Bump version to 10.11.3

Fixes #15445

.config/dotnet-tools.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "isRoot": true,
   "tools": {
     "dotnet-ef": {
-      "version": "10.0.11",
+      "version": "9.0.10",
       "commands": [
         "dotnet-ef"
       ]

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,31 +1,17 @@
 {
     "name": "Development Jellyfin Server",
-    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/dotnet:10.0-noble",
+    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/dotnet:9.0-bookworm",
     "service": "app",
     "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
     // restores nuget packages, installs the dotnet workloads and installs the dev https certificate
     "postStartCommand": "sudo dotnet restore; sudo dotnet workload update; sudo dotnet dev-certs https --trust; sudo bash \"./.devcontainer/install-ffmpeg.sh\"",
-    // The previous way of installing extensions via the vs command dont work on selfhosted devcontainers
-    "customizations": {
-        "vscode": {
-            "extensions": [
-                "ms-dotnettools.csharp",
-                "editorconfig.editorconfig",
-                "github.vscode-github-actions",
-                "ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime",
-                "ms-dotnettools.csdevkit",
-                "alexcvzz.vscode-sqlite",
-                "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
-                "eamodio.gitlens",
-                "redhat.vscode-xml"
-            ]
-        }
-    },
+    // reads the extensions list and installs them
+    "postAttachCommand": "cat .vscode/extensions.json | jq -r .recommendations[] | xargs -n 1 code --install-extension",
     "features": {
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet:2": {
             "version": "none",
-            "dotnetRuntimeVersions": "10.0",
-            "aspNetCoreRuntimeVersions": "10.0"
+            "dotnetRuntimeVersions": "9.0",
+            "aspNetCoreRuntimeVersions": "9.0"
         },
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/apt-packages:1": {
             "preserve_apt_list": false,
@@ -33,7 +19,7 @@
                 "libfontconfig1"
             ]
         },
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:3": {
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
             "dockerDashComposeVersion": "v2"
         },
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {},

.devcontainer/install-ffmpeg.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common -y
 sudo add-apt-repository universe -y
 
 sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-curl -fsSL https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | sudo gpg --batch --yes --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg
+curl -fsSL https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg
 export VERSION_OS="$( awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )"
 export VERSION_CODENAME="$( awk -F'=' '/^VERSION_CODENAME=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )"
 export DPKG_ARCHITECTURE="$( dpkg --print-architecture )"

.editorconfig

@@ -379,9 +379,6 @@ dotnet_diagnostic.CA1720.severity = suggestion
 # disable warning CA1724: Type names should not match namespaces
 dotnet_diagnostic.CA1724.severity = suggestion
 
-# disable warning CA1873: Avoid potentially expensive logging
-dotnet_diagnostic.CA1873.severity = suggestion
-
 # disable warning CA1805: Do not initialize unnecessarily
 dotnet_diagnostic.CA1805.severity = suggestion
 
@@ -403,10 +400,6 @@ dotnet_diagnostic.CA1861.severity = suggestion
 # disable warning CA2000: Dispose objects before losing scope
 dotnet_diagnostic.CA2000.severity = suggestion
 
-# TODO: Reevaluate when false positives are fixed: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-analyzers/issues/7699
-# disable warning CA2025: Do not pass 'IDisposable' instances into unawaited tasks
-dotnet_diagnostic.CA2025.severity = suggestion
-
 # disable warning CA2253: Named placeholders should not be numeric values
 dotnet_diagnostic.CA2253.severity = suggestion
 

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-# Joshua must review all changes to bump_version and any files it touches
-bump_version                                            @joshuaboniface
-.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE                                  @joshuaboniface
-MediaBrowser.Common/MediaBrowser.Common.csproj          @joshuaboniface
-Jellyfin.Data/Jellyfin.Data.csproj                      @joshuaboniface
-MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj  @joshuaboniface
-MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj            @joshuaboniface
-Emby.Naming/Emby.Naming.csproj                          @joshuaboniface
-src/Jellyfin.Extensions/Jellyfin.Extensions.csproj      @joshuaboniface
-# Core must approve all changes within the repo config
-.github/                                                @jellyfin/core
+# Joshua must review all changes to deployment and build.sh
+.ci/*           @joshuaboniface
+deployment/*    @joshuaboniface
+build.sh        @joshuaboniface

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue report.yml

@@ -87,12 +87,7 @@ body:
       label: Jellyfin Server version
       description: What version of Jellyfin are you using?
       options:
-        - 10.11.11
-        - 10.11.10
-        - 10.11.9
-        - 10.11.8
-        - 10.11.7
-        - 10.11.6
+        - 10.10.0+
         - Master
         - Unstable
         - Older*
@@ -141,14 +136,13 @@ body:
         - **FFmpeg Version**: [e.g. 5.1.2-Jellyfin]
         - **Playback**: [Direct Play, Remux, Direct Stream, Transcode]
         - **Hardware Acceleration**: [e.g. none, VAAPI, NVENC, etc.]
-        - **CPU Model**: [e.g. AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, Intel Core i7-8565U, etc.]
         - **GPU Model**: [e.g. none, UHD630, GTX1050, etc.]
         - **Installed Plugins**: [e.g. none, Fanart, Anime, etc.]
         - **Reverse Proxy**: [e.g. none, nginx, apache, etc.]
         - **Base URL**: [e.g. none, yes: /example]
         - **Networking**: [e.g. Host, Bridge/NAT]
-        - **Jellyfin Data Storage & Filesystem**: [e.g. local SATA SSD - ext4, local HDD - NTFS]
-        - **Media Storage & Filesystem**: [e.g. Local HDD - ext4, SMB Share]
+        - **Jellyfin Data Storage**: [e.g. local SATA SSD, local HDD]
+        - **Media Storage**: [e.g. Local HDD, SMB Share]
         - **External Integrations**: [e.g. Jellystat, Jellyseerr]
       value: |
         - OS:
@@ -159,14 +153,13 @@ body:
         - FFmpeg Version:
         - Playback Method:
         - Hardware Acceleration:
-        - CPU Model:
         - GPU Model:
         - Plugins:
         - Reverse Proxy:
         - Base URL:
         - Networking:
-        - Jellyfin Data Storage & Filesystem:
-        - Media Storage & Filesystem:
+        - Jellyfin Data Storage:
+        - Media Storage:
         - External Integrations:
       render: markdown
     validations:

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 <!--
 Ensure your title is short, descriptive, and in the imperative mood (Fix X, Change Y, instead of Fixed X, Changed Y).
-For a good inspiration of what to write in commit messages and PRs please review https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ and our https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/contributing/issues/ page.
+For a good inspiration of what to write in commit messages and PRs please review https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ and our documentation.
 -->
 
 **Changes**
 <!-- Describe your changes here in 1-5 sentences. -->
 
-**Code assistance**
-<!-- If code assistance was used, describe how it contributed
-e.g., code generated by LLM, explanation of code base, debugging guidance. -->
-
 **Issues**
 <!-- Tag any issues that this PR solves here.
 ex. Fixes # -->

.github/workflows/ci-codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '24 2 * * 4'
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  security-events: write
-
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
@@ -24,21 +20,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-
+      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
       with:
-        dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
+        dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4.37.7
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 # v4.30.9
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         queries: +security-extended
-
     - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4.37.7
-
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 # v4.30.9
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4.37.7
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 # v4.30.9

.github/workflows/ci-compat.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: ABI Compatibility
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
 
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
         with:
-          dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
+          dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 
       - name: Build
         run: |
           dotnet build Jellyfin.Server -o ./out
 
       - name: Upload Head
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: abi-head
           retention-days: 14
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
         with:
-          dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
+          dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 
       - name: Checkout common ancestor
         env:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           dotnet build Jellyfin.Server -o ./out
 
       - name: Upload Head
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: abi-base
           retention-days: 14
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write  #  to create or update comment (peter-evans/create-or-update-comment)
 
     name: ABI - Difference
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - abi-head
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download abi-head
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: abi-head
           path: abi-head
 
       - name: Download abi-base
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: abi-base
           path: abi-base
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
           {
             echo 'body<<EOF'
             for file in Jellyfin.Data.dll MediaBrowser.Common.dll MediaBrowser.Controller.dll MediaBrowser.Model.dll Emby.Naming.dll Jellyfin.Extensions.dll Jellyfin.MediaEncoding.Keyframes.dll Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.dll; do
-              COMPAT_OUTPUT="$( { apicompat --left ./abi-base/${file} --right ./abi-head/${file}; } 2>&1 || true )"
+              COMPAT_OUTPUT="$( { apicompat --left ./abi-base/${file} --right ./abi-head/${file}; } 2>&1 )"
               if [ "APICompat ran successfully without finding any breaking changes." != "${COMPAT_OUTPUT}" ]; then
                 printf "\n${file}\n${COMPAT_OUTPUT}\n"
               fi

.github/workflows/ci-format.yml

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Format
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  # Run formatter against the forked branch, but
-  # do not allow access to secrets
-  # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#workflows-in-forked-repositories
-  pull_request:
-
-env:
-  SDK_VERSION: "10.0.x"
-
-jobs:
-  format-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          dotnet-version: ${{ env.SDK_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Run DotNet Format
-        run: dotnet format --verify-no-changes --verbosity minimal

.github/workflows/ci-openapi.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+name: OpenAPI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  pull_request_target:
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  openapi-head:
+    name: OpenAPI - HEAD
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: read-all
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
+      - name: Generate openapi.json
+        run: dotnet test tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.csproj -c Release --filter "Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.OpenApiSpecTests"
+      - name: Upload openapi.json
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: openapi-head
+          retention-days: 14
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          path: tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/bin/Release/net9.0/openapi.json
+
+  openapi-base:
+    name: OpenAPI - BASE
+    if: ${{ github.base_ref != '' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: read-all
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Checkout common ancestor
+        env:
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+        run: |
+          git remote add upstream https://github.com/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}
+          git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --prune --progress --no-recurse-submodules upstream +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/upstream/* +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+          ANCESTOR_REF=$(git merge-base upstream/${{ github.base_ref }} origin/$HEAD_REF)
+          git checkout --progress --force $ANCESTOR_REF
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
+      - name: Generate openapi.json
+        run: dotnet test tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.csproj -c Release --filter "Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.OpenApiSpecTests"
+      - name: Upload openapi.json
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: openapi-base
+          retention-days: 14
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          path: tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/bin/Release/net9.0/openapi.json
+
+  openapi-diff:
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write  #  to create or update comment (peter-evans/create-or-update-comment)
+
+    name: OpenAPI - Difference
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - openapi-head
+      - openapi-base
+    steps:
+      - name: Download openapi-head
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: openapi-head
+          path: openapi-head
+      - name: Download openapi-base
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: openapi-base
+          path: openapi-base
+      - name: Workaround openapi-diff issue
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/"allOf"/"oneOf"/g' openapi-head/openapi.json
+          sed -i 's/"allOf"/"oneOf"/g' openapi-base/openapi.json
+      - name: Calculate OpenAPI difference
+        uses: docker://openapitools/openapi-diff
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          args: --fail-on-changed --markdown openapi-changes.md openapi-base/openapi.json openapi-head/openapi.json
+      - id: read-diff
+        name: Read openapi-diff output
+        run: |
+          # Read and fix markdown
+          body=$(cat openapi-changes.md)
+          # Write to workflow summary
+          echo "$body" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          # Set ApiChanged var
+          if [ "$body" != '' ]; then
+            echo "ApiChanged=1" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "ApiChanged=0" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+          # Add header/footer for diff comment
+          echo '<!--openapi-diff-workflow-comment-->' > openapi-changes-reply.md
+          echo "<details>" >> openapi-changes-reply.md
+          echo "<summary>Changes in OpenAPI specification found. Expand to see details.</summary>" >> openapi-changes-reply.md
+          echo "" >> openapi-changes-reply.md
+          echo "$body" >> openapi-changes-reply.md
+          echo "" >> openapi-changes-reply.md
+          echo "</details>" >> openapi-changes-reply.md
+      - name: Find difference comment
+        uses: peter-evans/find-comment@b30e6a3c0ed37e7c023ccd3f1db5c6c0b0c23aad # v4.0.0
+        id: find-comment
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          direction: last
+          body-includes: openapi-diff-workflow-comment
+      - name: Reply or edit difference comment (changed)
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5.0.0
+        if: ${{ steps.read-diff.outputs.ApiChanged == '1' }}
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
+          edit-mode: replace
+          body-path: openapi-changes-reply.md
+      - name: Edit difference comment (unchanged)
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5.0.0
+        if: ${{ steps.read-diff.outputs.ApiChanged == '0' && steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id != '' }}
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
+          edit-mode: replace
+          body: |
+            <!--openapi-diff-workflow-comment-->
+
+            No changes to OpenAPI specification found. See history of this comment for previous changes.
+
+  publish-unstable:
+    name: OpenAPI - Publish Unstable Spec
+    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && contains(github.repository_owner, 'jellyfin') }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - openapi-head
+    steps:
+      - name: Set unstable dated version
+        id: version
+        run: |-
+          echo "JELLYFIN_VERSION=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Download openapi-head
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: openapi-head
+          path: openapi-head
+      - name: Upload openapi.json (unstable) to repository server
+        uses: appleboy/scp-action@ff85246acaad7bdce478db94a363cd2bf7c90345 # v1.0.0
+        with:
+          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
+          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
+          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
+          source: openapi-head/openapi.json
+          strip_components: 1
+          target: "/srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}"
+      - name: Move openapi.json (unstable) into place
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@2ead5e36573f08b82fbfce1504f1a4b05a647c6f # v1.2.2
+        with:
+          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
+          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
+          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
+          debug: false
+          script_stop: false
+          script: |
+            if ! test -d /run/workflows; then
+                sudo mkdir -p /run/workflows
+                sudo chown ${{ secrets.REPO_USER }} /run/workflows
+            fi
+            (
+            flock -x -w 300 200 || exit 1
+            TGT_DIR="/srv/repository/main/openapi"
+            LAST_SPEC="$( ls -lt ${TGT_DIR}/unstable/ | grep 'jellyfin-openapi' | head -1 | awk '{ print $NF }' )"
+            # If new and previous spec don't differ (diff retcode 0), remove incoming and finish
+            if diff /srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/unstable/${LAST_SPEC} &>/dev/null; then
+                rm -r /srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}
+                exit 0
+            fi
+            # Move new spec into place
+            sudo mv /srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json
+            # Delete previous jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
+            sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
+            # Move current jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json symlink to jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
+            sudo mv ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
+            # Create new jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json symlink
+            sudo ln -s unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json
+            # Check that the previous openapi unstable spec link is correct
+            if [[ "$( readlink ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json )" != "unstable/${LAST_SPEC}" ]]; then
+                sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
+                sudo ln -s unstable/${LAST_SPEC} ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
+            fi
+            ) 200>/run/workflows/openapi-unstable.lock
+
+  publish-stable:
+    name: OpenAPI - Publish Stable Spec
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && contains(github.repository_owner, 'jellyfin') }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - openapi-head
+    steps:
+      - name: Set version number
+        id: version
+        run: |-
+          echo "JELLYFIN_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Download openapi-head
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: openapi-head
+          path: openapi-head
+      - name: Upload openapi.json (stable) to repository server
+        uses: appleboy/scp-action@ff85246acaad7bdce478db94a363cd2bf7c90345 # v1.0.0
+        with:
+          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
+          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
+          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
+          source: openapi-head/openapi.json
+          strip_components: 1
+          target: "/srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}"
+      - name: Move openapi.json (stable) into place
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@2ead5e36573f08b82fbfce1504f1a4b05a647c6f # v1.2.2
+        with:
+          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
+          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
+          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
+          debug: false
+          script_stop: false
+          script: |
+            if ! test -d /run/workflows; then
+                sudo mkdir -p /run/workflows
+                sudo chown ${{ secrets.REPO_USER }} /run/workflows
+            fi
+            (
+            flock -x -w 300 200 || exit 1
+            TGT_DIR="/srv/repository/main/openapi"
+            LAST_SPEC="$( ls -lt ${TGT_DIR}/stable/ | grep 'jellyfin-openapi' | head -1 | awk '{ print $NF }' )"
+            # If new and previous spec don't differ (diff retcode 0), remove incoming and finish
+            if diff /srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/stable/${LAST_SPEC} &>/dev/null; then
+                rm -r /srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}
+                exit 0
+            fi
+            # Move new spec into place
+            sudo mv /srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json
+            # Delete previous jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
+            sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
+            # Move current jellyfin-openapi-stable.json symlink to jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
+            sudo mv ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
+            # Create new jellyfin-openapi-stable.json symlink
+            sudo ln -s stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable.json
+            # Check that the previous openapi stable spec link is correct
+            if [[ "$( readlink ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json )" != "stable/${LAST_SPEC}" ]]; then
+                sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
+                sudo ln -s stable/${LAST_SPEC} ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
+            fi
+            ) 200>/run/workflows/openapi-stable.lock

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  SDK_VERSION: "10.0.x"
+  SDK_VERSION: "9.0.x"
 
 jobs:
   run-tests:
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
         with:
           dotnet-version: ${{ env.SDK_VERSION }}
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           --verbosity minimal
 
       - name: Merge code coverage results
-        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@d3ebf1f760f7d8ab92cc44d9bcfee7ad73722a31 # v5.5.11
+        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@9870ed167742d546b99962ff815fcc1098355ed8 # v5.4.17
         with:
           reports: "**/coverage.cobertura.xml"
           targetdir: "merged/"

.github/workflows/commands.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     types:
       - created
       - edited
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
     types:
       - labeled
       - synchronize
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           reactions: '+1'
 
       - name: Checkout the latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -36,23 +36,20 @@ jobs:
 
   rename:
     name: Rename
-    if: contains(github.event.comment.body, '@jellyfin-bot rename')
+    if: contains(github.event.comment.body, '@jellyfin-bot rename') && github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: pull in script
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           repository: jellyfin/jellyfin-triage-script
-
       - name: install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.14'
           cache: 'pip'
-
       - name: install python packages
         run: pip install -r rename/requirements.txt
-
       - name: run rename script
         run: python3 rename.py
         working-directory: ./rename

.github/workflows/issue-stale.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ contains(github.repository, 'jellyfin/') }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@4391f3da665fdf50b6810c1a66712fb9ba21aa93 # v11.0.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10.1.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ascending: true

.github/workflows/issue-template-check.yml

@@ -10,19 +10,16 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     steps:
       - name: pull in script
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           repository: jellyfin/jellyfin-triage-script
-
       - name: install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.14'
           cache: 'pip'
-
       - name: install python packages
         run: pip install -r main-repo-triage/requirements.txt
-
       - name: check and comment issue
         working-directory: ./main-repo-triage
         run: python3 single_issue_gha.py

.github/workflows/openapi-generate.yml

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: OpenAPI Generate
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      ref:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      repository:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      artifact:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  main:
-    name: Main
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout Repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
-        repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
-
-    - name: Configure .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
-
-    - name: Create File
-      run: dotnet test tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.csproj -c Release --filter Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.OpenApiSpecTests
-
-    - name: Upload Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
-      with:
-        name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
-        path: tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/bin/Release/net10.0/openapi.json
-        retention-days: 14
-        if-no-files-found: error

.github/workflows/openapi-merge.yml

@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-name: OpenAPI Publish
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish-openapi:
-    name: OpenAPI - Publish Artifact
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/openapi-generate.yml
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    with:
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
-      repository: ${{ github.repository }}
-      artifact: openapi-head
-
-  publish-unstable:
-    name: OpenAPI - Publish Unstable Spec
-    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && contains(github.repository_owner, 'jellyfin') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-    - publish-openapi
-    steps:
-      - name: Set unstable dated version
-        id: version
-        run: |-
-          echo "JELLYFIN_VERSION=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Download openapi-head
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
-        with:
-          name: openapi-head
-          path: openapi-head
-      - name: Upload openapi.json (unstable) to repository server
-        uses: appleboy/scp-action@ff85246acaad7bdce478db94a363cd2bf7c90345 # v1.0.0
-        with:
-          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
-          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
-          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
-          source: openapi-head/openapi.json
-          strip_components: 1
-          target: "/srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}"
-      - name: Move openapi.json (unstable) into place
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@0ff4204d59e8e51228ff73bce53f80d53301dee2 # v1.2.5
-        with:
-          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
-          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
-          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
-          debug: false
-          script: |
-            if ! test -d /run/workflows; then
-                sudo mkdir -p /run/workflows
-                sudo chown ${{ secrets.REPO_USER }} /run/workflows
-            fi
-            (
-            flock -x -w 300 200 || exit 1
-            TGT_DIR="/srv/repository/main/openapi"
-            LAST_SPEC="$( ls -lt ${TGT_DIR}/unstable/ | grep 'jellyfin-openapi' | head -1 | awk '{ print $NF }' )"
-            # If new and previous spec don't differ (diff retcode 0), remove incoming and finish
-            if diff /srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/unstable/${LAST_SPEC} &>/dev/null; then
-                rm -r /srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}
-                exit 0
-            fi
-            # Move new spec into place
-            sudo mv /srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json
-            # Delete previous jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
-            sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
-            # Move current jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json symlink to jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
-            sudo mv ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
-            # Create new jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json symlink
-            sudo ln -s unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable.json
-            # Check that the previous openapi unstable spec link is correct
-            if [[ "$( readlink ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json )" != "unstable/${LAST_SPEC}" ]]; then
-                sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
-                sudo ln -s unstable/${LAST_SPEC} ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-unstable_previous.json
-            fi
-            ) 200>/run/workflows/openapi-unstable.lock
-
-  publish-stable:
-    name: OpenAPI - Publish Stable Spec
-    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && contains(github.repository_owner, 'jellyfin') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-    - publish-openapi
-    steps:
-      - name: Set version number
-        id: version
-        run: |-
-          echo "JELLYFIN_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Download openapi-head
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
-        with:
-          name: openapi-head
-          path: openapi-head
-      - name: Upload openapi.json (stable) to repository server
-        uses: appleboy/scp-action@ff85246acaad7bdce478db94a363cd2bf7c90345 # v1.0.0
-        with:
-          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
-          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
-          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
-          source: openapi-head/openapi.json
-          strip_components: 1
-          target: "/srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}"
-      - name: Move openapi.json (stable) into place
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@0ff4204d59e8e51228ff73bce53f80d53301dee2 # v1.2.5
-        with:
-          host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
-          username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
-          key: "${{ secrets.REPO_KEY }}"
-          debug: false
-          script: |
-            if ! test -d /run/workflows; then
-                sudo mkdir -p /run/workflows
-                sudo chown ${{ secrets.REPO_USER }} /run/workflows
-            fi
-            (
-            flock -x -w 300 200 || exit 1
-            TGT_DIR="/srv/repository/main/openapi"
-            LAST_SPEC="$( ls -lt ${TGT_DIR}/stable/ | grep 'jellyfin-openapi' | head -1 | awk '{ print $NF }' )"
-            # If new and previous spec don't differ (diff retcode 0), remove incoming and finish
-            if diff /srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/stable/${LAST_SPEC} &>/dev/null; then
-                rm -r /srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}
-                exit 0
-            fi
-            # Move new spec into place
-            sudo mv /srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}/openapi.json ${TGT_DIR}/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json
-            # Delete previous jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
-            sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
-            # Move current jellyfin-openapi-stable.json symlink to jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
-            sudo mv ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
-            # Create new jellyfin-openapi-stable.json symlink
-            sudo ln -s stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}.json ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable.json
-            # Check that the previous openapi stable spec link is correct
-            if [[ "$( readlink ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json )" != "stable/${LAST_SPEC}" ]]; then
-                sudo rm ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
-                sudo ln -s stable/${LAST_SPEC} ${TGT_DIR}/jellyfin-openapi-stable_previous.json
-            fi
-            ) 200>/run/workflows/openapi-stable.lock

.github/workflows/openapi-pull-request.yml

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-name: OpenAPI Check
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  ancestor:
-    name: Common Ancestor
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      base_ref: ${{ steps.ancestor.outputs.base_ref }}
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout Repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Search History
-      id: ancestor
-      run: |
-        git remote add upstream https://github.com/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}
-        git fetch --prune --progress --no-recurse-submodules upstream +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/upstream/* +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
-
-        ANCESTOR_REF=$(git merge-base upstream/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD)
-
-        echo "ref: ${ANCESTOR_REF}"
-
-        echo "base_ref=${ANCESTOR_REF}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-  head:
-    name: Head Artifact
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/openapi-generate.yml
-    with:
-      ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-      repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-      artifact: openapi-head
-
-  base:
-    name: Base Artifact
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/openapi-generate.yml
-    needs:
-    - ancestor
-    with:
-      ref: ${{ needs.ancestor.outputs.base_ref }}
-      repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}
-      artifact: openapi-base
-
-  diff:
-    name: Generate Report
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-    - head
-    - base
-    steps:
-    - name: Download Head
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
-      with:
-        name: openapi-head
-        path: openapi-head
-    - name: Download Base
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
-      with:
-        name: openapi-base
-        path: openapi-base
-    - name: Detect Changes
-      id: openapi-diff
-      run: |
-        sed -i 's:allOf:oneOf:g' openapi-head/openapi.json
-        sed -i 's:allOf:oneOf:g' openapi-base/openapi.json
-
-        mkdir -p /tmp/openapi-report
-        mv openapi-head/openapi.json /tmp/openapi-report/head.json
-        mv openapi-base/openapi.json /tmp/openapi-report/base.json
-
-        docker run -v /tmp/openapi-report:/data openapitools/openapi-diff:2.1.6 /data/base.json /data/head.json --state -l ERROR --markdown /data/openapi-report.md
-    - name: Upload Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
-      with:
-        name: openapi-report
-        path: /tmp/openapi-report/openapi-report.md

.github/workflows/openapi-workflow-run.yml

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: OpenAPI Report
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows:
-    - OpenAPI Check
-    types:
-    - completed
-
-jobs:
-  metadata:
-    name: Generate Metadata
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-    outputs:
-      pr_number: ${{ steps.pr_number.outputs.pr_number }}
-    steps:
-    - name: Get Pull Request Number
-      id: pr_number
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
-      run: |
-        API_RESPONSE=$(gh pr list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --search "${HEAD_SHA}" --state open --json number)
-        PR_NUMBER=$(echo "${API_RESPONSE}" | jq '.[0].number')
-
-        echo "repository: ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-        echo "sha: ${HEAD_SHA}"
-        echo "response: ${API_RESPONSE}"
-        echo "pr: ${PR_NUMBER}"
-
-        echo "pr_number=${PR_NUMBER}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-  comment:
-    name: Pull Request Comment
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-    needs:
-    - metadata
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-    - name: Download OpenAPI Report
-      id: download_report
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
-      with:
-        name: openapi-report
-        path: openapi-report
-        run-id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
-        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    - name: Push Comment
-      uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@24bffb9b452ba05a4f3f77933840a6a841d1b32b # v3.0.1
-      with:
-        github-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
-        file-path: ${{ steps.download_report.outputs.download-path }}/openapi-report.md
-        pr-number: ${{ needs.metadata.outputs.pr_number }}
-        comment-tag: openapi-report

.github/workflows/project-automation.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
   issue_comment:
 
 permissions: {}
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           project: Current Release
           action: delete
-          column: In progress
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Add to 'Release Next' project

.github/workflows/pull-request-conflict.yml

@@ -5,19 +5,18 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request_target:
-    types: [synchronize]
+  issue_comment:
 
 permissions: {}
 jobs:
-  main:
+  label:
+    name: Labeling
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pull-requests: write
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'jellyfin/jellyfin' }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'jellyfin/jellyfin' && github.event.issue.pull_request }}
     steps:
       - name: Apply label
-        uses: eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict@0273be72a0bbd58fcd71d0d6c02c209b50d1e5e1 # v3.1.0
+        uses: eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict@1df065ebe6e3310545d4f4c4e862e43bdca146f0 # v3.0.3
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'}}
         with:
           dirtyLabel: 'merge conflict'
           commentOnDirty: 'This pull request has merge conflicts. Please resolve the conflicts so the PR can be successfully reviewed and merged.'

.github/workflows/pull-request-stale.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ contains(github.repository, 'jellyfin/') }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@4391f3da665fdf50b6810c1a66712fb9ba21aa93 # v11.0.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10.1.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ascending: true

.github/workflows/release-bump-version.yaml

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ jobs:
           timeoutSeconds: 3600
 
       - name: Setup YQ
-        uses: chrisdickinson/setup-yq@fa3192edd79d6eb0e4e12de8dde3a0c26f2b853b # latest
+        uses: chrisdickinson/setup-yq@latest
         with:
           yq-version: v4.9.8
 
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TAG_BRANCH }}
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       NEXT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TAG_BRANCH }}
 

.gitignore

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ local.properties
 .classpath
 .settings/
 .loadpath
-*.lscache
 
 # External tool builders
 .externalToolBuilders/
@@ -278,7 +277,3 @@ apiclient/generated
 
 # Omnisharp crash logs
 mono_crash.*.json
-
-# Devcontainer temp files
-.devcontainer/devcontainer-lock.json
-dotnet/

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             "type": "coreclr",
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "build",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server/bin/Debug/net10.0/jellyfin.dll",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server/bin/Debug/net9.0/jellyfin.dll",
             "args": [],
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server",
             "console": "internalConsole",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             "type": "coreclr",
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "build",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server/bin/Debug/net10.0/jellyfin.dll",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server/bin/Debug/net9.0/jellyfin.dll",
             "args": ["--nowebclient"],
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server",
             "console": "internalConsole",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             "type": "coreclr",
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "build",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server/bin/Debug/net10.0/jellyfin.dll",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server/bin/Debug/net9.0/jellyfin.dll",
             "args": ["--nowebclient", "--ffmpeg", "/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"],
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Jellyfin.Server",
             "console": "internalConsole",

