Jellyfin Scan Never Finishes in 10.11.00

[dln949]

Jellyfin 10.11.00 (debian) fresh installation on Ubuntu 24.04.  

Everytime a full library scan is requested the scan always stops around 65% - 85%.  I have tried this a few times now, allowing the process up to 24 hours, but still the scan stops somewhere in that range.  

Here is the log from the latest attempt (stopped at 64%), there isn't much to it, I can easily paste it all here:  

[2025-10-25 14:36:51.670 -05:00] [INF] Validating media library
[2025-10-25 14:36:51.935 -05:00] [INF] Watching directory "/media/router/our_stuff/multimedia/Movies"
[2025-10-25 14:37:00.735 -05:00] [INF] Watching directory "/media/router/our_stuff/multimedia/MUSIC"
[2025-10-25 14:38:14.017 -05:00] [WRN] Library folder "/var/lib/jellyfin/data/playlists" is inaccessible or empty, skipping
[2025-10-25 14:39:39.652 -05:00] [WRN] Library folder "/var/lib/jellyfin/data/playlists" is inaccessible or empty, skipping
[2025-10-25 15:51:50.439 -05:00] [INF] Optimizing and vacuuming jellyfin.db...
[2025-10-25 15:51:52.023 -05:00] [INF] jellyfin.db optimized successfully!
[2025-10-25 15:51:52.023 -05:00] [INF] "Optimize database" Completed after 0 minute(s) and 1 seconds


I don't know what the problem is, why the scan is always getting stuck.  (I admit, I don't really even know what a "scan" is supposed to accomplish, what is being scanned, and for what reason.  So, I don't even know if an incomplete scan is even a problem, I asume it is.)  

I have noticed that the music library is all messed up - If I select song A to play, it plays a completely different song.  So, as a layman I assume that problem is due to the failure of Jellyfin 10.11.00 to fully and properly scan all my libraries.

[jaja]

hello,

les scans servent à identifier tes médias tout simplement.

perso, j'ai beau passer un temps pour tout taguer comme il faut, jellyfin de les reconnaît pas bien.

je n'ai pas tenté de lire quoique ce soit niveau musique car ça rame trop.

sur mon smartphone, Gelli, client que je préfères, n'arrive plus à afficher les albums.

en espérant que les prochaines mises à jour résolvent les problèmes.

moi,je suis bloqué à 97% !

[dln949]

I don't know French, here is the English translation I found for what jaja posted above in post #2:



hello,

the scans are used to simply identify your media.

Personally, although I spend time tagging everything correctly, Jellyfin doesn't recognize them properly.

I haven't tried anything music-wise because it's too boring.

on my smartphone, Gelli, my favorite client, can no longer display the albums.

hoping that the next updates resolve the issue.

I'm stuck at 97%!



So, I guess it seems there is a more widespread problem with Jellyfin regarding scanning of libraries.

[jaja]

victoire !

[2025-10-26 00:56:41.380 +02:00] [INF] "Analyser la médiathèque" Completed after 524 minute(s) and 18 seconds

mais ça rame toujours autant !

in english :

victory : [2025-10-26 00:56:41.380 +02:00] [INF] "Analyze the media library" Completed after 524 minute(s) and 18 seconds

but it's still a struggle!