Plex crashing on 1.23.2.4584

Server Version#:1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026
Player Version#: N/A

I tried the steps here but didn’t help: Repair a Corrupt Database | Plex Support
Here is the output from that:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>copy "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\ORIG4"
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DROP index 'index_title_sort_naturalsort'"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DELETE from schema_migrations where version='20180501000000'"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > dumptest.sql

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>del "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" < "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "PRAGMA integrity_check"
ok

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>

Here are some error logs I found. I cannot change the verbosity since the plex server crashes before I can change any settings.

Line 1003: May 26, 2021 11:22:49.983 [5840] ERROR - SafelyWriteFile: rename for '"J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Preferences.xml.tmp.2f9019c5-02e3-42b8-aaf0-080102740e5a"' failed: Access is denied
Line 2448: May 26, 2021 11:24:10.077 [11260] ERROR - SQLITE3:0xccb12849, 28, double-quoted string literal: "2021-05-30 05:00:00"
Line 2350: May 26, 2021 11:24:09.958 [11260] ERROR - PlexClient::downloadContainer: expected MediaContainer element, found html
Line 1108: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.621 [7680] ERROR - LPE: unknown item 59074.
Line 1109: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.621 [7680] ERROR - Sync: failed to generate query for path library://d78b3cc9-8d1d-485e-ad44-d84af8188fec/item/%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F59074 in sync item 47380893
Line 1110: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.621 [7680] ERROR - Sync: empty sync set, unable to update status for sync list 49724214, sync item 47380893
Line 1116: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.622 [7680] ERROR - LPE: unknown item 59074.
Line 1117: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.622 [7680] ERROR - Sync: failed to generate query for path library://d78b3cc9-8d1d-485e-ad44-d84af8188fec/item/%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F59074 in sync item 47380898
Line 1118: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.622 [7680] ERROR - Sync: empty sync set, unable to update status for sync list 49724214, sync item 47380898

This isn’t going to help you but I’m just curious if you’re able to Optimize Database successfully? I cannot. It crashes my whole server and I’ve been trying these same steps for the past week trying to get my DB back to fast/working order.

I cannot even keep the plex server application running long enough to try.

Roger that.

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I found this Database Repair Error: no such collation sequence: icu_root which states you cannot use the normal sqlite3 which goes against the instructions in their own article I posted above. So I went through those processes using that information but it did not seem to help – STILL CRASHING. Although it did remove the errors I got with the sqlite3.exe I tried originially. Here is that output.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>copy "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\ORIG4"
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DROP index 'index_title_sort_naturalsort'"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DELETE from schema_migrations where version='20180501000000'"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > dumptest.sql

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>del "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" < "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "PRAGMA integrity_check"
ok

C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>

I have just tried restoring from a database backup from 5/21/2021 using these instructions Restore a Database Backed Up via 'Scheduled Tasks' | Plex Support

again no luck there. I am thinking my issue is not db-related?

Line 857: May 26, 2021 13:04:16.219 [3408] DEBUG - [JobRunner] Job running: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\CrashUploader.exe" "--directory=J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Crash Reports\1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026" --version=1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026 --platform=Windows "--platformVersion=10.0 (Build 19042)" --serverUuid=6ed4ecea67009df1c31fc51cce3fd9df37a6ca23 --userId=JoshuaMyers6283@gmail.com --sentryUrl=https://sentry.io/api/1233455/minidump --sentryKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --vendor=Microsoft --model=x64 --device=PC --allowRetries=0 
	Line 857: May 26, 2021 13:04:16.219 [3408] DEBUG - [JobRunner] Job running: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\CrashUploader.exe" "--directory=J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Crash Reports\1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026" --version=1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026 --platform=Windows "--platformVersion=10.0 (Build 19042)" --serverUuid=6ed4ecea67009df1c31fc51cce3fd9df37a6ca23 --userId=JoshuaMyers6283@gmail.com --sentryUrl=https://sentry.io/api/1233455/minidump --sentryKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --vendor=Microsoft --model=x64 --device=PC --allowRetries=0 
	Line 922: May 26, 2021 13:04:16.266 [0180] DEBUG - Jobs: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\CrashUploader.exe' exit code for process 9760 is 0 (success)
	Line 2051: May 26, 2021 13:04:17.082 [1484] DEBUG - Creating XML preference for 'sendCrashReports'.
	Line 4717: May 26, 2021 13:04:27.498 [2632] DEBUG - [JobRunner] Job running: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\CrashUploader.exe" "--directory=J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Crash Reports\1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026" --version=1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026 --platform=Windows "--platformVersion=10.0 (Build 19042)" --serverUuid=6ed4ecea67009df1c31fc51cce3fd9df37a6ca23 --userId=JoshuaMyers6283@gmail.com --sentryUrl=https://sentry.io/api/1233455/minidump --sentryKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --vendor=Microsoft --model=x64 --device=PC --allowRetries=0 
	Line 4717: May 26, 2021 13:04:27.498 [2632] DEBUG - [JobRunner] Job running: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\CrashUploader.exe" "--directory=J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Crash Reports\1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026" --version=1.23.2.4584-bdefd2026 --platform=Windows "--platformVersion=10.0 (Build 19042)" --serverUuid=6ed4ecea67009df1c31fc51cce3fd9df37a6ca23 --userId=JoshuaMyers6283@gmail.com --sentryUrl=https://sentry.io/api/1233455/minidump --sentryKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --vendor=Microsoft --model=x64 --device=PC --allowRetries=0 

Rolling back to “PlexMediaServer-1.23.1.4571-6119e8eed-x86” seems to have fixed my issue.

Moved off BETA update channel as 1.23.2.4584 caused me problems today. :frowning:

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