v0.5.8

Tag: v0.5.8 Published: 2026-01-02T14:53:02Z GitHub: https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/releases/tag/v0.5.8

CrossWatch - v0.5.8

This release adds ratings for Plex webhook/watcher and fixes a long-standing Plex annoyance: PIN-protected Plex Home users. CrossWatch can now switch into the correct Plex user context (even when that user has a PIN). NOTE: This is ONLY needed for the default enabled Marked Watched plex option (manual “Mark as Watched” actions in the Plex UI).

Ratings are now supported for Plex Webhooks and Plex Watcher. CrossWatch will forward your ratings to Trakt and/or SIMKL.

Updated WIKI pages:

• https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/wiki/mod_PLEX

• https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/wiki/Webhook

• https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/wiki/Watcher

✨ Highlights

• Ratings for Plex Webhook and Plex Watcher are now supported

  • You can now include ratings; enable it in Webhook options or Watcher options.

  • For Watcher, you need to add a webhook helper, so Plex Pass is required for this option to work.

• Plex Marked Watched enhancements

  • This option fetches items you manually marked as watched in Plex. Default: enabled.

  • Previously it only worked reliably for the Plex Owner; Home users (with or without PINs) were not handled correctly.

🔧 Fixes & Improvements

• Correct Plex user context

  • CrossWatch now attempts to switch to the configured Plex user before syncing user-specific data.

  • If the user is PIN-protected, the PIN is used during the switch.

  • If switching isn’t possible (wrong/missing PIN, not a Home user, etc.), CrossWatch falls back to the token user and logs why.

  • If CrossWatch cannot switch to the intended user, it disables marked watched to avoid syncing the wrong profile.

• Trakt ratings

  • Added retries and backoff, including Retry-After support.

  • Canonical keys for seasons/episodes: cache merge/remove now includes show_ids + season/episode identifiers.

  • Improved debug logging: status codes and short response bodies on failures.

I’d love to add ratings for Emby and Jellyfin, just like Plex. The problem is: I can’t find any UI option to set user-specific ratings in Emby/Jellyfin. Maybe I’m just blind. I do see rating-related fields in their APIs, but I’m not seeing the equivalent in the UI. Since I’m not an Emby or Jellyfin user, I might be missing something. If you know where user ratings live in the UI (or if I’m wrong about how it works), please drop a note in the discussion so I can take another look.