Radarr: "Missing" filter doesn't show all the missing movies

[alexandrevryghem]

Describe the bug:
On the home page you can filter the movies with: All, Monitored/Unmonitored, Missing, Wanted, ... . The missing filter doesn't display the missing movies that are Unmonitored.

Expected behavior:
The missing filter should show all the movies (Monitored AND Unmonitored) that aren't downloaded and the Wanted filter should only show the Monitored movies that aren't downloaded.

For the moment both filters show the same thing (all the Monitored movies that aren't downloaded).
So the missing filter should also show the Unmonitored not downloaded movies

[austinwbest]

That is by design because they are not monitored so therefor not wanting to be seen as missing. They are to be ignored. What you would need to do is simply create a custom filter. Maybe try where the size on disk equals 0 or something like that and name it All Missing..

Wanted should include (missing + monitored) and (downloaded + cutoff unmet)..

[alexandrevryghem]

Ok, sorry I thought it was a bug because on sonarr the Missing Episodes filter shows the missing episodes for the Monitored and Unmonitored series

[austinwbest]

No need to apologize, I'm just giving what I think it should be based on the naming. It may very well be a bug of some one else interprets it differently.

To me, not monitored means to ignore looking for anything related to it (think that is the actual point of it as well) so with that logic, I wouldn't want to see its missing as it will always be missing, impossible to auto grab with that status.

Wanted are the things I want which would be anything I am monitoring of course but also things I have set to upgrade to a better quality.

Again, just my perception based on the meaning of each one individually.

[austinwbest]

Ok, so a different thought..

Missing > Anything that is in radarr and does not have a file on disk. Pretty simple and technically is accurate
Wanted > Anything that is (monitored + missing) or (cutoff unmet). Pretty simple and technically is accurate

Currently it seems

wanted = anything missing that i want
cutoff = anything not missing that i want

Both of those are technically Wanted so put them in the same filter and let the UI differentiate them with the progress bar colors, etc.

[geogolem]

I am thinking the best way to fix this.. is to remove the default filters altogether.. implement them as custom filters.. then the user can see or customize what they actually do... The default ones could be added as custom filters perhaps as a migration.. so that nobody would notice any change; however, the user could then see the components, modify or remove filters altogether.

The only issue I see with this, is if the user deletes them, then wants the "default" ones back. They could always easily add them back manually.. so i would just consider that a user error. Otherwise maybe a way to add the "default" ones back more easily.. --> though i think it is easy enough.

In my opinion its better if the user defines their own filters -- so that they know precisely what they are.

here is an excerpt from a discord chat:

to be really honest, i think implementing them as custom filters and just shipping radarr without Mionitored/Unmoinitored/Missing/Wanted etc.
[7:48 PM]
is the best bet
[7:48 PM]
then just have a readme or help page, which explains how to set them up, if they want
[7:48 PM]
or we could have a migration also, so they dont just disappear on people
[7:49 PM]
but in general if a user deleted it, they would have to add it back themself..
[7:49 PM]
its also a good tutorial on making custom filters, if there was a readme page that described how to setup Monitored/Unmonitored/Missing/Wanted, in the custom filters framework
[7:50 PM]
so, really very little code change (since all those filters are easily user implemented via custom filters) -- we would just have to remove the code that has the pre-defined filters and create a small tutorial on custom filters where users could create them themself.. and learn to customize them
[7:51 PM]
im all for this change -- but, it doesnt really matter to me
[7:51 PM]
i added a comment on that bug report..

Perhaps the best solution is to just make a UI Setting that hides the "default" filters... so if people want they can hide the default ones, and make their own

[bakerboy448]

@geogolem just reminding you of this one as well