Plex database size suddenly increased dramatically

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: Version 1.41.7.9795
Player Version#: Version 4.146.0

I’ve been running my Plex Media Server (PMS) in a Proxmox Debian VM for quite a long time without issues. However, over the past few days, I’ve noticed something strange — my database size has suddenly jumped from around 200MB to over 20GB. As far as I can tell, there haven’t been any significant changes to my library that would justify this growth.

Any idea what might be causing this? Below is a screenshot of my backups and the current state of the database.

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{98351DB4-E0E2-47E7-BFA8-1B0DFEDED384}
{98351DB4-E0E2-47E7-BFA8-1B0DFEDED384}987×267 8.67 KB

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Probably related Library.db size more than doubled in latest version

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Thanks, Bubba! I’ve gone ahead and deleted the database, restored my backup from a few days ago, and installed the stable version of Plex for now until this issue is resolved. So far, with this version I don’t see the DB size going crazy.