Server Version#:latest Player Version#:latest Why is PMS always running database migrations? Every other time the server reboots its stuck in this screen for hours. It’s honestly ridiculous, what is the point of constantly migrating the database?

It shouldn’t. If it is, likely the migration ran into an error and didn’t finish, so it’s retrying on the next reboot, which is expected. I would check you database to make sure there are no issues with it.

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dane22 September 29, 2026, 7:57pm 3

And adding to @MovieFan here

Look here: DBRepair development - #1328 by ChuckPa

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