[Bug]: Metadata not being retrieved in Plex for recently created channel

[blitzwing1999]

I've read the documentation.

• I'm running the latest version of the TubeArchivist Plex Integration Scanner and Agent. I have read the latest release notes and installation instructions.

Operating System

Debian 13

Your Bug Report

Describe the bug

I noticed how metadata like thumbnail, title and upload date was not getting populated for one recently created channel (as in, on YouTube) in my archive in Plex. When I checked the logs on my Plex server, I found this:

2026-02-16 18:11:30,596 (7fff3bccfb08) : INFO (__init__:850) - [X] Posters: 20260216_/cache/channels/UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA_thumb.jpg
...
2026-02-16 18:53:48,698 (7fff5ac63b08) :  ERROR (__init__:231) - Error reading or accessing url 'http://myTAserver:8000None', Exception: 'nonnumeric port: '8000None''
InvalidURL: nonnumeric port: '8000None'

Notice how the path for the Posters starts with "20260216_" instead of a hard path. This causes my Plex server to attempt to contact 'hostnames' like "20260216_" as is evident on my DNS server. Furthermore something seems to be off with the way the TA server url gets concatenated if one value is None?
PS: The same thing happens on a fresh install of Debian 13 and Plex, this is not a cache issue.
Perhaps this gets fixed once #115 is implemented.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Download and index etc at least 1 video from https://www.youtube.com/@fromis9_official/videos via TubeArchivist.
2. Let Plex scan for new content in your TubeArchivist library.
3. Notice how it does not populate thumbnail, title etc for these videos

Expected behavior

Videos from my TubeArchivist instance get populated with all their respective metadata.

Relevant log output

2026-02-16 18:11:30,596 (7fff3bccfb08) : INFO (__init__:850) - [X] Posters: 20260216_/cache/channels/UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA_thumb.jpg
...
2026-02-16 18:53:48,698 (7fff5ac63b08) :  ERROR (__init__:231) - Error reading or accessing url 'http://myTAserver:8000None', Exception: 'nonnumeric port: '8000None''
InvalidURL: nonnumeric port: '8000None'

Anything else?

Feel free to contact me for more output in my logs and such.

[lamusmaser]

It looks like the configuration in the Agent is incorrect, which is the side that is configured from within Plex. Can you validate that it looks correct and doesn't have errant extra characters at the end?

[blitzwing1999]

Hi lamusmaser, do you mean this one?
user@myplexserver:~ $ sudo cat /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Scanners/Series/ta_config.json { "ta_url": "http://myTAserver:8000", "ta_api_key": "secret" }

[lamusmaser]

No, the one that was configured within the Plex application. This one looks like it was working correctly.

[blitzwing1999]

