special episode not showing in "next up"

[Efficient_Good_5784]

I believe specials with metadata to display them after a certain episode is just for show.

It's unclear if this used to work, but now specials will not play after an episode despite being displayed after one. They will play all at the start or at the end of all other episodes (depending on how you configured it) I believe, and that's how it works for everyone currently.

So you didn't do anything wrong, it's just how Jellyfin currently works.