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serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Jellyfin.md

@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ everything filed there is invisible to Jellyfin by configuration,
 not by fault: a recursive refresh answers 204, burns CPU for minutes and
 indexes nothing, because it never looks there. Check coverage before re-scanning.
 
+**Which read proves an item is indexed: the folder view, never the recursive type
+list.** `GET /Items?IncludeItemTypes=Movie&Recursive=true` answered 2,101 items on
+2026-11-03 while `GET /Items?ParentId=<Movies ItemId>` listed 2,548 children — every
+folder on disk — and the eight folders the recursive read "lost" (three `Gundam 00
+Special Edition`, five `Sailor Moon Memorial`) each answer as `Type: Movie` through
+`SearchTerm` and sit in the folder listing. The two reads are not interchangeable, so
+the recursive list is a wrong instrument for "did the refresh index what I moved": its
+shortfall is grouping, not missing media, and acting on it starts a scan that fixes
+nothing. Verify per item — `ParentId` listing or `SearchTerm` — and use the recursive
+count only as a trend line.
+
 **Failure signature:** `System.IO.IOException: Read-only file system :
 '/data/Movies/<film>/movie.nfo'` means the container is binding the raw array
 instead of the view — always a fault on this host since the 2026-10-31 cutover.