From 965b6144e303bc5e6d492187025897bc68ad2e72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark McDowall <mark@mcdowall.ca>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:34:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] New: Improve parsing of releases with contain multiple titles

---
 .../ParsingServiceTests/MapFixture.cs         | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs    | 20 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParsingServiceTests/MapFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParsingServiceTests/MapFixture.cs
index 0f0da6768..8fd47c8b0 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParsingServiceTests/MapFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParsingServiceTests/MapFixture.cs
@@ -343,5 +343,49 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.ParserTests.ParsingServiceTests
             Mocker.GetMock<ISeriesService>()
                 .Verify(v => v.FindByTvdbId(It.IsAny<int>()), Times.Once());
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_use_year_when_looking_up_by_all_titles_in_release_title()
+        {
+            var alias = "Series Alias";
+            var title = "Series Title";
+
+            _parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitle = $"Series Title AKA Series Alias {_series.Year}";
+            _parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitleInfo.AllTitles = [
+                title,
+                alias
+            ];
+            _parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitleInfo.Year = _series.Year;
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<ISeriesService>()
+                .Setup(s => s.FindByTitle(title, _series.Year))
+                .Returns(_series);
+
+            var result = Subject.Map(_parsedEpisodeInfo, 0, 0, "", null);
+
+            result.Series.Should().Be(_series);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_use_title_with_year_when_looking_up_by_all_titles_in_release_title()
+        {
+            var alias = "Series Alias";
+            var title = "Series Title";
+
+            _parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitle = $"Series Title AKA Series Alias {_series.Year}";
+            _parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitleInfo.AllTitles = [
+                title,
+                alias
+            ];
+            _parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitleInfo.Year = _series.Year;
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<ISeriesService>()
+                .Setup(s => s.FindByTitle($"{title} {_series.Year}"))
+                .Returns(_series);
+
+            var result = Subject.Map(_parsedEpisodeInfo, 0, 0, "", null);
+
+            result.Series.Should().Be(_series);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs
index 5b857c002..ac4b3add6 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs
@@ -74,13 +74,31 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
 
         private Series GetSeriesByAllTitles(ParsedEpisodeInfo parsedEpisodeInfo)
         {
+            var year = parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitleInfo.Year;
             Series foundSeries = null;
             int? foundTvdbId = null;
 
             // Match each title individually, they must all resolve to the same tvdbid
             foreach (var title in parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitleInfo.AllTitles)
             {
-                var series = _seriesService.FindByTitle(title);
+                Series series = null;
+
+                if (year > 0)
+                {
+                    series = _seriesService.FindByTitle(title, year);
+
+                    // Fall back to title + year being part of the title, this will allow
+                    // matching series with the same name that include the year in the title.
+                    if (series == null)
+                    {
+                        series = _seriesService.FindByTitle($"{title} {year}");
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    series = _seriesService.FindByTitle(title);
+                }
+
                 var tvdbId = series?.TvdbId;
 
                 if (series == null)