# Credits detection leaves behind large folders in /tmp

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/credits-detection-leaves-behind-large-folders-in-tmp/856484>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** end-credits\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/credits-detection-leaves-behind-large-folders-in-tmp/856484 "2023-10-13T09:09:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![pdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19b73/32.png) [@pdan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pdan)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/credits-detection-leaves-behind-large-folders-in-tmp/856484/1 "2023-10-13T09:09:29Z")

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Credits detection sometimes leaves behind large folders in /tmp/, usually containing \> 1 million jpeg files. For example, these folders are 175 GB.

```auto
# pwd
/tmp

# du -sh PlexCreditsDetection* | head -5
4.9G PlexCreditsDetection-09e1503a-c9d4-4469-a082-72be095a3e0b
5.2G PlexCreditsDetection-111b37da-5c2d-465f-ab4e-1e0ab1d32e3e
5.0G PlexCreditsDetection-16414a15-af56-4641-a6ee-df21d347eb20
5.0G PlexCreditsDetection-1e4c8589-72b3-4259-8190-ce023fd9bb88
5.0G PlexCreditsDetection-232be831-8ed8-4d72-b31d-fa856b1bf6c2

# du -sh .
175G	.

# ls PlexCreditsDetection-e1268ae5-98a6-43f6-a903-fe77bd0774fd | wc -l
1327734

# ls PlexCreditsDetection-e1268ae5-98a6-43f6-a903-fe77bd0774fd | head -5
thumb-1000000.jpeg
thumb-1000001.jpeg
thumb-1000002.jpeg
thumb-1000003.jpeg
thumb-1000004.jpeg

```

Server Version#: 1.32.6.7557  
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/credits-detection-leaves-behind-large-folders-in-tmp/856484/2 "2024-01-11T09:10:11Z")

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