UX #2287 & #2288 additional follow-up

[vernal agate]

Requested by @dark gale to provide additional info.
Docker setup via compose on Komodo.

services:
  seerr:
    image: ghcr.io/seerr-team/seerr:develop
    init: true
    container_name: seerr
    environment:
      - LOG_LEVEL=debug
      - TZ=America/New_York
      - PORT=5055 #optional
    ports:
      - 5055:5055
    volumes:
      - ${DEFAULT_DOCKER_DATA}/seerr/config:/app/config
    healthcheck:
      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5055/api/v1/status || exit 1
      start_period: 20s
      timeout: 3s
      interval: 15s
      retries: 3
    #restart: unless-stopped

container starts with no issues.
both issues were initially found while using Chrome v143, both regular and Incognito. I've been able to consistently replicate both issues on Chrome.
Tried replicating on Firefox, and something different happens. On the Plex Sign-In, the "Google" login sits and spins, but pop-up window never closes.
Tried replicating on Edge InPrivate, and same effect.
Only with Chrome does it actually progress to bug #2288 initially reported

new symptom, while testing with firefox, the Plex pop-up window went away itself, but Seerr never progressed passed step 2. Clicking "Login with plex" again showed the pop-up again, then immediately closed.

[dark gale]

Were the different browsers tested with a fresh config everytime?

[vernal agate]

yes. each time I'm rm * -rf the mounted config directly and redeplolying from scratch

[dark gale]

The config was rm -rf within seerr container while it was running or while it was down?

[vernal agate]

clarification. I'm running the rm from the host itself, not within the container, so when the container starts, it's starting with a blank config folder

[dark gale]

Okay good

This does sound like the browser not carrying over the cookie from plex login

Lets focus on one browser

Is Firefox set to strict mode?

[vernal agate]

negative

also, this is "Firefox Developer Edition", I'm not aware if it handling cookies differently, but who knows

[dark gale]

Could be could be

Lets try chrome then

Okay can you proceed to the step

That you initially did on the issue

And then send a full screenshot of the page (make sure to redact sensitive info)

[vernal agate]

give me 2m, I'll record a video

[dark gale]

That works too

Do ping me

Its like 4am here so I might not have discord opened

[vernal agate]

frak me. I appreciate the dialog, but if you need sleep, go get it. I can send it to you whenever

but I sent it direct to you, so whevener you're free, you can review

[dark gale]

Nah its okay. If i do fall asleep I will be reply right after I wake up 😉

Or one of the other maintainers might be able to help. Let me cc just incase

CC: @silver plaza (since you're mostly free most of the time and uses plex as a daily drive 😉 )

[vernal agate]

done

[dark gale]

Can you press login a second time? Right after

What happens then

Also have browser console open

Oh look @silver plaza is here

[silver plaza]

"most of the time", only when I'm not at work, which means holidays🗿

[vernal agate]

let me do another video that record sthat. Currently, if I click anywhere in the window, even on the titlebar, then it immediately jumps to step 3, but if I don't do anything else, then it will stay on step 2

[dark gale]

Sounds like the state is not updating for some reason. But can you show a screenshot of the entire page of step 3 as well

[dark gale]

Well youre here now so help us figure it out 🗿

[vernal agate]

lol. I just came up with a new symptom 😉 Stand by, video coming.

[dark gale]

Do make sure browser console is open

[vernal agate]

literally just said "F", and redoing everything with console open

[dark gale]

Sorry 💀

[vernal agate]

lol. no worries, my fault

okay, so video shows me restarting container with no data. Going through setup, and signing in once. After that, you can see my mouse moving around, and i'm clicking everywhere in the background, and of course now it's not progressing to step 3 like it did when i randomly clicked earlier.
After several seconds, I click "Login with Plex" again, and this time it progresses to step 3.
Videos DM'd

[dark gale]

Okay now send me a picture of step 3 progression issue

[vernal agate]

done

I don't want to spam Sysr3ll, should I still be CC'ing him with the videos?

[dark gale]

Its okay ill send it to him later

Okay so I see the issue now

So when you select from dropdown it doesnt save changes and button is greyed out until you type right?

After that it saves?

When you select from dropdown does it auto save (i can't remember how the codebase works rn and im too lazy to check lol)

[vernal agate]

rechecking now

[dark gale]

Like check if you can progress

After scrolling down

Like press sync libraries

That should sync if saved

And let you select libraries

[vernal agate]

so. If it does auto-save, there's no onscreen indication or top-right notification that that happened. Scrolling down, the Continue button is still disabled.

and Library section is still empty

[dark gale]

That should be disabled

If you didnt press sync libradies

It wouldnt auto sync

[vernal agate]

not auto sync, I mean just listing the libraries itself

those don't appear until you hit "Save Changes" button at the top

[dark gale]

Yes that is what i meant. It wknt list until you press the sync button. Unless you meant sync button fails until you save changes?

[vernal agate]

let me take another video showing the "Plex Libraries" section.
Initially, there's nothing there.
After seelcting a server, still nothing there.
After doign the text dance and clicking "Save Changes", then the Libraries show up, unchecked.

[dark gale]

No no

Can you try these steps

1. Select server
2. Then press sync libraries button

3. Does the libraries show up?

[vernal agate]

so currently, the app doesn't do it in the steps you listed

[dark gale]

What do you mean

Sorry im a bit confused

[vernal agate]

only after I hit "Save Changes" do the libraries show up. You can see in the video I sent

[dark gale]

OH

I see the video

I will have to test the dropdwon thing. When I setup with plex today to test, I manually entered hostname

So could be a state bug

Let me really quickly grab my laptop

And setup plex

Seerr

With dropdwon

[silver plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/reactions-gif-12900002073893207744

[dark gale]

I think i know what the issue is with dropdown

I have seen this reported on overseerr as well

Let me try a fix

[vast zenith]

Fetching pull request #2289

[vast zenith]

fallenbagel

PR #2289

fix(plex-settings): fix Plex preset selection not enabling save button

Description

Fixed an issue in the Plex settings page where selecting a server preset from the dropdown would populate the form fields but leave the "Save Changes" button disabled until the user manually modified a field. This was caused by not properly triggering Formik's validation. Form is now validated on mount and it properly triggers when a preset is selected.

• Fixes #2287

How Has This Been Tested?

• Setup a plex seerr instance
• On step 3 selected a server from the presets

Screenshots / Logs (if applicable)

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Created at: 2026-01-10 (21:25:34)

[dark gale]

And i figured out issue #2288

The reason is because

[vast zenith]

Fetching pull request #2213

[vast zenith]

fallenbagel

PR #2213

fix: disable automatic auth revalidation on auth pages

Description

Prevents unnecessary /api/v1/auth/me requests on login, setup, and password reset pages. These requests used to return 401/403 errors since no user would be logged in, spamming reverse proxy logs and triggering fail2ban rules for users running seerr behind reverse proxy/fail2ban setups.

This PR disables SWR's automatic revalidation (on mount, focus, and interval) when on auth pages, while keeping manual revalidation functional so login flow still works correctly.

• Fixes #738

How Has This Been Tested?

• Monitored the network logs when on the above mentioned auth pages

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Created at: 2025-12-09 (06:34:13)

[dark gale]

This fix

Forgot to account for the fact that plexLogin relies on swr revalidate

And i wasnt able to recreate because I was accidentally testing on 2.7.3 😆

This is what happens when you try to do shit at 5am with no sleep 🗿

[silver plaza]

TL;DR I guess you don't need me anymore for this @dark gale ?

[dark gale]

Yes

All of the issues are fixed now