2026-04-15 20:24:32,570 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (runtime:717) - Handling request GET /:/plugins/com.plexapp.agents.tubearchivist_agent/messaging/function/X0FnZW50S2l0OlVwZGF0ZU1ldGFkYXRh/Y2VyZWFsMQoxCmxpc3QKMApyMAo_/Y2VyZWFsMQoxCmRpY3QKMTAKczIKZW5zNApsYW5nYjFzNQpmb3JjZWIwczgKcGVyaW9kaWNzNQo0NTA3MnM0CmRiaWRpMApzNwp2ZXJzaW9ubnMxMApwYXJlbnRHVUlEbnM4CnBhcmVudElEczcKVFZfU2hvd3MxMAptZWRpYV90eXBlczExMgpjb20ucGxleGFwcC5hZ2VudHMudHViZWFyY2hpdmlzdF9hZ2VudDovL3R1YmVhcmNoaXZpc3R8VUNYYlJVUk1LVDNIX3c4ZFQtRFdMSXhBfFVDWGJSVVJNS1QzSF93OGRULURXTEl4QT9sYW5nPWVuczQKZ3VpZHM2Mwp0dWJlYXJjaGl2aXN0fFVDWGJSVVJNS1QzSF93OGRULURXTEl4QXxVQ1hiUlVSTUtUM0hfdzhkVC1EV0xJeEFzMgppZHIwCg__
2026-04-15 20:24:32,604 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (runtime:49) - Received packed state data (80 bytes)
2026-04-15 20:24:32,604 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (runtime:814) - Found route matching /:/plugins/com.plexapp.agents.tubearchivist_agent/messaging/function/X0FnZW50S2l0OlVwZGF0ZU1ldGFkYXRh/Y2VyZWFsMQoxCmxpc3QKMApyMAo_/Y2VyZWFsMQoxCmRpY3QKMTAKczIKZW5zNApsYW5nYjFzNQpmb3JjZWIwczgKcGVyaW9kaWNzNQo0NTA3MnM0CmRiaWRpMApzNwp2ZXJzaW9ubnMxMApwYXJlbnRHVUlEbnM4CnBhcmVudElEczcKVFZfU2hvd3MxMAptZWRpYV90eXBlczExMgpjb20ucGxleGFwcC5hZ2VudHMudHViZWFyY2hpdmlzdF9hZ2VudDovL3R1YmVhcmNoaXZpc3R8VUNYYlJVUk1LVDNIX3c4ZFQtRFdMSXhBfFVDWGJSVVJNS1QzSF93OGRULURXTEl4QT9sYW5nPWVuczQKZ3VpZHM2Mwp0dWJlYXJjaGl2aXN0fFVDWGJSVVJNS1QzSF93OGRULURXTEl4QXxVQ1hiUlVSTUtUM0hfdzhkVC1EV0xJeEFzMgppZHIwCg__
2026-04-15 20:24:32,605 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (model:32) - Loading model with GUID com.plexapp.agents.tubearchivist_agent://tubearchivist|UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA|UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA?lang=en
2026-04-15 20:24:32,616 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (model:234) - Deserializing from /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Metadata/TV Shows/6/98ccd1c4f3a537e725542e08d6ed903aa000014.bundle/Contents/com.plexapp.agents.tubearchivist_agent/Info.xml
2026-04-15 20:24:32,623 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (networking:144) - Requesting 'http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/45072/tree'
2026-04-15 20:24:34,022 (7fff87e43b08) : INFO (init:293) - Loading TubeArchivist configurations from Plex Agent configuration.
2026-04-15 20:24:34,022 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (init:304) - TA URL: http://raspberrypi06:8000
2026-04-15 20:24:34,022 (7fff87e43b08) : INFO (init:319) - Checking if there are any overriding configurations in local file...
2026-04-15 20:24:34,023 (7fff87e43b08) : INFO (init:335) - Attempting to connect to TubeArchivist at http://raspberrypi06:8000 with provided token from ta_config.json file to test connection and poll version details.
2026-04-15 20:24:34,036 (7fff87e43b08) : INFO (init:401) - TubeArchivist is running version v0.5.10
2026-04-15 20:24:34,036 (7fff87e43b08) : INFO (init:429) - Attempting to connect to TubeArchivist to lookup YouTube channel: UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA
2026-04-15 20:24:34,049 (7fff87e43b08) : INFO (init:528) - Response from TubeArchivist received for YouTube channel: UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA
2026-04-15 20:24:34,056 (7fff87e43b08) : INFO (init:959) - [] Posters: 20260216/cache/channels/UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA_thumb.jpg
2026-04-15 20:24:34,056 (7fff87e43b08) : ERROR (init:231) - Error reading or accessing url 'http://raspberrypi06:8000None', Exception: 'nonnumeric port: '8000None''
2026-04-15 20:24:34,057 (7fff87e43b08) : CRITICAL (agentkit:1095) - Exception in the update function of agent named 'TubeArchivist Agent', called with guid 'com.plexapp.agents.tubearchivist_agent://tubearchivist|UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA|UCXbRURMKT3H_w8dT-DWLIxA?lang=en' (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-1e34174b1/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/Framework/api/agentkit.py", line 1093, in _update
agent.update(obj, media, lang, **kwargs)
File "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/TubeArchivist-Agent.bundle/Contents/Code/init.py", line 1072, in update
Update(metadata, media, lang, force)
File "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/TubeArchivist-Agent.bundle/Contents/Code/init.py", line 959, in Update
episode_id = filename[9:20]
File "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/TubeArchivist-Agent.bundle/Contents/Code/init.py", line 234, in read_url
raise e
InvalidURL: nonnumeric port: '8000None'

2026-04-15 20:24:34,059 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (model:229) - Serializing to /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Metadata/TV Shows/6/98ccd1c4f3a537e725542e08d6ed903aa000014.bundle/Contents/com.plexapp.agents.tubearchivist_agent/Info.xml
2026-04-15 20:24:34,060 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (runtime:88) - Sending packed state data (119 bytes)
2026-04-15 20:24:34,061 (7fff87e43b08) : DEBUG (runtime:924) - Response: [200] str, 16 bytes

[lamusmaser]

This might be a bug. I'll take a closer look and see what's happening on the code side.