From 7c60a5c3c5209116506de6f590a6b0f428610871 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fallenbagel <98979876+fallenbagel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:48:52 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(plex-scanner): add TVDb to TMDB fallback in plex scanner
 (#2537)

---
 server/lib/scanners/plex/index.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/lib/scanners/plex/index.ts b/server/lib/scanners/plex/index.ts
index 24862e55..b464008e 100644
--- a/server/lib/scanners/plex/index.ts
+++ b/server/lib/scanners/plex/index.ts
@@ -430,6 +430,13 @@ class PlexScanner
         mediaIds.tmdbId = tmdbMedia.id;
       }
 
+      if (mediaIds.tvdbId && !mediaIds.tmdbId) {
+        const show = await this.tmdb.getShowByTvdbId({
+          tvdbId: mediaIds.tvdbId,
+        });
+        mediaIds.tmdbId = show.id;
+      }
+
       // Cache GUIDs
       guidCache.data.set(plexitem.ratingKey, mediaIds);