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Metadata providers not fetching full metadata (only poster and description) #6879
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Originally created by @JaneQ14 on GitHub (Apr 6, 2025).
Description of the bug
When refreshing or downloading metadata for movies or TV shows in Jellyfin Server, only limited metadata is retrieved. Specifically, only the poster image and description/overview are successfully fetched. All other metadata fields such as cast, genres, studios, release year, ratings, and others remain empty or are not updated. This issue persists even when manually forcing a full metadata refresh. The problem affects multiple titles and occurs regardless of the metadata provider selected.
Reproduction steps
What is the current bug behavior?
After refreshing metadata, only the poster and description are updated. All other metadata fields (e.g., cast, genre, studio, release year, ratings) are either missing, not updated, or remain blank. This makes the media library incomplete and less informative.
What is the expected correct behavior?
Jellyfin should fetch all available metadata, including the poster, description, cast, genres, studio, release year, and ratings, from the configured metadata providers. A full metadata refresh should populate all relevant fields for the selected media item.
Also, translation titles don't work. Only English titles are displayed.
Jellyfin Server version
10.10.0+
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10.10.7
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@JaneQ14 commented on GitHub (Apr 7, 2025):
Hi everyone,
Apologies for the confusion in my earlier issue.
It turns out that the problem was caused by my VPN – not because it was misconfigured, but because metadata providers are actively blocking connections from my VPN’s IP ranges. This explains why metadata wasn't being fetched correctly.
Everything worked fine before, so I didn't immediately suspect the VPN as the cause. Once I switched to a regular connection, metadata fetching started working again.
Sorry for the false report, and thank you for maintaining Jellyfin!
Best regards