Server Version#: 1.41.4.9421 Player Version#: 4.145.0 (hosted) When browsing trough the photo library with nested folders (ex. 3 levels). PlexWeb will randomly throw a JS error and show Something went wrong. Refreshing the page (F5) solves the problem and the photos are shown in the folder. [ima…

Hello anyone? … I know photos has absolute minimum priority, but it is still a bug :thinking:

The photo application on Android devices has not been updated for a year. Now Plex has upgraded and separated the photo function, but the photo application is still basically unusable. It will definitely report an error when switching videos and will not be able to play.

This appears to have been fixed, I’ve been able to view photos in folders nested 4 deep without having to refresh.

[BUG] Photos, browsing nested folders randomly crash (something went wrong)

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Patrick3D February 24, 2025, 8:48am 2

I’m running in to this as well, I have 2 folders in photos that get this error. Thank you for the F5 workaround, that worked.

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[BUG] Photos, browsing nested folders randomly crash (something went wrong)

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