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Jellyfin Contributors
 
- - [0x25CBFC4F](https://github.com/0x25CBFC4F)
  - [1337joe](https://github.com/1337joe)
  - [97carmine](https://github.com/97carmine)
  - [Abbe98](https://github.com/Abbe98)
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
  - [bilde2910](https://github.com/bilde2910)
  - [bfayers](https://github.com/bfayers)
  - [BnMcG](https://github.com/BnMcG)
- - [Bond_009](https://github.com/Bond-009)
+ - [Bond-009](https://github.com/Bond-009)
  - [brianjmurrell](https://github.com/brianjmurrell)
  - [bugfixin](https://github.com/bugfixin)
  - [chaosinnovator](https://github.com/chaosinnovator)
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
  - [DaveChild](https://github.com/DaveChild)
  - [DavidFair](https://github.com/DavidFair)
  - [Delgan](https://github.com/Delgan)
- - [DerMaddis](https://github.com/dermaddis)
  - [Derpipose](https://github.com/Derpipose)
  - [dcrdev](https://github.com/dcrdev)
  - [dhartung](https://github.com/dhartung)
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@
  - [geilername](https://github.com/geilername)
  - [GermanCoding](https://github.com/GermanCoding)
  - [gnattu](https://github.com/gnattu)
- - [gnuyent](https://github.com/gnuyent)
  - [GodTamIt](https://github.com/GodTamIt)
  - [grafixeyehero](https://github.com/grafixeyehero)
  - [h1nk](https://github.com/h1nk)
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@
  - [HelloWorld017](https://github.com/HelloWorld017)
  - [ikomhoog](https://github.com/ikomhoog)
  - [iwalton3](https://github.com/iwalton3)
- - [Jakob Kukla](https://github.com/jakobkukla)
  - [jftuga](https://github.com/jftuga)
  - [jkhsjdhjs](https://github.com/jkhsjdhjs)
  - [jmshrv](https://github.com/jmshrv)
@@ -73,10 +69,8 @@
  - [JustAMan](https://github.com/JustAMan)
  - [justinfenn](https://github.com/justinfenn)
  - [JPVenson](https://github.com/JPVenson)
- - [JPUC1143](https://github.com/Jpuc1143/)
  - [KerryRJ](https://github.com/KerryRJ)
  - [Larvitar](https://github.com/Larvitar)
- - [lbenini](https://github.com/lbenini)
  - [LeoVerto](https://github.com/LeoVerto)
  - [Liggy](https://github.com/Liggy)
  - [lmaonator](https://github.com/lmaonator)
@@ -89,20 +83,15 @@
  - [marius-luca-87](https://github.com/marius-luca-87)
  - [mark-monteiro](https://github.com/mark-monteiro)
  - [MarkCiliaVincenti](https://github.com/MarkCiliaVincenti)
- - [Martin Reuter](https://github.com/reuterma24)
- - [Matt Teahan](https://github.com/matt-teahan)
  - [Matt07211](https://github.com/Matt07211)
- - [Matthew Jones](https://github.com/matthew-jones-uk)
  - [Maxr1998](https://github.com/Maxr1998)
  - [mcarlton00](https://github.com/mcarlton00)
- - [Michael McElroy](https://github.com/mcmcelro)
  - [mitchfizz05](https://github.com/mitchfizz05)
  - [mohd-akram](https://github.com/mohd-akram)
  - [MrTimscampi](https://github.com/MrTimscampi)
  - [n8225](https://github.com/n8225)
  - [Nalsai](https://github.com/Nalsai)
  - [Narfinger](https://github.com/Narfinger)
- - [Nathan McCrina](https://github.com/nfmccrina)
  - [NathanPickard](https://github.com/NathanPickard)
  - [neilsb](https://github.com/neilsb)
  - [nevado](https://github.com/nevado)
@@ -113,26 +102,21 @@
  - [OancaAndrei](https://github.com/OancaAndrei)
  - [obradovichv](https://github.com/obradovichv)
  - [oddstr13](https://github.com/oddstr13)
- - [olsh](https://github.com/olsh)
  - [orryverducci](https://github.com/orryverducci)
- - [PCEWLKR](https://github.com/PCEWLKR)
  - [petermcneil](https://github.com/petermcneil)
  - [Phlogi](https://github.com/Phlogi)
  - [pjeanjean](https://github.com/pjeanjean)
  - [ploughpuff](https://github.com/ploughpuff)
- - [poytiis](https://github.com/poytiis)
  - [pR0Ps](https://github.com/pR0Ps)
  - [PrplHaz4](https://github.com/PrplHaz4)
  - [RazeLighter777](https://github.com/RazeLighter777)
  - [redSpoutnik](https://github.com/redSpoutnik)
  - [ringmatter](https://github.com/ringmatter)
- - [Robert Lützner](https://github.com/rluetzner)
  - [ryan-hartzell](https://github.com/ryan-hartzell)
  - [s0urcelab](https://github.com/s0urcelab)
  - [sachk](https://github.com/sachk)
  - [sammyrc34](https://github.com/sammyrc34)
  - [samuel9554](https://github.com/samuel9554)
- - [SapientGuardian](https://github.com/SapientGuardian)
  - [scheidleon](https://github.com/scheidleon)
  - [sebPomme](https://github.com/sebPomme)
  - [SegiH](https://github.com/SegiH)
@@ -142,8 +126,6 @@
  - [sl1288](https://github.com/sl1288)
  - [Smith00101010](https://github.com/Smith00101010)
  - [sorinyo2004](https://github.com/sorinyo2004)
- - [Soumyadip Auddy](https://github.com/SoumyadipAuddy)
- - [st7105](https://github.com/st7105)
  - [sparky8251](https://github.com/sparky8251)
  - [spookbits](https://github.com/spookbits)
  - [ssenart](https://github.com/ssenart)
@@ -166,14 +148,12 @@
  - [twinkybot](https://github.com/twinkybot)
  - [Ullmie02](https://github.com/Ullmie02)
  - [Unhelpful](https://github.com/Unhelpful)
- - [Utku Özdemir](https://github.com/utkuozdemir)
  - [viaregio](https://github.com/viaregio)
  - [vitorsemeano](https://github.com/vitorsemeano)
  - [voodoos](https://github.com/voodoos)
  - [whooo](https://github.com/whooo)
  - [WiiPlayer2](https://github.com/WiiPlayer2)
  - [WillWill56](https://github.com/WillWill56)
- - [WizardOfYendor1](https://github.com/WizardOfYendor1)
  - [wtayl0r](https://github.com/wtayl0r)
  - [Wuerfelbecher](https://github.com/Wuerfelbecher)
  - [Wunax](https://github.com/Wunax)
@@ -183,7 +163,6 @@
  - [XVicarious](https://github.com/XVicarious)
  - [YouKnowBlom](https://github.com/YouKnowBlom)
  - [ZachPhelan](https://github.com/ZachPhelan)
- - [ZeusCraft10](https://github.com/ZeusCraft10)
  - [KristupasSavickas](https://github.com/KristupasSavickas)
  - [Pusta](https://github.com/pusta)
  - [nielsvanvelzen](https://github.com/nielsvanvelzen)
@@ -226,21 +205,6 @@
  - [theshoeshiner](https://github.com/theshoeshiner)
  - [TokerX](https://github.com/TokerX)
  - [GeneMarks](https://github.com/GeneMarks)
- - [Kirill Nikiforov](https://github.com/allmazz)
- - [bjorntp](https://github.com/bjorntp)
- - [martenumberto](https://github.com/martenumberto)
- - [ZeusCraft10](https://github.com/ZeusCraft10)
- - [MarcoCoreDuo](https://github.com/MarcoCoreDuo)
- - [LiHRaM](https://github.com/LiHRaM)
- - [MSalman5230](https://github.com/MSalman5230)
- - [dwandw](https://github.com/dwandw)
- - [Lampan-git](https://github.com/Lampan-git)
- - [elio42](https://github.com/elio42)
- - [rwebster85](https://github.com/rwebster85)
- - [Florin-Popescu](https://github.com/Florin-Popescu)
- - [m0g3r](https://github.com/m0g3r)
- - [martin-77](https://github.com/martin-77)
- - [Oggeb1](https://github.com/Oggeb1)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 
@@ -251,7 +215,7 @@
  - [Mark2xv](https://github.com/Mark2xv)
  - [ScottRapsey](https://github.com/ScottRapsey)
  - [skynet600](https://github.com/skynet600)
- - [Cheesegeezer](https://github.com/Cheesegeezer)
+ - [Cheesegeezer](https://githum.com/Cheesegeezer)
  - [Radeon](https://github.com/radeonorama)
  - [gcw07](https://github.com/gcw07)
  - [SivaramAdhiappan](https://github.com/shivaram1190)
@@ -304,3 +268,16 @@
  - [tikuf](https://github.com/tikuf/)
  - [Tim Hobbs](https://github.com/timhobbs)
  - [SvenVandenbrande](https://github.com/SvenVandenbrande)
+ - [olsh](https://github.com/olsh)
+ - [lbenini](https://github.com/lbenini)
+ - [gnuyent](https://github.com/gnuyent)
+ - [Matthew Jones](https://github.com/matthew-jones-uk)
+ - [Jakob Kukla](https://github.com/jakobkukla)
+ - [Utku Özdemir](https://github.com/utkuozdemir)
+ - [JPUC1143](https://github.com/Jpuc1143/)
+ - [0x25CBFC4F](https://github.com/0x25CBFC4F)
+ - [Robert Lützner](https://github.com/rluetzner)
+ - [Nathan McCrina](https://github.com/nfmccrina)
+ - [Martin Reuter](https://github.com/reuterma24)
+ - [Michael McElroy](https://github.com/mcmcelro)
+ - [Soumyadip Auddy](https://github.com/SoumyadipAuddy)

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -4,87 +4,96 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Run "dotnet list package (dash,dash)outdated" to see the latest versions of each package.-->
   <ItemGroup Label="Package Dependencies">
-    <PackageVersion Include="AsyncKeyedLock" Version="8.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="AsyncKeyedLock" Version="7.1.7" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AutoFixture.AutoMoq" Version="4.18.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="AutoFixture.Xunit3" Version="4.19.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="AutoFixture.Xunit2" Version="4.18.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AutoFixture" Version="4.18.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="BDInfo" Version="0.8.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="BitFaster.Caching" Version="2.6.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="BitFaster.Caching" Version="2.5.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="BlurHashSharp.SkiaSharp" Version="1.4.0-pre.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="BlurHashSharp" Version="1.4.0-pre.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="2.9.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="10.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Diacritics" Version="4.1.8" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Diacritics" Version="4.0.17" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DiscUtils.Udf" Version="0.16.13" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DotNet.Glob" Version="3.1.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="FsCheck.Xunit.v3" Version="3.3.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets.Linux" Version="8.3.1.5" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FsCheck.Xunit" Version="3.3.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets.Linux" Version="8.3.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ICU4N.Transliterator" Version="60.1.0-alpha.356" />
     <PackageVersion Include="IDisposableAnalyzers" Version="4.0.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Ignore" Version="0.2.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Jellyfin.XmlTv" Version="10.12.0-pre1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Jellyfin.XmlTv" Version="10.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="libse" Version="4.0.12" />
     <PackageVersion Include="LrcParser" Version="2025.623.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="MetaBrainz.MusicBrainz" Version="8.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers" Version="5.6.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="5.9.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="5.9.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="5.9.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="10.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.9.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="MetaBrainz.MusicBrainz" Version="6.1.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers" Version="4.14.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="4.14.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.14.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.11.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MimeTypes" Version="2.5.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Morestachio" Version="5.0.1.670" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Morestachio" Version="5.0.1.631" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NEbml" Version="1.1.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="PDFtoImage" Version="5.2.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="PlaylistsNET" Version="1.4.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net.AspNetCore" Version="8.2.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net.DotNetRuntime" Version="4.4.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net" Version="8.2.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Polly" Version="8.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="10.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Polly" Version="8.6.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Enrichers.Thread" Version="4.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Expressions" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="10.0.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Async" Version="2.1.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.1.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Graylog" Version="3.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SerilogAnalyzer" Version="0.15.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.50.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="SharpFuzz" Version="2.3.0" />
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-    <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz" Version="3.119.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux" Version="3.119.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SharpFuzz" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <!-- Pinned to 3.116.1 because https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/pull/14255 -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp" Version="3.116.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz" Version="3.116.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux" Version="3.116.1" />
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-    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.ReDoc" Version="10.2.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="10.2.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.11" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Svg.Skia" Version="3.2.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.ReDoc" Version="6.5.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.2.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Globalization" Version="4.3.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow" Version="9.0.10" />
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-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.v3" Version="3.2.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.v3.Priority" Version="1.1.18" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="z440.atl.core" Version="7.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="TMDbLib" Version="2.3.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.Priority" Version="1.1.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.SkippableFact" Version="1.5.23" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

Emby.Naming/AudioBook/AudioBookNameParserResult.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#pragma warning disable CA1815
-
 namespace Emby.Naming.AudioBook
 {
     /// <summary>

Emby.Naming/Book/BookFileNameParser.cs

@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-
-namespace Emby.Naming.Book
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Helper class to retrieve basic metadata from a book filename.
-    /// </summary>
-    public static partial class BookFileNameParser
-    {
-        private const string NameMatchGroup = "name";
-        private const string IndexMatchGroup = "index";
-        private const string YearMatchGroup = "year";
-        private const string SeriesNameMatchGroup = "seriesName";
-
-        private static readonly Regex[] _nameMatches =
-        [
-            // seriesName (seriesYear) #index (of count) (year) where only seriesName and index are required
-            new Regex(@"^(?<seriesName>.+?)((\s\((?<seriesYear>[0-9]{4})\))?)\s#(?<index>[0-9]+)(?:\.0)?((\s\(of\s(?<count>[0-9]+)\))?)((\s\((?<year>[0-9]{4})\))?)$"),
-            new Regex(@"^(?<name>.+?)\s\((?<seriesName>.+?),\s#(?<index>[0-9]+)\)(?:\.0)?((\s\((?<year>[0-9]{4})\))?)$"),
-            new Regex(@"^(?<index>[0-9]+)(?:\.0)?\s\-\s(?<name>.+?)((\s\((?<year>[0-9]{4})\))?)$"),
-            new Regex(@"(?<name>.*)\((?<year>[0-9]{4})\)"),
-            // last resort matches the whole string as the name
-            new Regex(@"(?<name>.*)")
-        ];
-
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"^(?<name>.+?)(\sv(?<volume>[0-9]+))?(\sc(?<chapter>[0-9]+))?$")]
-        private static partial Regex ComicRegex();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Parse a filename name to retrieve the book name, series name, index, and year.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">Book filename to parse for information.</param>
-        /// <returns>Returns <see cref="BookFileNameParserResult"/> object.</returns>
-        public static BookFileNameParserResult Parse(string? name)
-        {
-            var result = new BookFileNameParserResult();
-
-            if (name == null)
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            foreach (var regex in _nameMatches)
-            {
-                var match = regex.Match(name);
-
-                if (!match.Success)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (match.Groups.TryGetValue(NameMatchGroup, out Group? nameGroup) && nameGroup.Success)
-                {
-                    var comicMatch = ComicRegex().Match(nameGroup.Value.Trim());
-
-                    if (comicMatch.Success)
-                    {
-                        if (comicMatch.Groups.TryGetValue("volume", out Group? volumeGroup) && volumeGroup.Success && int.TryParse(volumeGroup.ValueSpan, out var volume))
-                        {
-                            result.ParentIndex = volume;
-                        }
-
-                        if (comicMatch.Groups.TryGetValue("chapter", out Group? chapterGroup) && chapterGroup.Success && int.TryParse(chapterGroup.ValueSpan, out var chapter))
-                        {
-                            result.Index = chapter;
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    result.Name = nameGroup.ValueSpan.Trim().ToString();
-                }
-
-                if (match.Groups.TryGetValue(IndexMatchGroup, out Group? indexGroup) && indexGroup.Success && int.TryParse(indexGroup.Value, out var index))
-                {
-                    result.Index = index;
-                }
-
-                if (match.Groups.TryGetValue(YearMatchGroup, out Group? yearGroup) && yearGroup.Success && int.TryParse(yearGroup.Value, out var year))
-                {
-                    result.Year = year;
-                }
-
-                if (match.Groups.TryGetValue(SeriesNameMatchGroup, out Group? seriesGroup) && seriesGroup.Success)
-                {
-                    result.SeriesName = seriesGroup.Value.Trim();
-                }
-
-                break;
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-    }
-}

Emby.Naming/Book/BookFileNameParserResult.cs

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-namespace Emby.Naming.Book
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Data object used to pass metadata parsed from a book filename.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class BookFileNameParserResult
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BookFileNameParserResult"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        public BookFileNameParserResult()
-        {
-            Name = null;
-            Index = null;
-            ParentIndex = null;
-            Year = null;
-            SeriesName = null;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the name of the book.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string? Name { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the book index.
-        /// </summary>
-        public int? Index { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the parent index number.
-        /// </summary>
-        public int? ParentIndex { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the publication year.
-        /// </summary>
-        public int? Year { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the series name.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string? SeriesName { get; set; }
-    }
-}

Emby.Naming/Common/NamingOptions.cs

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Common
                 ".nrg",
                 ".nsv",
                 ".nuv",
+                ".ogg",
                 ".ogm",
                 ".ogv",
                 ".pva",
@@ -151,8 +152,8 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Common
 
             CleanStrings =
             [
-                @"^\s*(?<cleaned>.+?)[ _\,\.\(\)\[\]\-](3d|sbs|tab|hsbs|htab|mvc|HDR|HDC|UHD|UltraHD|4k|ac3|dts|custom|dc|divx|divx5|dsr|dsrip|dutch|dvd|dvdrip|dvdscr|dvdscreener|screener|dvdivx|cam|fragment|fs|hdtv|hdrip|hdtvrip|internal|limited|multi|subs|ntsc|ogg|ogm|pal|pdtv|proper|repack|rerip|retail|cd[1-9]|r5|bd5|bd|se|svcd|swedish|german|read.nfo|nfofix|unrated|ws|web-dl|telesync|ts|telecine|tc|brrip|bdrip|480p|480i|576p|576i|720p|720i|1080p|1080i|2160p|hrhd|hrhdtv|hddvd|bluray|blu-ray|x264|x265|h264|h265|xvid|xvidvd|xxx|www.www|AAC|DTS)(?=[ _\,\.\(\)\[\]\-]|$)",
-                @"^\s*(?<cleaned>.+?)((\s*\[[^\]]+\]\s*)+)(\.[^\s]+)?$",
+                @"^\s*(?<cleaned>.+?)[ _\,\.\(\)\[\]\-](3d|sbs|tab|hsbs|htab|mvc|HDR|HDC|UHD|UltraHD|4k|ac3|dts|custom|dc|divx|divx5|dsr|dsrip|dutch|dvd|dvdrip|dvdscr|dvdscreener|screener|dvdivx|cam|fragment|fs|hdtv|hdrip|hdtvrip|internal|limited|multi|subs|ntsc|ogg|ogm|pal|pdtv|proper|repack|rerip|retail|cd[1-9]|r5|bd5|bd|se|svcd|swedish|german|read.nfo|nfofix|unrated|ws|telesync|ts|telecine|tc|brrip|bdrip|480p|480i|576p|576i|720p|720i|1080p|1080i|2160p|hrhd|hrhdtv|hddvd|bluray|blu-ray|x264|x265|h264|h265|xvid|xvidvd|xxx|www.www|AAC|DTS|\[.*\])([ _\,\.\(\)\[\]\-]|$)",
+                @"^(?<cleaned>.+?)(\[.*\])",
                 @"^\s*(?<cleaned>.+?)\WE[0-9]+(-|~)E?[0-9]+(\W|$)",
                 @"^\s*\[[^\]]+\](?!\.\w+$)\s*(?<cleaned>.+)",
                 @"^\s*(?<cleaned>.+?)\s+-\s+[0-9]+\s*$",
@@ -224,7 +225,6 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Common
                 ".afc",
                 ".amf",
                 ".aif",
-                ".aifc",
                 ".aiff",
                 ".alac",
                 ".amr",
@@ -361,10 +361,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Common
                 // Not a Kodi rule as well, but the expression below also causes false positives,
                 // so we make sure this one gets tested first.
                 // "Foo Bar 889"
-                // Names carrying an SxxEyy marker are excluded because the Kodi expression above already covers them.
-                // Without that guard this expression reads digits out of the title instead, turning
-                // "S01E01 1-23-45 [Bluray-1080p]" into episodes 1 through 45.
-                new EpisodeExpression(@".*[\\\/](?![Ee]pisode)(?![^\\\/]*[Ss][0-9]+[][ ._-]*[Ee][0-9]+)(?<seriesname>[\w\s]+?)\s(?<epnumber>[0-9]{1,4})(-(?<endingepnumber>[0-9]{2,4}))*[^\\\/x]*$")
+                new EpisodeExpression(@".*[\\\/](?![Ee]pisode)(?<seriesname>[\w\s]+?)\s(?<epnumber>[0-9]{1,4})(-(?<endingepnumber>[0-9]{2,4}))*[^\\\/x]*$")
                 {
                     IsNamed = true
                 },
@@ -381,14 +378,6 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Common
                     IsNamed = true
                 },
 
-                // "Name - 101.mkv", "Name - 101 [720p].mkv", "Name - 101 (2020).mkv"
-                // Handles absolute episode numbers with hyphen delimiter (common in anime)
-                // Without brackets (bracketed version handled above)
-                new EpisodeExpression(@".*[\\\/](?<seriesname>[^\\\/]+?)[\s_]+-[\s_]+(?<epnumber>[0-9]+)[\s_]*(?:\[.*?\]|\(.*?\))*[\s_]*(?:\.\w+)?$")
-                {
-                    IsNamed = true
-                },
-
                 // /server/anything_102.mp4
                 // /server/james.corden.2017.04.20.anne.hathaway.720p.hdtv.x264-crooks.mkv
                 // /server/anything_1996.11.14.mp4

Emby.Naming/Emby.Naming.csproj

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Authors>Jellyfin Contributors</Authors>
     <PackageId>Jellyfin.Naming</PackageId>
-    <VersionPrefix>12.0.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>10.11.3</VersionPrefix>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>GPL-3.0-only</PackageLicenseExpression>
   </PropertyGroup>

Emby.Naming/ExternalFiles/ExternalPathParser.cs

@@ -44,14 +44,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.ExternalFiles
             }
 
             var extension = Path.GetExtension(path.AsSpan());
-
-            // .idx carries VobSub per-track language metadata. Recognize it here rather
-            // than adding it to NamingOptions.SubtitleFileExtensions, which also gates
-            // subtitle uploads/saves.
-            var isVobSubIndex = _type == DlnaProfileType.Subtitle && extension.Equals(".idx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-            if (!isVobSubIndex
-                && !(_type == DlnaProfileType.Subtitle && _namingOptions.SubtitleFileExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (!(_type == DlnaProfileType.Subtitle && _namingOptions.SubtitleFileExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 && !(_type == DlnaProfileType.Audio && _namingOptions.AudioFileExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 && !(_type == DlnaProfileType.Lyric && _namingOptions.LyricFileExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
             {
@@ -77,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.ExternalFiles
 
                     if (lastSeparator == -1)
                     {
-                        break;
+                          break;
                     }
 
                     string currentSlice = languageString[lastSeparator..];

Emby.Naming/TV/EpisodePathParser.cs

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
                             result.Success = true;
                         }
                     }
-                    else if (DateTime.TryParse(match.Groups[0].ValueSpan, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out date))
+                    else if (DateTime.TryParse(match.Groups[0].ValueSpan, out date))
                     {
                         result.Year = date.Year;
                         result.Month = date.Month;
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
                         if (nextIndex >= name.Length
                             || !"0123456789iIpP".Contains(name[nextIndex], StringComparison.Ordinal))
                         {
-                            // A range cannot end before it starts, so a lower number belongs to the episode title rather than to a range.
-                            if (int.TryParse(endingNumberGroup.ValueSpan, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out num)
-                                && num >= result.EpisodeNumber)
+                            if (int.TryParse(endingNumberGroup.ValueSpan, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out num))
                             {
                                 result.EndingEpisodeNumber = num;
                             }
@@ -228,7 +226,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
                     info.SeriesName = result.SeriesName;
                 }
 
-                if (!info.EndingEpisodeNumber.HasValue && result.EndingEpisodeNumber >= info.EpisodeNumber)
+                if (!info.EndingEpisodeNumber.HasValue && info.EpisodeNumber.HasValue)
                 {
                     info.EndingEpisodeNumber = result.EndingEpisodeNumber;
                 }

Emby.Naming/TV/SeasonPathParser.cs

@@ -10,25 +10,17 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
     /// </summary>
     public static partial class SeasonPathParser
     {
-        private const string SeasonKeywordPattern =
-            @"시즌|シーズン|сезон" +
-            @"|season|sæson|saison|staffel|series|stagione|säsong|seizoen|seasong" +
-            @"|sezon|sezona|sezóna|sezonul|série|séria|serie|seria|temporada|kausi";
-
         private static readonly Regex CleanNameRegex = new(@"[ ._\-\[\]]", RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*((?<seasonnumber>(?>\d+))(?:st|nd|rd|th|\.)*(?!\s*[Ee]\d+))\s*(?:" + SeasonKeywordPattern + @")\s*(?<rightpart>.*)$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*((?<seasonnumber>(?>\d+))(?:st|nd|rd|th|\.)*(?!\s*[Ee]\d+))\s*(?:[[시즌]*|[シーズン]*|[sS](?:eason|æson|aison|taffel|eries|tagione|äsong|eizoen|easong|ezon|ezona|ezóna|ezonul)*|[tT](?:emporada)*|[kK](?:ausi)*|[Сс](?:езон)*)\s*(?<rightpart>.*)$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
         private static partial Regex ProcessPre();
 
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*(?:" + SeasonKeywordPattern + @")\s*(?<seasonnumber>\d+?)(?=\d{3,4}p|[^\d]|$)(?!\s*[Ee]\d)(?<rightpart>.*)$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*(?:[[시즌]*|[シーズン]*|[sS](?:eason|æson|aison|taffel|eries|tagione|äsong|eizoen|easong|ezon|ezona|ezóna|ezonul)*|[tT](?:emporada)*|[kK](?:ausi)*|[Сс](?:езон)*)\s*(?<seasonnumber>\d+?)(?=\d{3,4}p|[^\d]|$)(?!\s*[Ee]\d)(?<rightpart>.*)$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
         private static partial Regex ProcessPost();
 
         [GeneratedRegex(@"[sS](\d{1,4})(?!\d|[eE]\d)(?=\.|_|-|\[|\]|\s|$)", RegexOptions.None)]
         private static partial Regex SeasonPrefix();
 
-        [GeneratedRegex(SeasonKeywordPattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
-        private static partial Regex SeasonKeyword();
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Attempts to parse season number from path.
         /// </summary>
@@ -99,25 +91,14 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
                 return (val, true);
             }
 
-            bool isMixedLibrary = !supportNumericSeasonFolders && !supportSpecialAliases;
             var preMatch = ProcessPre().Match(filename);
             if (preMatch.Success)
             {
-                if (isMixedLibrary && !SeasonKeyword().IsMatch(fileName))
-                {
-                    return (null, false);
-                }
-
                 return CheckMatch(preMatch);
             }
             else
             {
                 var postMatch = ProcessPost().Match(filename);
-                if (postMatch.Success && isMixedLibrary && !SeasonKeyword().IsMatch(fileName))
-                {
-                    return (null, false);
-                }
-
                 return CheckMatch(postMatch);
             }
         }

Emby.Naming/TV/SeriesInfo.cs

@@ -25,11 +25,5 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The name of the series.</value>
         public string? Name { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the year of the series.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The year of the series.</value>
-        public int? Year { get; set; }
     }
 }

Emby.Naming/TV/SeriesResolver.cs

@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
         [GeneratedRegex(@"((?<a>[^\._]{2,})[\._]*)|([\._](?<b>[^\._]{2,}))")]
         private static partial Regex SeriesNameRegex();
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Regex that matches titles with year in parentheses. Captures the title (which may be
-        /// numeric) before the year, i.e. turns "1923 (2022)" into "1923".
-        /// </summary>
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"(?<title>.+?)\s*\((?<year>[0-9]{4})\)")]
-        private static partial Regex TitleWithYearRegex();
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Resolve information about series from path.
         /// </summary>
@@ -34,21 +27,6 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
         {
             string seriesName = Path.GetFileName(path);
 
-            // First check if the filename matches a title with year pattern (handles numeric titles)
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(seriesName))
-            {
-                var titleWithYearMatch = TitleWithYearRegex().Match(seriesName);
-                if (titleWithYearMatch.Success)
-                {
-                    seriesName = titleWithYearMatch.Groups["title"].Value.Trim();
-                    return new SeriesInfo(path)
-                    {
-                        Name = seriesName,
-                        Year = int.TryParse(titleWithYearMatch.Groups["year"].ValueSpan, out var year) ? year : null
-                    };
-                }
-            }
-
             SeriesPathParserResult result = SeriesPathParser.Parse(options, path);
             if (result.Success)
             {

Emby.Naming/TV/TvParserHelpers.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public static class TvParserHelpers
     /// <param name="status">The status string.</param>
     /// <param name="enumValue">The <see cref="SeriesStatus"/>.</param>
     /// <returns>Returns true if parsing was successful.</returns>
-    public static bool TryParseSeriesStatus(string? status, out SeriesStatus? enumValue)
+    public static bool TryParseSeriesStatus(string status, out SeriesStatus? enumValue)
     {
         if (Enum.TryParse(status, true, out SeriesStatus seriesStatus))
         {

Emby.Naming/Video/CleanDateTimeResult.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#pragma warning disable CA1815
-
 namespace Emby.Naming.Video
 {
     /// <summary>

Emby.Naming/Video/CleanStringParser.cs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             var match = expression.Match(name);
             if (match.Success && match.Groups.TryGetValue("cleaned", out var cleaned))
             {
-                newName = cleaned.Value.Trim();
+                newName = cleaned.Value;
                 return true;
             }
 

Emby.Naming/Video/Format3DParser.cs

@@ -52,19 +52,14 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             while (path.Length > 0)
             {
                 var index = path.IndexOfAny(delimiters);
-                ReadOnlySpan<char> currentSlice;
                 if (index == -1)
                 {
-                    // No delimiter left, the last token is the remainder of the path
-                    currentSlice = path;
-                    path = default;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    currentSlice = path[..index];
-                    path = path[(index + 1)..];
+                    index = path.Length - 1;
                 }
 
+                var currentSlice = path[..index];
+                path = path[(index + 1)..];
+
                 if (!foundPrefix)
                 {
                     foundPrefix = currentSlice.Equals(rule.PrecedingToken, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);

Emby.Naming/Video/VideoInfo.cs

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
         {
             Name = name;
 
-            Files = [];
-            AlternateVersions = [];
+            Files = Array.Empty<VideoFileInfo>();
+            AlternateVersions = Array.Empty<VideoFileInfo>();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
         public IReadOnlyList<VideoFileInfo> Files { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the alternate versions. Each alternate may itself span multiple files.
+        /// Gets or sets the alternate versions.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The alternate versions.</value>
-        public IReadOnlyList<VideoInfo> AlternateVersions { get; set; }
+        public IReadOnlyList<VideoFileInfo> AlternateVersions { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the extra type.

Emby.Naming/Video/VideoListResolver.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Emby.Naming.Common;
-using Emby.Naming.TV;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
+using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 
 namespace Emby.Naming.Video
@@ -14,23 +12,8 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
     /// <summary>
     /// Resolves alternative versions and extras from list of video files.
     /// </summary>
-    public partial class VideoListResolver
+    public static partial class VideoListResolver
     {
-        private static readonly StringComparer _numericOrdinalComparer = StringComparer.Create(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, CompareOptions.NumericOrdering);
-
-        private readonly NamingOptions _namingOptions;
-        private readonly EpisodePathParser _episodePathParser;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="VideoListResolver"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="namingOptions">The naming options.</param>
-        public VideoListResolver(NamingOptions namingOptions)
-        {
-            _namingOptions = namingOptions;
-            _episodePathParser = new EpisodePathParser(namingOptions);
-        }
-
         [GeneratedRegex("[0-9]{2}[0-9]+[ip]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
         private static partial Regex ResolutionRegex();
 
@@ -41,12 +24,12 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
         /// Resolves alternative versions and extras from list of video files.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="videoInfos">List of related video files.</param>
+        /// <param name="namingOptions">The naming options.</param>
         /// <param name="supportMultiVersion">Indication we should consider multi-versions of content.</param>
         /// <param name="parseName">Whether to parse the name or use the filename.</param>
         /// <param name="libraryRoot">Top-level folder for the containing library.</param>
-        /// <param name="collectionType">The type of the containing collection, if known.</param>
         /// <returns>Returns enumerable of <see cref="VideoInfo"/> which groups files together when related.</returns>
-        public IReadOnlyList<VideoInfo> Resolve(IReadOnlyList<VideoFileInfo> videoInfos, bool supportMultiVersion = true, bool parseName = true, string? libraryRoot = "", CollectionType? collectionType = null)
+        public static IReadOnlyList<VideoInfo> Resolve(IReadOnlyList<VideoFileInfo> videoInfos, NamingOptions namingOptions, bool supportMultiVersion = true, bool parseName = true, string? libraryRoot = "")
         {
             // Filter out all extras, otherwise they could cause stacks to not be resolved
             // See the unit test TestStackedWithTrailer
@@ -54,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
                 .Where(i => i.ExtraType is null)
                 .Select(i => new FileSystemMetadata { FullName = i.Path, IsDirectory = i.IsDirectory });
 
-            var stackResult = StackResolver.Resolve(nonExtras, _namingOptions).ToList();
+            var stackResult = StackResolver.Resolve(nonExtras, namingOptions).ToList();
 
             var remainingFiles = new List<VideoFileInfo>();
             var standaloneMedia = new List<VideoFileInfo>();
@@ -83,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             {
                 var info = new VideoInfo(stack.Name)
                 {
-                    Files = stack.Files.Select(i => VideoResolver.Resolve(i, stack.IsDirectoryStack, _namingOptions, parseName, libraryRoot))
+                    Files = stack.Files.Select(i => VideoResolver.Resolve(i, stack.IsDirectoryStack, namingOptions, parseName, libraryRoot))
                         .OfType<VideoFileInfo>()
                         .ToList()
                 };
@@ -102,9 +85,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
 
             if (supportMultiVersion)
             {
-                list = collectionType is CollectionType.tvshows
-                    ? GetEpisodesGroupedByVersion(list)
-                    : GetVideosGroupedByVersion(list);
+                list = GetVideosGroupedByVersion(list, namingOptions);
             }
 
             // Whatever files are left, just add them
@@ -118,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             return list;
         }
 
-        private List<VideoInfo> GetVideosGroupedByVersion(List<VideoInfo> videos)
+        private static List<VideoInfo> GetVideosGroupedByVersion(List<VideoInfo> videos, NamingOptions namingOptions)
         {
             if (videos.Count == 0)
             {
@@ -142,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                if (!IsEligibleForMultiVersion(folderName, video.Files[0].FileNameWithoutExtension))
+                if (!IsEligibleForMultiVersion(folderName, video.Files[0].FileNameWithoutExtension, namingOptions))
                 {
                     return videos;
                 }
@@ -153,9 +134,37 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
                 }
             }
 
-            var organized = OrganizeAlternateVersions(videos, primary, folderName.ToString());
+            if (videos.Count > 1)
+            {
+                var groups = videos.GroupBy(x => ResolutionRegex().IsMatch(x.Files[0].FileNameWithoutExtension)).ToList();
+                videos.Clear();
+                foreach (var group in groups)
+                {
+                    if (group.Key)
+                    {
+                        videos.InsertRange(0, group
+                            .OrderByDescending(x => ResolutionRegex().Match(x.Files[0].FileNameWithoutExtension.ToString()).Value, new AlphanumericComparator())
+                            .ThenBy(x => x.Files[0].FileNameWithoutExtension.ToString(), new AlphanumericComparator()));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        videos.AddRange(group.OrderBy(x => x.Files[0].FileNameWithoutExtension.ToString(), new AlphanumericComparator()));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
 
-            return [organized];
+            primary ??= videos[0];
+            videos.Remove(primary);
+
+            var list = new List<VideoInfo>
+            {
+                primary
+            };
+
+            list[0].AlternateVersions = videos.Select(x => x.Files[0]).ToArray();
+            list[0].Name = folderName.ToString();
+
+            return list;
         }
 
         private static bool HaveSameYear(IReadOnlyList<VideoInfo> videos)
@@ -177,7 +186,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             return true;
         }
 
-        private bool IsEligibleForMultiVersion(ReadOnlySpan<char> folderName, ReadOnlySpan<char> testFilename)
+        private static bool IsEligibleForMultiVersion(ReadOnlySpan<char> folderName, ReadOnlySpan<char> testFilename, NamingOptions namingOptions)
         {
             if (!testFilename.StartsWith(folderName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
@@ -191,7 +200,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             }
 
