv
Episode: S01E05: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E05.Stock.Market.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv
Episode: S01E06: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E06.Climate.Change.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv
Episode: S01E07: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E07.Media.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv
Episode: S01E08: Season 1/The.Problem.With.Jon.Stewart.S01E08.Racism.720p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NOSiViD.mkv

Logs attached:
Plex Media Server Logs_2023-04-28_07-52-23.zip (4.6 MB)

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Apparently this was a permissions issue… I sudo chmod -R +r /tank/tv and the missing episodes showed up

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