Install on docker just now, settings.yaml below, logs below that.
Full error is 2026-02-19 20:24:25 - ERROR :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Failed to update leaving_soon collection 'Movies Leaving Soon': Must include items to add when creating new collection.. Users will not see updated leaving_soon notifications in Plex. (Same error for the tv shows leaving soon). Dry run showed the items to be added, the non-dry run logs show items were added (but not which ones) and then deleted as per the death row directive.
Worth noting as well that the 'exclude' function seemed to achieve the opposite intent, and the retention period on TV shows didn't work.
settings.yaml minus the telegram bot (which works) and the :
libraries:
- name: "Movies"
radarr: "Radarr"
action_mode: "delete"
last_watched_threshold: 180
added_at_threshold: 360
preview_next: 40
leaving_soon:
collection:
name: "Movies Leaving Soon"
labels:
name: "movies-leaving-soon"
- name: "TV Shows"
sonarr: "Sonarr"
action_mode: "delete"
last_watched_threshold: 90
added_at_threshold: 180
preview_next: 40
leaving_soon:
collection:
name: "TV Shows Leaving Soon"
labels:
name: "tvshows-leaving-soon"
exclude:
titles: ["The Fifth Element"]
collections: ["Marvel", "Back to the Future", "Tolkien"]
studios: ["Studio Ghibli"]
scheduler:
enabled: true
schedule: "0 3 * * 0" # Sunday at 3 AM
timezone: "Asia/Bahrain"
run_on_startup: true
Log:
2026-02-19 20:32:56 - INFO :: scheduler.py :: deleterr : Scheduled run starting at 2026-02-19T20:32:56.065243
2026-02-19 20:32:56 - INFO :: scheduler.py :: deleterr : ============================================================
2026-02-19 20:32:56 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Processing radarr instance: 'Radarr'
2026-02-19 20:32:56 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : [1/1] Processing library 'Movies'
2026-02-19 20:32:56 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Processing library 'Movies' with leaving_soon (death row pattern)
2026-02-19 20:33:05 - WARNING :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : UNMATCHED: The Forgiven (2018) not found in Plex. IDs tried: TMDB:450766, IMDB:tt2249081. Normalized title: 'the forgiven'
2026-02-19 20:33:05 - WARNING :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : UNMATCHED: The Friend (2025) not found in Plex. IDs tried: TMDB:1186563, IMDB:tt18108824. Normalized title: 'the friend'
2026-02-19 20:33:05 - WARNING :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : UNMATCHED: The Matrix Resurrections (2021) not found in Plex. IDs tried: TMDB:624860, IMDB:tt10838180. Normalized title: 'the matrix resurrections'
2026-02-19 20:33:06 - WARNING :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : UNMATCHED: Split (2017) not found in Plex. IDs tried: TMDB:381288, IMDB:tt4972582. Normalized title: 'split'
2026-02-19 20:33:06 - WARNING :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : UNMATCHED: Under the Skin (2014) not found in Plex. IDs tried: TMDB:97370, IMDB:tt1441395. Normalized title: 'under the skin'
2026-02-19 20:33:06 - INFO :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Found 820 items, 5 unmatched
2026-02-19 20:33:07 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Found 39 items in leaving_soon, 39 still match deletion criteria
2026-02-19 20:33:07 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Porco Rosso' (27.11 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:08 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Princess Mononoke' (34.71 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:08 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Ant-Man' (11.70 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:08 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' (9.65 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:08 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' (32.43 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:08 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' (22.88 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:08 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' (30.21 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:09 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Avengers: Endgame' (18.67 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:09 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Avengers: Infinity War' (17.07 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:09 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Back to the Future' (34.84 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:09 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Back to the Future Part II' (23.92 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:11 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' (12.36 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:12 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Solitary' (3.17 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:13 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' (14.90 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:14 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' (15.36 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:15 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Black Panther' (14.15 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:15 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' (2.61 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:16 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' (17.20 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:16 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Captain America: The First Avenger' (30.40 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:16 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Captain Marvel' (6.66 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:16 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'The Avengers' (14.73 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:16 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Crash' (25.16 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:17 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Doctor Strange' (26.99 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:17 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' (7.87 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:17 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'The Fifth Element' (34.32 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:17 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' (38.99 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:17 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' (42.55 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:18 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Dune' (29.10 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:18 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Dune: Part Two' (7.97 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:18 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' (42.01 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:18 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Guardians of the Galaxy' (15.48 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:18 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Howl's Moving Castle' (32.23 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:19 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Iron Man' (3.07 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:19 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Iron Man 2' (30.03 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:19 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Iron Man 3' (26.82 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:19 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'John Wick: Chapter 4' (32.83 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:20 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Men in Black' (25.45 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:21 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Ocean's Eleven' (4.83 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:23 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting movie 'Ocean's Thirteen' (16.17 GB)
2026-02-19 20:33:24 - INFO :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Processing leaving_soon for library 'Movies': 8 items to tag
2026-02-19 20:33:24 - ERROR :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Failed to update leaving_soon collection 'Movies Leaving Soon': Must include items to add when creating new collection.. Users will not see updated leaving_soon notifications in Plex.
