From f7c463aba4d7f52f1bd10bd06deb96a2a78df948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gander <thomas@silverhat.ca>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:10:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Simplified Stale Episodes logic

---
 .../Helpers/LoggingHelper.cs                       |  4 +---
 .../ScheduledTasks/StaleMediaTask.cs               | 14 +++-----------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/Helpers/LoggingHelper.cs b/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/Helpers/LoggingHelper.cs
index ebafe25..7d1a519 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/Helpers/LoggingHelper.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/Helpers/LoggingHelper.cs
@@ -149,13 +149,11 @@ public class LoggingHelper
         }
     }
 
-    public void PrintDebugNoUserDataAndOutsideCutoffEpisodeInfo(IReadOnlyCollection<BaseItem> episodes)
+    public void PrintDebugEpisodeCreationInfo(IReadOnlyCollection<BaseItem> episodes)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(episodes);
 
         if(Configuration.DebugMode){
-            _logger.LogInformation("No user data, and creation date is outside of media cutoff, Season is stale.");
-
             _logger.LogInformation("-------------------------------------------------");
             _logger.LogInformation("Episode creation dates:");
             _logger.LogInformation("-------------------------------------------------");
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/ScheduledTasks/StaleMediaTask.cs b/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/ScheduledTasks/StaleMediaTask.cs
index 6aa46c7..1c232a3 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/ScheduledTasks/StaleMediaTask.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Plugin.MediaCleaner/ScheduledTasks/StaleMediaTask.cs
@@ -121,24 +121,16 @@ public sealed class StaleMediaTask : IScheduledTask
                 Recursive = false
             });
 
-            bool seasonCreatedOutsideCutoff = episodes.All(episode => episode.DateCreated < DateTime.Now.AddDays(-Configuration.StaleMediaCutoff));
-
             _loggingHelper.PrintDebugSeasonInfo();
 
-            if (seasonCreatedOutsideCutoff)
-            {
-                _loggingHelper.PrintDebugSeasonCreatedOutsideCutoff();
-            }
-
             bool seasonHasUserData = episodes.Any(episode => episode.UserData.Count > 0);
-            bool seasonIsStale = (seasonHasUserData && _seriesHelper.IsSeasonUserDataStale(episodes)) || seasonCreatedOutsideCutoff;
-            bool noUserDataAndOutsideCutoff = !seasonHasUserData && seasonCreatedOutsideCutoff;
+            bool seasonIsStale = seasonHasUserData && _seriesHelper.IsSeasonUserDataStale(episodes);
 
             if (seasonIsStale)
             {
-                if (noUserDataAndOutsideCutoff)
+                if (!seasonHasUserData)
                 {
-                    _loggingHelper.PrintDebugNoUserDataAndOutsideCutoffEpisodeInfo(episodes);
+                    _loggingHelper.PrintDebugEpisodeCreationInfo(episodes);
                 }
 
                 staleEpisodes.AddRange(episodes);