Maintenance crashing server!

The public release is 1.32.5.7349.

The server is running 1.32.6.7468 beta:
Sep 01, 2023 14:41:26.738 [13184] INFO - Plex Media Server v1.32.6.7468-07e0d4a7e - Microsoft PC x64-x64 - build: windows-x86_64 windows - GMT -07:00

Did anything change before the system became unstable?
Install the beta release, change Plex Data Folder location, etc?


Plex is configured to scan a folder in the Plex Data Folder.
Doing so will lead to stability issues.
Remove that entry from the appropriate library, scan for updates, and empty trash.
If you want those photos in Plex, move them outside of the Plex Data Folder.

Sep 01, 2023 14:41:29.218 [18128] DEBUG - LibraryUpdateManager will start watching C:\Users\Brandon\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Media Upload\Mobile Photos


What userid is running Plex Media Server?
Has it possibly been installed under one userid and run under antother?
Have you attempted to move all or some of the Plex Data Folder to another location?
Is drive V:\ local, a network drive, etc?

There is a Plex Data Folder in c:\Users\Brandon:
Sep 01, 2023 14:41:29.218 [18128] DEBUG - LibraryUpdateManager will start watching C:\Users\Brandon\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Media Upload\Mobile Photos

The Plex transcoder is using a temp directory in c:\Users\User:
Sep 01, 2023 07:35:21.207 [16108] DEBUG - [Butler/MusicAnalysis/JobRunner] In directory: "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\music-analysis-input-31461c16-e2df-4ea0-8db3-6d7ba76e3c22"

The Plex Database files are on drive V:\, and there are other reference to a Plex Data Folder on drive V:\ in the logs:
Sep 01, 2023 14:41:31.061 [2700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x7ff67e665a40, 283, recovered 104 frames from WAL file V:\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\tv.plex.providers.epg.cloud-3a2be7cf-94c6-41a5-a4d3-3a4e15331806.db-wal


Have you changed any other default transcode, etc directories for Plex?

These two error messages repeat several hundred times, including immediate before Plex crashed while running intro detection. I’ve never seen Plex try to write to the root of a drive.

Sep 01, 2023 07:48:29.545 [17964] ERROR - IsFileWritable: failed to create file '"C:\f8273d7c-ff3e-4434-abee-e8bc86a8620a"'
Sep 01, 2023 07:48:29.545 [17964] WARN - IsDirWritable: directory '"C:\"' is not writable
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