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Bring back the ability to mark unaired or future episodes as watched for all users (Free & VIP)

Feature Request

In Trakt v2, users could mark episodes as watched even if their official release date was in the future. Since this functionality was removed in v3, it has caused significant friction for the entire community—both Free users and VIP subscribers alike.

Shows and movies frequently premiere early at film festivals, leak, or release on different dates across international regions and streaming platforms. Restricting watch status based on a single hardcoded release date prevents users from keeping an accurate, real-time viewing history.

Technically, this feature is still entirely functional under the hood: users can currently inspect the page elements in their browser and manually remove the disabled attribute to successfully mark an item as watched.

Tracking watched content is the core purpose of Trakt, not a luxury add-on. This functionality should be restored as a native, accessible option for all users (Free and VIP), rather than relying on browser workarounds.

Posted by bsmq ·
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  • MrFunFister

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    Oct 2

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    Merged request

    Track episodes of series before official release

    Watch unreleased episodes

    Restore the option to track episodes of series that haven't been released yet. Lots of stuff releases before the official release date and it's impossible to track now. This used to just work in the old layout.

  • bsmq

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    Aug 26

    Just to add to this: this restriction also causes major issues with time zones and data accuracy. A show might legally air in Australia or the UK, but if Trakt's database is synced to a US release time, international users are locked out from logging it. Additionally, if I watch something early and have to wait weeks to log it, my Trakt viewing history gets stamped with the wrong date—ruining the precise stats that make Trakt so great to begin with. We shouldn't have to rely on memory to log things days later.