From 3c3c2aee0db0ce8f9068f8e8ff661a560973192b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bond_009 <bond.009@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:19:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check if target exists before trying to follow it

Exception got caught in ManagedFileSystem and wrong file info got returned
---
 MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/FileSystemHelper.cs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/FileSystemHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/FileSystemHelper.cs
index 324aea7e3be..3e390ca428e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/FileSystemHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/FileSystemHelper.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ public static class FileSystemHelper
             return null;
         }
 
+        if (!targetInfo.Exists)
+        {
+            return targetInfo;
+        }
+
         var currentPath = targetInfo.FullName;
         var visited = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal) { linkPath, currentPath };
         while (File.ResolveLinkTarget(currentPath, returnFinalTarget: false) is FileInfo linkInfo)