I don't know what the fuck lidarr's problem is lately -- the idiots have some mysterious "metadata server" that they can't keep up like it's some kind of high-concept magic box nobody knows how to use, and it flakes all the fucking time. In turn, this makes lidarr go full-lobotomy mode and become utterly useless until the server comes back.
Who hosts the fucking thing? Who knows? Why can't I host one myself? No fucking clue. How has it taken three fucking years to solve this stupidity? Modern troon-coded open-source, ladies and gentlemen.