Do not show movies as available when no digital/physical release date exists, even 90 days after theatrical release. #9352

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opened 2026-02-20 00:13:00 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

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Originally created by @somesuchnonsense on GitHub (Jan 31, 2026).

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Currently a movie will be considered released/available 90 days after a theatrical release if no physical/digital release date is found. This results in downloads of non-genuine releases. This situation commonly occurs with limited-release films documentaries.

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If no theatrical/physical release date exists, the movie's status should still be In-Theaters/unavailable.

Describe alternatives you've considered

This could be put behind a setting such as "Delay after theatrical release to conciser movie released"

Anything else?

A current example of this is Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, but I've incountered this in the past with limited release films and independent documentaries as well.

Originally created by @somesuchnonsense on GitHub (Jan 31, 2026). ### Is there an existing issue for this? - [x] I have searched the existing open and closed issues ### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe Currently a movie will be considered released/available 90 days after a theatrical release if no physical/digital release date is found. This results in downloads of non-genuine releases. This situation commonly occurs with limited-release films documentaries. ### Describe the solution you'd like If no theatrical/physical release date exists, the movie's status should still be In-Theaters/unavailable. ### Describe alternatives you've considered This could be put behind a setting such as "Delay after theatrical release to conciser movie released" ### Anything else? A current example of this is Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, but I've incountered this in the past with limited release films and independent documentaries as well.

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@mynameisbogdan commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2026):

Mainstream movies are released to digital around this mark, hence the logic. But yes, anime can take up to 6-12 months.

Personally I'm against this suggestion as not many movies get their release dates filled and already are issues with those if they're released earlier than 90 days.

There was some internal talk about adding types to movies, so guess an anime type with a longer period would make sense. Or to take into account if the keyword anime is present and alter based on that. 🤷

@mynameisbogdan commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2026): Mainstream movies are released to digital around this mark, hence the logic. But yes, anime can take up to 6-12 months. Personally I'm against this suggestion as not many movies get their release dates filled and already are issues with those if they're released earlier than 90 days. There was some internal talk about adding types to movies, so guess an anime type with a longer period would make sense. Or to take into account if the keyword `anime` is present and alter based on that. 🤷

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@somesuchnonsense commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2026):

While mainstream movies, generally do have digital releases by this time, they are also most likely to have the correct metadata to reflect this, rendering the code for this logic unreachable anyway. The current logic pre-optimizes to correct a situation which is unlikely to ever occur. Furthermore, there is no indication in the ui that this default exists, make the current behavior unpredictable to the user.

Currently the only way to correct for this behavior by the user is to disable monitoring, and then re-enable monitoring once the movie is actually released, or manually delete and ban downloads. If the 90 default were removed, the user always can manually search for a released movie regardless of the release status in radarr. Of these two options, the one that requires continuous manual action by the user seems less desirable.

This issue isn't limited to anime. I've also regularly encountered this with documentaries and small studio releases.

@somesuchnonsense commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2026): While mainstream movies, generally do have digital releases by this time, they are also most likely to have the correct metadata to reflect this, rendering the code for this logic unreachable anyway. The current logic pre-optimizes to correct a situation which is unlikely to ever occur. Furthermore, there is no indication in the ui that this default exists, make the current behavior unpredictable to the user. Currently the only way to correct for this behavior by the user is to disable monitoring, and then re-enable monitoring once the movie is actually released, or manually delete and ban downloads. If the 90 default were removed, the user always can manually search for a released movie regardless of the release status in radarr. Of these two options, the one that requires continuous manual action by the user seems less desirable. This issue isn't limited to anime. I've also regularly encountered this with documentaries and small studio releases.

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@mynameisbogdan commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2026):

Sadly I fail to see how this is going to prevent the grabbing of fake releases anyway, as they'll always be there.

You should be improving your sources instead, since changing the default to 365 days for example will prevent a lot of grabs for other users as not many contribute on TMDb with release dates.

But I guess an opt-out option would make sense in this case to satisfy this requirement.

@mynameisbogdan commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2026): Sadly I fail to see how this is going to prevent the grabbing of fake releases anyway, as they'll always be there. You should be improving your sources instead, since changing the default to 365 days for example will prevent a lot of grabs for other users as not many contribute on TMDb with release dates. But I guess an opt-out option would make sense in this case to satisfy this requirement.