             // There are no span overloads for regex unfortunately
-            if (CleanStringParser.TryClean(testFilename.ToString(), _namingOptions.CleanStringRegexes, out var cleanName))
+            if (CleanStringParser.TryClean(testFilename.ToString(), namingOptions.CleanStringRegexes, out var cleanName))
             {
                 testFilename = cleanName.AsSpan().Trim();
             }
@@ -199,117 +208,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             // The CleanStringParser should have removed common keywords etc.
             return testFilename.IsEmpty
                    || testFilename[0] == '-'
-                   || testFilename[0] == '_'
-                   || testFilename[0] == '.'
                    || CheckMultiVersionRegex().IsMatch(testFilename);
         }
-
-        private List<VideoInfo> GetEpisodesGroupedByVersion(List<VideoInfo> videos)
-        {
-            if (videos.Count < 2)
-            {
-                return videos;
-            }
-
-            var result = new List<VideoInfo>();
-            var groups = new Dictionary<string, List<VideoInfo>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-            for (var i = 0; i < videos.Count; i++)
-            {
-                var video = videos[i];
-                var episodeResult = _episodePathParser.Parse(video.Files[0].Path, false);
-                string? key = null;
-                if (episodeResult.Success)
-                {
-                    if (episodeResult.IsByDate
-                        && episodeResult.Year.HasValue
-                        && episodeResult.Month.HasValue
-                        && episodeResult.Day.HasValue)
-                    {
-                        key = FormattableString.Invariant(
-                            $"D{episodeResult.Year.Value}{episodeResult.Month.Value:D2}{episodeResult.Day.Value:D2}");
-                    }
-                    else if (episodeResult.EpisodeNumber.HasValue)
-                    {
-                        key = FormattableString.Invariant(
-                            $"S{episodeResult.SeasonNumber ?? 0}E{episodeResult.EpisodeNumber.Value}");
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (key is null)
-                {
-                    result.Add(video);
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (!groups.TryGetValue(key, out var group))
-                {
-                    group = [];
-                    groups[key] = group;
-                }
-
-                group.Add(video);
-            }
-
-            foreach (var group in groups.Values)
-            {
-                if (group.Count == 1)
-                {
-                    result.Add(group[0]);
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                result.Add(OrganizeAlternateVersions(group));
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        private static VideoInfo OrganizeAlternateVersions(
-            List<VideoInfo> videos,
-            VideoInfo? primaryOverride = null,
-            string? nameOverride = null)
-        {
-            if (videos.Count > 1)
-            {
-                var groups = videos
-                    .Select(x => (filename: x.Files[0].FileNameWithoutExtension.ToString(), value: x))
-                    .Select(x => (x.filename, resolutionMatch: ResolutionRegex().Match(x.filename), x.value))
-                    .GroupBy(x => x.resolutionMatch.Success)
-                    .ToList();
-
-                videos = [];
-
-                foreach (var group in groups)
-                {
-                    if (group.Key)
-                    {
-                        videos.InsertRange(0, group
-                            .OrderByDescending(x => x.resolutionMatch.Value, _numericOrdinalComparer)
-                            .ThenBy(x => x.filename, _numericOrdinalComparer)
-                            .Select(x => x.value));
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        videos.AddRange(group.OrderBy(x => x.filename, _numericOrdinalComparer).Select(x => x.value));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Prefer a stacked entry (more than one part) as primary
-            var primary = primaryOverride
-                ?? videos.FirstOrDefault(v => v.Files.Count > 1)
-                ?? videos[0];
-            videos.Remove(primary);
-
-            primary.AlternateVersions = videos;
-
-            if (nameOverride is not null)
-            {
-                primary.Name = nameOverride;
-            }
-
-            return primary;
-        }
     }
 }

Emby.Photos/Emby.Photos.csproj

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
   </PropertyGroup>

Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseApplicationPaths.cs

@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             CreateAndCheckMarker(ProgramDataPath, "data");
             CreateAndCheckMarker(CachePath, "cache");
             CreateAndCheckMarker(DataPath, "data");
-            CreateCacheDirTag(CachePath);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -101,26 +100,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             CheckOrCreateMarker(path, $".jellyfin-{markerName}", recursive);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a CACHEDIR.TAG file in the specified directory per the Cache Directory Tagging specification.
-        /// This signals to backup tools (e.g. Restic, Borg) that the directory contains cached data
-        /// and can be excluded from backups.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path">The cache directory path.</param>
-        internal static void CreateCacheDirTag(string path)
-        {
-            var tagPath = Path.Combine(path, "CACHEDIR.TAG");
-            if (!File.Exists(tagPath))
-            {
-                File.WriteAllText(
-                    tagPath,
-                    "Signature: 8a477f597d28d172789f06886806bc55\n"
-                    + "# This file is a cache directory tag created by Jellyfin.\n"
-                    + "# For information about cache directory tags, see:\n"
-                    + "#\thttps://bford.info/cachedir/\n");
-            }
-        }
-
         private IEnumerable<string> GetMarkers(string path, bool recursive = false)
         {
             return Directory.EnumerateFiles(path, ".jellyfin-*", recursive ? SearchOption.AllDirectories : SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);

Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseConfigurationManager.cs

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             }
             else
             {
-                _configurationFactories = [.. _configurationFactories, factory];
+                _configurationFactories = [.._configurationFactories, factory];
             }
 
             _configurationStores = _configurationFactories
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             Logger.LogInformation("Setting cache path: {Path}", cachePath);
             ((BaseApplicationPaths)CommonApplicationPaths).CachePath = cachePath;
             CommonApplicationPaths.CreateAndCheckMarker(((BaseApplicationPaths)CommonApplicationPaths).CachePath, "cache");
-            BaseApplicationPaths.CreateCacheDirTag(cachePath);
         }
 
         /// <summary>

Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Emby.Naming.Common;
-using Emby.Naming.Video;
 using Emby.Photos;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Chapters;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections;
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ using Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.Security;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.IO;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Library;
-using Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Search;
-using Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Plugins;
@@ -39,8 +36,6 @@ using Emby.Server.Implementations.SyncPlay;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.TV;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Helpers;
-using Jellyfin.Data;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Drawing;
 using Jellyfin.MediaEncoding.Hls.Playlist;
 using Jellyfin.Networking.Manager;
@@ -95,16 +90,9 @@ using MediaBrowser.Model.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.System;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Tasks;
-using MediaBrowser.Providers.Books;
-using MediaBrowser.Providers.Books.ComicBookInfo;
-using MediaBrowser.Providers.Books.ComicInfo;
 using MediaBrowser.Providers.Lyric;
 using MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager;
-using MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.ListenBrainz;
-using MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.ListenBrainz.Api;
 using MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.Tmdb;
-using MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.Tmdb.Movies;
-using MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.Tmdb.TV;
 using MediaBrowser.Providers.Subtitles;
 using MediaBrowser.XbmcMetadata.Providers;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
@@ -178,6 +166,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
                 ConfigurationManager.Configuration,
                 ApplicationPaths.PluginsPath,
                 ApplicationVersion);
+
+            _disposableParts.Add(_pluginManager);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -419,8 +409,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
         {
             Logger.LogInformation("Running startup tasks");
 
-            EnsureStartupWizardIntegrity();
-
             Resolve<ITaskManager>().AddTasks(GetExports<IScheduledTask>(false));
 
             ConfigurationManager.ConfigurationUpdated += OnConfigurationUpdated;
@@ -440,24 +428,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
-        private void EnsureStartupWizardIntegrity()
-        {
-            if (ConfigurationManager.CommonConfiguration.IsStartupWizardCompleted)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var hasConfiguredAdministrator = Resolve<IUserManager>().GetUsers()
-                .Any(user => user.HasPermission(PermissionKind.IsAdministrator) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(user.Password));
-
-            if (hasConfiguredAdministrator)
-            {
-                Logger.LogWarning("The startup wizard is marked incomplete but a configured administrator already exists. Marking setup as completed to prevent the unauthenticated setup endpoints from being reachable.");
-                ConfigurationManager.Configuration.IsStartupWizardCompleted = true;
-                ConfigurationManager.SaveConfiguration();
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Init(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
         {
@@ -515,19 +485,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             serviceCollection.AddScoped<ISystemManager, SystemManager>();
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<TmdbClientManager>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<TmdbMovieSimilarProvider>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<TmdbSeriesSimilarProvider>();
-
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ListenBrainzLabsClient>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ListenBrainzSimilarArtistProvider>();
-
-            // register the generic local metadata provider for comic files
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ComicProvider>();
-
-            // register the actual implementations of the local metadata provider for comic files
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IComicProvider, ComicBookInfoProvider>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IComicProvider, ExternalComicInfoProvider>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IComicProvider, InternalComicInfoProvider>();
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton(NetManager);
 
@@ -550,13 +507,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IUserDataManager, UserDataManager>();
 
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<BaseItemRepository>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IItemRepository>(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<BaseItemRepository>());
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IItemQueryHelpers>(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<BaseItemRepository>());
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IItemPersistenceService, ItemPersistenceService>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<INextUpService, NextUpService>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IItemCountService, ItemCountService>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ILinkedChildrenService, LinkedChildrenService>();
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IItemRepository, BaseItemRepository>();
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IPeopleRepository, PeopleRepository>();
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IChapterRepository, ChapterRepository>();
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IMediaAttachmentRepository, MediaAttachmentRepository>();
@@ -573,20 +524,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             serviceCollection.AddTransient(provider => new Lazy<ILibraryMonitor>(provider.GetRequiredService<ILibraryMonitor>));
             serviceCollection.AddTransient(provider => new Lazy<IProviderManager>(provider.GetRequiredService<IProviderManager>));
             serviceCollection.AddTransient(provider => new Lazy<IUserViewManager>(provider.GetRequiredService<IUserViewManager>));
-            serviceCollection.AddTransient(provider => new Lazy<IExternalDataManager>(provider.GetRequiredService<IExternalDataManager>));
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ILibraryManager, LibraryManager>();
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<NamingOptions>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<VideoListResolver>();
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IMusicManager, MusicManager>();
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ILibraryMonitor, LibraryMonitor>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<DotIgnoreIgnoreRule>();
 
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ISimilarItemsManager, SimilarItemsManager>();
-
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ISearchManager, SearchManager>();
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ISearchProvider, SqlSearchProvider>();
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ISearchEngine, SearchEngine>();
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IWebSocketManager, WebSocketManager>();
 
@@ -696,7 +641,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             BaseItem.ConfigurationManager = ConfigurationManager;
             BaseItem.FileSystem = Resolve<IFileSystem>();
             BaseItem.ItemRepository = Resolve<IItemRepository>();
-            BaseItem.ItemCountService = Resolve<IItemCountService>();
             BaseItem.LibraryManager = Resolve<ILibraryManager>();
             BaseItem.LocalizationManager = Resolve<ILocalizationManager>();
             BaseItem.Logger = Resolve<ILogger<BaseItem>>();
@@ -743,9 +687,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
                 GetExports<IExternalUrlProvider>());
 
             Resolve<IMediaSourceManager>().AddParts(GetExports<IMediaSourceProvider>());
-
-            Resolve<ISimilarItemsManager>().AddParts(GetExports<ISimilarItemsProvider>());
-            Resolve<ISearchManager>().AddParts(GetExports<ISearchProvider>());
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -987,9 +928,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public string GetLocalApiUrl(string hostname, string scheme = null, int? port = null)
         {
-            // If the smartAPI isn't already a complete URL then treat it as a host or ip.
-            if (hostname.StartsWith("http://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                || hostname.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            // If the smartAPI doesn't start with http then treat it as a host or ip.
+            if (hostname.StartsWith("http", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return hostname.TrimEnd('/');
             }
@@ -1066,8 +1006,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
                 }
 
                 _disposableParts.Clear();
-
-                _pluginManager?.Dispose();
             }
 
             _disposed = true;

Emby.Server.Implementations/Chapters/ChapterManager.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Chapters;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ public class ChapterManager : IChapterManager
 
         var averageChapterDuration = GetAverageDurationBetweenChapters(chapters);
         var threshold = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1).Ticks;
-        if (chapters.Count >= 2 && averageChapterDuration < threshold)
+        if (averageChapterDuration < threshold)
         {
             _logger.LogInformation("Skipping chapter image extraction for {Video} as the average chapter duration {AverageDuration} was lower than the minimum threshold {Threshold}", video.Name, averageChapterDuration, threshold);
             extractImages = false;
@@ -233,21 +232,11 @@ public class ChapterManager : IChapterManager
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public bool Supports(BaseItem item)
-        => item is Video or Audio;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc />
-    public void SaveChapters(BaseItem item, IReadOnlyList<ChapterInfo> chapters)
+    public void SaveChapters(Video video, IReadOnlyList<ChapterInfo> chapters)
     {
-        if (!Supports(item))
-        {
-            _logger.LogWarning("Attempted to save chapters for unsupported item type {Type}: {Name} ({Id})", item.GetType().Name, item.Name, item.Id);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Remove any chapters that are outside of the runtime of the item
-        var validChapters = chapters.Where(c => c.StartPositionTicks < item.RunTimeTicks).ToList();
-        _chapterRepository.SaveChapters(item.Id, validChapters);
+        // Remove any chapters that are outside of the runtime of the video
+        var validChapters = chapters.Where(c => c.StartPositionTicks < video.RunTimeTicks).ToList();
+        _chapterRepository.SaveChapters(video.Id, validChapters);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />

Emby.Server.Implementations/Collections/CollectionManager.cs

@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Collections;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Movies;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
@@ -32,7 +29,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections
         private readonly ILibraryMonitor _iLibraryMonitor;
         private readonly ILogger<CollectionManager> _logger;
         private readonly IProviderManager _providerManager;
-        private readonly ILinkedChildrenService _linkedChildrenService;
         private readonly ILocalizationManager _localizationManager;
         private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
 
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections
         /// <param name="iLibraryMonitor">The library monitor.</param>
         /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
         /// <param name="providerManager">The provider manager.</param>
-        /// <param name="linkedChildrenService">The linked children service.</param>
         public CollectionManager(
             ILibraryManager libraryManager,
             IApplicationPaths appPaths,
@@ -54,15 +49,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections
             IFileSystem fileSystem,
             ILibraryMonitor iLibraryMonitor,
             ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
-            IProviderManager providerManager,
-            ILinkedChildrenService linkedChildrenService)
+            IProviderManager providerManager)
         {
             _libraryManager = libraryManager;
             _fileSystem = fileSystem;
             _iLibraryMonitor = iLibraryMonitor;
             _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<CollectionManager>();
             _providerManager = providerManager;
-            _linkedChildrenService = linkedChildrenService;
             _localizationManager = localizationManager;
             _appPaths = appPaths;
         }
@@ -107,8 +100,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections
                 SaveLocalMetadata = true
             };
 
-            // This names a library for the whole server, so ignore the requesting client's language.
-            var name = _localizationManager.GetServerLocalizedString("Collections");
+            var name = _localizationManager.GetLocalizedString("Collections");
 
             await _libraryManager.AddVirtualFolder(name, CollectionTypeOptions.boxsets, libraryOptions, true).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -128,22 +120,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections
             return EnsureLibraryFolder(GetCollectionsFolderPath(), createIfNeeded);
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IEnumerable<BoxSet> GetCollectionsContainingItem(User user, Guid itemId)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
-
-            if (itemId.IsEmpty())
-            {
-                return Enumerable.Empty<BoxSet>();
-            }
-
-            return _linkedChildrenService
-                .GetManualLinkedParentIds(itemId, BaseItemKind.BoxSet)
-                .Select(parentId => _libraryManager.GetItemById<BoxSet>(parentId, user))
-                .OfType<BoxSet>();
-        }
-
         private IEnumerable<BoxSet> GetCollections(User user)
         {
             var folder = GetCollectionsFolder(false).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
@@ -296,7 +272,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections
             {
                 var childItem = _libraryManager.GetItemById(guidId);
 
-                var child = collection.LinkedChildren.FirstOrDefault(i => i.ItemId.HasValue && i.ItemId.Value.Equals(guidId));
+                var child = collection.LinkedChildren.FirstOrDefault(i => (i.ItemId.HasValue && i.ItemId.Value.Equals(guidId)) || (childItem is not null && string.Equals(childItem.Path, i.Path, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
 
                 if (child is null)
                 {
@@ -366,7 +342,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Collections
                     // this is kind of a performance hack because only Video has alternate versions that should be in a box set?
                     if (item is Video video)
                     {
-                        foreach (var childId in _libraryManager.GetLocalAlternateVersionIds(video))
+                        foreach (var childId in video.GetLocalAlternateVersionIds())
                         {
                             if (!results.ContainsKey(childId))
                             {

Emby.Server.Implementations/Cryptography/CryptographyProvider.cs

@@ -39,24 +39,22 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Cryptography
         {
             if (string.Equals(hash.Id, "PBKDF2", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
-                var iterations = GetIterationsParameter(hash);
                 return hash.Hash.SequenceEqual(
                     Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2(
                         password,
                         hash.Salt,
-                        iterations,
+                        int.Parse(hash.Parameters["iterations"], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
                         HashAlgorithmName.SHA1,
                         32));
             }
 
             if (string.Equals(hash.Id, "PBKDF2-SHA512", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
-                var iterations = GetIterationsParameter(hash);
                 return hash.Hash.SequenceEqual(
                     Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2(
                         password,
                         hash.Salt,
-                        iterations,
+                        int.Parse(hash.Parameters["iterations"], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
                         HashAlgorithmName.SHA512,
                         DefaultOutputLength));
             }
@@ -64,27 +62,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Cryptography
             throw new NotSupportedException($"Can't verify hash with id: {hash.Id}");
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Extracts and validates the iterations parameter from a password hash.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="hash">The password hash containing parameters.</param>
-        /// <returns>The number of iterations.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="FormatException">Thrown when iterations parameter is missing or invalid.</exception>
-        private static int GetIterationsParameter(PasswordHash hash)
-        {
-            if (!hash.Parameters.TryGetValue("iterations", out var iterationsStr))
-            {
-                throw new FormatException($"Password hash with id '{hash.Id}' is missing required 'iterations' parameter.");
-            }
-
-            if (!int.TryParse(iterationsStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var iterations))
-            {
-                throw new FormatException($"Password hash with id '{hash.Id}' has invalid 'iterations' parameter: '{iterationsStr}'.");
-            }
-
-            return iterations;
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public byte[] GenerateSalt()
             => GenerateSalt(DefaultSaltLength);

Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/CleanDatabaseScheduledTask.cs

@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Playlists;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -37,11 +35,7 @@ public class CleanDatabaseScheduledTask : ILibraryPostScanTask
 
     public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var deadItemsProgress = new Progress<double>(val => progress.Report(val * 0.8));
-        await CleanDeadItems(cancellationToken, deadItemsProgress).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        var playlistProgress = new Progress<double>(val => progress.Report(80 + (val * 0.2)));
-        await CleanOrphanedFilePlaylistsAsync(cancellationToken, playlistProgress).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await CleanDeadItems(cancellationToken, progress).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
     private async Task CleanDeadItems(CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress<double> progress)
@@ -122,32 +116,4 @@ public class CleanDatabaseScheduledTask : ILibraryPostScanTask
 
         progress.Report(100);
     }
-
-    private async Task CleanOrphanedFilePlaylistsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress<double> progress)
-    {
-        var playlists = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Playlist],
-            Recursive = true
-        }).OfType<Playlist>().ToList();
-
-        var numComplete = 0;
-        var numItems = Math.Max(playlists.Count, 1);
-
-        foreach (var playlist in playlists)
-        {
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-            if (playlist.IsFile && !File.Exists(playlist.Path))
-            {
-                _logger.LogInformation("Removing file-based playlist {Name} because source file {Path} no longer exists", playlist.Name, playlist.Path);
-                _libraryManager.DeleteItem(playlist, new DeleteOptions { DeleteFileLocation = false });
-            }
-
-            numComplete++;
-            progress.Report((double)numComplete / numItems * 100);
-        }
-
-        progress.Report(100);
-    }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Devices/DeviceId.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#pragma warning disable CS1591
+
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
@@ -8,9 +10,6 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Devices
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Provides the persistent unique identifier of this server installation.
-    /// </summary>
     public class DeviceId
     {
         private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
@@ -19,20 +18,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Devices
 
         private string? _id;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DeviceId"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="appPaths">Instance of the <see cref="IApplicationPaths"/> interface.</param>
-        /// <param name="logger">Instance of the <see cref="ILogger{DeviceId}"/> interface.</param>
         public DeviceId(IApplicationPaths appPaths, ILogger<DeviceId> logger)
         {
             _appPaths = appPaths;
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the device id, loading it from disk or generating and persisting a new one if none exists.
-        /// </summary>
         public string Value => _id ??= GetDeviceId();
 
         private string CachePath => Path.Combine(_appPaths.DataPath, "device.txt");

Emby.Server.Implementations/Dto/DtoService.cs

@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             {
                 BaseItemKind.Person, [
                     BaseItemKind.Audio,
-                    BaseItemKind.AudioBook,
-                    BaseItemKind.Book,
                     BaseItemKind.Episode,
                     BaseItemKind.Movie,
                     BaseItemKind.LiveTvProgram,
@@ -155,139 +153,17 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
         private ILiveTvManager LivetvManager => _livetvManagerFactory.Value;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto> GetBaseItemDtos(
-            IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items,
-            DtoOptions options,
-            User? user = null,
-            BaseItem? owner = null,
-            bool skipVisibilityCheck = false)
+        public IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto> GetBaseItemDtos(IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items, DtoOptions options, User? user = null, BaseItem? owner = null)
         {
-            var accessibleItems = skipVisibilityCheck || user is null ? items : items.Where(x => x.IsVisible(user)).ToList();
+            var accessibleItems = user is null ? items : items.Where(x => x.IsVisible(user)).ToList();
             var returnItems = new BaseItemDto[accessibleItems.Count];
             List<(BaseItem, BaseItemDto)>? programTuples = null;
             List<(BaseItemDto, LiveTvChannel)>? channelTuples = null;
 
-            // Batch-fetch user data for all items
-            Dictionary<Guid, UserItemData>? userDataBatch = null;
-            IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, VersionResumeData>? resumeDataBatch = null;
-            if (user is not null && options.EnableUserData)
-            {
-                userDataBatch = _userDataRepository.GetUserDataBatch(accessibleItems, user);
-
-                // For items with alternate versions, the most recently played version drives resume.
-                resumeDataBatch = _userDataRepository.GetResumeUserDataBatch(accessibleItems, user);
-            }
-
-            // Pre-compute collection folders once to avoid N+1 queries in CanDelete
-            List<Folder>? allCollectionFolders = null;
-            if (user is not null && options.ContainsField(ItemFields.CanDelete))
-            {
-                allCollectionFolders = _libraryManager.GetUserRootFolder().Children.OfType<Folder>().ToList();
-            }
-
-            // Batch-fetch by-name item counts to avoid N+1 queries
-            Dictionary<Guid, ItemCounts>? itemCountsBatch = null;
-            if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.ItemCounts))
-            {
-                itemCountsBatch = GetItemCountsBatch(accessibleItems, user);
-            }
-
-            // Batch-fetch child counts for all folders to avoid N+1 queries
-            Dictionary<Guid, int>? childCountBatch = null;
-            if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.ChildCount))
-            {
-                var folderIds = accessibleItems.OfType<Folder>().Select(f => f.Id).ToList();
-                if (folderIds.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    childCountBatch = _libraryManager.GetChildCountBatch(folderIds, user);
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Batch-fetch played/total counts for all folders to avoid N+1 queries
-            Dictionary<Guid, (int Played, int Total)>? playedCountBatch = null;
-            if (user is not null && options.EnableUserData)
-            {
-                var folderIds = accessibleItems.OfType<Folder>()
-                    .Where(f => f.SupportsUserDataFromChildren && (f.SupportsPlayedStatus || options.ContainsField(ItemFields.RecursiveItemCount)))
-                    .Select(f => f.Id).ToList();
-                if (folderIds.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    playedCountBatch = _libraryManager.GetPlayedAndTotalCountBatch(folderIds, user);
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Batch-fetch MusicArtist lookups across all items to avoid N+1 queries.
-            IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch = null;
-            var artistNames = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
-            foreach (var item in accessibleItems)
-            {
-                if (item is IHasArtist hasArtist)
-                {
-                    foreach (var name in hasArtist.Artists)
-                    {
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
-                        {
-                            artistNames.Add(name);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (item is IHasAlbumArtist hasAlbumArtist)
-                {
-                    foreach (var name in hasAlbumArtist.AlbumArtists)
-                    {
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
-                        {
-                            artistNames.Add(name);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (artistNames.Count > 0)
-            {
-                artistsBatch = _libraryManager.GetArtists(artistNames.ToArray());
-            }
-
-            // Batch-fetch people across all items to avoid one GetPeople query per item.
-            IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, IReadOnlyList<PersonInfo>>? peopleBatch = null;
-            if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.People))
-            {
-                var peopleItemIds = accessibleItems.Where(i => i.SupportsPeople).Select(i => i.Id).ToList();
-                if (peopleItemIds.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    peopleBatch = _libraryManager.GetPeopleByItems(peopleItemIds);
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Batch-detect which videos own alternate versions to avoid the per-item alternate-version
-            // queries in MediaSourceCount. Videos absent from this set have a single media source.
-            IReadOnlySet<Guid>? alternateVersionItemIds = null;
-            if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.MediaSourceCount))
-            {
-                var versionItemIds = accessibleItems.OfType<Video>().Select(i => i.Id).ToList();
-                if (versionItemIds.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    alternateVersionItemIds = _libraryManager.GetItemIdsWithAlternateVersions(versionItemIds);
-                }
-            }
-
             for (int index = 0; index < accessibleItems.Count; index++)
             {
                 var item = accessibleItems[index];
-                var dto = GetBaseItemDtoInternal(
-                    item,
-                    options,
-                    user,
-                    owner,
-                    userDataBatch?.GetValueOrDefault(item.Id),
-                    allCollectionFolders,
-                    childCountBatch,
-                    playedCountBatch,
-                    artistsBatch,
-                    resumeDataBatch?.GetValueOrDefault(item.Id),
-                    peopleBatch,
-                    alternateVersionItemIds);
+                var dto = GetBaseItemDtoInternal(item, options, user, owner);
 
                 if (item is LiveTvChannel tvChannel)
                 {
@@ -300,7 +176,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
                 if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.ItemCounts))
                 {
-                    SetItemByNameInfo(dto, user, itemCountsBatch);
+                    SetItemByNameInfo(dto, user);
                 }
 
                 returnItems[index] = dto;
@@ -321,7 +197,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
         public BaseItemDto GetBaseItemDto(BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, User? user = null, BaseItem? owner = null)
         {
-            var dto = GetBaseItemDtoInternal(item, options, user, owner, null);
+            var dto = GetBaseItemDtoInternal(item, options, user, owner);
             if (item is LiveTvChannel tvChannel)
             {
                 LivetvManager.AddChannelInfo(new[] { (dto, tvChannel) }, options, user);
@@ -339,19 +215,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             return dto;
         }
 
-        private BaseItemDto GetBaseItemDtoInternal(
-            BaseItem item,
-            DtoOptions options,
-            User? user = null,
-            BaseItem? owner = null,
-            UserItemData? userData = null,
-            List<Folder>? allCollectionFolders = null,
-            Dictionary<Guid, int>? childCountBatch = null,
-            Dictionary<Guid, (int Played, int Total)>? playedCountBatch = null,
-            IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch = null,
-            VersionResumeData? resumeData = null,
-            IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, IReadOnlyList<PersonInfo>>? peopleBatch = null,
-            IReadOnlySet<Guid>? alternateVersionItemIds = null)
+        private BaseItemDto GetBaseItemDtoInternal(BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, User? user = null, BaseItem? owner = null)
         {
             var dto = new BaseItemDto
             {
@@ -365,15 +229,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.People))
             {
-                IReadOnlyList<PersonInfo>? prefetchedPeople = null;
-                if (peopleBatch is not null)
-                {
-                    // The batch omits items with no people, so a miss means "no people",
-                    // not "not fetched". Use an empty list to skip the per-item query.
-                    prefetchedPeople = peopleBatch.GetValueOrDefault(item.Id) ?? [];
-                }
-
-                AttachPeople(dto, item, user, prefetchedPeople);
+                AttachPeople(dto, item, user);
             }
 
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.PrimaryImageAspectRatio))
@@ -396,15 +252,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
             if (user is not null)
             {
-                AttachUserSpecificInfo(
-                    dto,
-                    item,
-                    user,
-                    options,
-                    userData,
-                    childCountBatch,
-                    playedCountBatch,
-                    resumeData);
+                AttachUserSpecificInfo(dto, item, user, options);
             }
 
             if (item is IHasMediaSources
@@ -420,15 +268,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 AttachStudios(dto, item);
             }
 
-            AttachBasicFields(dto, item, owner, options, artistsBatch, user, alternateVersionItemIds);
+            AttachBasicFields(dto, item, owner, options);
 
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.CanDelete))
             {
                 dto.CanDelete = user is null
                     ? item.CanDelete()
-                    : allCollectionFolders is not null
-                        ? item.CanDelete(user, allCollectionFolders)
-                        : item.CanDelete(user);
+                    : item.CanDelete(user);
             }
 
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.CanDownload))
@@ -525,36 +371,44 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             return dto;
         }
 
-        private Dictionary<Guid, ItemCounts> GetItemCountsBatch(IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items, User? user)
-        {
-            var result = new Dictionary<Guid, ItemCounts>();
-
-            foreach (var group in items.GroupBy(item => item.GetBaseItemKind()))
-            {
-                if (!_relatedItemKinds.TryGetValue(group.Key, out var relatedItemKinds))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                var ids = group.Select(item => item.Id).ToArray();
-                foreach (var (id, counts) in _libraryManager.GetItemCountsForNameItems(group.Key, ids, relatedItemKinds, user))
-                {
-                    result[id] = counts;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        private void SetItemByNameInfo(BaseItemDto dto, User? user, IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, ItemCounts>? prefetchedCounts = null)
+        private void SetItemByNameInfo(BaseItemDto dto, User? user)
         {
             if (!_relatedItemKinds.TryGetValue(dto.Type, out var relatedItemKinds))
             {
                 return;
             }
 
-            var counts = prefetchedCounts?.GetValueOrDefault(dto.Id)
-                ?? _libraryManager.GetItemCountsForNameItem(dto.Type, dto.Id, relatedItemKinds, user);
+            var query = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
+            {
+                Recursive = true,
+                DtoOptions = new DtoOptions(false) { EnableImages = false },
+                IncludeItemTypes = relatedItemKinds
+            };
+
+            switch (dto.Type)
+            {
+                case BaseItemKind.Genre:
+                case BaseItemKind.MusicGenre:
+                    query.GenreIds = [dto.Id];
+                    break;
+                case BaseItemKind.MusicArtist:
+                    query.ArtistIds = [dto.Id];
+                    break;
+                case BaseItemKind.Person:
+                    query.PersonIds = [dto.Id];
+                    break;
+                case BaseItemKind.Studio:
+                    query.StudioIds = [dto.Id];
+                    break;
+                case BaseItemKind.Year
+                    when int.TryParse(dto.Name, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var year):
+                    query.Years = [year];
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    return;
+            }
+
+            var counts = _libraryManager.GetItemCounts(query);
 
             dto.AlbumCount = counts.AlbumCount;
             dto.ArtistCount = counts.ArtistCount;
@@ -604,15 +458,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
         /// <summary>
         /// Attaches the user specific info.
         /// </summary>
-        private void AttachUserSpecificInfo(
-            BaseItemDto dto,
-            BaseItem item,
-            User user,
-            DtoOptions options,
-            UserItemData? userData = null,
-            Dictionary<Guid, int>? childCountBatch = null,
-            Dictionary<Guid, (int Played, int Total)>? playedCountBatch = null,
-            VersionResumeData? resumeData = null)
+        private void AttachUserSpecificInfo(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, User user, DtoOptions options)
         {
             if (item.IsFolder)
             {
@@ -620,19 +466,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
                 if (options.EnableUserData)
                 {
-                    if (userData is not null)
-                    {
-                        // Use pre-fetched user data
-                        dto.UserData = GetUserItemDataDto(userData, item.Id);
-                        (int Played, int Total)? precomputed = playedCountBatch is not null
-                            && playedCountBatch.TryGetValue(item.Id, out var counts) ? counts : null;
-                        item.FillUserDataDtoValues(dto.UserData, userData, dto, user, options, precomputed);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // Fall back to individual fetch
-                        dto.UserData = _userDataRepository.GetUserDataDto(item, dto, user, options);
-                    }
+                    dto.UserData = _userDataRepository.GetUserDataDto(item, dto, user, options);
                 }
 
                 if (!dto.ChildCount.HasValue && item.SourceType == SourceType.Library)
@@ -640,11 +474,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                     // For these types we can try to optimize and assume these values will be equal
                     if (item is MusicAlbum || item is Season || item is Playlist)
                     {
-                        if (dto.RecursiveItemCount > 0)
-                        {
-                            dto.ChildCount = dto.RecursiveItemCount;
-                        }
-
+                        dto.ChildCount = dto.RecursiveItemCount;
                         var folderChildCount = folder.LinkedChildren.Length;
                         // The default is an empty array, so we can't reliably use the count when it's empty
                         if (folderChildCount > 0)
@@ -655,7 +485,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
                     if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.ChildCount))
                     {
-                        dto.ChildCount ??= GetChildCount(folder, user, childCountBatch);
+                        dto.ChildCount ??= GetChildCount(folder, user);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -673,20 +503,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             {
                 if (options.EnableUserData)
                 {
-                    if (userData is not null)
-                    {
-                        // Use pre-fetched user data
-                        dto.UserData = GetUserItemDataDto(userData, item.Id);
-                        item.FillUserDataDtoValues(dto.UserData, userData, dto, user, options);
-
-                        // For items with alternate versions, the most recently played version drives resume.
-                        resumeData?.ApplyTo(dto.UserData);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // Fall back to individual fetch
-                        dto.UserData = _userDataRepository.GetUserDataDto(item, user);
-                    }
+                    dto.UserData = _userDataRepository.GetUserDataDto(item, user);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -696,25 +513,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             }
         }
 
