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Automated Sonarr missing episode finder with quality & language filtering

Ready for 3.0

by Nícolas Pastorello · 818 views · created 2025-07-13 · Personal Productivity

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 10 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 12 hours). It uses only n8n's built-in nodes.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every 12 hours).

  1. info (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: urlSonar, apikey, quality…
  2. Check for Missing Episodes (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  3. Edit Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: records
  4. Split Out: splits a list into separate items
  5. Filter Series (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Loop Over Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  7. Override and add to download queue (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
  8. Interactive search for all episodes in this season (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  9. Validate Quality and Language Match (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (7)

From the author

What is this? This is an n8n workflow designed to supercharge your Sonarr setup. Instead of just waiting for releases to appear in your RSS feed, this workflow proactively runs on a schedule, finds what's missing, actively searches for it, and grabs the best…

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