[Issue]: Missing playlists after 10.9.0 update #5699

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-07T02:09:12+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:12 +03:00

Originally created by @FrenchGithubUser on GitHub (May 12, 2024).

Please describe your bug

The folder /var/lib/jellyfin/data/playlists contains more folders than the amount of playlists displayed in jellyfin.

Before updating, I had 44 playlists in jellyfin (which is the amount of folders in the playlists dir), and now only 33. The amount of songs in the playlists seem to be right though.

Reproduction Steps

update to 10.9.0

Jellyfin Version

10.9.0

if other:

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Environment

- OS:debian 12
- Linux Kernel:6.1.0-18-amd64
- Virtualization:none
- Clients:jellyfin-media-player 10.9.0
- Browser:
- FFmpeg Version:
- Playback Method:
- Hardware Acceleration:
- GPU Model:
- Plugins:
- Reverse Proxy:
- Base URL:
- Networking:
- Storage:

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Originally created by @FrenchGithubUser on GitHub (May 12, 2024). ### Please describe your bug The folder `/var/lib/jellyfin/data/playlists` contains more folders than the amount of playlists displayed in jellyfin. Before updating, I had 44 playlists in jellyfin (which is the amount of folders in the `playlists` dir), and now only 33. The amount of songs in the playlists seem to be right though. ### Reproduction Steps update to 10.9.0 ### Jellyfin Version 10.9.0 ### if other: _No response_ ### Environment ```markdown - OS:debian 12 - Linux Kernel:6.1.0-18-amd64 - Virtualization:none - Clients:jellyfin-media-player 10.9.0 - Browser: - FFmpeg Version: - Playback Method: - Hardware Acceleration: - GPU Model: - Plugins: - Reverse Proxy: - Base URL: - Networking: - Storage: ``` ### Jellyfin logs ```shell none ``` ### FFmpeg logs _No response_ ### Please attach any browser or client logs here _No response_ ### Please attach any screenshots here _No response_ ### Code of Conduct - [X] I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

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OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:16 +03:00

@jellyfin-bot commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

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You have not filled in the environment completely.

This is an automated message, currently under testing. Please file an issue here if you encounter any problems.

@jellyfin-bot commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): Hi, it seems like your issue report has the following item(s) that need to be addressed: - You have not filled in the environment completely. This is an automated message, currently under testing. Please file an issue [here](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-triage-scripts/issues) if you encounter any problems.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:17 +03:00

@Shadowghost commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

10.9 transformed playlists to be user specific. If you have playlists created by another user, you don't have access as other users anymore.

@Shadowghost commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): 10.9 transformed playlists to be user specific. If you have playlists created by another user, you don't have access as other users anymore.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:18 +03:00

@FrenchGithubUser commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

10.9 transformed playlists to be user specific. If you have playlists created by another user, you don't have access as other users anymore.

is there a way to assign all playlists to a single user ? or to make playlists public ? I tried editing the field OwnerUserId but that didn't change anything in jellyfin

@FrenchGithubUser commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): > 10.9 transformed playlists to be user specific. If you have playlists created by another user, you don't have access as other users anymore. is there a way to assign all playlists to a single user ? or to make playlists public ? I tried editing the field `OwnerUserId` but that didn't change anything in jellyfin

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:19 +03:00

@Shadowghost commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

Playlists have the field Open access, setting it to true grants all users read access.
We have a full ACL logic with sharing in place but the interface for it wasn't ready for 10.9

@Shadowghost commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): Playlists have the field Open access, setting it to true grants all users read access. We have a full ACL logic with sharing in place but the interface for it wasn't ready for 10.9

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:21 +03:00

@FrenchGithubUser commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):

Playlists have the field Open access, setting it to true grants all users read access. We have a full ACL logic with sharing in place but the interface for it wasn't ready for 10.9

I added <OpenAccess>true</OpenAccess> after the RunningTime tag, in the playlist.xml file, but even after rescanning playlists, it is not accessible by other users. Did I make a typo ?

@FrenchGithubUser commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024): > Playlists have the field Open access, setting it to true grants all users read access. We have a full ACL logic with sharing in place but the interface for it wasn't ready for 10.9 I added `<OpenAccess>true</OpenAccess>` after the `RunningTime` tag, in the playlist.xml file, but even after rescanning playlists, it is not accessible by other users. Did I make a typo ?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:22 +03:00

@FrenchGithubUser commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024):

I ended up finding the api docs : https://api.jellyfin.org/#tag/Playlists/operation/UpdatePlaylist

And sending a request to my server for each playlist :

{
  "Users": [
    {
      "UserId": "user-id",
      "CanEdit": true
    }
  ],
  "IsPublic": true
}

On : https://your-server-url.ext/Playlists/playlist-id

@FrenchGithubUser commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024): I ended up finding the api docs : https://api.jellyfin.org/#tag/Playlists/operation/UpdatePlaylist And sending a request to my server for each playlist : ``` { "Users": [ { "UserId": "user-id", "CanEdit": true } ], "IsPublic": true } ``` On : https://your-server-url.ext/Playlists/playlist-id

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-07 02:09:23 +03:00

@dmill-bz commented on GitHub (Oct 24, 2025):

For those landing here, I had an issue with this as well (all my playlists vanished). The fix was to update the date in the xml files since it was referencing 01/01/0001 00:00:00.
You can do it directly in the XML or if you create a new "testing" playlist in the UI, it will likely show the other playlists at that point. You can then edit metadata and set any date (ex: 02/02/2020) and you should be good to go and can delete the "testing" playlist.

@dmill-bz commented on GitHub (Oct 24, 2025): For those landing here, I had an issue with this as well (all my playlists vanished). The fix was to update the date in the xml files since it was referencing 01/01/0001 00:00:00. You can do it directly in the XML or if you create a new "testing" playlist in the UI, it will likely show the other playlists at that point. You can then edit metadata and set any date (ex: 02/02/2020) and you should be good to go and can delete the "testing" playlist.

OVERLORD referenced this issue

2026-02-07 06:23:33 +03:00

[PR #5699] [MERGED] Add test for ProbeResultNormalizer.GetMediaInfo #10616

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