Plex integration only selects oldest episode when sorting

[glenviewjeff]

The problem

Media player only plays oldest episode when sorting by addedAt:desc. This appears to be a bug in the plexapi Python library that this integration is using.

I tried reversing the sort and get the same results. And weirdly, I tried using the “addedAt>>” field, which would turn up no files unless I set it to over three years. The most recent episode was recorded today.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2025.1.0

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Plex

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/plex/

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

action: media_player.play_media
data:
  media_content_id: >-
    {"library_name": "TV Shows", "title": "This Week With George
    Stephanopoulos","sort":"addedAt:desc","maxresults": 1}
  media_content_type: EPISODE
target:
  entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_for_android_tv_shield_kitchen

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

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[home-assistant]

Hey there @jjlawren, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (plex) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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