Jellyfin overriding sort title metadata changes #3138

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-06T22:52:00+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-06 22:52:00 +03:00

Originally created by @ryanwalder on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021).

Describe the bug

I am running the linuxserver/jellyfin container with /config mapped to a folder on the host. This works, it saves all configs as expected and survive a stop/start of the container.

Having gone through and manually fixed the Sort Title for all the movies that needed fixing about a month ago I have just noticed they have since reverted.

I have a feeling it could be a metadata agent overwriting the Sort Title field due to it surviving a restart of the container/host but overwriting it sometime over the last month.

I did notice that the Sort Title now gets filled with text by default when scanning a library for the first time where it didn't in previous versions (not sure the exact release this changed). Not sure if that might be related.

System (please complete the following information):

Host OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Virtualization: Docker (linuxserver/jellyfin)
Clients: Kodi/Web
Browser: Firefox 89.0.2 (Linux)
Jellyfin Version: 10.7.6

Docker Compose:

  jellyfin:
    container_name: jellyfin
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
    ports:
      - "8096:8096"
      - "7359:7359/udp"
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=502
      - UMASK=022
      - TZ=Europe/London
    volumes:
      - /srv/zfs/docker/jellyfin:/config
      - /srv/zfs/rust/ftp:/media/ftp:ro
    restart: unless-stopped

To Reproduce

Update Sort Title of movie
Wait some amount of time (at most, a month)
Sort title is gone

Expected behavior

Update Sort Title
It does not change

Metadata Settings for Library

Originally created by @ryanwalder on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021). **Describe the bug** I am running the [linuxserver/jellyfin](https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin) container with `/config` mapped to a folder on the host. This works, it saves all configs as expected and survive a stop/start of the container. Having gone through and manually fixed the `Sort Title` for all the movies that needed fixing about a month ago I have just noticed they have since reverted. I have a feeling it could be a metadata agent overwriting the `Sort Title` field due to it surviving a restart of the container/host but overwriting it sometime over the last month. I did notice that the `Sort Title` now gets filled with text by default when scanning a library for the first time where it didn't in previous versions (not sure the exact release this changed). Not sure if that might be related. **System (please complete the following information):** - Host OS: Ubuntu 20.04 - Virtualization: Docker ([linuxserver/jellyfin](https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin)) - Clients: Kodi/Web - Browser: Firefox 89.0.2 (Linux) - Jellyfin Version: 10.7.6 **Docker Compose:** ``` jellyfin: container_name: jellyfin image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest ports: - "8096:8096" - "7359:7359/udp" environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=502 - UMASK=022 - TZ=Europe/London volumes: - /srv/zfs/docker/jellyfin:/config - /srv/zfs/rust/ftp:/media/ftp:ro restart: unless-stopped ``` **To Reproduce** 1. Update `Sort Title` of movie 2. Wait some amount of time (at most, a month) 3. Sort title is gone **Expected behavior** 1. Update `Sort Title` 2. It does not change **Metadata Settings for Library** ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10901150/125101570-43ca0880-e0d2-11eb-9549-65dcf5ed4c61.png)

OVERLORD added the bug label 2026-02-06 22:52:00 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-06 22:52:02 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-06 22:52:07 +03:00

@ryanwalder commented on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021):

I've just done a full Metadata Refresh on the library and can confirm it has blasted the changes to Sort Title.

As per my previous comment the Sort Title field seems to get populated with the movie title minus articles (the, a, etc..), and lowercased. This is pretty pointless as it doesn't actually sort tiles correctly (and you'll have endless arguments as to what is correct!) and is now overwriting user input.

I know you can lock metadata changes for certain titles but IMO this seems overkill for what should be a field that should only be changed by the user and not from a metadata provider/Jellyfin.

Perhaps this should be changed to a feature request for something along the lines "Do not manage Sort Title metadata field"?

@ryanwalder commented on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021): I've just done a full Metadata Refresh on the library and can confirm it has blasted the changes to `Sort Title`. As per my previous comment the `Sort Title` field seems to get populated with the movie title minus articles (the, a, etc..), and lowercased. This is pretty pointless as it doesn't actually sort tiles correctly (and you'll have endless arguments as to what is correct!) and is now overwriting user input. I know you can lock metadata changes for certain titles but IMO this seems overkill for what should be a field that should only be changed by the user and not from a metadata provider/Jellyfin. Perhaps this should be changed to a feature request for something along the lines "Do not manage Sort Title metadata field"?

OVERLORD referenced this issue

2026-02-07 06:00:44 +03:00

[PR #3138] [MERGED] Reduce Excessive Logging From DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware #9354

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