API feature request for media scanning - doesn't update the last scanned time stamp

reteez
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:15:01 +0000
Metadata & Adding Files

Server Version#: : Version 1.43.1.10611
Player Version#: Version 4.159.0

I haven’t been able to find a good workaround for this without manually updating DB table/entry, so if one exists, please share

I have a manual powershell script that will update only new media section items using the API which for the most part works fine - but when it updates these items, the time stamp for the section refresh is not updated…so for example in Plex Dash app - the last scan times don’t update etc. Could there be a function added to the API to allow this to happen? It seems like the only way that time stamp value gets updated is if an entire section is rescanned - this is a waste of time/resources for what I’m trying to accomplish - I know I may be asking a lot here lol - I’m just a sysadmin being a sysadmin

If this needs to be in another support section, please let me know or move it if possible.

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