-        private static UserItemDataDto GetUserItemDataDto(UserItemData data, Guid itemId)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(data);
-
-            return new UserItemDataDto
-            {
-                IsFavorite = data.IsFavorite,
-                Likes = data.Likes,
-                PlaybackPositionTicks = data.PlaybackPositionTicks,
-                PlayCount = data.PlayCount,
-                Rating = data.Rating,
-                Played = data.Played,
-                LastPlayedDate = data.LastPlayedDate,
-                ItemId = itemId,
-                Key = data.Key
-            };
-        }
-
-        private static int GetChildCount(Folder folder, User user, Dictionary<Guid, int>? childCountBatch)
+        private static int GetChildCount(Folder folder, User user)
         {
             // Right now this is too slow to calculate for top level folders on a per-user basis
             // Just return something so that apps that are expecting a value won't think the folders are empty
@@ -723,14 +522,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 return Random.Shared.Next(1, 10);
             }
 
-            // Use pre-fetched batch data if available
-            if (childCountBatch is not null && childCountBatch.TryGetValue(folder.Id, out var count))
-            {
-                return count;
-            }
-
-            // Only reached when no batch was computed: the batch holds an entry for every folder it
-            // was asked about, zero included.
             return folder.GetChildCount(user);
         }
 
@@ -811,18 +602,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
         /// <param name="dto">The dto.</param>
         /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
         /// <param name="user">The requesting user.</param>
-        /// <param name="prefetchedPeople">People fetched in batch by the caller; when null the people are queried per item.</param>
-        private void AttachPeople(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, User? user = null, IReadOnlyList<PersonInfo>? prefetchedPeople = null)
+        private void AttachPeople(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, User? user = null)
         {
-            // When rendering a page of items the caller batch-fetches people for every item up
-            // front and passes them in, avoiding one GetPeople query per item. Fall back to the
-            // per-item query for the single item path where no batch is available.
-            var source = prefetchedPeople ?? _libraryManager.GetPeople(item);
-
             // Ordering by person type to ensure actors and artists are at the front.
             // This is taking advantage of the fact that they both begin with A
             // This should be improved in the future
-            var people = source.OrderBy(i => i.SortOrder ?? int.MaxValue)
+            var people = _libraryManager.GetPeople(item).OrderBy(i => i.SortOrder ?? int.MaxValue)
                 .ThenBy(i =>
                 {
                     if (i.IsType(PersonKind.Actor))
@@ -1030,10 +815,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
         /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
         /// <param name="owner">The owner.</param>
         /// <param name="options">The options.</param>
-        /// <param name="artistsBatch">Optional pre-fetched artist lookup shared across a batch of items.</param>
-        /// <param name="user">The user, for per-user values such as the accessible media source count.</param>
-        /// <param name="alternateVersionItemIds">Optional pre-fetched set of item IDs that own alternate versions, shared across a batch of items.</param>
-        private void AttachBasicFields(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, BaseItem? owner, DtoOptions options, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch = null, User? user = null, IReadOnlySet<Guid>? alternateVersionItemIds = null)
+        private void AttachBasicFields(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, BaseItem? owner, DtoOptions options)
         {
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.DateCreated))
             {
@@ -1157,14 +939,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 dto.OriginalTitle = item.OriginalTitle;
             }
 
-            dto.OriginalLanguage = item.OriginalLanguage;
-
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.ParentId))
             {
                 dto.ParentId = item.DisplayParentId;
             }
 
-            AddInheritedImages(dto, item, options, owner, artistsBatch);
+            AddInheritedImages(dto, item, options, owner);
 
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.Path))
             {
@@ -1239,15 +1019,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 {
                     dto.AlbumId = albumParent.Id;
                     dto.AlbumPrimaryImageTag = GetTagAndFillBlurhash(dto, albumParent, ImageType.Primary);
-                    if (albumParent.LUFS.HasValue)
-                    {
-                        // -18 LUFS reference, same as ReplayGain 2.0, compatible with ReplayGain 1.0
-                        dto.AlbumNormalizationGain = -18f - albumParent.LUFS;
-                    }
-                    else if (albumParent.NormalizationGain.HasValue)
-                    {
-                        dto.AlbumNormalizationGain = albumParent.NormalizationGain;
-                    }
                 }
 
                 // if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.MediaSourceCount))
@@ -1280,17 +1051,16 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
                 // Include artists that are not in the database yet, e.g., just added via metadata editor
                 // var foundArtists = artistItems.Items.Select(i => i.Item1.Name).ToList();
-                var artistsLookup = artistsBatch
-                    ?? _libraryManager.GetArtists([.. hasArtist.Artists.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e))]);
-
-                dto.ArtistItems = hasArtist.Artists
-                    .Where(name => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
-                    .Distinct()
-                    .Select(name => artistsLookup.TryGetValue(name, out var artists) && artists.Length > 0
-                        ? new NameGuidPair { Name = name, Id = artists[0].Id }
-                        : null)
-                    .Where(item => item is not null)
-                    .ToArray();
+                dto.ArtistItems = _libraryManager.GetArtists([.. hasArtist.Artists.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e))])
+                    .Where(e => e.Value.Length > 0)
+                    .Select(i =>
+                    {
+                        return new NameGuidPair
+                        {
+                            Name = i.Key,
+                            Id = i.Value.First().Id
+                        };
+                    }).Where(i => i is not null).ToArray();
             }
 
             if (item is IHasAlbumArtist hasAlbumArtist)
@@ -1315,17 +1085,31 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 //    })
                 //    .ToList();
 
-                var albumArtistsLookup = artistsBatch
-                    ?? _libraryManager.GetArtists([.. hasAlbumArtist.AlbumArtists.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e))]);
-
                 dto.AlbumArtists = hasAlbumArtist.AlbumArtists
-                    .Where(name => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
-                    .Distinct()
-                    .Select(name => albumArtistsLookup.TryGetValue(name, out var albumArtists) && albumArtists.Length > 0
-                        ? new NameGuidPair { Name = name, Id = albumArtists[0].Id }
-                        : null)
-                    .Where(item => item is not null)
-                    .ToArray();
+                    // .Except(foundArtists, new DistinctNameComparer())
+                    .Select(i =>
+                    {
+                        // This should not be necessary but we're seeing some cases of it
+                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
+                        {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+
+                        var artist = _libraryManager.GetArtist(i, new DtoOptions(false)
+                        {
+                            EnableImages = false
+                        });
+                        if (artist is not null)
+                        {
+                            return new NameGuidPair
+                            {
+                                Name = artist.Name,
+                                Id = artist.Id
+                            };
+                        }
+
+                        return null;
+                    }).Where(i => i is not null).ToArray();
             }
 
             // Add video info
@@ -1347,30 +1131,18 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
                 if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.MediaSourceCount))
                 {
-                    // A video with no primary version and no alternate versions always has a single
-                    // media source. Only compute the count for videos that might have more: a primary
-                    // version, or membership in the batch's set of items that own alternate versions.
-                    // Without the batch we can't rule it out, so fall back to computing (the single-item
-                    // path). Everything else is the common case and keeps the default count of one.
-                    var mayHaveAlternateVersions = alternateVersionItemIds is null
-                        || video.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue
-                        || alternateVersionItemIds.Contains(video.Id);
-
-                    if (mayHaveAlternateVersions)
+                    var mediaSourceCount = video.MediaSourceCount;
+                    if (mediaSourceCount != 1)
                     {
-                        // Match the per-user filtering of the media sources: versions the user cannot
-                        // access are not selectable, so they must not count towards the badge either.
-                        var mediaSourceCount = user is null
-                            || (!video.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue && video.LinkedAlternateVersions.Length == 0 && !video.HasLocalAlternateVersions)
-                                ? video.MediaSourceCount
-                                : video.GetAllVersions().Count(v => v.Id.Equals(video.Id) || v.IsVisibleStandalone(user));
-                        if (mediaSourceCount != 1)
-                        {
-                            dto.MediaSourceCount = mediaSourceCount;
-                        }
+                        dto.MediaSourceCount = mediaSourceCount;
                     }
                 }
 
+                if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.Chapters))
+                {
+                    dto.Chapters = _chapterManager.GetChapters(item.Id).ToList();
+                }
+
                 if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.Trickplay))
                 {
                     var trickplay = _trickplayManager.GetTrickplayManifest(item).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
@@ -1384,11 +1156,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 dto.ExtraType = video.ExtraType;
             }
 
-            if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.Chapters))
-            {
-                dto.Chapters = _chapterManager.GetChapters(item.Id).ToList();
-            }
-
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.MediaStreams))
             {
                 // Add VideoInfo
@@ -1473,25 +1240,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (options.GetImageLimit(ImageType.Primary) > 0)
-                {
-                    var episodeSeason = episode.Season;
-                    var seasonPrimaryTag = episodeSeason is not null
-                        ? GetTagAndFillBlurhash(dto, episodeSeason, ImageType.Primary)
-                        : null;
-
-                    if (seasonPrimaryTag is not null)
-                    {
-                        dto.ParentPrimaryImageItemId = episodeSeason!.Id;
-                        dto.ParentPrimaryImageTag = seasonPrimaryTag;
-                    }
-                    else if (episodeSeries is not null && dto.SeriesPrimaryImageTag is not null)
-                    {
-                        dto.ParentPrimaryImageItemId = episodeSeries.Id;
-                        dto.ParentPrimaryImageTag = dto.SeriesPrimaryImageTag;
-                    }
-                }
-
                 if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.SeriesStudio))
                 {
                     episodeSeries ??= episode.Series;
@@ -1607,11 +1355,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             }
         }
 
-        private BaseItem? GetImageDisplayParent(BaseItem currentItem, BaseItem originalItem, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch)
+        private BaseItem? GetImageDisplayParent(BaseItem currentItem, BaseItem originalItem)
         {
             if (currentItem is MusicAlbum musicAlbum)
             {
-                var artist = GetBatchedAlbumArtist(musicAlbum, artistsBatch) ?? musicAlbum.GetMusicArtist(new DtoOptions(false));
+                var artist = musicAlbum.GetMusicArtist(new DtoOptions(false));
                 if (artist is not null)
                 {
                     return artist;
@@ -1628,36 +1376,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             return parent;
         }
 
-        private static MusicArtist? GetBatchedAlbumArtist(MusicAlbum album, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch)
+        private void AddInheritedImages(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, BaseItem? owner)
         {
-            if (artistsBatch is null)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            var name = album.AlbumArtists.Count > 0 ? album.AlbumArtists[0] : null;
-            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) && artistsBatch.TryGetValue(name, out var artists) && artists.Length > 0
-                ? artists[0]
-                : null;
-        }
-
-        private void AddInheritedImages(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, BaseItem? owner, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch)
-        {
-            if (item is UserView { ViewType: CollectionType.playlists } playlistsView
-                && options.GetImageLimit(ImageType.Primary) > 0
-                && !playlistsView.DisplayParentId.IsEmpty())
-            {
-                var displayParent = _libraryManager.GetItemById(playlistsView.DisplayParentId);
-                var displayParentPrimaryImage = displayParent?.GetImageInfo(ImageType.Primary, 0);
-
-                if (displayParentPrimaryImage is not null)
-                {
-                    dto.ImageTags?.Remove(ImageType.Primary);
-                    dto.ParentPrimaryImageItemId = displayParent!.Id;
-                    dto.ParentPrimaryImageTag = GetTagAndFillBlurhash(dto, displayParent, displayParentPrimaryImage);
-                }
-            }
-
             if (!item.SupportsInheritedParentImages)
             {
                 return;
@@ -1686,7 +1406,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 || (!(imageTags is not null && imageTags.ContainsKey(ImageType.Thumb)) && thumbLimit > 0)
                 || parent is Series)
             {
-                parent ??= isFirst ? GetImageDisplayParent(item, item, artistsBatch) ?? owner : parent;
+                parent ??= isFirst ? GetImageDisplayParent(item, item) ?? owner : parent;
                 if (parent is null)
                 {
                     break;
@@ -1745,7 +1465,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                     break;
                 }
 
-                parent = GetImageDisplayParent(parent, item, artistsBatch);
+                parent = GetImageDisplayParent(parent, item);
             }
         }
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/Emby.Server.Implementations.csproj

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" />
     <PackageReference Include="prometheus-net.DotNetRuntime" />
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
   </PropertyGroup>

Emby.Server.Implementations/EntryPoints/LibraryChangedNotifier.cs

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.EntryPoints;
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class LibraryChangedNotifier : IHostedService, IDisposable
 {
-    // A batch holds a live reference to every item it names, so it has to stay small enough that a
-    // library scan - which changes items faster than any batch window closes - cannot grow it without
-    // bound. Reached only by a scan; interactive use closes a batch on the window long before this.
-    internal const int MaxBatchSize = 2000;
-
     private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
     private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _configurationManager;
     private readonly IProviderManager _providerManager;
@@ -40,11 +35,11 @@ public sealed class LibraryChangedNotifier : IHostedService, IDisposable
     private readonly ILogger<LibraryChangedNotifier> _logger;
 
     private readonly Lock _libraryChangedSyncLock = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<Guid, Folder> _foldersAddedTo = [];
-    private readonly Dictionary<Guid, Folder> _foldersRemovedFrom = [];
-    private readonly Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem> _itemsAdded = [];
-    private readonly Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem> _itemsRemoved = [];
-    private readonly Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem> _itemsUpdated = [];
+    private readonly List<Folder> _foldersAddedTo = new();
+    private readonly List<Folder> _foldersRemovedFrom = new();
+    private readonly List<BaseItem> _itemsAdded = new();
+    private readonly List<BaseItem> _itemsRemoved = new();
+    private readonly List<BaseItem> _itemsUpdated = new();
     private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, DateTime> _lastProgressMessageTimes = new();
 
     private Timer? _libraryUpdateTimer;
@@ -178,7 +173,7 @@ public sealed class LibraryChangedNotifier : IHostedService, IDisposable
     private void OnLibraryItemRemoved(object? sender, ItemChangeEventArgs e)
         => OnLibraryChange(e.Item, e.Parent, _itemsRemoved, _foldersRemovedFrom);
 
-    private void OnLibraryChange(BaseItem item, BaseItem parent, Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem> itemsList, Dictionary<Guid, Folder>? foldersList)
+    private void OnLibraryChange(BaseItem item, BaseItem parent, List<BaseItem> itemsList, List<Folder>? foldersList)
     {
         if (!FilterItem(item))
         {
@@ -187,28 +182,23 @@ public sealed class LibraryChangedNotifier : IHostedService, IDisposable
 
         lock (_libraryChangedSyncLock)
         {
-            // The window runs from the first change of a batch and is never extended. Extending it on
-            // every change would keep a library scan's batch open for the whole scan, and the batch
-            // holds the items it names alive, so it would grow to the size of the library.
+            var updateDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_configurationManager.Configuration.LibraryUpdateDuration);
+
             if (_libraryUpdateTimer is null)
             {
-                var updateDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_configurationManager.Configuration.LibraryUpdateDuration);
                 _libraryUpdateTimer = new Timer(LibraryUpdateTimerCallback, null, updateDuration, Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
             }
+            else
+            {
+                _libraryUpdateTimer.Change(updateDuration, Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
+            }
 
             if (foldersList is not null && parent is Folder folder)
             {
-                foldersList[folder.Id] = folder;
+                foldersList.Add(folder);
             }
 
-            itemsList[item.Id] = item;
-
-            // A window long enough to cover a burst still has to give way once the batch is large
-            // enough to be worth sending on its own.
-            if (_itemsAdded.Count + _itemsRemoved.Count + _itemsUpdated.Count >= MaxBatchSize)
-            {
-                _libraryUpdateTimer.Change(TimeSpan.Zero, Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
-            }
+            itemsList.Add(item);
         }
     }
 
@@ -221,16 +211,22 @@ public sealed class LibraryChangedNotifier : IHostedService, IDisposable
         List<BaseItem> itemsRemoved;
         lock (_libraryChangedSyncLock)
         {
-            foldersAddedTo = _foldersAddedTo.Values.ToList();
-            foldersRemovedFrom = _foldersRemovedFrom.Values.ToList();
-
-            itemsUpdated = _itemsUpdated
-                .Where(e => !_itemsAdded.ContainsKey(e.Key))
-                .Select(e => e.Value)
+            // Remove dupes in case some were saved multiple times
+            foldersAddedTo = _foldersAddedTo
+                .DistinctBy(x => x.Id)
                 .ToList();
 
-            itemsAdded = _itemsAdded.Values.ToList();
-            itemsRemoved = _itemsRemoved.Values.ToList();
+            foldersRemovedFrom = _foldersRemovedFrom
+                .DistinctBy(x => x.Id)
+                .ToList();
+
+            itemsUpdated = _itemsUpdated
+                .Where(i => !_itemsAdded.Contains(i))
+                .DistinctBy(x => x.Id)
+                .ToList();
+
+            itemsAdded = _itemsAdded.ToList();
+            itemsRemoved = _itemsRemoved.ToList();
 
             if (_libraryUpdateTimer is not null)
             {
@@ -245,15 +241,6 @@ public sealed class LibraryChangedNotifier : IHostedService, IDisposable
             _foldersRemovedFrom.Clear();
         }
 
-        if (itemsAdded.Count == 0
-            && itemsUpdated.Count == 0
-            && itemsRemoved.Count == 0
-            && foldersAddedTo.Count == 0
-            && foldersRemovedFrom.Count == 0)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
         await SendChangeNotifications(itemsAdded, itemsUpdated, itemsRemoved, foldersAddedTo, foldersRemovedFrom, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/EntryPoints/UserDataChangeNotifier.cs

@@ -18,17 +18,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.EntryPoints
     public sealed class UserDataChangeNotifier : IHostedService, IDisposable
     {
         private const int UpdateDuration = 500;
-        internal const int MaxBatchSize = 2000;
 
         private readonly ISessionManager _sessionManager;
         private readonly IUserDataManager _userDataManager;
         private readonly IUserManager _userManager;
 
-        private readonly Dictionary<Guid, Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem>> _changedItems = [];
+        private readonly Dictionary<Guid, List<BaseItem>> _changedItems = new();
         private readonly Lock _syncLock = new();
 
         private Timer? _updateTimer;
-        private int _changedItemCount;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="UserDataChangeNotifier"/> class.
@@ -71,64 +69,50 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.EntryPoints
 
             lock (_syncLock)
             {
-                // The window runs from the first change of a batch and is never extended, so a stream
-                // of changes that never pauses - a library scan - still closes its batches instead of
-                // holding every item it touched alive until the stream stops.
-                _updateTimer ??= new Timer(
-                    UpdateTimerCallback,
-                    null,
-                    UpdateDuration,
-                    Timeout.Infinite);
-
-                if (!_changedItems.TryGetValue(e.UserId, out Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem>? keys))
+                if (_updateTimer is null)
                 {
-                    keys = [];
+                    _updateTimer = new Timer(
+                        UpdateTimerCallback,
+                        null,
+                        UpdateDuration,
+                        Timeout.Infinite);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _updateTimer.Change(UpdateDuration, Timeout.Infinite);
+                }
+
+                if (!_changedItems.TryGetValue(e.UserId, out List<BaseItem>? keys))
+                {
+                    keys = new List<BaseItem>();
                     _changedItems[e.UserId] = keys;
                 }
 
+                keys.Add(e.Item);
+
                 var baseItem = e.Item;
 
                 // Go up one level for indicators
                 if (baseItem is not null)
                 {
-                    Track(keys, baseItem);
-
                     var parent = baseItem.GetOwner() ?? baseItem.GetParent();
 
                     if (parent is not null)
                     {
-                        Track(keys, parent);
+                        keys.Add(parent);
                     }
                 }
-
-                // A window long enough to cover a burst still has to give way once the batch is
-                // large enough to be worth sending on its own.
-                if (_changedItemCount >= MaxBatchSize)
-                {
-                    _updateTimer.Change(0, Timeout.Infinite);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private void Track(Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem> keys, BaseItem item)
-        {
-            var before = keys.Count;
-            keys[item.Id] = item;
-
-            if (keys.Count != before)
-            {
-                _changedItemCount++;
             }
         }
 
         private async void UpdateTimerCallback(object? state)
         {
-            List<KeyValuePair<Guid, Dictionary<Guid, BaseItem>>> changes;
+            List<KeyValuePair<Guid, List<BaseItem>>> changes;
             lock (_syncLock)
             {
+                // Remove dupes in case some were saved multiple times
                 changes = _changedItems.ToList();
                 _changedItems.Clear();
-                _changedItemCount = 0;
 
                 if (_updateTimer is not null)
                 {
@@ -137,22 +121,17 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.EntryPoints
                 }
             }
 
-            if (changes.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
             foreach (var (userId, changedItems) in changes)
             {
                 await _sessionManager.SendMessageToUserSessions(
                     [userId],
                     SessionMessageType.UserDataChanged,
-                    () => GetUserDataChangeInfo(userId, changedItems.Values),
+                    () => GetUserDataChangeInfo(userId, changedItems),
                     default).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
 
-        private UserDataChangeInfo GetUserDataChangeInfo(Guid userId, IEnumerable<BaseItem> changedItems)
+        private UserDataChangeInfo GetUserDataChangeInfo(Guid userId, List<BaseItem> changedItems)
         {
             var user = _userManager.GetUserById(userId)
                 ?? throw new ArgumentException("Invalid user ID", nameof(userId));
@@ -161,6 +140,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.EntryPoints
             {
                 UserId = userId,
                 UserDataList = changedItems
+                    .DistinctBy(x => x.Id)
                     .Select(i =>
                     {
                         var dto = _userDataManager.GetUserDataDto(i, user);

Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/WebSocketConnection.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO.Pipelines;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.WebSockets;
@@ -70,11 +69,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IPAddress? RemoteEndPoint { get; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or initializes the UI culture captured from the upgrade request.
-        /// </summary>
-        public CultureInfo? RequestUICulture { get; init; }
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public Func<WebSocketMessageInfo, Task>? OnReceive { get; set; }
 
@@ -87,17 +81,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public WebSocketState State => _socket.State;
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public void ApplyRequestCulture()
-        {
-            if (RequestUICulture is null)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = RequestUICulture;
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public async Task SendAsync(OutboundWebSocketMessage message, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
@@ -127,12 +110,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                 {
                     receiveResult = await _socket.ReceiveAsync(memory, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
-                catch (Exception ex) when (ex is WebSocketException or ObjectDisposedException or OperationCanceledException)
+                catch (WebSocketException ex)
                 {
-                    // ObjectDisposedException/OperationCanceledException: the socket was torn
-                    // down underneath us (e.g. by the keep-alive watchdog after the connection
-                    // was declared lost). Fall through so Closed is still raised and the
-                    // session can release this connection.
                     _logger.LogWarning("WS {IP} error receiving data: {Message}", RemoteEndPoint, ex.Message);
                     break;
                 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/WebSocketManager.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.WebSockets;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -48,18 +47,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                 _logger.LogInformation("WS {IP} request", context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress);
 
                 WebSocket webSocket = await context.WebSockets.AcceptWebSocketAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
                 var connection = new WebSocketConnection(
                     _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<WebSocketConnection>(),
                     webSocket,
                     authorizationInfo,
                     context.GetNormalizedRemoteIP())
                 {
-                    RequestUICulture = CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture
-                };
-                connection.OnReceive = result =>
-                {
-                    connection.ApplyRequestCulture();
-                    return ProcessWebSocketMessageReceived(result);
+                    OnReceive = ProcessWebSocketMessageReceived
                 };
                 await using (connection.ConfigureAwait(false))
                 {

Emby.Server.Implementations/IO/LibraryMonitor.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using Emby.Server.Implementations.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
         private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
         private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _configurationManager;
         private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
-        private readonly IDirectoryService _directoryService;
-        private readonly DotIgnoreIgnoreRule _dotIgnoreIgnoreRule;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The file system watchers.
@@ -49,27 +46,20 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
         /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
         /// <param name="configurationManager">The configuration manager.</param>
         /// <param name="fileSystem">The filesystem.</param>
-        /// <param name="directoryService">The directory service.</param>
         /// <param name="appLifetime">The <see cref="IHostApplicationLifetime"/>.</param>
-        /// <param name="dotIgnoreIgnoreRule">The .ignore rule handler.</param>
         public LibraryMonitor(
             ILogger<LibraryMonitor> logger,
             ILibraryManager libraryManager,
             IServerConfigurationManager configurationManager,
             IFileSystem fileSystem,
-            IDirectoryService directoryService,
-            IHostApplicationLifetime appLifetime,
-            DotIgnoreIgnoreRule dotIgnoreIgnoreRule)
+            IHostApplicationLifetime appLifetime)
         {
             _libraryManager = libraryManager;
             _logger = logger;
             _configurationManager = configurationManager;
             _fileSystem = fileSystem;
-            _directoryService = directoryService;
-            _dotIgnoreIgnoreRule = dotIgnoreIgnoreRule;
 
             appLifetime.ApplicationStarted.Register(Start);
-            appLifetime.ApplicationStopping.Register(Stop);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -362,14 +352,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
                 return;
             }
 
-            var fileInfo = _fileSystem.GetFileSystemInfo(path);
-            if (_dotIgnoreIgnoreRule.ShouldIgnore(fileInfo, null))
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            _directoryService.Invalidate(path);
-
             // Ignore certain files, If the parent of an ignored path has a change event, ignore that too
             foreach (var i in _tempIgnoredPaths.Keys)
             {

Emby.Server.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs

@@ -497,17 +497,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual bool AreEqual(string path1, string path2)
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path1) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path2))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            var normalized1 = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path1);
-            var normalized2 = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path2);
-
-            return string.Equals(
-                normalized1,
-                normalized2,
+            return Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path1).Equals(
+                Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path2),
                 _isEnvironmentCaseInsensitive ? StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase : StringComparison.Ordinal);
         }
 
@@ -586,12 +577,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual IEnumerable<FileSystemMetadata> GetFiles(string path, string searchPattern, IReadOnlyList<string>? extensions, bool enableCaseSensitiveExtensions, bool recursive = false)
         {
-            if (!Directory.Exists(path))
-            {
-                _logger.LogWarning("Directory does not exist: {Path}", path);
-                return [];
-            }
-
             var enumerationOptions = GetEnumerationOptions(recursive);
 
             // On linux and macOS the search pattern is case-sensitive
@@ -691,7 +676,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
             }
             catch (Exception ex) when (ex is UnauthorizedAccessException or DirectoryNotFoundException or SecurityException)
             {
-                _logger.LogWarning("Failed to enumerate path \"{Path}\": {Message}", path, ex.Message);
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed to enumerate path {Path}", path);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<string>();
             }
         }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Images/BaseDynamicImageProvider.cs

@@ -267,24 +267,22 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
         {
             var image = item.GetImageInfo(type, 0);
 
-            if (image is null)
+            if (image is not null)
             {
-                return GetItemsWithImages(item).Count is not 0;
-            }
+                if (!image.IsLocalFile)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
 
-            if (!image.IsLocalFile)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
+                if (!FileSystem.ContainsSubPath(item.GetInternalMetadataPath(), image.Path))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
 
-            if (!FileSystem.ContainsSubPath(item.GetInternalMetadataPath(), image.Path))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (!HasChangedByDate(item, image))
-            {
-                return false;
+                if (!HasChangedByDate(item, image))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
 
             return true;

Emby.Server.Implementations/Images/CollectionFolderImageProvider.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using Jellyfin.Api.Extensions;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
 {
@@ -28,23 +28,51 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
         {
             var view = (CollectionFolder)item;
             var viewType = view.CollectionType;
-            var includeItemTypes = DtoExtensions.GetBaseItemKindsForCollectionType(viewType);
-            var recursive = viewType != CollectionType.playlists;
 
-            if (viewType == CollectionType.music)
+            BaseItemKind[] includeItemTypes;
+
+            switch (viewType)
             {
-                // Music albums usually don't have dedicated backdrops, so use artist instead
-                includeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicArtist];
+                case CollectionType.movies:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Movie };
+                    break;
+                case CollectionType.tvshows:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Series };
+                    break;
+                case CollectionType.music:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.MusicAlbum };
+                    break;
+                case CollectionType.musicvideos:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.MusicVideo };
+                    break;
+                case CollectionType.books:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Book, BaseItemKind.AudioBook };
+                    break;
+                case CollectionType.boxsets:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.BoxSet };
+                    break;
+                case CollectionType.homevideos:
+                case CollectionType.photos:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Video, BaseItemKind.Photo };
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Video, BaseItemKind.Audio, BaseItemKind.Photo, BaseItemKind.Movie, BaseItemKind.Series };
+                    break;
             }
 
+            var recursive = viewType != CollectionType.playlists;
+
             return view.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
             {
                 CollapseBoxSetItems = false,
                 Recursive = recursive,
                 DtoOptions = new DtoOptions(false),
-                ImageTypes = [ImageType.Primary],
+                ImageTypes = new[] { ImageType.Primary },
                 Limit = 8,
-                OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)],
+                OrderBy = new[]
+                {
+                    (ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)
+                },
                 IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes
             });
         }
@@ -70,11 +98,5 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
 
             return base.CreateImage(item, itemsWithImages, outputPath, imageType, imageIndex);
         }
-
-        protected override bool HasChangedByDate(BaseItem item, ItemImageInfo image)
-        {
-            var age = DateTime.UtcNow - image.DateModified;
-            return age.TotalDays > 7;
-        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/DotIgnoreIgnoreRule.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-using BitFaster.Caching.Lru;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers;
@@ -17,36 +14,22 @@ public class DotIgnoreIgnoreRule : IResolverIgnoreRule
 {
     private static readonly bool IsWindows = OperatingSystem.IsWindows();
 
-    private readonly FastConcurrentLru<string, IgnoreFileCacheEntry> _directoryCache;
-    private readonly FastConcurrentLru<string, ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry> _rulesCache;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DotIgnoreIgnoreRule"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    public DotIgnoreIgnoreRule()
+    private static FileInfo? FindIgnoreFile(DirectoryInfo directory)
     {
-        var cacheSize = Math.Max(100, Environment.ProcessorCount * 100);
-        _directoryCache = new FastConcurrentLru<string, IgnoreFileCacheEntry>(
-            Environment.ProcessorCount,
-            cacheSize,
-            StringComparer.Ordinal);
-        _rulesCache = new FastConcurrentLru<string, ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry>(
-            Environment.ProcessorCount,
-            Math.Max(32, cacheSize / 4),
-            StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        for (var current = directory; current is not null; current = current.Parent)
+        {
+            var ignorePath = Path.Join(current.FullName, ".ignore");
+            if (File.Exists(ignorePath))
+            {
+                return new FileInfo(ignorePath);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public bool ShouldIgnore(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, BaseItem? parent) => IsIgnoredInternal(fileInfo, parent);
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Clears the directory lookup cache. The parsed rules cache is not cleared
-    /// as it validates file modification time on each access.
-    /// </summary>
-    public void ClearDirectoryCache()
-    {
-        _directoryCache.Clear();
-    }
+    public bool ShouldIgnore(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, BaseItem? parent) => IsIgnored(fileInfo, parent);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Checks whether or not the file is ignored.
@@ -54,86 +37,45 @@ public class DotIgnoreIgnoreRule : IResolverIgnoreRule
     /// <param name="fileInfo">The file information.</param>
     /// <param name="parent">The parent BaseItem.</param>
     /// <returns>True if the file should be ignored.</returns>
-    public bool IsIgnoredInternal(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, BaseItem? parent)
+    public static bool IsIgnored(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, BaseItem? parent)
     {
         var searchDirectory = fileInfo.IsDirectory
-            ? fileInfo.FullName
-            : Path.GetDirectoryName(fileInfo.FullName);
+            ? new DirectoryInfo(fileInfo.FullName)
+            : new DirectoryInfo(Path.GetDirectoryName(fileInfo.FullName) ?? string.Empty);
 
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchDirectory))
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchDirectory.FullName))
         {
             return false;
         }
 
-        var ignoreFile = FindIgnoreFileCached(searchDirectory);
+        var ignoreFile = FindIgnoreFile(searchDirectory);
         if (ignoreFile is null)
         {
             return false;
         }
 
-        var parsedEntry = GetParsedRules(ignoreFile);
-        if (parsedEntry is null)
-        {
-            // File was deleted after we cached the path - clear the directory cache entry and return false
-            _directoryCache.TryRemove(searchDirectory, out _);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        // Empty file means ignore everything
-        if (parsedEntry.IsEmpty)
+        // Fast path in case the ignore files isn't a symlink and is empty
+        if (ignoreFile.LinkTarget is null && ignoreFile.Length == 0)
         {
+            // Ignore directory if we just have the file
             return true;
         }
 
-        return parsedEntry.Rules.IsIgnored(GetPathToCheck(fileInfo.FullName, fileInfo.IsDirectory));
+        var content = GetFileContent(ignoreFile);
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(content)
+            || CheckIgnoreRules(fileInfo.FullName, content, fileInfo.IsDirectory);
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Checks whether a path should be ignored based on an array of ignore rules.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="path">The path to check.</param>
-    /// <param name="rules">The array of ignore rules.</param>
-    /// <param name="isDirectory">Whether the path is a directory.</param>
-    /// <returns>True if the path should be ignored.</returns>
-    internal static bool CheckIgnoreRules(string path, string[] rules, bool isDirectory)
-        => CheckIgnoreRules(path, rules, isDirectory, IsWindows);
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Checks whether a path should be ignored based on an array of ignore rules.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="path">The path to check.</param>
-    /// <param name="rules">The array of ignore rules.</param>
-    /// <param name="isDirectory">Whether the path is a directory.</param>
-    /// <param name="normalizePath">Whether to normalize backslashes to forward slashes (for Windows paths).</param>
-    /// <returns>True if the path should be ignored.</returns>
-    internal static bool CheckIgnoreRules(string path, string[] rules, bool isDirectory, bool normalizePath)
+    private static bool CheckIgnoreRules(string path, string ignoreFileContent, bool isDirectory)
     {
+        // If file has content, base ignoring off the content .gitignore-style rules
+        var rules = ignoreFileContent.Split('\n', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
         var ignore = new Ignore.Ignore();
+        ignore.Add(rules);
 
