Server Version#: Version 1.40.1.8227 Hi All, I have an extensive library. I have 24 core Xen CPU with 128G of RAM. Plex DB etc runs on SSDs. Randomly, my server becomes unresponsive. I have to restart the docker container daily. I can see the plex PID @ 100% CPU. Plex grinds to a halt. I’m tryi…

[image] PLEX movie issue - CPU death spiral Desktops & Laptops Same here, running latest plex beta on windows 10. Only occurs to movies, never series. Tried NVIDIA and Intel GPUs for HW transcoding, no apparent difference in crashing. Only “fix” I know of is to disable ha…

hmm could be. i can’t see any work around in that thread tho :frowning:

Can somewhat try to prevent it by force-refreshing metadata for the movie first a few times, but it’s not guaranteed. Unfortunately once it happens it just keeps going forever until you quit the server.

Hmm, i reverted back to 1.40.0.7998-c29d4c0c8 and it no longer is causing issues. Seems the latest update caused it for me

[image] stevezau: reverted back to 1.40.0.7998-c29d4c0c8 and it no longer is causing issues I hope that is true as its a sneaky problem since you can’t tell which movie is causing it from the logs. If you suspect a movie though you can use the “view xml” option under “get info” that will spik…

My issue might be unrelated as i saw the spike after a server restart and nothing had been played. Reverted the version and i no longer see the issue.

100% CPU, becomes unresponsive, no activity?

Plex Media Server

CapMarkoRamius March 17, 2024, 2:15am 2

Is it possible someone tried to start streaming a movie?

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100% CPU, becomes unresponsive, no activity?

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