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Why: Sonarr was unable to import "Abbott Elementary" episodes due to the target directories being owned by root, causing UnauthorizedAccessException.

I investigated the Sonarr import failures and discovered that several series directories in the TV library were owned by root instead of the plex user (UID 1000). This prevented the containerized Sonarr service from moving files from the inbox to the final destination.

1. Permissions Remediation

I recursively updated the ownership and permissions for the entire TV and Movie libraries to ensure the plex user has full control. This prevents similar issues in Radarr and allows for future management (renaming/deletion) directly from the application UIs.

• Action: Ran chown -R 1000:1000 and chmod -R 775 on /tv and /movies mount points.
• Action: Triggered a manual DownloadedEpisodesScan via the Sonarr API to process the backlogged queue.

The import queue for Abbott Elementary was successfully cleared and files were moved to the media server.