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    Empty collection

    Empty collections | collection.xml without items
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    2025-06-15, 05:44 PM
    Hey, 
    I just noticed that jellyfin doesn't delete empty collections.
    Example of correct collection xml:  
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <Item>
      <ContentRating>FSK-12</ContentRating>
      <Added>03/18/2025 17:19:56</Added>
      <LockData>false</LockData>
      <Overview>Collection XYZ.</Overview>
      <LocalTitle>Example123</LocalTitle>
      <PremiereDate>2018-12-07</PremiereDate>
      <DisplayOrder>PremiereDate</DisplayOrder>
      <ProductionYear>2018</ProductionYear>
      <TmdbId>573693</TmdbId>
      <Genres>
        <Genre>Action</Genre>
        <Genre>Abenteuer</Genre>
        <Genre>Fantasy</Genre>
      </Genres>
      <Studios>
        <Studio> XYZ </Studio>
        <Studio> XYZ </Studio>
        <Studio> XYZ </Studio>
        <Studio> XYZ </Studio>
        <Studio> XYZ </Studio>
      </Studios>
      <CollectionItems>
        <CollectionItem>
          <Path>/arr/movies/Collection XYZ - Example123 (201Nerd-face/Example123(201Nerd-face [imdbid-tt1477834] - [Remux-2160p][DV HDR10][TrueHD Atmos 7.1][HEVC]-pmHD.mkv</Path>
        </CollectionItem>
        <CollectionItem>
          <Path>/arr/movies/ Collection XYZ - Example1234 (201Nerd-face/Example1234(201Nerd-face (2023) [imdbid-tt9663764] - Imax [Bluray-2160p][DV HDR10][TrueHD Atmos 7.1][x265]-iND.mkv</Path>
        </CollectionItem>
      </CollectionItems>
    </Item>

    Example of bad collection.xml:  

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>

    <Item>
      <Added>05/23/2025 15:28:31</Added>
      <LockData>false</LockData>
      <LocalTitle>Bad Collection</LocalTitle>
      <DisplayOrder>PremiereDate</DisplayOrder>
      <TmdbId>1155702</TmdbId>
    </Item>


    As you can see there is no "CollectionItems" entry, but the collection doesn't get deleted. I found the following error message in the logs:

    [2025-04-30 00:00:00.003 +02:00] [INF] [36] Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.Tasks.CleanupCollectionAndPlaylistPathsTask: Item in Bad Collection cannot be found at /arr/movies/Bad collection - Example1234 (2024)/Example1234 (2024) [imdbid-tt30021427] - [WEBDL-1080p][EAC3 5.1][x264]-ZeroTwo.mkv
    [2025-04-30 00:00:00.003 +02:00] [INF] [36] Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.Tasks.CleanupCollectionAndPlaylistPathsTask: Item in Bad Collection cannot be found at /arr/media/leaving-soon/movies/media/Bad collection - Example1234 (2024)/Example1234 (2024) [imdbid-tt30021427] - [WEBDL-1080p][EAC3 5.1][x264]-ZeroTwo.mkv
    [2025-04-30 00:00:00.025 +02:00] [ERR] [36] MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.ProviderManager: Error in metadata saver
    System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file '/config/data/collections/Bad Collection [boxset]/collection.xml' because it is being used by another process.
       at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Int64& fileLength, UnixFileMode& filePermissions)
       at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, UnixFileMode openPermissions, Int64& fileLength, UnixFileMode& filePermissions, Boolean failForSymlink, Boolean& wasSymlink, Func4 createOpenException)
       at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable
    1 unixCreateMode)
       at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileStreamOptions options)
       at MediaBrowser.LocalMetadata.Savers.BaseXmlSaver.SaveAsync(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
       at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.ProviderManager.SaveMetadataAsync(BaseItem item, ItemUpdateType updateType, IEnumerable`1 savers)



    How can I debug what process is using that exact collection.xml? How can I solve this problem?

    Thanks in advance for your help. 


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