# Manual release selection

Manual TV searches query Sonarr by each missing monitored episode ID, with three concurrent searches and batches of 20. Season packs returned by those searches remain visible. Larger requests offer the next batch. Movie searches use the Radarr movie ID. Both manual and automatic searches retain the assigned quality profile; admin defaults apply when creating requests.

Results include rejection reasons instead of silently filtering everything out. Approved releases can be selected normally. The **Ignore profile limits** permission defaults off for non-admin users and is available in User management > Manage users and Manage this user > Feature access. Administrators retain access.

Permitted users enable the override in the release picker and explicitly confirm each out-of-profile download. Quality, size, language and custom-format/profile rejections can be overridden. Other rejection reasons remain blocked. Downloads go through Sonarr/Radarr's native manual release endpoint without modifying quality profiles or bypassing the collector.

Selections carry a ten-minute signed receipt bound to the user, request, collector, media item and release. The backend rechecks the current permission and explicit override consent on download. Expired collector caches require another search; arbitrary client-provided download URLs are not pushed upstream.

Validation covers per-episode batching, profile preservation, default-off and bulk/individual permissions, permission revocation with an existing login, forged selections, rejection classification, desktop/mobile confirmation and blocked results.

Upstream reference: [Sonarr ReleaseController](https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/blob/develop/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Indexers/ReleaseController.cs) exposes episode-specific interactive search and the collector's manual grab operation.