-        // Add each rule individually to catch and skip invalid patterns
-        var validRulesAdded = 0;
-        foreach (var rule in rules)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                ignore.Add(rule);
-                validRulesAdded++;
-            }
-            catch (RegexParseException)
-            {
-                // Ignore invalid patterns
-            }
-        }
-
-        // If no valid rules were added, fall back to ignoring everything (like an empty .ignore file)
-        if (validRulesAdded == 0)
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // Mitigate the problem of the Ignore library not handling Windows paths correctly.
-        // See https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/15484
-        var pathToCheck = normalizePath ? path.NormalizePath('/') : path;
+         // Mitigate the problem of the Ignore library not handling Windows paths correctly.
+         // See https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/15484
+        var pathToCheck = IsWindows ? path.NormalizePath('/') : path;
 
         // Add trailing slash for directories to match "folder/"
         if (isDirectory)
@@ -144,196 +86,11 @@ public class DotIgnoreIgnoreRule : IResolverIgnoreRule
         return ignore.IsIgnored(pathToCheck);
     }
 
-    private FileInfo? FindIgnoreFileCached(string directory)
+    private static string GetFileContent(FileInfo ignoreFile)
     {
-        // Check if we have a cached result for this directory
-        if (_directoryCache.TryGet(directory, out var cached))
-        {
-            return cached.IgnoreFileDirectory is null
-                ? null
-                : new FileInfo(Path.Join(cached.IgnoreFileDirectory, ".ignore"));
-        }
-
-        DirectoryInfo startDir;
-        try
-        {
-            startDir = new DirectoryInfo(directory);
-        }
-        catch (ArgumentException)
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        // Walk up the directory tree to find .ignore file using DirectoryInfo.Parent
-        var checkedDirs = new List<string> { directory };
-
-        for (var current = startDir; current is not null; current = current.Parent)
-        {
-            var currentPath = current.FullName;
-
-            // Check if this intermediate directory is cached
-            if (current != startDir && _directoryCache.TryGet(currentPath, out var parentCached))
-            {
-                // Cache the result for all directories we checked
-                var entry = new IgnoreFileCacheEntry(parentCached.IgnoreFileDirectory);
-                foreach (var dir in checkedDirs)
-                {
-                    _directoryCache.AddOrUpdate(dir, entry);
-                }
-
-                return parentCached.IgnoreFileDirectory is null
-                    ? null
-                    : new FileInfo(Path.Join(parentCached.IgnoreFileDirectory, ".ignore"));
-            }
-
-            var ignoreFile = new FileInfo(Path.Join(currentPath, ".ignore"));
-            if (ignoreFile.Exists)
-            {
-                // Cache for all directories we checked
-                var entry = new IgnoreFileCacheEntry(currentPath);
-                foreach (var dir in checkedDirs)
-                {
-                    _directoryCache.AddOrUpdate(dir, entry);
-                }
-
-                return ignoreFile;
-            }
-
-            if (current != startDir)
-            {
-                checkedDirs.Add(currentPath);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // No .ignore file found - cache null result for all directories
-        var nullEntry = new IgnoreFileCacheEntry((string?)null);
-        foreach (var dir in checkedDirs)
-        {
-            _directoryCache.AddOrUpdate(dir, nullEntry);
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    private ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry? GetParsedRules(FileInfo ignoreFile)
-    {
-        if (!ignoreFile.Exists)
-        {
-            _rulesCache.TryRemove(ignoreFile.FullName, out _);
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        var lastModified = ignoreFile.LastWriteTimeUtc;
-        var fileLength = ignoreFile.Length;
-        var key = ignoreFile.FullName;
-
-        // Check cache
-        if (_rulesCache.TryGet(key, out var cached))
-        {
-            if (cached.FileLastModified == lastModified && cached.FileLength == fileLength)
-            {
-                return cached;
-            }
-
-            // Stale - need to reparse
-            _rulesCache.TryRemove(key, out _);
-        }
-
-        // Parse the file
-        var parsedEntry = ParseIgnoreFile(ignoreFile, lastModified, fileLength);
-        _rulesCache.AddOrUpdate(key, parsedEntry);
-        return parsedEntry;
-    }
-
-    private static ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry ParseIgnoreFile(FileInfo ignoreFile, DateTime lastModified, long fileLength)
-    {
-        if (ignoreFile.LinkTarget is null && fileLength == 0)
-        {
-            return new ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry
-            {
-                Rules = new Ignore.Ignore(),
-                FileLastModified = lastModified,
-                FileLength = fileLength,
-                IsEmpty = true
-            };
-        }
-
-        // Resolve symlinks
-        var resolvedFile = FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(ignoreFile, returnFinalTarget: true) ?? ignoreFile;
-        if (!resolvedFile.Exists)
-        {
-            return new ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry
-            {
-                Rules = new Ignore.Ignore(),
-                FileLastModified = lastModified,
-                FileLength = fileLength,
-                IsEmpty = true
-            };
-        }
-
-        var content = File.ReadAllText(resolvedFile.FullName);
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(content))
-        {
-            return new ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry
-            {
-                Rules = new Ignore.Ignore(),
-                FileLastModified = lastModified,
-                FileLength = fileLength,
-                IsEmpty = true
-            };
-        }
-
-        var rules = content.Split('\n', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
-        var ignore = new Ignore.Ignore();
-        var validRulesAdded = 0;
-
-        foreach (var rule in rules)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                ignore.Add(rule);
-                validRulesAdded++;
-            }
-            catch (RegexParseException)
-            {
-                // Ignore invalid patterns
-            }
-        }
-
-        // No valid rules means treat as empty (ignore all)
-        return new ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry
-        {
-            Rules = ignore,
-            FileLastModified = lastModified,
-            FileLength = fileLength,
-            IsEmpty = validRulesAdded == 0
-        };
-    }
-
-    private static string GetPathToCheck(string path, bool isDirectory)
-    {
-        // Normalize Windows paths
-        var pathToCheck = IsWindows ? path.NormalizePath('/') : path;
-
-        // Add trailing slash for directories to match "folder/"
-        if (isDirectory)
-        {
-            pathToCheck = string.Concat(pathToCheck.AsSpan().TrimEnd('/'), "/");
-        }
-
-        return pathToCheck;
-    }
-
-    private readonly record struct IgnoreFileCacheEntry(string? IgnoreFileDirectory);
-
-    private sealed class ParsedIgnoreCacheEntry
-    {
-        public required Ignore.Ignore Rules { get; init; }
-
-        public required DateTime FileLastModified { get; init; }
-
-        public required long FileLength { get; init; }
-
-        public required bool IsEmpty { get; init; }
+        ignoreFile = FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(ignoreFile, returnFinalTarget: true) ?? ignoreFile;
+        return ignoreFile.Exists
+            ? File.ReadAllText(ignoreFile.FullName)
+            : string.Empty;
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/ExternalDataManager.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Chapters;
@@ -51,33 +52,26 @@ public class ExternalDataManager : IExternalDataManager
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public async Task DeleteExternalItemDataAsync(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        DeleteExternalItemFiles(item);
-
+        var validPaths = _pathManager.GetExtractedDataPaths(item).Where(Directory.Exists).ToList();
         var itemId = item.Id;
+        if (validPaths.Count > 0)
+        {
+            foreach (var path in validPaths)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    Directory.Delete(path, true);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Unable to prune external item data at {Path}: {Exception}", path, ex);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         await _keyframeManager.DeleteKeyframeDataAsync(itemId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         await _mediaSegmentManager.DeleteSegmentsAsync(itemId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         await _trickplayManager.DeleteTrickplayDataAsync(itemId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         await _chapterManager.DeleteChapterDataAsync(itemId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void DeleteExternalItemFiles(BaseItem item)
-    {
-        foreach (var path in _pathManager.GetExtractedDataPaths(item))
-        {
-            if (!Directory.Exists(path))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            try
-            {
-                Directory.Delete(path, true);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                _logger.LogWarning("Unable to prune external item data at {Path}: {Exception}", path, ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/IgnorePatterns.cs

@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             "**/*.sample.?????",
             "**/sample/*",
 
-            // Avoid adding Hungarian sample files
-            // https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/16237
-            "**/minta.?",
-            "**/minta.??",
-            "**/minta.???", // Matches minta.mkv
-            "**/minta.????", // Matches minta.webm
-            "**/minta.?????",
-            "**/*.minta.?",
-            "**/*.minta.??",
-            "**/*.minta.???",
-            "**/*.minta.????",
-            "**/*.minta.?????",
-            "**/minta/*",
-
             // Directories
             "**/metadata/**",
             "**/metadata",
@@ -64,10 +50,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             "**/lost+found",
             "**/subs/**",
             "**/subs",
-            "**/.snapshots/**",
-            "**/.snapshots",
-            "**/.snapshot/**",
-            "**/.snapshot",
 
             // Trickplay files
             "**/*.trickplay",

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs

@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.LiveTv;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
@@ -128,11 +126,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 return true;
             }
 
-            if (stream.IsVobSubSubtitleStream)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -177,7 +170,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MediaSourceInfo>> GetPlaybackMediaSources(BaseItem item, User user, bool allowMediaProbe, bool enablePathSubstitution, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var mediaSources = GetStaticMediaSources(item, enablePathSubstitution, user);
-            ResolveSymlinkPaths(mediaSources, enablePathSubstitution);
 
             // If file is strm or main media stream is missing, force a metadata refresh with remote probing
             if (allowMediaProbe && mediaSources[0].Type != MediaSourceType.Placeholder
@@ -194,7 +186,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                     cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 mediaSources = GetStaticMediaSources(item, enablePathSubstitution, user);
-                ResolveSymlinkPaths(mediaSources, enablePathSubstitution);
             }
 
             var dynamicMediaSources = await GetDynamicMediaSources(item, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -229,11 +220,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 list.Add(source);
             }
 
-            var preferredId = mediaSources.Count > 0 && Guid.TryParse(mediaSources[0].Id, out var topSourceId)
-                ? topSourceId
-                : item.Id;
-
-            return SortMediaSources(list, preferredId).ToArray();
+            return SortMediaSources(list).ToArray();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />>
@@ -331,28 +318,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Resolves symlinked file paths on the supplied sources to the real on-disk target.
-        /// Skipped when <paramref name="enablePathSubstitution"/> is set because the path may
-        /// already have been rewritten to a UNC/URL meant for the client to consume directly.
-        /// </summary>
-        private static void ResolveSymlinkPaths(IReadOnlyList<MediaSourceInfo> sources, bool enablePathSubstitution)
-        {
-            if (enablePathSubstitution)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            foreach (var source in sources)
-            {
-                if (source.Protocol == MediaProtocol.File
-                    && FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(source.Path, returnFinalTarget: true) is { Exists: true } target)
-                {
-                    source.Path = target.FullName;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         private static void SetKeyProperties(IMediaSourceProvider provider, MediaSourceInfo mediaSource)
         {
             var prefix = provider.GetType().FullName.GetMD5().ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + LiveStreamIdDelimiter;
@@ -390,12 +355,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
             if (user is not null)
             {
-                sources = sources
-                    .Where(source => !Guid.TryParse(source.Id, out var sourceId)
-                        || sourceId.Equals(item.Id)
-                        || _libraryManager.GetItemById<BaseItem>(sourceId, user) is not null)
-                    .ToArray();
-
                 foreach (var source in sources)
                 {
                     SetDefaultAudioAndSubtitleStreamIndices(item, source, user);
@@ -410,59 +369,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                         source.SupportsDirectStream = user.HasPermission(PermissionKind.EnablePlaybackRemuxing);
                     }
                 }
-
-                sources = SetAlternateVersionResumeStates(item, sources, user);
-            }
-
-            return sources;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// When the queried item is a primary, moves the most recently played version to the front so
-        /// that resuming without an explicit source selection plays the version that was last watched.
-        /// A directly queried alternate version keeps its own source first. Per-user playback position
-        /// is not surfaced on the source itself; it is carried by each version's own UserData.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="item">The queried item.</param>
-        /// <param name="sources">The item's media sources.</param>
-        /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
-        /// <returns>The media sources, reordered when a version drives resume.</returns>
-        private IReadOnlyList<MediaSourceInfo> SetAlternateVersionResumeStates(BaseItem item, IReadOnlyList<MediaSourceInfo> sources, User user)
-        {
-            // For a video, multiple sources means alternate versions.
-            if (item is not Video video || sources.Count < 2)
-            {
-                return sources;
-            }
-
-            var versions = video.GetAllVersions();
-            if (versions.Count < 2)
-            {
-                return sources;
-            }
-
-            var userDataByVersion = _userDataManager.GetUserDataBatch(versions, user);
-            var dataBySourceId = new Dictionary<string, UserItemData>(versions.Count, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-            foreach (var version in versions)
-            {
-                if (userDataByVersion.TryGetValue(version.Id, out var data))
-                {
-                    dataBySourceId[version.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)] = data;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Reorder only for a resumable (in-progress) version;
-            // a completed version has no position to resume, so it must not be pulled to the front here.
-            var resumeSource = VersionPlaybackSelector.SelectMostRecentlyPlayed(
-                sources,
-                source => source.Id is not null ? dataBySourceId.GetValueOrDefault(source.Id) : null,
-                data => data.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0);
-
-            if (resumeSource is not null && !video.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue && !ReferenceEquals(sources[0], resumeSource))
-            {
-                var reordered = new List<MediaSourceInfo>(sources.Count) { resumeSource };
-                reordered.AddRange(sources.Where(s => !ReferenceEquals(s, resumeSource)));
-                return reordered;
             }
 
             return sources;
@@ -517,7 +423,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             MediaStreamSelector.SetSubtitleStreamScores(source.MediaStreams, preferredSubs, user.SubtitleMode, audioLanguage);
         }
 
-        private void SetDefaultAudioStreamIndex(MediaSourceInfo source, UserItemData userData, User user, bool allowRememberingSelection, string originalLanguage)
+        private void SetDefaultAudioStreamIndex(MediaSourceInfo source, UserItemData userData, User user, bool allowRememberingSelection)
         {
             if (userData is not null && userData.AudioStreamIndex.HasValue && user.RememberAudioSelections && allowRememberingSelection)
             {
@@ -531,38 +437,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 }
             }
 
-            if (string.Equals(user.AudioLanguagePreference, "OriginalLanguage", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                if (user.PlayDefaultAudioTrack)
-                {
-                    source.DefaultAudioStreamIndex = MediaStreamSelector.GetDefaultAudioStreamIndex(
-                        source.MediaStreams,
-                        NormalizeLanguage(originalLanguage),
-                        user.PlayDefaultAudioTrack);
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                var originalIndex = source.MediaStreams.FindIndex(i => i.Type == MediaStreamType.Audio && i.IsOriginal);
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(originalLanguage) && originalIndex != -1)
-                {
-                    var mediaLanguageOriginal = source.MediaStreams[originalIndex].Language;
-                    if (NormalizeLanguage(mediaLanguageOriginal).Contains(NormalizeLanguage(originalLanguage).FirstOrDefault()))
-                    {
-                        source.DefaultAudioStreamIndex = originalIndex;
-                        return;
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (originalIndex != -1)
-                {
-                    source.DefaultAudioStreamIndex = originalIndex;
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-
-            var preferredAudio = string.Equals(user.AudioLanguagePreference, "OriginalLanguage", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(originalLanguage)
-                ? NormalizeLanguage(originalLanguage)
-                : NormalizeLanguage(user.AudioLanguagePreference);
+            var preferredAudio = NormalizeLanguage(user.AudioLanguagePreference);
 
             source.DefaultAudioStreamIndex = MediaStreamSelector.GetDefaultAudioStreamIndex(source.MediaStreams, preferredAudio, user.PlayDefaultAudioTrack);
             if (user.PlayDefaultAudioTrack)
@@ -587,9 +462,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
                 var allowRememberingSelection = item is null || item.EnableRememberingTrackSelections;
 
-                var originalLanguage = item?.GetInheritedOriginalLanguage();
-
-                SetDefaultAudioStreamIndex(source, userData, user, allowRememberingSelection, originalLanguage);
+                SetDefaultAudioStreamIndex(source, userData, user, allowRememberingSelection);
                 SetDefaultSubtitleStreamIndex(source, userData, user, allowRememberingSelection);
             }
             else if (mediaType == MediaType.Audio)
@@ -603,32 +476,24 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             }
         }
 
-        private static IEnumerable<MediaSourceInfo> SortMediaSources(IEnumerable<MediaSourceInfo> sources, Guid preferredItemId = default)
+        private static IEnumerable<MediaSourceInfo> SortMediaSources(IEnumerable<MediaSourceInfo> sources)
         {
-            // The source belonging to the queried item sorts first so it stays the default that gets played.
-            var preferredId = preferredItemId.IsEmpty()
-                ? null
-                : preferredItemId.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
-
-            return sources
-                .OrderByDescending(i => preferredId is not null && string.Equals(i.Id, preferredId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                .ThenBy(i =>
+            return sources.OrderBy(i =>
+            {
+                if (i.VideoType.HasValue && i.VideoType.Value == VideoType.VideoFile)
                 {
-                    if (i.VideoType.HasValue && i.VideoType.Value == VideoType.VideoFile)
-                    {
-                        return 0;
-                    }
+                    return 0;
+                }
 
-                    return 1;
-                })
-                .ThenBy(i => i.Video3DFormat.HasValue ? 1 : 0)
-                .ThenByDescending(i =>
-                {
-                    var stream = i.VideoStream;
+                return 1;
+            }).ThenBy(i => i.Video3DFormat.HasValue ? 1 : 0)
+            .ThenByDescending(i =>
+            {
+                var stream = i.VideoStream;
 
-                    return stream?.Width ?? 0;
-                })
-                .Where(i => i.Type != MediaSourceType.Placeholder);
+                return stream?.Width ?? 0;
+            })
+            .Where(i => i.Type != MediaSourceType.Placeholder);
         }
 
         public async Task<Tuple<LiveStreamResponse, IDirectStreamProvider>> OpenLiveStreamInternal(LiveStreamRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathExtensions.cs

@@ -29,79 +29,28 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 throw new ArgumentException("String can't be empty.", nameof(attribute));
             }
 
-            // Allow tmdb as an alias for tmdbid, tvdb for tvdbid, etc.
-            // The code below only supports aliases for attributes in the form of "<alias>id".
-            ReadOnlySpan<char> shortAttr = attribute switch
+            var attributeIndex = str.IndexOf(attribute, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            // Must be at least 3 characters after the attribute =, ], any character,
+            // then we offset it by 1, because we want the index and not length.
+            var maxIndex = str.Length - attribute.Length - 2;
+            while (attributeIndex > -1 && attributeIndex < maxIndex)
             {
-                _ when attribute.Equals("tmdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) => "tmdb",
-                _ when attribute.Equals("tvdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) => "tvdb",
-                _ when attribute.Equals("imdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) => "imdb",
-                _ => ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty
-            };
-
-            for (int strIndex = 0, attributeIndex = 0; attributeIndex > -1;)
-            {
-                // We may want to use imdbid pattern matching later, so we don't want to modify the original 'str'.
-                var subStr = str[strIndex..];
-                int attributeEnd = 0;
-
-                if (shortAttr.Length > 0)
+                var attributeEnd = attributeIndex + attribute.Length;
+                if (attributeIndex > 0
+                    && str[attributeIndex - 1] == '['
+                    && (str[attributeEnd] == '=' || str[attributeEnd] == '-'))
                 {
-                    // If we are using an alias it should be shorter (and a prefix), so let's search for that.
-                    attributeIndex = subStr.IndexOf(shortAttr, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-                    attributeEnd = attributeIndex + shortAttr.Length;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    attributeIndex = subStr.IndexOf(attribute, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-                    attributeEnd = attributeIndex + attribute.Length;
-                }
-
-                // The next iteration should start at the end of the attribute we just found.
-                // If attributeIndex < 0, the loop will end and strIndex won't be used again.
-                strIndex += attributeEnd;
-
-                if (attributeIndex > 0)
-                {
-                    var attributeOpener = subStr[attributeIndex - 1];
-                    var attributeCloser = attributeOpener switch
+                    var closingIndex = str[attributeEnd..].IndexOf(']');
+                    // Must be at least 1 character before the closing bracket.
+                    if (closingIndex > 1)
                     {
-                        '[' => ']',
-                        '(' => ')',
-                        '{' => '}',
-                        _ => '\0'
-                    };
-
-                    if (attributeCloser != '\0')
-                    {
-                        if (shortAttr.Length > 0
-                            && attributeEnd + 1 < subStr.Length
-                            && (subStr[attributeEnd] is 'i' or 'I')
-                            && (subStr[attributeEnd + 1] is 'd' or 'D'))
-                        {
-                            // We were searching for a shortened attribute, but it's followed by "id" - let's skip it.
-                            attributeEnd += 2;
-                        }
-
-                        // attributeEnd points at '='.
-                        // We need at least 1 more character and the closing bracket after that.
-                        if (attributeEnd + 2 < subStr.Length && (subStr[attributeEnd] is '=' or '-'))
-                        {
-                            var closingIndex = subStr[attributeEnd..].IndexOf(attributeCloser);
-
-                            // Must be at least 1 character before the closing bracket.
-                            if (closingIndex > 1)
-                            {
-                                var trimmed = subStr[(attributeEnd + 1)..(attributeEnd + closingIndex)].Trim();
-
-                                if (trimmed.Length > 0)
-                                {
-                                    return trimmed.ToString();
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
+                        return str[(attributeEnd + 1)..(attributeEnd + closingIndex)].Trim().ToString();
                     }
                 }
+
+                str = str[attributeEnd..];
+                attributeIndex = str.IndexOf(attribute, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             }
 
             // for imdbid we also accept pattern matching

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathManager.cs

@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library;
 
@@ -16,22 +14,18 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library;
 /// </summary>
 public class PathManager : IPathManager
 {
-    private readonly ILogger<PathManager> _logger;
     private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _config;
     private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PathManager"/> class.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
     /// <param name="config">The server configuration manager.</param>
     /// <param name="appPaths">The application paths.</param>
     public PathManager(
-        ILogger<PathManager> logger,
         IServerConfigurationManager config,
         IApplicationPaths appPaths)
     {
-        _logger = logger;
         _config = config;
         _appPaths = appPaths;
     }
@@ -41,55 +35,31 @@ public class PathManager : IPathManager
     private string AttachmentCachePath => Path.Combine(_appPaths.DataPath, "attachments");
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public string? GetAttachmentPath(string mediaSourceId, string fileName)
+    public string GetAttachmentPath(string mediaSourceId, string fileName)
     {
-        var folder = GetAttachmentFolderPath(mediaSourceId);
-        if (folder is null)
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        var safeName = PathHelper.GetSafeLeafFileName(fileName);
-        if (safeName is null)
-        {
-            _logger.LogWarning("Rejecting attachment filename '{FileName}' for MediaSource {MediaSourceId}: not a valid leaf name.", fileName, mediaSourceId);
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        return Path.Combine(folder, safeName);
+        return Path.Combine(GetAttachmentFolderPath(mediaSourceId), fileName);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public string? GetAttachmentFolderPath(string mediaSourceId)
+    public string GetAttachmentFolderPath(string mediaSourceId)
     {
-        if (!Guid.TryParse(mediaSourceId, out var parsed))
-        {
-            _logger.LogDebug("MediaSource Id '{MediaSourceId}' is not a GUID; no on-disk attachment folder.", mediaSourceId);
-            return null;
-        }
+        var id = Guid.Parse(mediaSourceId).ToString("D", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).AsSpan();
 
-        var id = parsed.ToString("D", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).AsSpan();
         return Path.Join(AttachmentCachePath, id[..2], id);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public string? GetSubtitleFolderPath(string mediaSourceId)
+    public string GetSubtitleFolderPath(string mediaSourceId)
     {
-        if (!Guid.TryParse(mediaSourceId, out var parsed))
-        {
-            _logger.LogDebug("MediaSource Id '{MediaSourceId}' is not a GUID; no on-disk subtitle folder.", mediaSourceId);
-            return null;
-        }
+        var id = Guid.Parse(mediaSourceId).ToString("D", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).AsSpan();
 
-        var id = parsed.ToString("D", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).AsSpan();
         return Path.Join(SubtitleCachePath, id[..2], id);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public string? GetSubtitlePath(string mediaSourceId, int streamIndex, string extension)
+    public string GetSubtitlePath(string mediaSourceId, int streamIndex, string extension)
     {
-        var folder = GetSubtitleFolderPath(mediaSourceId);
-        return folder is null ? null : Path.Combine(folder, streamIndex.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + extension);
+        return Path.Combine(GetSubtitleFolderPath(mediaSourceId), streamIndex.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + extension);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -120,27 +90,12 @@ public class PathManager : IPathManager
     public IReadOnlyList<string> GetExtractedDataPaths(BaseItem item)
     {
         var mediaSourceId = item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
-        List<string> paths = [];
-        var attachmentFolder = GetAttachmentFolderPath(mediaSourceId);
-        if (attachmentFolder is not null)
-        {
-            paths.Add(attachmentFolder);
-        }
-
-        var subtitleFolder = GetSubtitleFolderPath(mediaSourceId);
-        if (subtitleFolder is not null)
-        {
-            paths.Add(subtitleFolder);
-        }
-
-        paths.Add(GetTrickplayDirectory(item, false));
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Path))
-        {
-            paths.Add(GetTrickplayDirectory(item, true));
-        }
-
-        paths.Add(GetChapterImageFolderPath(item));
-
-        return paths;
+        return [
+            GetAttachmentFolderPath(mediaSourceId),
+            GetSubtitleFolderPath(mediaSourceId),
+            GetTrickplayDirectory(item, false),
+            GetTrickplayDirectory(item, true),
+            GetChapterImageFolderPath(item)
+        ];
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/Books/BookResolver.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
+#nullable disable
+
 #pragma warning disable CS1591
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using Emby.Naming.Book;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Books
 {
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Books
     {
         private readonly string[] _validExtensions = { ".azw", ".azw3", ".cb7", ".cbr", ".cbt", ".cbz", ".epub", ".mobi", ".pdf" };
 
-        protected override Book? Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args)
+        protected override Book Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args)
         {
             var collectionType = args.GetCollectionType();
 
@@ -33,26 +35,20 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Books
 
             var extension = Path.GetExtension(args.Path.AsSpan());
 
-            if (!_validExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (_validExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                return null;
+                // It's a book
+                return new Book
+                {
+                    Path = args.Path,
+                    IsInMixedFolder = true
+                };
             }
 
-            var result = BookFileNameParser.Parse(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(args.Path));
-
-            return new Book
-            {
-                Path = args.Path,
-                Name = result.Name ?? string.Empty,
-                IndexNumber = result.Index,
-                ParentIndexNumber = result.ParentIndex,
-                ProductionYear = result.Year,
-                SeriesName = result.SeriesName ?? Path.GetFileName(Path.GetDirectoryName(args.Path)),
-                IsInMixedFolder = true,
-            };
+            return null;
         }
 
-        private Book? GetBook(ItemResolveArgs args)
+        private Book GetBook(ItemResolveArgs args)
         {
             var bookFiles = args.FileSystemChildren.Where(f =>
             {
@@ -63,23 +59,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Books
                     StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             }).ToList();
 
-            // directory is only considered a book when it contains exactly one supported file
-            // other library structures with multiple books to a directory will get picked up as individual files
+            // Don't return a Book if there is more (or less) than one document in the directory
             if (bookFiles.Count != 1)
             {
                 return null;
             }
 
-            var result = BookFileNameParser.Parse(Path.GetFileName(args.Path));
-
             return new Book
             {
-                Path = bookFiles[0].FullName,
-                Name = result.Name ?? string.Empty,
-                IndexNumber = result.Index,
-                ParentIndexNumber = result.ParentIndex,
-                ProductionYear = result.Year,
-                SeriesName = result.SeriesName ?? string.Empty,
+                Path = bookFiles[0].FullName
             };
         }
     }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/ExtraResolver.cs

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
             : base(logger, namingOptions, directoryService)
         {
             _namingOptions = namingOptions;
-            _trailerResolvers = [new GenericVideoResolver<Trailer>(logger, namingOptions, directoryService, parseName: true)];
-            _videoResolvers = [this];
+            _trailerResolvers = new IItemResolver[] { new GenericVideoResolver<Trailer>(logger, namingOptions, directoryService) };
+            _videoResolvers = new IItemResolver[] { this };
         }
 
         protected override Video Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args)
@@ -54,13 +54,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
             _ => _videoResolvers
         };
 
-        public bool TryGetExtraTypeForOwner(string path, VideoFileInfo ownerVideoFileInfo, [NotNullWhen(true)] out ExtraType? extraType, [NotNullWhen(true)] out ExtraRule? extraRule, string? libraryRoot = "")
+        public bool TryGetExtraTypeForOwner(string path, VideoFileInfo ownerVideoFileInfo, [NotNullWhen(true)] out ExtraType? extraType, string? libraryRoot = "")
         {
             var extraResult = GetExtraInfo(path, _namingOptions, libraryRoot);
-            if (extraResult.ExtraType is null || extraResult.Rule is null)
+            if (extraResult.ExtraType is null)
             {
                 extraType = null;
-                extraRule = null;
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
             }
 
             extraType = extraResult.ExtraType;
-            extraRule = extraResult.Rule;
             return isValid;
         }
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/GenericVideoResolver.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 using Emby.Naming.Common;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -15,25 +14,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
     public class GenericVideoResolver<T> : BaseVideoResolver<T>
         where T : Video, new()
     {
-        private readonly bool _parseName;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GenericVideoResolver{T}"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
         /// <param name="namingOptions">The naming options.</param>
         /// <param name="directoryService">The directory service.</param>
-        /// <param name="parseName">Whether to parse the file name for metadata such as the year.</param>
-        public GenericVideoResolver(ILogger logger, NamingOptions namingOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService, bool parseName = false)
+        public GenericVideoResolver(ILogger logger, NamingOptions namingOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService)
             : base(logger, namingOptions, directoryService)
         {
-            _parseName = parseName;
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override T Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args)
-        {
-            return ResolveVideo<T>(args, _parseName);
         }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/Movies/MovieResolver.cs

@@ -28,16 +28,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
     public partial class MovieResolver : BaseVideoResolver<Video>, IMultiItemResolver
     {
         private readonly IImageProcessor _imageProcessor;
-        private readonly VideoListResolver _videoListResolver;
 
-        private static readonly CollectionType[] _validCollectionTypes =
-        [
+        private static readonly CollectionType[] _validCollectionTypes = new[]
+        {
             CollectionType.movies,
             CollectionType.homevideos,
             CollectionType.musicvideos,
             CollectionType.tvshows,
             CollectionType.photos
-        ];
+        };
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MovieResolver"/> class.
@@ -46,12 +45,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
         /// <param name="namingOptions">The naming options.</param>
         /// <param name="directoryService">The directory service.</param>
-        /// <param name="videoListResolver">The video list resolver.</param>
-        public MovieResolver(IImageProcessor imageProcessor, ILogger<MovieResolver> logger, NamingOptions namingOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService, VideoListResolver videoListResolver)
+        public MovieResolver(IImageProcessor imageProcessor, ILogger<MovieResolver> logger, NamingOptions namingOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService)
             : base(logger, namingOptions, directoryService)
         {
             _imageProcessor = imageProcessor;
-            _videoListResolver = videoListResolver;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -231,7 +228,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
 
             if (collectionType == CollectionType.tvshows)
             {
-                return ResolveVideos<Episode>(parent, files, true, collectionType, true);
+                return ResolveVideos<Episode>(parent, files, false, collectionType, true);
             }
 
             return null;
@@ -277,7 +274,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
                 .Where(f => f is not null)
                 .ToList();
 
-            var resolverResult = _videoListResolver.Resolve(videoInfos, supportMultiEditions, parseName, parent.ContainingFolderPath, collectionType);
+            var resolverResult = VideoListResolver.Resolve(videoInfos, NamingOptions, supportMultiEditions, parseName, parent.ContainingFolderPath);
 
             var result = new MultiItemResolverResult
             {
@@ -305,7 +302,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
                     ProductionYear = video.Year,
                     Name = parseName ? video.Name : firstVideo.Name,
                     AdditionalParts = additionalParts,
-                    LocalAlternateVersions = video.AlternateVersions.Select(av => av.Files[0].Path).ToArray()
+                    LocalAlternateVersions = video.AlternateVersions.Select(i => i.Path).ToArray()
                 };
 
                 SetVideoType(videoItem, firstVideo);
@@ -334,13 +331,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
 
                 for (var j = 0; j < current.AlternateVersions.Count; j++)
                 {
-                    var alternate = current.AlternateVersions[j];
-                    for (var k = 0; k < alternate.Files.Count; k++)
+                    if (ContainsFile(current.AlternateVersions[j], file))
                     {
-                        if (ContainsFile(alternate.Files[k], file))
-                        {
-                            return true;
-                        }
+                        return true;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -376,25 +369,16 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
                 // We need to only look at the name of this actual item (not parents)
                 var justName = item.IsInMixedFolder ? Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan()) : Path.GetFileName(item.ContainingFolderPath.AsSpan());
 
-                // The fallback filename is only used when the item isn't in a mixed folder
-                var fileName = item.IsInMixedFolder ? ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty : Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan());
+                var tmdbid = justName.GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
 
