Favorite artists disappear after synchronization

Eteif · April 1, 2026, 7:50am

App version

Production

Issue description

I run a Jellyfin server on Linux with approximately 18k tracks, and after synchronization, all my favorite artists disappear from the app. However, they remain on the Jellyfin server.

Device type

Phone

Media provider

Jellyfin

Steps to reproduce

Set favorite artists
Start the synchronization
favorite artists are gone in the app

I searched existing issues first

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Log upload name / description

eteif.log

Tolriq · April 1, 2026, 7:53am

Probably not actually It’s a known Jellyfin bug

Eteif · April 1, 2026, 7:56am

Okay, sorry, I really did search and couldn’t find anything. Can I help with troubleshooting?

Tolriq · April 1, 2026, 8:00am

Eteif · April 2, 2026, 6:19am

I took another look. In the Android apps Amcfy Music, Finamp, and Jellify, the artist favorites are displayed. So there must be a way. It might be worth capturing the traffic with Wireshark.
Best regards, Eteif

Tolriq · April 2, 2026, 6:21am

github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin

/Artists and /Artists/{name} APIs return different values for IsFavorite

opened 11:40AM - 23 Feb 26 UTC

wiccan2

bug

### Description of the bug When using the API to access `UserData` for artists …the API returns different results when accessing the data as a list through `\Artists` and `\Artists\AlbumArtists` that to accessing an individual artist directly through `\Artists\{name}`. Only when accessing the artists information directly using the `\Artists\{name}` API do you get the correct value for `IsFavorite` the other methods always return `False`. ### Reproduction steps The following Python script demonstrates the issue: ``` import requests import os import uuid BASE_URL = 'https://jellyfin.my.domain' auth_data = { 'Username': 'REDACTED', 'Pw': 'REDACTED' } CLIENT = 'fave_not_working_demo' DEVICE = os.uname()[1] DEVICE_ID = f'{uuid.getnode()}-{auth_data["Username"]}' VERSION = '0.0.1' HEADERS = { 'Authorization': \ f'MediaBrowser Client="{CLIENT}", Device="{DEVICE}", DeviceId="{DEVICE_ID}", Version="{VERSION}"' } resp = requests.post(BASE_URL + '/Users/AuthenticateByName', headers=HEADERS, json=auth_data) TOKEN = resp.json()['AccessToken'] HEADERS['Authorization'] += f', Token="{TOKEN}"' with requests.Session() as s: s.headers.update(HEADERS) r = s.get(f'{BASE_URL}/Artists') if r.status_code == 200: for i in r.json()['Items']: rr = s.get(f'{BASE_URL}/Artists/{i["Name"]}') if rr.status_code == 200 and rr.json()['UserData']['IsFavorite']: print('/Artists API ', i['Name'], i['Id'], i['UserData']['IsFavorite']) print('/Artists/{name} API ', rr.json()['Name'], rr.json()['Id'], rr.json()['UserData']['IsFavorite']) ``` ### What is the current _bug_ behavior? Which when run gives the following output: ``` /Artists API Black Stone Cherry 3ed6477b4add85d52e31485e35d1ab31 False /Artists/{name} API Black Stone Cherry 3ed6477b4add85d52e31485e35d1ab31 True /Artists API Eminem 1c8e6bc10a9064a12ab5f3e3986af2af False /Artists/{name} API Eminem 1c8e6bc10a9064a12ab5f3e3986af2af True /Artists API Five Finger Death Punch 4c3a0bb618c40493877c6da591d709da False /Artists/{name} API Five Finger Death Punch 4c3a0bb618c40493877c6da591d709da True /Artists API P!nk d187ccf894e90c485bccfe25eacd11a0 False /Artists/{name} API P!nk d187ccf894e90c485bccfe25eacd11a0 True /Artists API The Pretty Reckless d537cb7ea6f9831c2ab43ce94e599c0d False /Artists/{name} API The Pretty Reckless d537cb7ea6f9831c2ab43ce94e599c0d True ``` As you can see depending on the method used to pull the data you get a different values for `IsFavorite` from the `UserData` field. ### What is the expected _correct_ behavior? The `\Artists` and `\Artists\AlbumArtists` API end points should both return the same `UserData` and `IsFavorite` values as the `\Artists\{name}` API end point. ### Jellyfin Server version 10.11.6 ### Specify commit id _No response_ ### Specify unstable release number _No response_ ### Specify version number _No response_ ### Specify the build version 10.11.6 ### Environment ```markdown - OS: Arch Linux - Linux Kernel: 6.18.8-zen2-1-zen - Virtualization: Docker - CPU Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100T - GPU Model: Intel Kabylake (Gen9) - Plugins: - Artwork - AudioDB - Cover Art Archive - Discogs - DLNA - Fanart - IMVdb - Intro Skipper - LDAP-Auth - LrcLib Lyrics - MusicBrainz - MusicTags - OMDb - Open SubTitles - Playback Reporting - Reports - SmartLists - Studio Images - Subtitle Extract - TheTVDB - TMDb - TMDb Box Sets - TVmaze - Reverse Proxy: Synology DSM - Networking: Host - Jellyfin Data Storage & Filesystem: NVME SSD - Media Storage & Filesystem: NFS & NVME SSD ``` ### Jellyfin logs ```shell Nothing related to API access in logs. ``` ### FFmpeg logs ```shell ``` ### Client / Browser logs _No response_ ### Relevant screenshots or videos _No response_ ### Additional information _No response_

Eteif · August 17, 2026, 5:44am

Thank you for the link.

For anyone else having the same problem, there’s a workaround.

In the artist view, you can set a filter for the favorite date. For example, if you enter 1920 as the date, all favorite artists will be displayed.

This might also be an attribute that Symfonium could fall back on for Jellyfin servers.

Best regards