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Anthony_6
Collaborator II
October 13, 2025

Albums have suddenly started to behave strangely.

Hello all, I hope someone can help me.

I noticed the other day that a few albums in my library had suddenly split into multiple albums. At first I thought there may have been an update that had changed the way certain albums were tagged. I did some rudimentary checks on the album tags (I use Tag & Rename) but couldn't see any issues. However on further examination I noticed that the multiple of the albums had the same track in them see images below.

Multiple of one album.
Only one track (The same track) showing in both albums

You can see that a look into the folder for this album shows 11 tracks. 

View into the folder for album

Doing a re-scan of the library does not fix the issue. But I have found that by adding a new album to my library fixes the issue after a re-scan. However I have noticed that adding a new album can correct one problem but then suddenly another suddenly is inflicted with the same issue.

So I am very confused as why adding one album can suddenly cause this issue with other completely unrelated albums. Sorry to have rambled on.

Any thoughts anyone? 

Anthony

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    User117655
    User117655
    Prodigy II
    September 27, 2026

    Still broken but now in a different way…

     

    Anthony_6Author
    Collaborator II
    October 10, 2026

    Do my eyes deceive me? I added a new album to my library today and held my breath as I scanned for new content. I don’t know if I got lucky, but when I looked to see what albums had become duplicates, I couldn’t find any 😀.

    Has anyone else noticed this?

    Anthony
    User117655
    User117655
    Prodigy II
    October 10, 2026

    You got lucky!

      Anthony_6Author
      Collaborator II
      October 10, 2026

      Oh well, I’ll just enjoy the moment.

      Anthony
      rosswells127
      rosswells127
      Prodigy I
      October 10, 2026

      I have 12 album corruptions after latest index.

        MoPac
        MoPac
        Headliner III
        October 11, 2026

        I just added an album to my Music Library.  I put it in the same Genre folder that contains the problem album.   Then I did a Scan for new content using the same iPhone I always use for this function.  The album that had three albums with the same track in each album then showed correctly as one album with 15 tracks.

        I looked at some of the other album and didn't find any duplicates or oddities.  I'll have to look further when I have more time.

          ClausN
          October 11, 2026

          Isn’t the problem with duplicated albums caused by the firmware of the speaker that does the indexing, not the app?

          My library always has different albums duplicated no matter which app I use (iPhone/iPad/PC).

          If you se no duplicates it may be a coincidence as my albums still duplicate after the latest Sonos system update October 6th. 

          Anthony_6Author
          Collaborator II
          October 11, 2026

          Yes, I quite agree. I’ve just been very lucky. What was I thinking, Sonos actually fixing something!

          Anthony
            MoPac
            MoPac
            Headliner III
            October 11, 2026

            ClausN:

            You are probably right.  The indexing is done by the “Associated Product”.  I did take a Firmware update with the last app update.  As much press as this indexing mess has gotten over the last year or so you would think Sonos would advertise an indexing firmware fix in capital letters.

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