-                item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, GetIdFromNameOrPath(justName, fileName, "tmdbid"));
-                item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tvdb, GetIdFromNameOrPath(justName, fileName, "tvdbid"));
-
-                string GetIdFromNameOrPath(ReadOnlySpan<char> name, ReadOnlySpan<char> fallbackName, string attribute)
+                // If not in a mixed folder and ID not found in folder path, check filename
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tmdbid) && !item.IsInMixedFolder)
                 {
-                    var id = name.GetAttributeValue(attribute);
-
-                    // If not in a mixed folder and ID not found in folder path, check filename
-                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(id) && !item.IsInMixedFolder)
-                    {
-                        id = fallbackName.GetAttributeValue(attribute);
-                    }
-
-                    return id;
+                    tmdbid = Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan()).GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
                 }
 
+                item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, tmdbid);
+
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Path))
                 {
                     // Check for IMDb id - we use full media path, as we can assume that this will match in any use case (whether  id in parent dir or in file name)

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/PlaylistResolver.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #nullable disable
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
@@ -47,30 +45,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
                     };
                 }
 
-                // Anything directly inside the internal playlists folder is a playlist, even when its
-                // playlist.xml is missing: failing to resolve here makes the library scan treat the
-                // playlist as deleted from disk and remove it, taking its items with it.
-                if (args.Parent is PlaylistsFolder)
-                {
-                    return new Playlist
-                    {
-                        Path = args.Path,
-                        Name = filename,
-                        OpenAccess = true
-                    };
-                }
-
                 // It's a directory-based playlist if the directory contains a playlist file
-                IEnumerable<string> filePaths;
-                try
-                {
-                    filePaths = Directory.EnumerateFiles(args.Path, "*", new EnumerationOptions { IgnoreInaccessible = true });
-                }
-                catch (IOException)
-                {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
+                var filePaths = Directory.EnumerateFiles(args.Path, "*", new EnumerationOptions { IgnoreInaccessible = true });
                 if (filePaths.Any(f => f.EndsWith(PlaylistXmlSaver.DefaultPlaylistFilename, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
                 {
                     return new Playlist

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/TV/EpisodeResolver.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #nullable disable
 
 using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Emby.Naming.Common;
-using Emby.Server.Implementations.Library;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
@@ -83,34 +81,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.TV
                     episode.ParentIndexNumber = 1;
                 }
 
-                SetProviderIdFromPath(episode, args.Path);
-
                 return episode;
             }
 
             return null;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sets provider ids from the episode file name.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="item">The episode.</param>
-        /// <param name="path">The episode file path.</param>
-        private static void SetProviderIdFromPath(Episode item, string path)
-        {
-            var justName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path.AsSpan());
-
-            var imdbId = justName.GetAttributeValue("imdbid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb, imdbId);
-
-            var tvdbId = justName.GetAttributeValue("tvdbid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tvdb, tvdbId);
-
-            var tvmazeId = justName.GetAttributeValue("tvmazeid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.TvMaze, tvmazeId);
-
-            var tmdbId = justName.GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, tmdbId);
-        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/TV/SeasonResolver.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 #nullable disable
 
-using System;
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
 using Emby.Naming.Common;
 using Emby.Naming.TV;
-using Emby.Server.Implementations.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Globalization;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -82,14 +77,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.TV
 
                         return null;
                     }
-
-                    var hasAnyVideo = Directory.EnumerateFiles(path, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
-                        .Any(file => _namingOptions.VideoFileExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(file)));
-
-                    if (!hasAnyVideo)
-                    {
-                        return null;
-                    }
                 }
 
                 if (season.IndexNumber.HasValue && string.IsNullOrEmpty(season.Name))
@@ -99,47 +86,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.TV
                         args.LibraryOptions.SeasonZeroDisplayName :
                         string.Format(
                             CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                            _localization.GetServerLocalizedString("NameSeasonNumber"),
+                            _localization.GetLocalizedString("NameSeasonNumber"),
                             seasonNumber,
                             args.LibraryOptions.PreferredMetadataLanguage);
                 }
 
-                SetProviderIdFromPath(season, path);
-
                 return season;
             }
 
             return null;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sets provider ids from the season folder name.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="item">The season.</param>
-        /// <param name="path">The season folder path.</param>
-        private static void SetProviderIdFromPath(Season item, string path)
-        {
-            var justName = Path.GetFileName(path.AsSpan());
-
-            var tvdbId = justName.GetAttributeValue("tvdbid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tvdb, tvdbId);
-
-            var tvmazeId = justName.GetAttributeValue("tvmazeid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.TvMaze, tvmazeId);
-
-            var tmdbId = justName.GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, tmdbId);
-
-            // Anime databases model a single cour as its own entry, so a multi-season
-            // series maps to one of these ids per season rather than one per series.
-            var anidbId = justName.GetAttributeValue("anidbid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId("AniDB", anidbId);
-
-            var aniListId = justName.GetAttributeValue("anilistid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId("AniList", aniListId);
-
-            var aniSearchId = justName.GetAttributeValue("anisearchid");
-            item.TrySetProviderId("AniSearch", aniSearchId);
-        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/TV/SeriesResolver.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.TV
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
         /// <param name="namingOptions">The naming options.</param>
-        public SeriesResolver(ILogger<SeriesResolver> logger, NamingOptions namingOptions)
+        public SeriesResolver(ILogger<SeriesResolver> logger,  NamingOptions namingOptions)
         {
             _logger = logger;
             _namingOptions = namingOptions;
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.TV
                     return null;
                 }
 
-                if (args.Parent is not null && args.Parent.IsRoot)
-                {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
                 var seriesInfo = Naming.TV.SeriesResolver.Resolve(_namingOptions, args.Path);
 
                 var collectionType = args.GetCollectionType();
@@ -74,8 +69,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.TV
                         return new Series
                         {
                             Path = args.Path,
-                            Name = seriesInfo.Name,
-                            ProductionYear = seriesInfo.Year
+                            Name = seriesInfo.Name
                         };
                     }
                 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Search/SearchManager.cs

@@ -1,453 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Search;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Search;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Manages search providers and orchestrates search operations.
-/// </summary>
-public class SearchManager : ISearchManager
-{
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-    private readonly IUserManager _userManager;
-    private readonly IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> _dbProvider;
-    private readonly IItemQueryHelpers _queryHelpers;
-    private readonly ILogger<SearchManager> _logger;
-    private IExternalSearchProvider[] _externalProviders = [];
-    private IInternalSearchProvider[] _internalProviders = [];
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SearchManager"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="userManager">The user manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="dbProvider">The database context factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="queryHelpers">The shared item query helpers.</param>
-    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-    public SearchManager(
-        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
-        IUserManager userManager,
-        IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider,
-        IItemQueryHelpers queryHelpers,
-        ILogger<SearchManager> logger)
-    {
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-        _userManager = userManager;
-        _dbProvider = dbProvider;
-        _queryHelpers = queryHelpers;
-        _logger = logger;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void AddParts(IEnumerable<ISearchProvider> providers)
-    {
-        var allProviders = providers.OrderBy(p => p.Priority).ToArray();
-
-        _externalProviders = allProviders.OfType<IExternalSearchProvider>().ToArray();
-        _internalProviders = allProviders.OfType<IInternalSearchProvider>().ToArray();
-
-        _logger.LogInformation(
-            "Registered {ExternalCount} external search providers: {ExternalProviders}. Fallback providers: {FallbackProviders}",
-            _externalProviders.Length,
-            string.Join(", ", _externalProviders.Select(p => $"{p.Name} (priority {p.Priority})")),
-            string.Join(", ", _internalProviders.Select(p => $"{p.Name} (priority {p.Priority})")));
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public IReadOnlyList<ISearchProvider> GetProviders()
-    {
-        return [.. _externalProviders, .. _internalProviders];
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> GetSearchResultsAsync(
-        SearchProviderQuery query,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(query);
-        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(query.SearchTerm);
-
-        var searchTerm = query.SearchTerm.Trim().RemoveDiacritics();
-
-        var externalTask = CollectFromProvidersAsync(_externalProviders, query, searchTerm, cancellationToken);
-        var internalTask = _internalProviders.Length > 0
-            ? CollectFromProvidersAsync(_internalProviders, query, searchTerm, cancellationToken)
-            : Task.FromResult<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>>([]);
-
-        await Task.WhenAll(externalTask, internalTask).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        var externalResults = await externalTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        // Internal providers apply user-access filtering inline in their queries. External
-        // providers don't know about user permissions, so they may return IDs from hidden
-        // libraries or items the user is otherwise blocked from. Filter them here to close
-        // that gap. The Items controller's second roundtrip via folder.GetItems applies most
-        // of these again, but it does not restrict by TopParentIds when ItemIds is set.
-        if (externalResults.Count > 0 && query.UserId.HasValue && !query.UserId.Value.IsEmpty())
-        {
-            var user = _userManager.GetUserById(query.UserId.Value);
-            if (user is not null)
-            {
-                externalResults = await FilterByUserAccessAsync(externalResults, user, query, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (externalResults.Count > 0)
-        {
-            return externalResults;
-        }
-
-        if (_internalProviders.Length > 0)
-        {
-            _logger.LogDebug("No results from external providers, using internal provider results");
-        }
-
-        return await internalTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
-    }
-
-    private async Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> FilterByUserAccessAsync(
-        IReadOnlyList<SearchResult> candidates,
-        User user,
-        SearchProviderQuery query,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        // SetUser populates parental rating + blocked/allowed tags, Build populates TopParentIds
-        // for the user's accessible libraries. The candidate ids are applied to the query below
-        // rather than to the filter because LibraryManager.AddUserToQuery skips TopParentIds when
-        // ItemIds is non-empty.
-        var accessFilter = SearchQueryAccessFilter.Build(user, query, _libraryManager);
-
-        Guid[] candidateIds = [.. candidates.Select(c => c.ItemId)];
-
-        var dbContext = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
-        {
-            var baseQuery = dbContext.BaseItems
-                .AsNoTracking()
-                .WhereOneOrMany(candidateIds, e => e.Id);
-
-            baseQuery = _queryHelpers.ApplyAccessFiltering(dbContext, baseQuery, accessFilter);
-
-            var allowedIds = await baseQuery
-                .Select(e => e.Id)
-                .ToHashSetAsync(cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            if (allowedIds.Count == candidates.Count)
-            {
-                return candidates;
-            }
-
-            var filtered = candidates.Where(c => allowedIds.Contains(c.ItemId)).ToList();
-            if (filtered.Count < candidates.Count)
-            {
-                _logger.LogDebug(
-                    "Dropped {Dropped} of {Total} search candidates due to user access filtering",
-                    candidates.Count - filtered.Count,
-                    candidates.Count);
-            }
-
-            return filtered;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<QueryResult<SearchHintInfo>> GetSearchHintsAsync(SearchQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(query);
-        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(query.SearchTerm);
-
-        var providerQuery = BuildProviderQuery(query);
-        var candidates = await GetSearchResultsAsync(providerQuery, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        if (candidates.Count == 0)
-        {
-            return new QueryResult<SearchHintInfo>();
-        }
-
-        var candidateScores = BuildScoreLookup(candidates);
-        var user = query.UserId.IsEmpty() ? null : _userManager.GetUserById(query.UserId);
-
-        var excludeItemTypes = BuildExcludeItemTypes(query);
-        var includeItemTypes = BuildIncludeItemTypes(query);
-
-        var internalQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
-        {
-            ItemIds = candidateScores.Keys.ToArray(),
-            ExcludeItemTypes = excludeItemTypes.ToArray(),
-            IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes.Count > 0 ? includeItemTypes.ToArray() : [],
-            MediaTypes = query.MediaTypes.ToArray(),
-            IncludeItemsByName = !query.ParentId.HasValue,
-            ParentId = query.ParentId ?? Guid.Empty,
-            Recursive = true,
-            IsKids = query.IsKids,
-            IsMovie = query.IsMovie,
-            IsNews = query.IsNews,
-            IsSeries = query.IsSeries,
-            IsSports = query.IsSports,
-            DtoOptions = new DtoOptions
-            {
-                Fields =
-                [
-                    ItemFields.AirTime,
-                    ItemFields.DateCreated,
-                    ItemFields.ChannelInfo,
-                    ItemFields.ParentId
-                ]
-            }
-        };
-
-        // MusicArtist items are "ItemsByName" entities - virtual items that aggregate content by artist name
-        // rather than being stored as regular library items. They require special handling:
-        // 1. Convert ParentId to AncestorIds (to filter by library folder)
-        // 2. Set IncludeItemsByName = true (to include these virtual items in results)
-        // 3. Clear IncludeItemTypes (GetAllArtists handles type filtering internally)
-        // 4. Use GetAllArtists() instead of GetItemList() to query the artist index
-        IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items;
-        if (internalQuery.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 1 && internalQuery.IncludeItemTypes[0] == BaseItemKind.MusicArtist)
-        {
-            if (!internalQuery.ParentId.IsEmpty())
-            {
-                internalQuery.AncestorIds = [internalQuery.ParentId];
-                internalQuery.ParentId = Guid.Empty;
-            }
-
-            internalQuery.IncludeItemsByName = true;
-            internalQuery.IncludeItemTypes = [];
-            items = _libraryManager.GetAllArtists(internalQuery).Items.Select(i => i.Item).ToList();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            items = _libraryManager.GetItemList(internalQuery);
-        }
-
-        var orderedResults = items
-            .Select(item => new SearchHintInfo { Item = item })
-            .OrderByDescending(hint => candidateScores.GetValueOrDefault(hint.Item.Id, 0f))
-            .ToList();
-
-        var totalCount = orderedResults.Count;
-
-        if (query.StartIndex.HasValue)
-        {
-            orderedResults = orderedResults.Skip(query.StartIndex.Value).ToList();
-        }
-
-        if (query.Limit.HasValue)
-        {
-            orderedResults = orderedResults.Take(query.Limit.Value).ToList();
-        }
-
-        return new QueryResult<SearchHintInfo>(query.StartIndex, totalCount, orderedResults);
-    }
-
-    private async Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> CollectFromProvidersAsync(
-        IEnumerable<ISearchProvider> providers,
-        SearchProviderQuery providerQuery,
-        string searchTerm,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var requestedLimit = providerQuery.Limit ?? 100;
-        var applicable = providers.Where(p => p.CanSearch(providerQuery)).ToArray();
-        if (applicable.Length == 0)
-        {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        var perProvider = await Task.WhenAll(
-            applicable.Select(p => CollectFromProviderAsync(p, providerQuery, searchTerm, requestedLimit, cancellationToken)))
-            .ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        var bestScores = new Dictionary<Guid, float>();
-        foreach (var providerResults in perProvider)
-        {
-            foreach (var result in providerResults)
-            {
-                UpdateBestScore(bestScores, result);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return bestScores
-            .Select(kvp => new SearchResult(kvp.Key, kvp.Value))
-            .OrderByDescending(r => r.Score)
-            .Take(requestedLimit)
-            .ToList();
-    }
-
-    private async Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> CollectFromProviderAsync(
-        ISearchProvider provider,
-        SearchProviderQuery providerQuery,
-        string searchTerm,
-        int requestedLimit,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            var results = provider is IExternalSearchProvider externalProvider
-                ? await CollectFromExternalProviderAsync(externalProvider, providerQuery, requestedLimit, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false)
-                : await provider.SearchAsync(providerQuery, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            _logger.LogDebug(
-                "Provider {Provider} returned {Count} candidates for search term '{SearchTerm}'",
-                provider.Name,
-                results.Count,
-                searchTerm);
-            return results;
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Search provider {Provider} failed for term '{SearchTerm}'", provider.Name, searchTerm);
-            return [];
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static async Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> CollectFromExternalProviderAsync(
-        IExternalSearchProvider provider,
-        SearchProviderQuery providerQuery,
-        int requestedLimit,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var results = new List<SearchResult>();
-        await foreach (var result in provider.SearchAsync(providerQuery, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
-        {
-            results.Add(result);
-            if (results.Count >= requestedLimit)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return results;
-    }
-
-    private static void UpdateBestScore(Dictionary<Guid, float> bestScores, SearchResult result)
-    {
-        if (!bestScores.TryGetValue(result.ItemId, out var existingScore) || result.Score > existingScore)
-        {
-            bestScores[result.ItemId] = result.Score;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static Dictionary<Guid, float> BuildScoreLookup(IReadOnlyList<SearchResult> results)
-    {
-        var lookup = new Dictionary<Guid, float>(results.Count);
-        foreach (var result in results)
-        {
-            lookup[result.ItemId] = result.Score;
-        }
-
-        return lookup;
-    }
-
-    private static SearchProviderQuery BuildProviderQuery(SearchQuery query)
-    {
-        var excludeItemTypes = BuildExcludeItemTypes(query);
-        var includeItemTypes = BuildIncludeItemTypes(query);
-
-        // Remove any excluded types from includes
-        if (includeItemTypes.Count > 0 && excludeItemTypes.Count > 0)
-        {
-            includeItemTypes.RemoveAll(excludeItemTypes.Contains);
-        }
-
-        return new SearchProviderQuery
-        {
-            SearchTerm = query.SearchTerm,
-            UserId = query.UserId.IsEmpty() ? null : query.UserId,
-            IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes.ToArray(),
-            ExcludeItemTypes = excludeItemTypes.ToArray(),
-            MediaTypes = query.MediaTypes.ToArray(),
-            Limit = query.Limit,
-            ParentId = query.ParentId
-        };
-    }
-
-    private static List<BaseItemKind> BuildExcludeItemTypes(SearchQuery query)
-    {
-        var excludeItemTypes = query.ExcludeItemTypes.ToList();
-
-        excludeItemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.Year);
-        excludeItemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.Folder);
-        excludeItemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.CollectionFolder);
-
-        if (!query.IncludeGenres)
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Genre);
-            AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicGenre);
-        }
-
-        if (!query.IncludePeople)
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Person);
-        }
-
-        if (!query.IncludeStudios)
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Studio);
-        }
-
-        if (!query.IncludeArtists)
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicArtist);
-        }
-
-        return excludeItemTypes;
-    }
-
-    private static List<BaseItemKind> BuildIncludeItemTypes(SearchQuery query)
-    {
-        var includeItemTypes = query.IncludeItemTypes.ToList();
-        if (query.IncludeMedia)
-        {
-            return includeItemTypes;
-        }
-
-        if (query.IncludeGenres && IsEmptyOrContains(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Genre))
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Genre);
-            AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicGenre);
-        }
-
-        if (query.IncludePeople && IsEmptyOrContains(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Person))
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Person);
-        }
-
-        if (query.IncludeStudios && IsEmptyOrContains(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Studio))
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Studio);
-        }
-
-        if (query.IncludeArtists && IsEmptyOrContains(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicArtist))
-        {
-            AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicArtist);
-        }
-
-        return includeItemTypes;
-    }
-
-    private static bool IsEmptyOrContains(List<BaseItemKind> list, BaseItemKind value)
-        => list.Count == 0 || list.Contains(value);
-
-    private static void AddIfMissing(List<BaseItemKind> list, BaseItemKind value)
-    {
-        if (!list.Contains(value))
-        {
-            list.Add(value);
-        }
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Search/SearchQueryAccessFilter.cs

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Search;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Builds the access filter that decides which items a search may return for a user.
-/// </summary>
-internal static class SearchQueryAccessFilter
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Builds an access filter carrying the search's library access and type filters.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="user">The user the search runs for.</param>
-    /// <param name="query">The search query.</param>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    /// <returns>The access filter.</returns>
-    public static InternalItemsQuery Build(User user, SearchProviderQuery query, ILibraryManager libraryManager)
-    {
-        // The type filters have to travel with the access filter: a by-name item belongs to no
-        // library, so it carries no TopParentId to match, and the library filter only knows to
-        // exempt it when the query says those types are wanted. A search scoped to a parent gets
-        // no exemption because a by-name item has no parent to descend from either.
-        var accessFilter = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = query.IncludeItemTypes,
-            ExcludeItemTypes = query.ExcludeItemTypes,
-            IncludeItemsByName = !query.ParentId.HasValue || query.ParentId.Value.IsEmpty()
-        };
-
-        // ConfigureUserAccess populates TopParentIds for the libraries the user may open.
-        libraryManager.ConfigureUserAccess(accessFilter, user);
-
-        return accessFilter;
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Search/SqlSearchProvider.cs

@@ -1,230 +0,0 @@
-#pragma warning disable RS0030 // Do not use banned APIs
-#pragma warning disable CA1862 // Use the 'StringComparison' method overloads to perform case-insensitive string comparisons
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Search;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Built-in SQL-based search provider that queries the library database directly.
-/// </summary>
-public class SqlSearchProvider : IInternalSearchProvider
-{
-    private const int DefaultSearchLimit = 100;
-    private const float ExactMatchScore = 100f;
-    private const float PrefixMatchScore = 80f;
-    private const float WordPrefixMatchScore = 75f;
-    private const float ContainsMatchScore = 50f;
-
-    private static readonly Guid _placeholderId = Guid.Parse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001");
-
-    private readonly IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> _dbProvider;
-    private readonly IItemTypeLookup _itemTypeLookup;
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-    private readonly IUserManager _userManager;
-    private readonly IItemQueryHelpers _queryHelpers;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SqlSearchProvider"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="dbProvider">The database context factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="itemTypeLookup">The item type lookup.</param>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="userManager">The user manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="queryHelpers">The shared item query helpers.</param>
-    public SqlSearchProvider(
-        IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider,
-        IItemTypeLookup itemTypeLookup,
-        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
-        IUserManager userManager,
-        IItemQueryHelpers queryHelpers)
-    {
-        _dbProvider = dbProvider;
-        _itemTypeLookup = itemTypeLookup;
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-        _userManager = userManager;
-        _queryHelpers = queryHelpers;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "Database";
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public MetadataPluginType Type => MetadataPluginType.SearchProvider;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public int Priority => 100; // Low priority - runs as fallback
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool CanSearch(SearchProviderQuery query)
-    {
-        // SQL search can always handle any query
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> SearchAsync(SearchProviderQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(query);
-        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(query.SearchTerm);
-
-        var rawSearchTerm = query.SearchTerm.Trim().RemoveDiacritics();
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(rawSearchTerm))
-        {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        var cleanSearchTerm = rawSearchTerm.GetCleanValue();
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cleanSearchTerm))
-        {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        var cleanPrefix = cleanSearchTerm + " ";
-        // OriginalTitle is stored mixed-case and isn't pre-normalized like CleanName,
-        // so match it via a case-insensitive LIKE rather than a per-row case conversion
-        // that may not translate to SQL on every provider.
-        var likeOriginal = $"%{rawSearchTerm}%";
-        var limit = query.Limit ?? DefaultSearchLimit;
-
-        var dbContext = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
-        {
-            // Lightweight projection: select only what's needed to score and identify items.
-            var dbQuery = dbContext.BaseItems
-                .AsNoTracking()
-                .Where(e => e.Id != _placeholderId)
-                .Where(e => !e.IsVirtualItem)
-                .Where(e => e.CleanName!.Contains(cleanSearchTerm)
-                    || (e.OriginalTitle != null && EF.Functions.Like(e.OriginalTitle, likeOriginal)));
-
-            dbQuery = ApplyTypeFilter(dbQuery, query.IncludeItemTypes, query.ExcludeItemTypes);
-            dbQuery = ApplyMediaTypeFilter(dbQuery, query.MediaTypes);
-            dbQuery = ApplyParentFilter(dbQuery, query.ParentId);
-            dbQuery = ApplyUserAccessFilter(dbContext, dbQuery, query);
-
-            // Compute the score in SQL: the ternary translates to a CASE WHEN. CleanName is
-            // the pre-normalized (lowercase, diacritic-stripped) form, so we score against it
-            // directly without any per-row case conversion. Items that match only via
-            // OriginalTitle fall through to the Contains tier.
-            // Tie-break by Id for deterministic ordering so the explicit OrderBy + Take
-            // satisfies EF Core's row-limiting-with-OrderBy requirement.
-            var scored = dbQuery.Select(e => new
-            {
-                e.Id,
-                Score =
-                    (e.CleanName == cleanSearchTerm) ? ExactMatchScore
-                    : e.CleanName!.StartsWith(cleanSearchTerm) ? PrefixMatchScore
-                    : e.CleanName!.Contains(cleanPrefix) ? WordPrefixMatchScore
-                    : ContainsMatchScore
-            });
-
-            return await scored
-                .OrderByDescending(x => x.Score)
-                .ThenBy(x => x.Id)
-                .Take(limit)
-                .Select(x => new SearchResult(x.Id, x.Score))
-                .ToArrayAsync(cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyTypeFilter(
-        IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> query,
-        BaseItemKind[] includeItemTypes,
-        BaseItemKind[] excludeItemTypes)
-    {
-        if (includeItemTypes.Length > 0)
-        {
-            var includeTypeNames = MapKindsToTypeNames(includeItemTypes);
-            if (includeTypeNames.Count > 0)
-            {
-                query = query.Where(e => includeTypeNames.Contains(e.Type));
-            }
-        }
-        else if (excludeItemTypes.Length > 0)
-        {
-            var excludeTypeNames = MapKindsToTypeNames(excludeItemTypes);
-            if (excludeTypeNames.Count > 0)
-            {
-                query = query.Where(e => !excludeTypeNames.Contains(e.Type));
-            }
-        }
-
-        return query;
-    }
-
-    private static IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyMediaTypeFilter(
-        IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> query,
-        MediaType[] mediaTypes)
-    {
-        if (mediaTypes.Length == 0)
-        {
-            return query;
-        }
-
-        var mediaTypeNames = mediaTypes.Select(m => m.ToString()).ToArray();
-        return query.Where(e => e.MediaType != null && mediaTypeNames.Contains(e.MediaType));
-    }
-
-    private static IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyParentFilter(
-        IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> query,
-        Guid? parentId)
-    {
-        if (!parentId.HasValue || parentId.Value.IsEmpty())
-        {
-            return query;
-        }
-
-        var pid = parentId.Value;
-        return query.Where(e => e.ParentId == pid || e.Parents!.Any(p => p.ParentItemId == pid));
-    }
-
-    private IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyUserAccessFilter(
-        JellyfinDbContext dbContext,
-        IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> query,
-        SearchProviderQuery searchQuery)
-    {
-        var userId = searchQuery.UserId;
-        if (!userId.HasValue || userId.Value.IsEmpty())
-        {
-            return query;
-        }
-
-        var user = _userManager.GetUserById(userId.Value);
-        if (user is null)
-        {
-            return query;
-        }
-
-        var accessFilter = SearchQueryAccessFilter.Build(user, searchQuery, _libraryManager);
-        return _queryHelpers.ApplyAccessFiltering(dbContext, query, accessFilter);
-    }
-
-    private List<string> MapKindsToTypeNames(BaseItemKind[] kinds)
-    {
-        var list = new List<string>(kinds.Length);
-        foreach (var kind in kinds)
-        {
-            if (_itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames.TryGetValue(kind, out var name) && name is not null)
-            {
-                list.Add(name);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return list;
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SearchEngine.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+#pragma warning disable CS1591
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
+using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
+using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
+using Jellyfin.Extensions;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Search;
+
+namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
+{
+    public class SearchEngine : ISearchEngine
+    {
+        private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
+        private readonly IUserManager _userManager;
+
+        public SearchEngine(ILibraryManager libraryManager, IUserManager userManager)
+        {
+            _libraryManager = libraryManager;
+            _userManager = userManager;
+        }
+
+        public QueryResult<SearchHintInfo> GetSearchHints(SearchQuery query)
+        {
+            User? user = null;
+            if (!query.UserId.IsEmpty())
+            {
+                user = _userManager.GetUserById(query.UserId);
+            }
+
+            var results = GetSearchHints(query, user);
+            var totalRecordCount = results.Count;
+
+            if (query.StartIndex.HasValue)
+            {
+                results = results.GetRange(query.StartIndex.Value, totalRecordCount - query.StartIndex.Value);
+            }
+
+            if (query.Limit.HasValue)
+            {
+                results = results.GetRange(0, Math.Min(query.Limit.Value, results.Count));
+            }
+
+            return new QueryResult<SearchHintInfo>(
+                query.StartIndex,
+                totalRecordCount,
+                results);
+        }
+
+        private static void AddIfMissing(List<BaseItemKind> list, BaseItemKind value)
+        {
+            if (!list.Contains(value))
+            {
+                list.Add(value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the search hints.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="query">The query.</param>
+        /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
+        /// <returns>IEnumerable{SearchHintResult}.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException"><c>query.SearchTerm</c> is <c>null</c> or empty.</exception>
+        private List<SearchHintInfo> GetSearchHints(SearchQuery query, User? user)
+        {
+            var searchTerm = query.SearchTerm;
+
+            ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty(searchTerm);
+
+            searchTerm = searchTerm.Trim().RemoveDiacritics();
+
+            var excludeItemTypes = query.ExcludeItemTypes.ToList();
+            var includeItemTypes = query.IncludeItemTypes.ToList();
+
+            excludeItemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.Year);
+            excludeItemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.Folder);
+
+            if (query.IncludeGenres && (includeItemTypes.Count == 0 || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Genre)))
+            {
+                if (!query.IncludeMedia)
+                {
+                    AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Genre);
+                    AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicGenre);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Genre);
+                AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicGenre);
+            }
+
+            if (query.IncludePeople && (includeItemTypes.Count == 0 || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Person)))
+            {
+                if (!query.IncludeMedia)
+                {
+                    AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Person);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Person);
+            }
+
+            if (query.IncludeStudios && (includeItemTypes.Count == 0 || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Studio)))
+            {
+                if (!query.IncludeMedia)
+                {
+                    AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Studio);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Studio);
+            }
+
+            if (query.IncludeArtists && (includeItemTypes.Count == 0 || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.MusicArtist)))
+            {
+                if (!query.IncludeMedia)
+                {
+                    AddIfMissing(includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicArtist);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.MusicArtist);
+            }
+
+            AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.CollectionFolder);
+            AddIfMissing(excludeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Folder);
+            var mediaTypes = query.MediaTypes.ToList();
+
+            if (includeItemTypes.Count > 0)
+            {
+                excludeItemTypes.Clear();
+                mediaTypes.Clear();
+            }
+
+            var searchQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
+            {
+                SearchTerm = searchTerm,
+                ExcludeItemTypes = excludeItemTypes.ToArray(),
+                IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes.ToArray(),
+                Limit = query.Limit,
+                IncludeItemsByName = !query.ParentId.HasValue,
+                ParentId = query.ParentId ?? Guid.Empty,
+                OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending) },
+                Recursive = true,
+
+                IsKids = query.IsKids,
+                IsMovie = query.IsMovie,
+                IsNews = query.IsNews,
+                IsSeries = query.IsSeries,
+                IsSports = query.IsSports,
+                MediaTypes = mediaTypes.ToArray(),
+
+                DtoOptions = new DtoOptions
+                {
+                    Fields = new ItemFields[]
+                    {
+                        ItemFields.AirTime,
+                        ItemFields.DateCreated,
+                        ItemFields.ChannelInfo,
+                        ItemFields.ParentId
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> mediaItems;
+
+            if (searchQuery.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 1 && searchQuery.IncludeItemTypes[0] == BaseItemKind.MusicArtist)
+            {
+                if (!searchQuery.ParentId.IsEmpty())
+                {
+                    searchQuery.AncestorIds = [searchQuery.ParentId];
+                    searchQuery.ParentId = Guid.Empty;
+                }
+
+                searchQuery.IncludeItemsByName = true;
+                searchQuery.IncludeItemTypes = Array.Empty<BaseItemKind>();
+                mediaItems = _libraryManager.GetAllArtists(searchQuery).Items.Select(i => i.Item).ToList();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                mediaItems = _libraryManager.GetItemList(searchQuery);
+            }
+
+            return mediaItems.Select(i => new SearchHintInfo
+            {
+                Item = i
+            }).ToList();
+        }
+    }
+}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/AudioSimilarItemsProvider.cs

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Provides similar items for audio tracks.
-/// </summary>
-public class AudioSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<Audio>
-{
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AudioSimilarItemsProvider"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    public AudioSimilarItemsProvider(ILibraryManager libraryManager)
-    {
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "Local Genre/Tag";
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public MetadataPluginType Type => MetadataPluginType.LocalSimilarityProvider;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(Audio item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var internalQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(query.User)
-        {
-            Genres = item.Genres,
-            Tags = item.Tags,
-            Limit = query.Limit,
-            DtoOptions = query.DtoOptions ?? new DtoOptions(),
-            ExcludeItemIds = [.. query.ExcludeItemIds],
-            ExcludeArtistIds = [.. query.ExcludeArtistIds],
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Audio],
-            EnableGroupByMetadataKey = false,
-            EnableTotalRecordCount = true,
-            OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)]
-        };
-
-        return Task.FromResult(_libraryManager.GetItemList(internalQuery));
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/LiveTvProgramSimilarItemsProvider.cs

