Playlist collision when using the same name as a playlist created by root #4187

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opened 2026-02-07 00:31:36 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 1 comment
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Originally created by @Andrew-sCode on GitHub (Sep 8, 2022).

Running Jellyfin version 10.8.3 in docker.
I was logged in using the web client.
I created three playlists as the root user, let's say list 1, list 2, list 3.
I wanted to recreate these playlists as my main user, let's call this user, user.
I logged out of root and logged in as user, on the web client.
I created the first list, by adding a show to a New... playlist and named it list 1.
I went to check if the Playlists option was on the Home screen, because this was my first playlist for this user.
The Playlists option was available, I clicked on it, and my newly created playlist was available, along with the three playlists created as root. So the Playlists listed were: list 1, list 1, list 2, and list 3. Notice, list 1 was listed twice. One version had the one show that I had just added.
I deleted the list 1 playlist with the single show, thinking that I misunderstood playlists, and the maybe the playlists created by root were available to all users. But when I went back to Playlists after deleting the newly created playlist, there were no playlists listed/available.

There is some undefined behavior when playlists between a user and root have the same name. This might also extend to any two arbitrary users, but I did not investigate that possibility.

Originally created by @Andrew-sCode on GitHub (Sep 8, 2022). Running Jellyfin version `10.8.3` in `docker`. I was logged in using the web client. I created three playlists as the `root` user, let's say `list 1`, `list 2`, `list 3`. I wanted to recreate these playlists as my main user, let's call this user, `user`. I logged out of `root` and logged in as `user`, on the web client. I created the first list, by adding a show to a `New...` playlist and named it `list 1`. I went to check if the `Playlists` option was on the Home screen, because this was my first playlist for this user. The `Playlists` option was available, I clicked on it, and my newly created playlist was available, along with the three playlists created as `root`. So the Playlists listed were: `list 1`, `list 1`, `list 2`, and `list 3`. Notice, `list 1` was listed twice. One version had the one show that I had just added. I deleted the `list 1` playlist with the single show, thinking that I misunderstood playlists, and the maybe the playlists created by `root` were available to all users. But when I went back to `Playlists` after deleting the newly created playlist, there were no playlists listed/available. There is some undefined behavior when playlists between a user and root have the same name. This might also extend to any two arbitrary users, but I did not investigate that possibility.
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Reference: starred/jellyfin#4187