From 6b6e466c7d053be137127d38d924e296cc03f192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: g0ldyy <153996346+g0ldyy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 14:56:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: add fallback to check watch providers for movie
 release dates when upcoming release date is unavailable

---
 comet/metadata/filter.py |  7 +++++++
 comet/metadata/tmdb.py   | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/comet/metadata/filter.py b/comet/metadata/filter.py
index 5c1be70..ae1ca01 100644
--- a/comet/metadata/filter.py
+++ b/comet/metadata/filter.py
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ class DigitalReleaseFilter:
             release_date_str = None
             if media_type == "movie":
                 release_date_str = await tmdb.get_upcoming_movie_release_date(tmdb_id)
+                if not release_date_str:
+                    # Check watch providers as fallback
+                    has_watch_providers = await tmdb.get_unique_watch_providers(tmdb_id)
+                    if has_watch_providers:
+                        # Treat as released a long time ago
+                        release_date_str = "1970-01-01"
+
             elif media_type == "series":
                 release_date_str = await tmdb.get_episode_air_date(
                     tmdb_id, season, episode
diff --git a/comet/metadata/tmdb.py b/comet/metadata/tmdb.py
index ba79ad8..9f54133 100644
--- a/comet/metadata/tmdb.py
+++ b/comet/metadata/tmdb.py
@@ -77,3 +77,16 @@ class TMDBApi:
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"TMDB: Error converting IMDB ID {imdb_id}: {e}")
             return None
+
+    async def get_unique_watch_providers(self, tmdb_id: str):
+        try:
+            url = f"{self.base_url}/movie/{tmdb_id}/watch/providers"
+            async with self.session.get(url, headers=self.headers) as response:
+                if response.status != 200:
+                    return None
+
+                data = await response.json()
+                return bool(data.get("results"))
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"TMDB: Error getting watch providers for {tmdb_id}: {e}")
+            return None

From 92368e9dc652b40a714b6e29e60a28cc37ed9f52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: g0ldyy <153996346+g0ldyy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:02:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor: rename `get_unique_watch_providers` to
 `has_watch_providers`

---
 comet/metadata/filter.py | 2 +-
 comet/metadata/tmdb.py   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comet/metadata/filter.py b/comet/metadata/filter.py
index ae1ca01..4a7f15c 100644
--- a/comet/metadata/filter.py
+++ b/comet/metadata/filter.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class DigitalReleaseFilter:
                 release_date_str = await tmdb.get_upcoming_movie_release_date(tmdb_id)
                 if not release_date_str:
                     # Check watch providers as fallback
-                    has_watch_providers = await tmdb.get_unique_watch_providers(tmdb_id)
+                    has_watch_providers = await tmdb.has_watch_providers(tmdb_id)
                     if has_watch_providers:
                         # Treat as released a long time ago
                         release_date_str = "1970-01-01"
diff --git a/comet/metadata/tmdb.py b/comet/metadata/tmdb.py
index 9f54133..4757c5e 100644
--- a/comet/metadata/tmdb.py
+++ b/comet/metadata/tmdb.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class TMDBApi:
             logger.error(f"TMDB: Error converting IMDB ID {imdb_id}: {e}")
             return None
 
-    async def get_unique_watch_providers(self, tmdb_id: str):
+    async def has_watch_providers(self, tmdb_id: str):
         try:
             url = f"{self.base_url}/movie/{tmdb_id}/watch/providers"
             async with self.session.get(url, headers=self.headers) as response: