# When will "Refresh Metadata" actually work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-windows, server-mac, server-linux\ **Created:** [February 22, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435 "2021-02-22T01:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bunta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bunta/32/96411_2.png) [@Bunta](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bunta)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/1 "2021-02-22T01:21:11Z")
This has been an annoying bug for sooo long, having this feature finally work would be AMAZING! Quite often series files get renamed or moved or reordered and their metadata gets dragged along with them without updating correctly and the only actual fix is to do “The Plex Dance”. However I’m sure everyone who ever uses this software expects that is exactly what the “Refresh Metadata” button should do. **My expectation when clicking the refresh metadata link on an episode, season or series:** _Plex should lookup the metadata for that episode/season/series as if it had just been added to the library new and replace any existing metadata that differs unless locked by a manual update._ Why does it not do this and what is stopping you from making it do what everyone expects?? This would surely stop the majority of reasons for performing “The Plex Dance” and make the functionality a lot more in line with what is expected. Am I crazy in thinking this? ---
**Author:** ![Bunta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bunta/32/96411_2.png) [@Bunta](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bunta)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/2 "2021-02-22T21:54:06Z")
Here’s an example: 4 episodes of the show Bluey were incorrectly numbered. The 4 episodes had the correct metadata in Plex but they were around the wrong way so I renamed the files with the correct numbers to reorder them. 2 of the episodes kept their metadata and the other 2 lost their metadata: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/e/c/ec124bde5596db85c6213b6f65d0f98de7aedd77.jpeg) You would think if I click the episodes and choose “Refresh Metadata” that they would update and correct the mistake but as we all know, clicking that option does NOTHING. So now the only way for me to fix this is to remove the entire series (103 episodes) and perform “The Plex Dance” or I could manually update the episode metadata which would then lock in my manual edits for the episodes. This is EXACTLY the sort of thing the “Refresh Metadata” function should resolve! ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/3 "2021-02-23T00:03:35Z")
The new TV series agent is just about to release to everyone. It’s in Beta now. When you click “Refresh Metadata”, it does EXACTLY as you would expect. There is no more Dancing. It does require naming be per plex spec. ---
**Author:** ![Bunta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bunta/32/96411_2.png) [@Bunta](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bunta)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/4 "2021-02-23T00:35:44Z")
Oh nice! Can people get access to the beta release for testing? ---
**Author:** ![shark2k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/shark2k/32/305908_2.png) [@shark2k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shark2k)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/5 "2021-02-23T00:38:55Z")
> [@New Plex Media Server TV show/series scanner and agent preview](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-media-server-tv-show-series-scanner-and-agent-preview/665778): > > What is it and what’s new? A few months ago we upgraded our movie scanning and matching inside PMS leveraging our own cloud metadata provider. Since then we’ve been working on giving TV shows/series the same treatment, and while there are still a few important things we still need to address, the core functionality is there and we would like to get it into more hands so we have the opportunity to test things out a wider variety of setups. WARNING: Ensure you have a database backup before proce… -Shark2k ---
**Author:** ![Bunta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bunta/32/96411_2.png) [@Bunta](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bunta)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/6 "2021-02-23T00:46:08Z")
Any idea on when this is expected to become general release? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/7 "2021-02-23T00:56:07Z")
I’m using it now in several PMS beta releases. Does that give you an idea how close? 🙂 (they don’t permit me to give out any specifics. i think they want to resolve a few final problems first) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-will-refresh-metadata-actually-work/693435/8 "2021-05-24T00:56:55Z")
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