I completely redid my media drives and everything was such a mess that I wanted to start from scratch with Sonarr. I tried deleting the nzbdrone db to wipe out the content since I couldn’t find a reset option anywhere. That worked well for removing everything but when I tried to re-add everything, I couldn’t seem to import existing media: “Search failed, please try again later.”
So I uninstalled it and removed all files (so far as I know) and installed the latest stable version but same error as above. So I uninstalled/removed files again and now I’m trying out the latest beta.
Same thing: “Search failed, please try again later.”
I’m on Win 10. I can provide more info like debug logs if needed but firstly I’m just wondering if anyone else is getting this error or if it’s just me. Someone on reddit said this can happen from time to time and that the only fix is to wait for the link (API?) to start working again. Nothing relevant comes up when searching for this error on the forums so figured I’d lend to the archives by posting about this error.
Alright, thanks for the reply. I had a feeling it might just be me and that I broke it when uninstalling and removing leftover files. For now I’ll go without sonnar and try to troubleshoot it myself. I know you guys are busy so I won’t waste your time until I’ve exhausted all my options. Will follow up if I get it fixed.
Side note (feedback): A one-click solution to reset Sonarr to its original installation state would be a nice feature since removing hundreds of articles manually isn’t practical. Or perhaps a smart link feature which detects that drives and folder names have changed, and updates everything automatically.
What do you mean by articles?
Everything is stored in the DB so you could just delete/rename that, we don’t have plans to add anything like that to the UI, though in v3 you can remove all series.
Yea, I’d be fine with deleting the db, but this crude method seems to have crashed sonarr for me, so I was suggesting a more controlled/safe method of resetting sonarr from scratch without risk of bombing.
Thanks anyway. Will keep messing around to see if I can find a way to get everything back to square one. I don’t suppose there’s a sonarr cleanup tool or instructions on how to wipe all traces of sonarr? As far as I know, uninstalling from the programs list and deleting the program data directory should be enough but wanted to be sure.