@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.LiveTv;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Provides similar items for Live TV programs.
-/// </summary>
-public class LiveTvProgramSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<LiveTvProgram>
-{
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-    private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _serverConfigurationManager;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LiveTvProgramSimilarItemsProvider"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="serverConfigurationManager">The server configuration manager.</param>
-    public LiveTvProgramSimilarItemsProvider(
-        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
-        IServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager)
-    {
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-        _serverConfigurationManager = serverConfigurationManager;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "Local Genre/Tag";
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public MetadataPluginType Type => MetadataPluginType.LocalSimilarityProvider;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(LiveTvProgram item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        BaseItemKind[] includeItemTypes;
-        bool enableGroupByMetadataKey;
-        bool enableTotalRecordCount;
-
-        if (item.IsMovie)
-        {
-            // Movie-like program
-            var itemTypes = new List<BaseItemKind> { BaseItemKind.Movie };
-
-            if (_serverConfigurationManager.Configuration.EnableExternalContentInSuggestions)
-            {
-                itemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.Trailer);
-                itemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.LiveTvProgram);
-            }
-
-            includeItemTypes = [.. itemTypes];
-            enableGroupByMetadataKey = true;
-            enableTotalRecordCount = false;
-        }
-        else if (item.IsSeries)
-        {
-            // Series-like program
-            includeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Series];
-            enableGroupByMetadataKey = false;
-            enableTotalRecordCount = true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // Default - match same type
-            includeItemTypes = [item.GetBaseItemKind()];
-            enableGroupByMetadataKey = false;
-            enableTotalRecordCount = true;
-        }
-
-        var internalQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(query.User)
-        {
-            Genres = item.Genres,
-            Tags = item.Tags,
-            Limit = query.Limit,
-            DtoOptions = query.DtoOptions ?? new DtoOptions(),
-            ExcludeItemIds = [.. query.ExcludeItemIds],
-            IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes,
-            EnableGroupByMetadataKey = enableGroupByMetadataKey,
-            EnableTotalRecordCount = enableTotalRecordCount,
-            OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)]
-        };
-
-        return Task.FromResult(_libraryManager.GetItemList(internalQuery));
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/MovieSimilarItemsProvider.cs

@@ -1,343 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Movies;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using BaseItemDto = MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.BaseItem;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Provides similar items for movies and trailers using weighted scoring.
-/// </summary>
-public sealed class MovieSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<Movie>, ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<Trailer>, IBatchLocalSimilarItemsProvider
-{
-    private const int GenreWeight = 10;
-    private const int TagWeight = 5;
-    private const int StudioWeight = 5;
-    private const int DirectorWeight = 50;
-    private const int ActorWeight = 15;
-
-    // Caps the batch fan-out so downstream IN-list sizes (per-source scores, accessible-id
-    // load, navigation includes) stay bounded regardless of caller input.
-    private const int MaxBatchSourceItems = 64;
-
-    private static readonly (ItemValueType Type, int Weight)[] _itemValueDimensions =
-    [
-        (ItemValueType.Genre, GenreWeight),
-        (ItemValueType.Tags, TagWeight),
-        (ItemValueType.Studios, StudioWeight)
-    ];
-
-    private static readonly Dictionary<string, int> _personTypeWeights = new(StringComparer.Ordinal)
-    {
-        [nameof(PersonKind.Director)] = DirectorWeight,
-        [nameof(PersonKind.Actor)] = ActorWeight,
-        [nameof(PersonKind.GuestStar)] = ActorWeight,
-    };
-
-    private static readonly string[] _scoredPersonTypes = [.. _personTypeWeights.Keys];
-
-    private readonly IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> _dbProvider;
-    private readonly IItemQueryHelpers _queryHelpers;
-    private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _serverConfigurationManager;
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MovieSimilarItemsProvider"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="dbProvider">The database context factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="queryHelpers">The shared query helpers.</param>
-    /// <param name="serverConfigurationManager">The server configuration manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    public MovieSimilarItemsProvider(
-        IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider,
-        IItemQueryHelpers queryHelpers,
-        IServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager,
-        ILibraryManager libraryManager)
-    {
-        _dbProvider = dbProvider;
-        _queryHelpers = queryHelpers;
-        _serverConfigurationManager = serverConfigurationManager;
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "Local Genre/Tag";
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public MetadataPluginType Type => MetadataPluginType.LocalSimilarityProvider;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(Movie item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var results = await GetBatchSimilarItemsAsync([item], query, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        return results.TryGetValue(item.Id, out var items) ? items : [];
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(Trailer item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var results = await GetBatchSimilarItemsAsync([item], query, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        return results.TryGetValue(item.Id, out var items) ? items : [];
-    }
-
-    bool ILocalSimilarItemsProvider.Supports(Type itemType)
-        => typeof(Movie).IsAssignableFrom(itemType) || typeof(Trailer).IsAssignableFrom(itemType);
-
-    Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> ILocalSimilarItemsProvider.GetSimilarItemsAsync(BaseItem item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        => item switch
-        {
-            Movie movie => GetSimilarItemsAsync(movie, query, cancellationToken),
-            Trailer trailer => GetSimilarItemsAsync(trailer, query, cancellationToken),
-            _ => throw new ArgumentException($"Unsupported item type {item.GetType()}", nameof(item))
-        };
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<Dictionary<Guid, IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto>>> GetBatchSimilarItemsAsync(
-        IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto> sourceItems,
-        SimilarItemsQuery query,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var includeItemTypes = new List<BaseItemKind> { BaseItemKind.Movie };
-        if (_serverConfigurationManager.Configuration.EnableExternalContentInSuggestions)
-        {
-            includeItemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.Trailer);
-            includeItemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.LiveTvProgram);
-        }
-
-        var limit = query.Limit ?? 50;
-        var dtoOptions = query.DtoOptions ?? new DtoOptions();
-
-        if (sourceItems.Count > MaxBatchSourceItems)
-        {
-            sourceItems = sourceItems.Take(MaxBatchSourceItems).ToList();
-        }
-
-        var context = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await using (context.ConfigureAwait(false))
-        {
-            // Phase 1: Score all candidates per source item
-            var sourceIds = sourceItems.Select(i => i.Id).ToList();
-            var perSourceScores = await ComputeBatchScoresAsync(sourceIds, context, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            var allCandidateIds = new HashSet<Guid>();
-            foreach (var (_, scores) in perSourceScores)
-            {
-                allCandidateIds.UnionWith(
-                    scores.OrderByDescending(kvp => kvp.Value)
-                        .Take(limit * 3)
-                        .Select(kvp => kvp.Key));
-            }
-
-            var result = new Dictionary<Guid, IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto>>();
-            if (allCandidateIds.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            // Phase 2: One access filter for all candidates
-            var filter = new InternalItemsQuery(query.User)
-            {
-                IncludeItemTypes = [.. includeItemTypes],
-                ExcludeItemIds = [.. query.ExcludeItemIds],
-                DtoOptions = dtoOptions,
-                EnableGroupByMetadataKey = true,
-                EnableTotalRecordCount = false,
-                IsMovie = true,
-                IsPlayed = false
-            };
-
-            if (query.User is not null)
-            {
-                _libraryManager.ConfigureUserAccess(filter, query.User);
-            }
-
-            _queryHelpers.PrepareFilterQuery(filter);
-            var baseQuery = _queryHelpers.PrepareItemQuery(context, filter);
-            baseQuery = _queryHelpers.TranslateQuery(baseQuery, context, filter);
-
-            var allCandidateIdsList = allCandidateIds.ToList();
-            var accessibleItems = await baseQuery
-                .WhereOneOrMany(allCandidateIdsList, e => e.Id)
-                .Select(e => new { e.Id, e.PresentationUniqueKey })
-                .ToListAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            // Phase 3: Pick top IDs per source, dedup by PresentationUniqueKey
-            var allOrderedIds = new HashSet<Guid>();
-            var perSourceOrderedIds = new Dictionary<Guid, List<Guid>>();
-
-            foreach (var item in sourceItems)
-            {
-                if (!perSourceScores.TryGetValue(item.Id, out var scores))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                var orderedIds = accessibleItems
-                    .Where(x => scores.ContainsKey(x.Id))
-                    .OrderByDescending(x => scores.GetValueOrDefault(x.Id))
-                    .DistinctBy(x => x.PresentationUniqueKey)
-                    .Take(limit)
-                    .Select(x => x.Id)
-                    .ToList();
-
-                if (orderedIds.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    perSourceOrderedIds[item.Id] = orderedIds;
-                    allOrderedIds.UnionWith(orderedIds);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (allOrderedIds.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            // Phase 4: One entity load for all results
-            var allOrderedIdsList = allOrderedIds.ToList();
-            var entities = await _queryHelpers.ApplyNavigations(
-                    context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking().WhereOneOrMany(allOrderedIdsList, e => e.Id),
-                    filter)
-                .AsSplitQuery()
-                .ToListAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            var entitiesById = entities
-                .Select(e => _queryHelpers.DeserializeBaseItem(e, filter.SkipDeserialization))
-                .Where(dto => dto is not null)
-                .ToDictionary(i => i!.Id);
-
-            // Phase 5: Split by source, preserving score order
-            foreach (var (sourceId, orderedIds) in perSourceOrderedIds)
-            {
-                var items = orderedIds
-                    .Where(entitiesById.ContainsKey)
-                    .Select(id => entitiesById[id]!)
-                    .ToList();
-
-                if (items.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    result[sourceId] = items;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static async Task<Dictionary<Guid, Dictionary<Guid, int>>> ComputeBatchScoresAsync(List<Guid> sourceIds, JellyfinDbContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var result = new Dictionary<Guid, Dictionary<Guid, int>>();
-        foreach (var id in sourceIds)
-        {
-            result[id] = [];
-        }
-
-        foreach (var (valueType, weight) in _itemValueDimensions)
-        {
-            var sourceRows = await context.ItemValuesMap.AsNoTracking()
-                .Where(m => sourceIds.Contains(m.ItemId) && m.ItemValue.Type == valueType)
-                .Select(m => new { m.ItemId, Key = m.ItemValue.CleanValue })
-                .ToListAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            var sourceMap = sourceRows.GroupBy(r => r.ItemId).ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Select(x => x.Key).ToHashSet());
-            var allKeys = sourceMap.Values.SelectMany(v => v).Distinct().ToList();
-            if (allKeys.Count == 0)
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            var candidateRows = await context.ItemValuesMap.AsNoTracking()
-                .Where(m => !m.Item.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue && m.ItemValue.Type == valueType && allKeys.Contains(m.ItemValue.CleanValue))
-                .Select(m => new { m.ItemId, Key = m.ItemValue.CleanValue })
-                .ToListAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            var keyToCandidates = candidateRows.GroupBy(r => r.Key).ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Select(x => x.ItemId).ToList());
-            ApplyDimensionScores(sourceIds, sourceMap, keyToCandidates, weight, result);
-        }
-
-        var personSourceRows = await context.PeopleBaseItemMap.AsNoTracking()
-            .Where(m => sourceIds.Contains(m.ItemId) && _scoredPersonTypes.Contains(m.People.PersonType))
-            .Select(m => new { m.ItemId, m.PeopleId, m.People.PersonType })
-            .ToListAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        if (personSourceRows.Count > 0)
-        {
-            var personCandidateRows = await context.PeopleBaseItemMap.AsNoTracking()
-                .Where(m => !m.Item.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue)
-                .Where(m => context.PeopleBaseItemMap
-                    .Where(s => sourceIds.Contains(s.ItemId) && _scoredPersonTypes.Contains(s.People.PersonType))
-                    .Select(s => s.PeopleId)
-                    .Contains(m.PeopleId))
-                .Select(m => new { m.ItemId, m.PeopleId })
-                .ToListAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            var personToCandidates = personCandidateRows
-                .GroupBy(r => r.PeopleId)
-                .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Select(x => x.ItemId).ToList());
-
-            foreach (var weightGroup in personSourceRows.GroupBy(r => _personTypeWeights[r.PersonType!]))
-            {
-                var sourceMap = weightGroup
-                    .GroupBy(r => r.ItemId)
-                    .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Select(x => x.PeopleId).ToHashSet());
-                ApplyDimensionScores(sourceIds, sourceMap, personToCandidates, weightGroup.Key, result);
-            }
-        }
-
-        foreach (var sourceId in sourceIds)
-        {
-            var scoreMap = result[sourceId];
-            scoreMap.Remove(sourceId);
-            if (scoreMap.Count == 0)
-            {
-                result.Remove(sourceId);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    private static void ApplyDimensionScores<TKey>(
-        List<Guid> sourceIds,
-        Dictionary<Guid, HashSet<TKey>> sourceMap,
-        Dictionary<TKey, List<Guid>> keyToCandidates,
-        int weight,
-        Dictionary<Guid, Dictionary<Guid, int>> result)
-        where TKey : notnull
-    {
-        foreach (var sourceId in sourceIds)
-        {
-            if (!sourceMap.TryGetValue(sourceId, out var sourceKeys))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            var scoreMap = result[sourceId];
-            foreach (var key in sourceKeys)
-            {
-                if (!keyToCandidates.TryGetValue(key, out var candidates))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                foreach (var candidateId in candidates)
-                {
-                    scoreMap[candidateId] = scoreMap.GetValueOrDefault(candidateId) + weight;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/MusicAlbumSimilarItemsProvider.cs

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Provides similar items for music albums.
-/// </summary>
-public class MusicAlbumSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<MusicAlbum>
-{
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MusicAlbumSimilarItemsProvider"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    public MusicAlbumSimilarItemsProvider(ILibraryManager libraryManager)
-    {
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "Local Genre/Tag";
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public MetadataPluginType Type => MetadataPluginType.LocalSimilarityProvider;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(MusicAlbum item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var internalQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(query.User)
-        {
-            Genres = item.Genres,
-            Tags = item.Tags,
-            Limit = query.Limit,
-            DtoOptions = query.DtoOptions ?? new DtoOptions(),
-            ExcludeItemIds = [.. query.ExcludeItemIds],
-            ExcludeArtistIds = [.. query.ExcludeArtistIds],
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicAlbum],
-            EnableGroupByMetadataKey = false,
-            EnableTotalRecordCount = true,
-            OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)]
-        };
-
-        return Task.FromResult(_libraryManager.GetItemList(internalQuery));
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/MusicArtistSimilarItemsProvider.cs

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Provides similar items for music artists.
-/// </summary>
-public class MusicArtistSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<MusicArtist>
-{
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MusicArtistSimilarItemsProvider"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    public MusicArtistSimilarItemsProvider(ILibraryManager libraryManager)
-    {
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "Local Genre/Tag";
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public MetadataPluginType Type => MetadataPluginType.LocalSimilarityProvider;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(MusicArtist item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var internalQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(query.User)
-        {
-            Genres = item.Genres,
-            Tags = item.Tags,
-            Limit = query.Limit,
-            DtoOptions = query.DtoOptions ?? new DtoOptions(),
-            ExcludeItemIds = [.. query.ExcludeItemIds],
-            ExcludeArtistIds = [.. query.ExcludeArtistIds],
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicArtist],
-            EnableGroupByMetadataKey = false,
-            EnableTotalRecordCount = true,
-            OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)]
-        };
-
-        return Task.FromResult(_libraryManager.GetItemList(internalQuery));
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/SeriesSimilarItemsProvider.cs

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Provides similar items for TV series.
-/// </summary>
-public class SeriesSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<Series>
-{
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SeriesSimilarItemsProvider"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    public SeriesSimilarItemsProvider(ILibraryManager libraryManager)
-    {
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "Local Genre/Tag";
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public MetadataPluginType Type => MetadataPluginType.LocalSimilarityProvider;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(Series item, SimilarItemsQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var internalQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(query.User)
-        {
-            Genres = item.Genres,
-            Tags = item.Tags,
-            Limit = query.Limit,
-            DtoOptions = query.DtoOptions ?? new DtoOptions(),
-            ExcludeItemIds = [.. query.ExcludeItemIds],
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Series],
-            EnableGroupByMetadataKey = false,
-            EnableTotalRecordCount = true,
-            OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)]
-        };
-
-        return Task.FromResult(_libraryManager.GetItemList(internalQuery));
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/SimilarItemsAccessFilter.cs

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Builds the access filter that decides which items a similar-items lookup may return for a user.
-/// </summary>
-internal static class SimilarItemsAccessFilter
-{
-    private static readonly BaseItemKind[] _itemByNameKinds =
-    [
-        BaseItemKind.Person,
-        BaseItemKind.Genre,
-        BaseItemKind.MusicGenre,
-        BaseItemKind.MusicArtist,
-        BaseItemKind.Studio
-    ];
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Builds an access filter carrying the user's library access and parental restrictions.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="user">The user the lookup runs for.</param>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    /// <returns>The access filter.</returns>
-    public static InternalItemsQuery Build(User user, ILibraryManager libraryManager)
-    {
-        // IncludeItemTypes is read only for the by-name exemption here; the caller applies this
-        // filter through ApplyAccessFiltering, which does not translate it into a type restriction.
-        var accessFilter = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = _itemByNameKinds
-        };
-
-        // ConfigureUserAccess populates TopParentIds for the libraries the user may open.
-        libraryManager.ConfigureUserAccess(accessFilter, user);
-
-        return accessFilter;
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/SimilarItemsManager.cs

@@ -1,724 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text.Json;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions;
-using Jellyfin.Extensions.Json;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.SimilarItems;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Manages similar items providers and orchestrates similar items operations.
-/// </summary>
-public class SimilarItemsManager : ISimilarItemsManager
-{
-    private readonly ILogger<SimilarItemsManager> _logger;
-    private readonly IServerApplicationPaths _appPaths;
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-    private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
-    private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _serverConfigurationManager;
-    private readonly IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> _dbProvider;
-    private readonly IItemQueryHelpers _queryHelpers;
-    private ISimilarItemsProvider[] _similarItemsProviders = [];
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SimilarItemsManager"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-    /// <param name="appPaths">The server application paths.</param>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="fileSystem">The file system.</param>
-    /// <param name="serverConfigurationManager">The server configuration manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="dbProvider">The database context factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="queryHelpers">The shared item query helpers.</param>
-    public SimilarItemsManager(
-        ILogger<SimilarItemsManager> logger,
-        IServerApplicationPaths appPaths,
-        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
-        IFileSystem fileSystem,
-        IServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager,
-        IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider,
-        IItemQueryHelpers queryHelpers)
-    {
-        _logger = logger;
-        _appPaths = appPaths;
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-        _fileSystem = fileSystem;
-        _serverConfigurationManager = serverConfigurationManager;
-        _dbProvider = dbProvider;
-        _queryHelpers = queryHelpers;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void AddParts(IEnumerable<ISimilarItemsProvider> providers)
-    {
-        _similarItemsProviders = providers.ToArray();
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public IReadOnlyList<ISimilarItemsProvider> GetSimilarItemsProviders<T>()
-        where T : BaseItem
-    {
-        var itemType = typeof(T);
-        return _similarItemsProviders
-            .Where(p => (p is ILocalSimilarItemsProvider local && local.Supports(itemType))
-                || (p is IRemoteSimilarItemsProvider remote && remote.Supports(itemType)))
-            .ToList();
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> GetSimilarItemsAsync(
-        BaseItem item,
-        IReadOnlyList<Guid> excludeArtistIds,
-        User? user,
-        DtoOptions dtoOptions,
-        int? limit,
-        LibraryOptions? libraryOptions,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(item);
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(excludeArtistIds);
-
-        var itemType = item.GetType();
-        var requestedLimit = limit ?? 50;
-        var itemKind = item.GetBaseItemKind();
-
-        // Ensure ProviderIds is included in DtoOptions for matching remote provider responses
-        if (!dtoOptions.Fields.Contains(ItemFields.ProviderIds))
-        {
-            dtoOptions.Fields = dtoOptions.Fields.Concat([ItemFields.ProviderIds]).ToArray();
-        }
-
-        // Local providers are always enabled. Remote providers must be explicitly enabled.
-        var localProviders = _similarItemsProviders
-            .OfType<ILocalSimilarItemsProvider>()
-            .Where(p => p.Supports(itemType))
-            .ToList();
-        var remoteProviders = _similarItemsProviders
-            .OfType<IRemoteSimilarItemsProvider>()
-            .Where(p => p.Supports(itemType));
-        var matchingProviders = new List<ISimilarItemsProvider>(localProviders);
-
-        var typeOptions = libraryOptions?.GetTypeOptions(itemType.Name);
-        if (typeOptions?.SimilarItemProviders?.Length > 0)
-        {
-            matchingProviders.AddRange(remoteProviders
-                .Where(p => typeOptions.SimilarItemProviders.Contains(p.Name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
-        }
-
-        var orderConfig = typeOptions?.SimilarItemProviderOrder is { Length: > 0 } order
-            ? order
-            : typeOptions?.SimilarItemProviders;
-        var orderedProviders = matchingProviders
-            .OrderBy(p => GetConfiguredSimilarProviderOrder(orderConfig, p.Name))
-            .ToList();
-
-        var allResults = new List<(BaseItem Item, float Score)>();
-        var excludeIds = new HashSet<Guid> { item.Id };
-        var excludeKeys = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { item.GetPresentationUniqueKey() };
-        foreach (var (providerOrder, provider) in orderedProviders.Index())
-        {
-            if (allResults.Count >= requestedLimit || cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            try
-            {
-                if (provider is ILocalSimilarItemsProvider localProvider)
-                {
-                    var query = new SimilarItemsQuery
-                    {
-                        User = user,
-                        Limit = requestedLimit - allResults.Count,
-                        DtoOptions = dtoOptions,
-                        ExcludeItemIds = [.. excludeIds],
-                        ExcludeArtistIds = excludeArtistIds
-                    };
-
-                    var items = await localProvider.GetSimilarItemsAsync(item, query, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                    foreach (var (position, resultItem) in items.Index())
-                    {
-                        var isNewId = excludeIds.Add(resultItem.Id);
-                        var isNewKey = excludeKeys.Add(resultItem.GetPresentationUniqueKey());
-                        if (isNewId && isNewKey)
-                        {
-                            var score = CalculateScore(null, providerOrder, position);
-                            allResults.Add((resultItem, score));
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (provider is IRemoteSimilarItemsProvider remoteProvider)
-                {
-                    var cachePath = GetSimilarItemsCachePath(provider.Name, itemType.Name, item.Id);
-
-                    var cachedReferences = await TryReadSimilarItemsCacheAsync(cachePath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    if (cachedReferences is not null)
-                    {
-                        var resolvedItems = ResolveRemoteReferences(cachedReferences, providerOrder, user, dtoOptions, itemKind, excludeIds, excludeKeys);
-                        allResults.AddRange(resolvedItems);
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    var query = new SimilarItemsQuery
-                    {
-                        User = user,
-                        Limit = requestedLimit - allResults.Count,
-                        DtoOptions = dtoOptions,
-                        ExcludeItemIds = [.. excludeIds],
-                        ExcludeArtistIds = excludeArtistIds
-                    };
-
-                    // Collect references in batches and resolve against local library.
-                    // Stop fetching once we have enough resolved local items.
-                    const int BatchSize = 20;
-                    const int MaxRemoteReferenceFetchLimit = 500;
-                    var remaining = requestedLimit - allResults.Count;
-                    var collectedReferences = new List<SimilarItemReference>();
-                    var pendingBatch = new List<SimilarItemReference>();
-
-                    await foreach (var reference in remoteProvider.GetSimilarItemsAsync(item, query, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
-                    {
-                        collectedReferences.Add(reference);
-                        pendingBatch.Add(reference);
-
-                        if (pendingBatch.Count >= BatchSize)
-                        {
-                            var resolvedItems = ResolveRemoteReferences(pendingBatch, providerOrder, user, dtoOptions, itemKind, excludeIds, excludeKeys);
-                            allResults.AddRange(resolvedItems);
-                            remaining -= resolvedItems.Count;
-                            pendingBatch.Clear();
-
-                            if (remaining <= 0 || collectedReferences.Count >= MaxRemoteReferenceFetchLimit)
-                            {
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    // Resolve any remaining references in the last partial batch
-                    if (pendingBatch.Count > 0)
-                    {
-                        var resolvedItems = ResolveRemoteReferences(pendingBatch, providerOrder, user, dtoOptions, itemKind, excludeIds, excludeKeys);
-                        allResults.AddRange(resolvedItems);
-                    }
-
-                    if (collectedReferences.Count > 0 && provider.CacheDuration is not null)
-                    {
-                        await SaveSimilarItemsCacheAsync(cachePath, collectedReferences, provider.CacheDuration.Value, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (OperationCanceledException)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Similar items provider {ProviderName} failed for item {ItemId}", provider.Name, item.Id);
-            }
-        }
-
-        var ordered = allResults
-            .OrderByDescending(x => x.Score)
-            .Select(x => x.Item)
-            .Take(requestedLimit)
-            .ToList();
-
-        return await FilterByLibraryAccessAsync(ordered, user, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-    }
-
-    private async Task<IReadOnlyList<BaseItem>> FilterByLibraryAccessAsync(
-        IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> candidates,
-        User? user,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        if (candidates.Count == 0 || user is null)
-        {
-            return candidates;
-        }
-
-        var accessFilter = SimilarItemsAccessFilter.Build(user, _libraryManager);
-
-        // No accessible libraries means nothing to compare against, and an empty TopParentIds set
-        // would disable the filter rather than reject everything.
-        if (accessFilter.TopParentIds.Length == 0)
-        {
-            return candidates;
-        }
-
-        Guid[] candidateIds = [.. candidates.Select(c => c.Id)];
-
-        var dbContext = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
-        {
-            var baseQuery = dbContext.BaseItems
-                .AsNoTracking()
-                .WhereOneOrMany(candidateIds, e => e.Id);
-
-            baseQuery = _queryHelpers.ApplyAccessFiltering(dbContext, baseQuery, accessFilter);
-
-            var allowedCount = await baseQuery.CountAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            if (allowedCount == candidates.Count)
-            {
-                return candidates;
-            }
-
-            var allowedIds = await baseQuery
-                .Select(e => e.Id)
-                .ToHashSetAsync(cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            var filtered = candidates.Where(c => allowedIds.Contains(c.Id)).ToList();
-            _logger.LogDebug(
-                "Dropped {Dropped} of {Total} similar-item candidates due to user access filtering",
-                candidates.Count - filtered.Count,
-                candidates.Count);
-
-            return filtered;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<SimilarItemsRecommendation>> GetMovieRecommendationsAsync(
-        User? user,
-        Guid parentId,
-        int categoryLimit,
-        int itemLimit,
-        DtoOptions dtoOptions,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(dtoOptions);
-
-        var recentlyPlayedMovies = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery(user)
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Movie],
-            OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.DatePlayed, SortOrder.Descending), (ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Descending)],
-            Limit = 7,
-            ParentId = parentId,
-            Recursive = true,
-            IsPlayed = true,
-            EnableGroupByMetadataKey = true,
-            DtoOptions = dtoOptions
-        });
-
-        var itemTypes = new List<BaseItemKind> { BaseItemKind.Movie };
-        if (_serverConfigurationManager.Configuration.EnableExternalContentInSuggestions)
-        {
-            itemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.Trailer);
-            itemTypes.Add(BaseItemKind.LiveTvProgram);
-        }
-
-        var likedMovies = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery(user)
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = itemTypes.ToArray(),
-            IsMovie = true,
-            OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Descending)],
-            Limit = 10,
-            IsFavoriteOrLiked = true,
-            ExcludeItemIds = recentlyPlayedMovies.Select(i => i.Id).ToArray(),
-            EnableGroupByMetadataKey = true,
-            ParentId = parentId,
-            Recursive = true,
-            DtoOptions = dtoOptions
-        });
-
-        var mostRecentMovies = recentlyPlayedMovies.Take(Math.Min(recentlyPlayedMovies.Count, 6)).ToList();
-        var recentDirectors = GetPeopleNames(mostRecentMovies, [PersonType.Director]);
-        var recentActors = GetPeopleNames(mostRecentMovies, [PersonType.Actor, PersonType.GuestStar]);
-
-        // Cap baseline items to categoryLimit - the round-robin can't use more categories than that.
-        var recentlyPlayedBaseline = recentlyPlayedMovies.Count > categoryLimit
-            ? recentlyPlayedMovies.Take(categoryLimit).ToList()
-            : recentlyPlayedMovies;
-        var likedBaseline = likedMovies.Count > categoryLimit
-            ? likedMovies.Take(categoryLimit).ToList()
-            : likedMovies;
-
-        var batchQuery = new SimilarItemsQuery
-        {
-            User = user,
-            Limit = itemLimit,
-            DtoOptions = dtoOptions
-        };
-
-        var similarToRecentlyPlayed = await GetSimilarItemsRecommendationsAsync(
-            recentlyPlayedBaseline,
-            RecommendationType.SimilarToRecentlyPlayed,
-            batchQuery,
-            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        var similarToLiked = await GetSimilarItemsRecommendationsAsync(
-            likedBaseline,
-            RecommendationType.SimilarToLikedItem,
-            batchQuery,
-            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        var hasDirectorFromRecentlyPlayed = GetPersonRecommendations(user, recentDirectors, itemLimit, dtoOptions, RecommendationType.HasDirectorFromRecentlyPlayed, itemTypes);
-        var hasActorFromRecentlyPlayed = GetPersonRecommendations(user, recentActors, itemLimit, dtoOptions, RecommendationType.HasActorFromRecentlyPlayed, itemTypes);
-
-        // Use a single enumerator per list, listed twice so MoveNext advances it
-        // twice per round-robin pass (giving these categories double weight).
-        // IMPORTANT: Declare as IEnumerator<T> to box the List<T>.Enumerator struct once;
-        // using var would box separately per list insertion, creating independent copies.
-        IEnumerator<SimilarItemsRecommendation> similarToRecentlyPlayedEnum = similarToRecentlyPlayed.GetEnumerator();
-        IEnumerator<SimilarItemsRecommendation> similarToLikedEnum = similarToLiked.GetEnumerator();
-
-        var categoryTypes = new List<IEnumerator<SimilarItemsRecommendation>>
-        {
-            similarToRecentlyPlayedEnum,
-            similarToRecentlyPlayedEnum,
-            similarToLikedEnum,
-            similarToLikedEnum,
-            hasDirectorFromRecentlyPlayed.GetEnumerator(),
-            hasActorFromRecentlyPlayed.GetEnumerator()
-        };
-
-        var categories = new List<SimilarItemsRecommendation>();
-        while (categories.Count < categoryLimit)
-        {
-            var allEmpty = true;
-            foreach (var category in categoryTypes)
-            {
-                if (category.MoveNext())
-                {
-                    categories.Add(category.Current);
-                    allEmpty = false;
-
-                    if (categories.Count >= categoryLimit)
-                    {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (allEmpty)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return [.. categories.OrderBy(i => i.RecommendationType)];
-    }
-
-    private async Task<IReadOnlyList<SimilarItemsRecommendation>> GetSimilarItemsRecommendationsAsync(
-        IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> baselineItems,
-        RecommendationType recommendationType,
-        SimilarItemsQuery query,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var batchProvider = _similarItemsProviders
-            .OfType<IBatchLocalSimilarItemsProvider>()
-            .FirstOrDefault();
-
-        if (batchProvider is null || baselineItems.Count == 0)
-        {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        var batchResults = await batchProvider.GetBatchSimilarItemsAsync(baselineItems, query, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        // Filter once across every category rather than per baseline, so a batch provider costs one
-        // access query no matter how many categories it produced.
-        var allItems = batchResults.Values.SelectMany(items => items).DistinctBy(item => item.Id).ToList();
-        var allowed = await FilterByLibraryAccessAsync(allItems, query.User, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        HashSet<Guid>? allowedIds = allowed.Count == allItems.Count
-            ? null
-            : [.. allowed.Select(item => item.Id)];
-
-        var recommendations = new List<SimilarItemsRecommendation>(baselineItems.Count);
-        foreach (var baseline in baselineItems)
-        {
-            if (!batchResults.TryGetValue(baseline.Id, out var similar) || similar.Count == 0)
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (allowedIds is not null)
-            {
-                similar = similar.Where(item => allowedIds.Contains(item.Id)).ToList();
-                if (similar.Count == 0)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-
-            recommendations.Add(new SimilarItemsRecommendation
-            {
-                BaselineItemName = baseline.Name,
-                CategoryId = baseline.Id,
-                RecommendationType = recommendationType,
-                Items = similar
-            });
-        }
-
-        return recommendations;
-    }
-
-    private IEnumerable<SimilarItemsRecommendation> GetPersonRecommendations(
-        User? user,
-        IReadOnlyList<string> names,
-        int itemLimit,
-        DtoOptions dtoOptions,
-        RecommendationType type,
-        IReadOnlyList<BaseItemKind> itemTypes)
-    {
-        var personTypes = type == RecommendationType.HasDirectorFromRecentlyPlayed
-            ? [PersonType.Director]
-            : Array.Empty<string>();
-
-        foreach (var name in names)
-        {
-            var items = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery(user)
-            {
-                Person = name,
-                Limit = itemLimit + 2,
-                PersonTypes = personTypes,
-                IncludeItemTypes = itemTypes.ToArray(),
-                IsMovie = true,
-                IsPlayed = false,
-                EnableGroupByMetadataKey = true,
-                DtoOptions = dtoOptions
-            })
-                .DistinctBy(i => i.GetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb) ?? Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
-                .Take(itemLimit)
-                .ToList();
-
-            if (items.Count > 0)
-            {
-                yield return new SimilarItemsRecommendation
-                {
-                    BaselineItemName = name,
-                    CategoryId = name.GetMD5(),
-                    RecommendationType = type,
-                    Items = items
-                };
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private IReadOnlyList<string> GetPeopleNames(IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items, IReadOnlyList<string> personTypes)
-    {
-        var itemIds = items.Select(i => i.Id).ToArray();
-        return _libraryManager.GetPeopleNamesByItems(itemIds, personTypes)
-            .Values
-            .SelectMany(names => names)
-            .Distinct()
-            .ToArray();
-    }
-
-    private List<(BaseItem Item, float Score)> ResolveRemoteReferences(
-        IReadOnlyList<SimilarItemReference> references,
-        int providerOrder,
-        User? user,
-        DtoOptions dtoOptions,
-        BaseItemKind itemKind,
-        HashSet<Guid> excludeIds,
-        HashSet<string> excludeKeys)
-    {
-        if (references.Count == 0)
-        {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        var resolvedByKey = new Dictionary<string, (BaseItem Item, float Score)>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-        var providerLookup = new Dictionary<(string ProviderName, string ProviderId), (float? Score, int Position)>(StringTupleComparer.Instance);
-
-        foreach (var (position, match) in references.Index())
-        {
-            var lookupKey = (match.ProviderName, match.ProviderId);
-            if (!providerLookup.TryGetValue(lookupKey, out var existing))
-            {
-                providerLookup[lookupKey] = (match.Score, position);
-            }
-            else if (match.Score > existing.Score || (match.Score == existing.Score && position < existing.Position))
-            {
-                providerLookup[lookupKey] = (match.Score, position);
-            }
-        }
-
-        var allProviderIds = providerLookup
-            .GroupBy(kvp => kvp.Key.ProviderName)
-            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Select(x => x.Key.ProviderId).ToArray());
-
-        var query = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
-        {
-            HasAnyProviderIds = allProviderIds,
-            IncludeItemTypes = [itemKind],
-            DtoOptions = dtoOptions
-        };
-
-        var items = _libraryManager.GetItemList(query);
-
-        foreach (var item in items)
-        {
-            if (excludeIds.Contains(item.Id))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            var presentationKey = item.GetPresentationUniqueKey();
-            if (excludeKeys.Contains(presentationKey))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            foreach (var providerName in allProviderIds.Keys)
-            {
-                if (item.TryGetProviderId(providerName, out var itemProviderId) && providerLookup.TryGetValue((providerName, itemProviderId), out var matchInfo))
-                {
-                    var score = CalculateScore(matchInfo.Score, providerOrder, matchInfo.Position);
-                    if (!resolvedByKey.TryGetValue(presentationKey, out var existing) || existing.Score < score)
-                    {
-                        resolvedByKey[presentationKey] = (item, score);
-                    }
-
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        foreach (var (key, entry) in resolvedByKey)
-        {
-            excludeIds.Add(entry.Item.Id);
-            excludeKeys.Add(key);
-        }
-
-        return [.. resolvedByKey.Values];
-    }
-
-    private static float CalculateScore(float? matchScore, int providerOrder, int position)
-    {
-        // Use provider-supplied score if available, otherwise derive from position
-        var baseScore = matchScore ?? (1.0f - (position * 0.02f));
-
-        // Apply small boost based on provider order (higher priority providers get small bonus)
-        var priorityBoost = Math.Max(0, 10 - providerOrder) * 0.005f;
-
-        return Math.Clamp(baseScore + priorityBoost, 0f, 1f);
-    }
-
-    private static int GetConfiguredSimilarProviderOrder(string[]? orderConfig, string providerName)
-    {
-        if (orderConfig is null || orderConfig.Length == 0)
-        {
-            return int.MaxValue;
-        }
-
-        var index = Array.FindIndex(orderConfig, name => string.Equals(name, providerName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-        return index >= 0 ? index : int.MaxValue;
-    }
-
-    private string GetSimilarItemsCachePath(string providerName, string baseItemType, Guid itemId)
-    {
-        var dataPath = Path.Combine(
-            _appPaths.CachePath,
-            $"{providerName.ToLowerInvariant()}-similar-{baseItemType.ToLowerInvariant()}");
-        return Path.Combine(dataPath, $"{itemId.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}.json");
-    }
-
-    private async Task<List<SimilarItemReference>?> TryReadSimilarItemsCacheAsync(string cachePath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var fileInfo = _fileSystem.GetFileSystemInfo(cachePath);
-        if (!fileInfo.Exists || fileInfo.Length == 0)
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        try
-        {
-            var stream = File.OpenRead(cachePath);
-            await using (stream.ConfigureAwait(false))
-            {
-                var cache = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<SimilarItemsCache>(stream, JsonDefaults.Options, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                if (cache?.References is not null && DateTime.UtcNow < cache.ExpiresAt)
-                {
-                    return cache.References;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch (IOException ex)
-        {
-            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to read similar items cache from {CachePath}", cachePath);
-        }
-        catch (JsonException ex)
-        {
-            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to parse similar items cache from {CachePath}", cachePath);
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    private async Task SaveSimilarItemsCacheAsync(string cachePath, List<SimilarItemReference> references, TimeSpan cacheDuration, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(cachePath);
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(directory))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
-            }
-
-            var cache = new SimilarItemsCache
-            {
-                References = references,
-                ExpiresAt = DateTime.UtcNow.Add(cacheDuration)
-            };
-
-            var stream = File.Create(cachePath);
-            await using (stream.ConfigureAwait(false))
-            {
-                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(stream, cache, JsonDefaults.Options, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-        }
-        catch (IOException ex)
-        {
-            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to save similar items cache to {CachePath}", cachePath);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private sealed class SimilarItemsCache
-    {
-        public List<SimilarItemReference>? References { get; set; }
-
-        public DateTime ExpiresAt { get; set; }
-    }
-
-    private sealed class StringTupleComparer : IEqualityComparer<(string Key, string Value)>
-    {
-        public static readonly StringTupleComparer Instance = new();
-
-        public bool Equals((string Key, string Value) x, (string Key, string Value) y)
-            => string.Equals(x.Key, y.Key, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
-               string.Equals(x.Value, y.Value, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-        public int GetHashCode((string Key, string Value) obj)
-            => HashCode.Combine(
-                StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(obj.Key),
-                StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(obj.Value));
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SplashscreenPostScanTask.cs

