From 792ce4a391c524f8e20f676be2d6cab07e5a59c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadowghost <Ghost_of_Stone@web.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 07:36:53 +0200
Subject: Fix people validator not creating missing people

---
 MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs | 16 +++++++---------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'MediaBrowser.Controller/Library')

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs
index c8cca1fa93..71b3f054ff 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
         /// <returns>Task{Person}.</returns>
         Person? GetPerson(string name);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a Person, creating and persisting it if no item exists for the name yet.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the person.</param>
+        /// <returns>The person.</returns>
+        Person GetOrCreatePerson(string name);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Finds the by path.
         /// </summary>
@@ -152,15 +159,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Throws if year is invalid.</exception>
         Year GetYear(int value);
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Validate and refresh the People sub-set of the IBN.
-        /// The items are stored in the db but not loaded into memory until actually requested by an operation.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="progress">The progress.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-        Task ValidatePeopleAsync(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Reloads the root media folder.
         /// </summary>
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