Message client & Kill stream message issue on Jellyfin | Tracearr | Page 1

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:22 PM

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Hello Pika_wave_animated_MJ , before creating an issue, i want to know if anyone has issue about "Message client" feature in rules action (for Jellyfin)
For me, its not working. Also, when "Kill Stream" is triggered, the message is not displayed.

Maybe I failed something ?

low beaconBOT Mar 13, 2026, 2:22 PM

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dreamy wave Hello <a:Pika_wave_animated_MJ:904071178300317737>, before creating an issue, i ...

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dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:23 PM

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Tracearr v1.4.22
Truenas scale (docker)

sweet imp Mar 13, 2026, 2:24 PM

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Don’t forget to add your compose file and logs.

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:26 PM

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I use truenas so i dont have any compose file
And nothing in the logs

sweet imp Mar 13, 2026, 2:28 PM

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But you said your deployment is docker above?

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:28 PM

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Yep, truenas use docker

sweet imp Mar 13, 2026, 2:30 PM

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But you don’t use compose?

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:32 PM

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Technicaly, I do. But I can't share you the compose file, it's "auto generated"
https://apps.truenas.com/catalog/tracearr/

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👀

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 2:34 PM

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Can you also share the full rule?

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cant really tell if the rule is setup right without seeing it

sweet imp Mar 13, 2026, 2:35 PM

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Ok, fair enough. I don’t know enough about TrueNAS, but the devs will almost certainly want to see the logs as well.

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:36 PM

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zinc pelican Can you also share the full rule?

yep sorry, I forgot the most important part Kappa

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I also tried "Message client" alone with "Triggering session" or "All sessions"

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 2:37 PM

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messaging is fairly unreliable on jellyfin and emby

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:37 PM

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The stream is correctly killed, but the message isn't showing up

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 2:37 PM

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as you cant kill the stream with a message

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so behind the scenes we send the message- wait a small bit then kill it

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:39 PM

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ok I see, so there's nothing I can do ?

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 2:40 PM

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its really on JF side - its reliable on plex because you can stop with a message

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does it work from the dashboard?

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:41 PM

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yes

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 2:47 PM

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so it shows a message on dash, not in the rule?

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:47 PM

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exactly

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you mean jellyfin dashboard right ?

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 2:48 PM

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no lol

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tracearr dashboard

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 2:52 PM

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Ok sorry for the confusion :

When rule actions are executed, the stream is killed correctly and I see indeed messages on the tracearr dashboard telling that action was executed (screenshot)
When I send a message with Jellyfin dashboard, I can see the message but when I send a message with Tracearr rule, nothing

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 2:56 PM

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you are still confused

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on the stream on the Tracearr dashboard - when you kill the stream (via the "X" on the Tracearr dashboard) does the message appear for the client

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 3:01 PM

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nope

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 4:31 PM

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This was a bug ! I created a PR if you want to check 👀 : https://github.com/connorgallopo/Tracearr/pull/590/changes

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 4:56 PM

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yeah i already fixed it locally lol

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Did you test with emby? as this effects JF and emby

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 5:03 PM

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no sorry

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 5:11 PM

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Regression testing it is the requirement for that PR to be merged, especially when it effects multiple server types

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 5:14 PM

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Yes I'm just lazy sorry Kappa
I can test with Emby

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 5:15 PM

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Please attach SS of the message appearing on emby - otherwise code looks good and after that ill merge

dreamy wave Mar 13, 2026, 5:23 PM

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seems good

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i add the SS

zinc pelican Mar 13, 2026, 5:36 PM

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Merged 👍

#Message client & Kill stream message issue on Jellyfin