Server Version#: 1.43.0.10467-2b1ba6e69 Player Version#: Plex for Android 2026.0.0 Downloaded the latest server update and a metadata refresh has wipes out all my TV series title card cover art, these are embedded in the file and it’s supposed to be using local metadata but nothing I do brings the…

Thanks for report. Is the art still shown as an option in the edit window in the web app? Do you by chance still have the server logs from right after you updated and noticed this?

No, it doesn’t show as an option in the poster selector, and unfortunately i don’t have the logs [Screenshot 2026-01-28 at 8.02.10 AM]

We’ve had a recent PMS release and it’s still not showing

it didn’t make it into the recent release but bug report shows QA is reviewing so likely soon

I have same issue with TV series. I use Subler for most of my metadata so that it stays with the file. Older TV series episodes that were added before the last update keep their files’s episode art. However, it’s NOT available as an option now on anything. As a test I refreshed the meta data on an e…

I do have this issue as well with my TV Show MP4 files with embedded images. I will appreciate it when this is fixed again. Thank you

Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492 Player Version#: Plex for Windows 1.112.0.359-0d79a49f I am having the same/similar problem with any new tv shows added. I meticulously add posters for all shows (over 1500 of them) and also seasons as loose files. And normally when I just add them with correct naming…

I have ‘Clean Bundles’ turned off. I’m hesitant to manually trigger the process to run. Is there any danger of loosing my episode artwork if I do that?

Clean bundles removes unused bundles, for things that are no longer there like if you deleted a movie/episode/show. This is something that happens on it’s own regularly anyway so if not gone already I think it would be fine. it should not affect things for files you still have on server. Is there s…

Server update has removed TV series cover art

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

drzoidberg33 January 28, 2026, 9:43am 3

Thanks I can repro this and have submitted a fix. It will be addressed in the next PMS release.

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Server update has removed TV series cover art

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