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class SplashscreenPostScanTask : ILibraryPostScanTask
             ImageTypes = [imageType],
             Limit = 30,
             // TODO max parental rating configurable
-            MaxParentalRating = new(13, null),
+            MaxParentalRating = new(10, null),
             OrderBy =
             [
                 (ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/UserDataManager.cs

@@ -177,167 +177,53 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             };
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public Dictionary<Guid, UserItemData> GetUserDataBatch(IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items, User user)
+        private UserItemData? GetUserData(User user, Guid itemId, List<string> keys)
         {
-            var result = new Dictionary<Guid, UserItemData>(items.Count);
-            var itemsNeedingQuery = new List<(BaseItem Item, List<string> Keys)>();
+            var cacheKey = GetCacheKey(user.InternalId, itemId);
 
-            foreach (var item in items)
+            if (_cache.TryGet(cacheKey, out var data))
             {
-                var cacheKey = GetCacheKey(user.InternalId, item.Id);
-                if (_cache.TryGet(cacheKey, out var cachedData))
-                {
-                    result[item.Id] = cachedData;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    var userDataRow = ResolveUserDataRow(item, item.UserData?.Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id)));
-                    var userData = userDataRow is not null ? Map(userDataRow) : null;
-                    if (userData is not null)
-                    {
-                        result[item.Id] = userData;
-                        _cache.AddOrUpdate(cacheKey, userData);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        var keys = item.GetUserDataKeys();
-                        itemsNeedingQuery.Add((item, keys));
-                    }
-                }
+                return data;
             }
 
-            if (itemsNeedingQuery.Count == 0)
+            data = GetUserDataInternal(user.Id, itemId, keys);
+
+            if (data is null)
             {
-                return result;
+                return new UserItemData()
+                {
+                    Key = keys[0],
+                };
+            }
+
+            return _cache.GetOrAdd(cacheKey, _ => data);
+        }
+
+        private UserItemData? GetUserDataInternal(Guid userId, Guid itemId, List<string> keys)
+        {
+            if (keys.Count == 0)
+            {
+                return null;
             }
 
-            // Build a single query for all missing items. Fetch rows by item alone so rows kept
-            // under keys from older metadata resolve the same way as the in-memory path.
-            var allItemIds = itemsNeedingQuery.Select(x => x.Item.Id).ToList();
             using var context = _repository.CreateDbContext();
-            var userDataArray = context.UserData
-                .AsNoTracking()
-                .Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id))
-                .WhereOneOrMany(allItemIds, e => e.ItemId)
-                .ToArray();
+            var userData = context.UserData.AsNoTracking().Where(e => e.ItemId == itemId && keys.Contains(e.CustomDataKey) && e.UserId.Equals(userId)).ToArray();
 
-            var userDataByItem = userDataArray.GroupBy(e => e.ItemId).ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.ToArray());
-            foreach (var (item, keys) in itemsNeedingQuery)
+            if (userData.Length > 0)
             {
-                UserItemData userData;
-                if (userDataByItem.TryGetValue(item.Id, out var itemUserData) && itemUserData.Length > 0)
+                var directDataReference = userData.FirstOrDefault(e => e.CustomDataKey == itemId.ToString("N"));
+                if (directDataReference is not null)
                 {
-                    userData = Map(ResolveUserDataRow(item, itemUserData)!);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    userData = new UserItemData { Key = keys.Count > 0 ? keys[0] : string.Empty };
+                    return Map(directDataReference);
                 }
 
-                result[item.Id] = userData;
-                var cacheKey = GetCacheKey(user.InternalId, item.Id);
-                _cache.AddOrUpdate(cacheKey, userData);
+                return Map(userData.First());
             }
 
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public VersionResumeData? GetResumeUserData(User user, BaseItem item)
-        {
-            return GetResumeUserDataBatch([item], user).GetValueOrDefault(item.Id);
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, VersionResumeData> GetResumeUserDataBatch(IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items, User user)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
-
-            var result = new Dictionary<Guid, VersionResumeData>();
-
-            // Candidate primaries: a directly queried version (PrimaryVersionId set) keeps its own data.
-            // Linked alternates are already known in memory; only the local-alternate existence check
-            // would otherwise hit the database (one query per item via Video.HasLocalAlternateVersions),
-            // so collect those ids and resolve them all in a single query below.
-            List<Video>? candidates = null;
-            List<Guid>? localProbeIds = null;
-            foreach (var item in items)
+            return new UserItemData
             {
-                if (item is not Video video || video.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                (candidates ??= []).Add(video);
-
-                if (video.LinkedAlternateVersions.Length == 0)
-                {
-                    (localProbeIds ??= []).Add(video.Id);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (candidates is null)
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            HashSet<Guid>? withLocalAlternates = null;
-            if (localProbeIds is not null)
-            {
-                using var dbContext = _repository.CreateDbContext();
-                withLocalAlternates = dbContext.LinkedChildren
-                    .Where(lc => lc.ChildType == Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities.LinkedChildType.LocalAlternateVersion)
-                    .WhereOneOrMany(localProbeIds, lc => lc.ParentId)
-                    .Select(lc => lc.ParentId)
-                    .Distinct()
-                    .ToHashSet();
-            }
-
-            List<(Guid PrimaryId, IReadOnlyList<Video> Versions)>? versionGroups = null;
-            List<BaseItem>? allVersions = null;
-
-            foreach (var video in candidates)
-            {
-                // Only items that actually have alternate versions aggregate over them.
-                if (video.LinkedAlternateVersions.Length == 0
-                    && (withLocalAlternates is null || !withLocalAlternates.Contains(video.Id)))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                var versions = video.GetAllVersions();
-                if (versions.Count < 2)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                (versionGroups ??= []).Add((video.Id, versions));
-                (allVersions ??= []).AddRange(versions);
-            }
-
-            if (versionGroups is null)
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            var userDataByVersion = GetUserDataBatch(allVersions!.DistinctBy(i => i.Id).ToList(), user);
-
-            foreach (var (primaryId, versions) in versionGroups)
-            {
-                // Consider both in-progress and completed versions so a finished alternate still marks the primary as played.
-                var resumeVersion = VersionPlaybackSelector.SelectMostRecentlyPlayed(
-                    versions,
-                    version => userDataByVersion.GetValueOrDefault(version.Id),
-                    data => data.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0 || data.Played);
-
-                if (resumeVersion is not null)
-                {
-                    result[primaryId] = new VersionResumeData(resumeVersion.Id, userDataByVersion[resumeVersion.Id]);
-                }
-            }
-
-            return result;
+                Key = keys.Last()!
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -352,41 +238,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public UserItemData? GetUserData(User user, BaseItem item)
         {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
-            var row = ResolveUserDataRow(item, item.UserData?.Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id)));
-            return row is not null ? Map(row) : new UserItemData()
+            return item.UserData?.Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id)).Select(Map).FirstOrDefault() ?? new UserItemData()
             {
                 Key = item.GetUserDataKeys()[0],
             };
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Picks the row matching the item's current user data keys, in key order, so rows left behind
-        /// under keys from older metadata don't take priority over the rows the write path updates.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="item">The item whose keys to match.</param>
-        /// <param name="rows">The candidate user data rows for a single user.</param>
-        /// <returns>The best matching row, or <c>null</c> when there are none.</returns>
-        private static UserData? ResolveUserDataRow(BaseItem item, IEnumerable<UserData>? rows)
-        {
-            var candidates = rows?.ToList();
-            if (candidates is null || candidates.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            foreach (var key in item.GetUserDataKeys())
-            {
-                var match = candidates.Find(e => string.Equals(e.CustomDataKey, key, StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                if (match is not null)
-                {
-                    return match;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return candidates[0];
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public UserItemDataDto? GetUserDataDto(BaseItem item, User user)
             => GetUserDataDto(item, null, user, new DtoOptions());
@@ -403,10 +260,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             var dto = GetUserItemDataDto(userData, item.Id);
 
             item.FillUserDataDtoValues(dto, userData, itemDto, user, options);
-
-            // For an item with alternate versions, surface the most recently played version's resume point.
-            GetResumeUserData(user, item)?.ApplyTo(dto);
-
             return dto;
         }
 
@@ -511,41 +364,5 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
             return playedToCompletion;
         }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public void ResetPlaybackStreamSelections(User user, BaseItem item)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(item);
-
-            using var dbContext = _repository.CreateDbContext();
-            var rows = dbContext.UserData
-                .Where(e => e.ItemId == item.Id && e.UserId == user.Id
-                            && (e.AudioStreamIndex != null || e.SubtitleStreamIndex != null))
-                .ToList();
-
-            if (rows.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            foreach (var row in rows)
-            {
-                row.AudioStreamIndex = null;
-                row.SubtitleStreamIndex = null;
-            }
-
-            dbContext.SaveChanges();
-
-            var cacheKey = GetCacheKey(user.InternalId, item.Id);
-            if (_cache.TryGet(cacheKey, out var cached))
-            {
-                cached.AudioStreamIndex = null;
-                cached.SubtitleStreamIndex = null;
-                _cache.AddOrUpdate(cacheKey, cached);
-            }
-
-            item.UserData = dbContext.UserData.Where(e => e.ItemId == item.Id).AsNoTracking().ToArray();
-        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/UserViewManager.cs

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 var collectionFolder = folder as ICollectionFolder;
                 var folderViewType = collectionFolder?.CollectionType;
 
-                // Playlist and BoxSet libraries require special handling because the folder only references linked items
-                if (folderViewType == CollectionType.playlists || folderViewType == CollectionType.boxsets)
+                // Playlist library requires special handling because the folder only references user playlists
+                if (folderViewType == CollectionType.playlists)
                 {
                     var items = folder.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery(user)
                     {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
             if (_config.Configuration.EnableFolderView)
             {
-                var name = _localizationManager.GetServerLocalizedString("Folders");
+                var name = _localizationManager.GetLocalizedString("Folders");
                 list.Add(_libraryManager.GetNamedView(name, CollectionType.folders, string.Empty));
             }
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 list = list.Where(i => !user.GetPreferenceValues<Guid>(PreferenceKind.MyMediaExcludes).Contains(i.Id)).ToList();
             }
 
-            var sorted = _libraryManager.Sort(list, user, [ItemSortBy.SortName], SortOrder.Ascending).ToList();
+            var sorted = _libraryManager.Sort(list, user, new[] { ItemSortBy.SortName }, SortOrder.Ascending).ToList();
             var orders = user.GetPreferenceValues<Guid>(PreferenceKind.OrderedViews);
 
             return list
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
         public UserView GetUserSubView(Guid parentId, CollectionType? type, string localizationKey, string sortName)
         {
-            var name = _localizationManager.GetServerLocalizedString(localizationKey);
+            var name = _localizationManager.GetLocalizedString(localizationKey);
 
             return GetUserSubViewWithName(name, parentId, type, sortName);
         }
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 return GetUserView((Folder)parents[0], viewType, string.Empty);
             }
 
-            var name = _localizationManager.GetServerLocalizedString(localizationKey);
+            var name = _localizationManager.GetLocalizedString(localizationKey);
             return _libraryManager.GetNamedView(user, name, viewType, sortName);
         }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             var libraryItems = GetItemsForLatestItems(request.User, request, options);
 
             var list = new List<Tuple<BaseItem, List<BaseItem>>>();
-            var containerIndexMap = new Dictionary<Guid, int>();
+
             foreach (var item in libraryItems)
             {
                 // Only grab the index container for media
@@ -213,16 +213,20 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
                 if (container is null)
                 {
-                    list.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, List<BaseItem>>(null!, new List<BaseItem> { item }));
-                }
-                else if (containerIndexMap.TryGetValue(container.Id, out var existingIndex))
-                {
-                    list[existingIndex].Item2.Add(item);
+                    list.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, List<BaseItem>>(null, new List<BaseItem> { item }));
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    containerIndexMap[container.Id] = list.Count;
-                    list.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, List<BaseItem>>(container, new List<BaseItem> { item }));
+                    var current = list.FirstOrDefault(i => i.Item1 is not null && i.Item1.Id.Equals(container.Id));
+
+                    if (current is not null)
+                    {
+                        current.Item2.Add(item);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        list.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, List<BaseItem>>(container, new List<BaseItem> { item }));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (list.Count >= request.Limit)
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                     return _channelManager.GetLatestChannelItemsInternal(
                         new InternalItemsQuery(user)
                         {
-                            ChannelIds = [parentId],
+                            ChannelIds = new[] { parentId },
                             IsPlayed = request.IsPlayed,
                             StartIndex = request.StartIndex,
                             Limit = request.Limit,
@@ -297,11 +301,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 {
                     if (hasCollectionType.All(i => i.CollectionType == CollectionType.movies))
                     {
-                        includeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Movie];
+                        includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Movie };
                     }
                     else if (hasCollectionType.All(i => i.CollectionType == CollectionType.tvshows))
                     {
-                        includeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Episode];
+                        includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Episode };
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -340,29 +344,29 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             }
 
             var excludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes.Length == 0 && mediaTypes.Length == 0
-                ?
-                [
+                ? new[]
+                {
                     BaseItemKind.Person,
                     BaseItemKind.Studio,
                     BaseItemKind.Year,
                     BaseItemKind.MusicGenre,
                     BaseItemKind.Genre
-                ]
+                }
                 : Array.Empty<BaseItemKind>();
 
             var query = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
             {
                 IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes,
-                OrderBy =
-                [
+                OrderBy = new[]
+                {
                     (ItemSortBy.DateCreated, SortOrder.Descending),
                     (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Descending),
                     (ItemSortBy.ProductionYear, SortOrder.Descending)
-                ],
+                },
                 IsFolder = includeItemTypes.Length == 0 ? false : null,
                 ExcludeItemTypes = excludeItemTypes,
                 IsVirtualItem = false,
-                Limit = limit * 2,
+                Limit = limit * 5,
                 IsPlayed = isPlayed,
                 DtoOptions = options,
                 MediaTypes = mediaTypes
@@ -390,18 +394,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                     query.Limit = limit;
                     return _libraryManager.GetLatestItemList(query, parents, CollectionType.music);
                 }
-
-                if (collectionType == CollectionType.movies)
-                {
-                    query.Limit = limit;
-                    return _libraryManager.GetLatestItemList(query, parents, CollectionType.movies);
-                }
-
-                if (collectionType is null)
-                {
-                    query.Limit = limit;
-                    return _libraryManager.GetLatestItemList(query, parents, CollectionType.unknown);
-                }
             }
 
             return _libraryManager.GetItemList(query, parents);

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/ArtistsValidator.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -51,55 +50,25 @@ public class ArtistsValidator
     public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var names = _itemRepo.GetAllArtistNames();
-        var existingArtistIds = _libraryManager.GetItemIds(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicArtist]
-        }).ToHashSet();
-
-        var existingArtists = _libraryManager.GetArtists(names);
 
         var numComplete = 0;
         var count = names.Count;
-        var refreshed = 0;
-
-        var liveIds = new HashSet<Guid>();
-        var unresolved = 0;
 
         foreach (var name in names)
         {
             try
             {
-                MusicArtist? item = null;
-                if (existingArtists.TryGetValue(name, out var artists) && artists.Length > 0)
-                {
-                    item = artists.OrderBy(i => i.IsAccessedByName ? 1 : 0).First();
-                }
+                var item = _libraryManager.GetArtist(name);
 
-                // Fall back to GetArtist if not found (creates new item if needed)
-                item ??= _libraryManager.GetArtist(name);
-
-                // A name with no item is nothing to refresh, and nothing to keep alive either.
-                if (item is not null)
-                {
-                    liveIds.Add(item.Id);
-
-                    var isNew = !existingArtistIds.Contains(item.Id);
-                    var neverRefreshed = item.DateLastRefreshed == default;
-
-                    if (isNew || neverRefreshed)
-                    {
-                        await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                        refreshed++;
-                    }
-                }
+                await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
             {
+                // Don't clutter the log
                 throw;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                unresolved++;
                 _logger.LogError(ex, "Error refreshing {ArtistName}", name);
             }
 
@@ -111,36 +80,30 @@ public class ArtistsValidator
             progress.Report(percent);
         }
 
-        _logger.LogInformation("Refreshed metadata for {RefreshedCount} new artists out of {TotalCount} total", refreshed, count);
-
-        // Every name that threw is a name whose artist is missing from the live set, and deleting against
-        // a live set with holes in it deletes artists the library still refers to. Leave the sweep to a
-        // run that got a clean read of them.
-        if (unresolved > 0)
-        {
-            _logger.LogWarning(
-                "Not removing dead artists: {Count} of {TotalCount} names could not be resolved this run",
-                unresolved,
-                count);
-
-            progress.Report(100);
-            return;
-        }
-
         var deadEntities = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
         {
             IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicArtist],
+            IsDeadArtist = true,
             IsLocked = false
-        }).OfType<MusicArtist>()
-        .Where(item => item.IsAccessedByName && !liveIds.Contains(item.Id))
-        .ToList();
+        }).Cast<MusicArtist>().ToList();
 
         foreach (var item in deadEntities)
         {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
-        }
+            if (!item.IsAccessedByName)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-        _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(deadEntities, deleteSourceFiles: true);
+            _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
+
+            _libraryManager.DeleteItem(
+                item,
+                new DeleteOptions
+                {
+                    DeleteFileLocation = false
+                },
+                false);
+        }
 
         progress.Report(100);
     }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/CollectionPostScanTask.cs

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class CollectionPostScanTask : ILibraryPostScanTask
 
                 foreach (var m in movies)
                 {
-                    if (m is Movie movie && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(movie.CollectionName) && !movie.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue)
+                    if (m is Movie movie && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(movie.CollectionName))
                     {
                         if (collectionNameMoviesMap.TryGetValue(movie.CollectionName, out var movieList))
                         {

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask.cs

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-
-namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Validators;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Ensures top-level library folders have a primary poster after scans.
-/// Poster extraction is attempted before library scanning. When a library is
-/// empty at that point, no poster can be extracted. This post-scan task reruns
-/// metadata extraction for top-level folders that are still missing images.
-/// </summary>
-public class CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask : ILibraryPostScanTask
-{
-    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-    private readonly ILogger<CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask> _logger;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask" /> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
-    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-    public CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask(
-        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
-        ILogger<CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask> logger)
-    {
-        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-        _logger = logger;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Runs the specified progress.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="progress">The progress.</param>
-    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-    /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-    public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        var libraries = _libraryManager.GetUserRootFolder().Children.OfType<CollectionFolder>().ToList();
-        var totalLibraries = libraries.Count;
-        var processedLibraries = 0;
-
-        foreach (var library in libraries)
-        {
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-            if (!library.HasImage(ImageType.Primary))
-            {
-                _logger.LogDebug("Library {LibraryName} is missing a primary image. Refreshing metadata.", library.Name);
-                await library.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-
-            processedLibraries++;
-            progress.Report((double)processedLibraries / totalLibraries * 100);
-        }
-
-        progress.Report(100);
-    }
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/GenresValidator.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
@@ -49,40 +48,17 @@ public class GenresValidator
     public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var names = _itemRepo.GetGenreNames();
-        var existingGenreIds = _libraryManager.GetItemIds(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Genre]
-        }).ToHashSet();
-
-        var existingGenres = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Genre]
-        }).Cast<Genre>()
-        .GroupBy(g => g.Name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-        .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.First(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
         var numComplete = 0;
         var count = names.Count;
-        var refreshed = 0;
 
         foreach (var name in names)
         {
             try
             {
-                Genre? item = null;
-                if (existingGenres.TryGetValue(name, out var existingGenre))
-                {
-                    item = existingGenre;
-                }
+                var item = _libraryManager.GetGenre(name);
 
-                // Fall back to GetGenre if not found (creates new item if needed)
-                item ??= _libraryManager.GetGenre(name);
-
-                if (!existingGenreIds.Contains(item.Id))
-                {
-                    await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    refreshed++;
-                }
+                await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
             {
@@ -102,8 +78,6 @@ public class GenresValidator
             progress.Report(percent);
         }
 
-        _logger.LogInformation("Refreshed metadata for {RefreshedCount} new genres out of {TotalCount} total", refreshed, count);
-
         var deadEntities = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
         {
             IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Genre, BaseItemKind.MusicGenre],
@@ -114,9 +88,15 @@ public class GenresValidator
         foreach (var item in deadEntities)
         {
             _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
-        }
 
-        _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(deadEntities, deleteSourceFiles: true);
+            _libraryManager.DeleteItem(
+                item,
+                new DeleteOptions
+                {
+                    DeleteFileLocation = false
+                },
+                false);
+        }
 
         progress.Report(100);
     }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/MusicGenresValidator.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 using System;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -48,25 +45,17 @@ public class MusicGenresValidator
     public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var names = _itemRepo.GetMusicGenreNames();
-        var existingMusicGenreIds = _libraryManager.GetItemIds(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicGenre]
-        }).ToHashSet();
 
         var numComplete = 0;
         var count = names.Count;
-        var refreshed = 0;
 
         foreach (var name in names)
         {
             try
             {
                 var item = _libraryManager.GetMusicGenre(name);
-                if (!existingMusicGenreIds.Contains(item.Id))
-                {
-                    await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    refreshed++;
-                }
+
+                await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
             {
@@ -86,8 +75,6 @@ public class MusicGenresValidator
             progress.Report(percent);
         }
 
-        _logger.LogInformation("Refreshed metadata for {RefreshedCount} new music genres out of {TotalCount} total", refreshed, count);
-
         progress.Report(100);
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeopleValidator.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Validators;
@@ -17,143 +17,104 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Validators;
 public class PeopleValidator
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// The library manager.
+    /// The _library manager.
     /// </summary>
     private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// The logger.
+    /// The _logger.
     /// </summary>
-    private readonly ILogger<PeopleValidator> _logger;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+    private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PeopleValidator" /> class.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
     /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-    public PeopleValidator(ILibraryManager libraryManager, ILogger<PeopleValidator> logger)
+    /// <param name="fileSystem">The file system.</param>
+    public PeopleValidator(ILibraryManager libraryManager, ILogger logger, IFileSystem fileSystem)
     {
         _libraryManager = libraryManager;
         _logger = logger;
+        _fileSystem = fileSystem;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Validates the people.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="progress">The progress.</param>
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <param name="progress">The progress.</param>
     /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-    public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    public async Task ValidatePeople(CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress<double> progress)
     {
-        // Before the refresh below walks them: a credit no item maps to any more stands for nothing,
-        // and while it is there the person it names cannot reach the dead-person sweep either.
-        var numOrphaned = _libraryManager.DeleteOrphanedCredits();
-        if (numOrphaned > 0)
-        {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Deleted {Amount} credits no item maps to", numOrphaned);
-        }
-
-        var names = _libraryManager.GetPeopleNames(new InternalPeopleQuery());
-        var existingPersonIds = _libraryManager.GetItemIds(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Person]
-        }).ToHashSet();
-
-        var (newNames, deadIds) = PartitionCreditsByPersonId(names, _libraryManager.GetPersonId, existingPersonIds);
+        var people = _libraryManager.GetPeopleNames(new InternalPeopleQuery());
 
         var numComplete = 0;
-        var count = names.Count;
-        var refreshed = 0;
 
-        foreach (var name in names)
+        var numPeople = people.Count;
+
+        IProgress<double> subProgress = new Progress<double>((val) => progress.Report(val / 2));
+
+        _logger.LogDebug("Will refresh {Amount} people", numPeople);
+
+        foreach (var person in people)
         {
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
             try
             {
-                var item = _libraryManager.GetOrCreatePerson(name);
-                var isNew = !existingPersonIds.Contains(item.Id);
-                var neverRefreshed = item.DateLastRefreshed == default;
-
-                if (isNew || neverRefreshed)
+                var item = _libraryManager.GetPerson(person);
+                if (item is null)
                 {
-                    await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    refreshed++;
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Failed to get person: {Name}", person);
+                    continue;
                 }
+
+                var options = new MetadataRefreshOptions(new DirectoryService(_fileSystem))
+                {
+                    ImageRefreshMode = MetadataRefreshMode.ValidationOnly,
+                    MetadataRefreshMode = MetadataRefreshMode.ValidationOnly
+                };
+
+                await item.RefreshMetadata(options, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
             {
-                // Don't clutter the log
                 throw;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error refreshing {PersonName}", name);
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error validating IBN entry {Person}", person);
             }
 
+            // Update progress
             numComplete++;
             double percent = numComplete;
-            percent /= count;
-            percent *= 100;
+            percent /= numPeople;
 
-            progress.Report(percent);
+            subProgress.Report(100 * percent);
         }
 
-        _logger.LogInformation(
-            "Refreshed metadata for {RefreshedCount} people out of {TotalCount} total, {NewCount} of which had no item yet",
-            refreshed,
-            count,
-            newNames.Count);
-
-        // A person somebody locked is theirs, not ours, however little the library still credits them.
-        var deadEntities = deadIds
-            .Select(_libraryManager.GetItemById)
-            .OfType<Person>()
-            .Where(item => !item.IsLocked)
-            .ToList();
-
-        foreach (var item in deadEntities)
+        var deadEntities = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
         {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
-        }
+            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Person],
+            IsDeadPerson = true,
+            IsLocked = false
+        });
 
-        _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(deadEntities, deleteSourceFiles: true);
+        subProgress = new Progress<double>((val) => progress.Report((val / 2) + 50));
+
+        var i = 0;
+        foreach (var item in deadEntities.Chunk(500))
+        {
+            _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(item);
+            subProgress.Report(100f / deadEntities.Count * (i++ * 100));
+        }
 
         progress.Report(100);
-    }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Splits the person items into the ones a credit still calls for and the ones nothing does.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="creditNames">Every name credited on an item, from the people table.</param>
-    /// <param name="getPersonId">Maps a credit name to the id its person item has.</param>
-    /// <param name="existingPersonIds">The ids of the person items that exist.</param>
-    /// <returns>The credits needing an item, and the ids of the items nothing credits.</returns>
-    internal static (List<string> NewNames, List<Guid> DeadIds) PartitionCreditsByPersonId(
-        IReadOnlyList<string> creditNames,
-        Func<string, Guid> getPersonId,
-        IReadOnlySet<Guid> existingPersonIds)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(creditNames);
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(getPersonId);
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(existingPersonIds);
-
-        var newNames = new List<string>();
-        var liveIds = new HashSet<Guid>();
-
-        foreach (var name in creditNames)
-        {
-            var personId = getPersonId(name);
-
-            // Distinct credit names can normalize onto one id; only the first of them needs an item.
-            if (liveIds.Add(personId) && !existingPersonIds.Contains(personId))
-            {
-                newNames.Add(name);
-            }
-        }
-
-        var deadIds = existingPersonIds.Where(id => !liveIds.Contains(id)).ToList();
-
-        return (newNames, deadIds);
+        _logger.LogInformation("People validation complete");
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/StudiosValidator.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
@@ -50,40 +49,17 @@ public class StudiosValidator
     public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var names = _itemRepo.GetStudioNames();
-        var existingStudioIds = _libraryManager.GetItemIds(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Studio]
-        }).ToHashSet();
-
-        var existingStudios = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
-        {
-            IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Studio]
-        }).Cast<Studio>()
-        .GroupBy(s => s.Name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-        .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.First(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
         var numComplete = 0;
         var count = names.Count;
-        var refreshed = 0;
 
         foreach (var name in names)
         {
             try
             {
-                Studio? item = null;
-                if (existingStudios.TryGetValue(name, out var existingStudio))
-                {
-                    item = existingStudio;
-                }
+                var item = _libraryManager.GetStudio(name);
 
-                // Fall back to GetStudio if not found (creates new item if needed)
-                item ??= _libraryManager.GetStudio(name);
-
-                if (!existingStudioIds.Contains(item.Id))
-                {
-                    await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    refreshed++;
-                }
+                await item.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
             {
@@ -103,8 +79,6 @@ public class StudiosValidator
             progress.Report(percent);
         }
 
-        _logger.LogInformation("Refreshed metadata for {RefreshedCount} new studios out of {TotalCount} total", refreshed, count);
-
         var deadEntities = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
         {
             IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.Studio],
@@ -115,9 +89,15 @@ public class StudiosValidator
         foreach (var item in deadEntities)
         {
             _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
-        }
 
-        _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(deadEntities, deleteSourceFiles: true);
+            _libraryManager.DeleteItem(
+                item,
+                new DeleteOptions
+                {
+                    DeleteFileLocation = false
+                },
+                false);
+        }
 
         progress.Report(100);
     }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/ab.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "AppDeviceValues": "Апп: {0}, Априбор: {1}"
+    "Albums": "аальбомқәа"
 }