[BUG] Infuse actor page not showing all matching titles until I open the other title first

Platforms Apple TV
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Environment

  • Infuse: 3.8.6

  • Device: Apple TV (latest gen), model A2843

  • tvOS: 26.2

  • Network: Ethernet

  • Internet: 8 Gbit/s line (measured ~700 Mbps down, upload OK)

  • Media server: Jellyfin 10.11.6 (Docker)

  • Host (jellyfin) : Debian 13 (under Proxmox)

Feature impacted

Infuse has a great feature: when browsing a movie/series, you can click an actor and Infuse shows other movies/series in your library where that actor appears.

Bug description

This feature recently became unreliable and now seems globally broken: the actor page does not show all titles in my library for that actor until I open the other title first (as if the actor-to-library mapping only updates after visiting the other item).

This is not specific to one actor: I can reproduce it with any actor. I used one example in my video because it’s easy to verify.

Steps to reproduce (example)

Actor: Michael Emerson

  • Title A: Person of Interest (in my Jellyfin library)

  • Title B: Lost (also in my Jellyfin library)

  1. Open Person of Interest in Infuse.

  2. Go to cast and select Michael Emerson.

  3. Tap the actor to view “other titles in my library”.

Actual result

  • Infuse shows only Person of Interest, as if the actor appears nowhere else.

  • Then I open Lost, go to the cast, and tap Michael Emerson there.

  • Now the actor page shows Lost (expected), and if I go back to Person of Interest and tap the actor again, Lost suddenly appears there too.

:right_arrow: It looks like the actor cross-library index / cache only gets updated after opening the other title’s metadata page.

Expected result

When I tap an actor from any title, Infuse should immediately list all matching titles in my library for that actor, without requiring me to open the other titles first.

Frequency / Scope

  • Always reproducible

  • Global issue (not limited to Michael Emerson)

Extra context / hypothesis

Long ago I manually edited some metadata on the server side and possibly “locked” metadata updates. I’m not sure if that could affect how Infuse matches “People” across titles, but I’m mentioning it in case it’s relevant.

Evidence

I have a short video recording showing the exact behavior (Person of Interest → actor page missing Lost; after opening Lost → actor page updates).

Questions

  1. Is this a known issue in Infuse 3.8.6 (or with tvOS 26.2) related to People/actor cross-library indexing?

  2. Is there a recommended way to rebuild/refresh the actor index in Infuse (clear cache, refresh metadata, re-sync library, etc.)?

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Actor cross-search doesn’t work properly