Preserve Date Added On Rename #798

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opened 2026-02-06 20:07:00 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 2 comments
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Originally created by @eglia on GitHub (Jul 19, 2019).

I use Radarr to automatically download movies. One of its features is to upgrade existing media to higher quality, e.g. from 720p to 1080p. When doing this, it deletes the old file and then adds the new one. This causes Jellyfin to scan the new file into the library and resetting the date added. The upgraded movie now shows up in first position of the "Latest Movies" section on the home page. The same behaviour can be observed by simply renaming the file.

It would be nice if Jellyfin could preserve the date added of a movie if it was already in the database.

Originally created by @eglia on GitHub (Jul 19, 2019). I use Radarr to automatically download movies. One of its features is to upgrade existing media to higher quality, e.g. from 720p to 1080p. When doing this, it deletes the old file and then adds the new one. This causes Jellyfin to scan the new file into the library and resetting the date added. The upgraded movie now shows up in first position of the "Latest Movies" section on the home page. The same behaviour can be observed by simply renaming the file. It would be nice if Jellyfin could preserve the date added of a movie if it was already in the database.
OVERLORD added the enhancement label 2026-02-06 20:07:00 +03:00
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@oddstr13 commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2019):

I think this makes sense for the DB rework

@oddstr13 commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2019): I think this makes sense for the DB rework
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@jellyfin-bot commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

We are moving all feature and enhancement requests to our new Fider platform here. This new platform lets people vote on and better manage such requests.
This request now lives here.

@jellyfin-bot commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): We are moving all feature and enhancement requests to our new Fider platform [here](https://features.jellyfin.org/). This new platform lets people vote on and better manage such requests. This request now lives [here](https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/81/preserve-date-added-on-rename).
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Reference: starred/jellyfin#798