Release Group Parsing Issue

Robertsonland · December 4, 2025, 2:21pm

Sonarr version (exact version): 4.0.16.2944
Mono version (if Sonarr is not running on Windows):
OS: Ubuntu 24 LTS
Debug logs: Ubuntu Pastebin
Description of issue: Seeing a problem with parsing of Releases when there is a space before the release name vs a hyphen.

For Example when the release is “The Amazing Race S38E11 1080p HEVC x265 MeGusta”

It does not properly parse and the Release Group is empty

But when the file is named “The Amazing Race S38E11 1080p HEVC x265-MeGusta”

It properly parses the log

So it correctly parses the release group when there is a hyphen before it but not when there is a space. The release itself doesn’t seem to matter but it causes me to have to manually go in and download files if the release only has a space before it and doesn’t have a hyphen.

markus101 · December 5, 2025, 6:55am

That’s expected behaviour, Sonarr expects the hyphen to separate the release group, unless it’s one of a special subset of groups that is handled differently, but MeGusta is not because their release names contain hyphens, except where removed by trackers or other software.

Robertsonland · December 5, 2025, 11:27am

Ok thanks for the update. That sucks as it will remove will remove the entire tracker for me then. But not the end of the world.

Next question is when it does match and my scores are high enough why isn’t it downloading?

So this file Ghosts.2021.S05E07.1080p.x265-ELiTE matches on ELiTE and 1080p and my score is 100. In fact there are two that match. My minimum score to download is 75 and there are reported 9 seeders / 18 leechers and 5 seeders / 6 leechers reported via Sonarr (there are more if you actually hit the tracker again) and my minimum seeders is set to 1 but it doesn’t download. If you want a new topic for this I can make one.

Logs: Ubuntu Pastebin

markus101 · December 5, 2025, 3:19pm

You’d have to look for debug/trace logs from when Sonarr saw the release on the RSS feed to see why it was rejected. Also check for any gaps in the RSS, which will be logged as Indexer "Indexer Name" rss sync didn't cover the period between "Start Time" and "End Time" UTC. Search may be required. (with the quoted values replaced with actual values). If Sonarr is missing results it can’t automatically grab things, which will be more common with the lower quality, free public trackers that aren’t really there for automation.

Robertsonland · December 5, 2025, 3:58pm

This is the whole block for that file that was output. Don’t see “rss” in there at all and I see “accepted” at the end but not sure what that indicates.

markus101 · December 5, 2025, 4:06pm

Right, because that’s a search. RSS is Sonarr’s automatic way of finding releases, as explained in the FAQ

Robertsonland · December 5, 2025, 5:06pm

So what am I looking for as to why these aren’t being grabbed? Not having written the code I’m not sure what to look for. This just recently started happening and I’ve been using public trackers the entire time.

My private trackers use a seedbox and Sonarr always complains after about 10 minutes it loses connection to the seedbox even though I can run the test again and it connects just fine. So for my Sonarr stuff I use my local Qbit instance because the connection is always there and for my ratio stuff on private trackers I use autobrr and my seedbox Qbit instance.

markus101 · December 6, 2025, 6:44pm

If it’s rejected it’ll log the following:

Release "Release_Name" from "Indexer_Name" rejected for the following reasons: followed by the list of reasons

Robertsonland · December 8, 2025, 11:18am

So as the statement “Release ‘Ghosts.2021.S05E07.1080p.x265-ELiTE’ from ‘The Pirate Bay (Prowlarr)’ rejected for the following reasons” is not in the log I posted in Paste Bin (In fact the statement “Release ‘Ghosts.2021.S05E07.1080p.x265-ELiTE’ from ‘The Pirate Bay (Prowlarr)’ accepted” is in there. Wouldn’t that indicate it should have been downloaded?

markus101 · December 11, 2025, 10:41pm

If it was found via RSS (or automatic search) yes, but that’s via interactive search so the logs aren’t really relevant to why it didn’t grab it automatically.

Robertsonland · December 13, 2025, 4:39am

Ahh OK that makes more sense. So for some reason it isn’t finding it via RSS then. It’s happening often lately. Much more than it ever used to. Wonder what has changed in the RSS feed.