2026-02-19 20:33:31 - INFO :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Updated labels: 8 items now have 'movies-leaving-soon'
2026-02-19 20:33:31 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Library 'Movies' completed in 35.4s
2026-02-19 20:33:31 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Freed 836.62 GB of space by deleting movies
2026-02-19 20:33:31 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Processing sonarr instance: 'Sonarr'
2026-02-19 20:33:32 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : [1/1] Processing library 'TV Shows'
2026-02-19 20:33:32 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Processing library 'TV Shows' with leaving_soon (death row pattern)
2026-02-19 20:34:01 - WARNING :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : UNMATCHED: South Park (1997) not found in Plex. IDs tried: TMDB:2190, IMDB:tt0121955, TVDB:75897. Normalized title: 'south park'
2026-02-19 20:34:01 - INFO :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Found 425 items, 1 unmatched
2026-02-19 20:34:07 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Found 40 items in leaving_soon, 40 still match deletion criteria
2026-02-19 20:34:07 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Love, Death & Robots' (4.13 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:10 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Austin' (5.04 GB - 8 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:13 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Dexter' (0 B - 0 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:13 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Doctor Who (2005)' (0 B - 0 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:13 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Andor' (20.28 GB - 12 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:18 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Common Side Effects' (16.02 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:23 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'The Great British Bake Off' (43.49 GB - 20 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:34 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Breaking Bad' (130.34 GB - 62 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:50 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Alien: Earth' (16.31 GB - 8 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:54 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Eyes of Wakanda' (4.86 GB - 4 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:34:55 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Harley Quinn' (33.33 GB - 21 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:05 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Invasion (2021)' (110.21 GB - 30 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:14 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show '8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown' (30.15 GB - 18 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:24 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Foundation (2021)' (37.06 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:27 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Deadliest Catch' (50.33 GB - 16 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:31 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Asura' (18.07 GB - 7 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:34 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Couples Therapy (2019)' (17.75 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:36 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show '1923' (60.76 GB - 15 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:39 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'LOL: Last One Laughing UK' (11.56 GB - 6 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:40 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Better Call Saul' (101.26 GB - 40 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:46 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'The Handmaid's Tale' (21.44 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:35:48 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' (293.63 GB - 136 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:10 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Adolescence' (9.91 GB - 4 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:11 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Black Mirror' (84.42 GB - 29 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:15 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'The Dog House Australia' (36.00 GB - 23 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:19 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'The Bear' (12.27 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:20 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Family Guy' (8.44 GB - 19 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:23 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'The Gold' (11.98 GB - 6 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:24 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Bob's Burgers' (15.85 GB - 32 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:30 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Futurama' (7.33 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:31 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden' (6.93 GB - 3 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:32 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Good American Family' (14.04 GB - 8 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:34 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'The Last of Us' (43.68 GB - 16 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:37 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Dexter: Resurrection' (30.69 GB - 10 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:39 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Daredevil: Born Again' (16.66 GB - 9 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:40 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'American Dad!' (10.47 GB - 22 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:44 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'The Librarians: The Next Chapter' (30.78 GB - 12 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:47 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'James May: Our Man In...' (19.31 GB - 5 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:36:48 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Game of Thrones' (205.20 GB - 63 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:37:00 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Deleting show 'Doctor Who (2023)' (14.96 GB - 8 episodes)
2026-02-19 20:37:05 - INFO :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Processing leaving_soon for library 'TV Shows': 39 items to tag
2026-02-19 20:37:05 - ERROR :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Failed to update leaving_soon collection 'TV Shows Leaving Soon': Must include items to add when creating new collection.. Users will not see updated leaving_soon notifications in Plex.
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Updated labels: 39 items now have 'tvshows-leaving-soon'
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Library 'TV Shows' completed in 3m 37.6s
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: logger.py :: deleterr : Freed 1.57 TB of space by deleting shows
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : ============================================================
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : RUN SUMMARY
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : ============================================================
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Duration: 4m 13.7s
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Libraries processed: 2
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Total items deleted: 79
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : Total space freed: 2.38 TB
2026-02-19 20:37:09 - INFO :: deleterr.py :: deleterr : ============================================================
2026-02-19 20:37:18 - INFO :: manager.py :: deleterr : Sent notification via telegram
2026-02-19 20:37:18 - INFO :: scheduler.py :: deleterr : Scheduled run completed successfully
Note that the movies deleted included practically all those in the exclusions block (The Fifth Element listed by name, the collections for Marvel, BTTF & Tolkien e.g. The Hobbit, and two Studio Ghibli movies. It's also interesting it deleted Game of Thrones as those were watched last week, and 19 episodes of Family Guy, including the one which was only aired and added a few days ago.
What have I screwed up in my settings for this to have gone quite drastically wrong?
Install on docker just now, settings.yaml below, logs below that.
Full error is
2026-02-19 20:24:25 - ERROR :: media_cleaner.py :: deleterr : Failed to update leaving_soon collection 'Movies Leaving Soon': Must include items to add when creating new collection.. Users will not see updated leaving_soon notifications in Plex.(Same error for the tv shows leaving soon). Dry run showed the items to be added, the non-dry run logs show items were added (but not which ones) and then deleted as per the death row directive.Worth noting as well that the 'exclude' function seemed to achieve the opposite intent, and the retention period on TV shows didn't work.
settings.yaml minus the telegram bot (which works) and the :
Log:
Note that the movies deleted included practically all those in the exclusions block (The Fifth Element listed by name, the collections for Marvel, BTTF & Tolkien e.g. The Hobbit, and two Studio Ghibli movies. It's also interesting it deleted Game of Thrones as those were watched last week, and 19 episodes of Family Guy, including the one which was only aired and added a few days ago.
What have I screwed up in my settings for this to have gone quite drastically wrong?