# Maintenance window not respected

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-window-not-respected/943911>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [October 4, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-window-not-respected/943911 "2026-10-04T16:28:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mcandre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mcandre/32/210047_2.png) [@mcandre](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mcandre)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-window-not-respected/943911/1 "2026-10-04T16:28:42Z")

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Plex is not respecting the configured maintenance window for scheduled tasks. My window is set from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. The fans are spinning quite loudly. The dashboard indicates thumbnail generation still processing at 11:25 am.

I believe this glitch is caused by a lack of granularity in analysis processes. Plex should be able to pause and resume its analysis process at a much deeper level than per-show or per-season or per-movie, down to individual frames of individual videos. That way, analysis can properly pause immediately when the end of the maintenance window is reached.

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-window-not-respected/943911/2 "2026-10-04T16:40:54Z")

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> [@mcandre](#):
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> Plex should be able to pause and resume its analysis process at a much deeper level than per-show or per-season or per-movie, down to individual frames of individual videos.

If anything, they should just abandon any in-flight tasks and give them priority during the next scheduled task window.