Plex Media Server crashes on launch on latest macOS

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: 1.43.1
Player Version#:
All of a sudden, PMS crashes at launch on the version 15.7.4 (24G517) of macOS Sequoia.

Plex Media Server.log.zip (2.3 KB)

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You have database corruption:

Apr 10, 2026 09:12:42.628 [0x70000caae000] ERROR - Exception thrown during migrations, aborting: sqlite3_statement_backend::loadRS: database disk image is malformed
Apr 10, 2026 09:12:42.629 [0x70000caae000] ERROR - Database corruption: sqlite3_statement_backend::loadRS: database disk image is malformed
Apr 10, 2026 09:12:42.629 [0x70000caae000] ERROR - Error: Unable to set up server: sqlite3_statement_backend::loadRS: database disk image is malformed (N4soci10soci_errorE)

See: https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/

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Thanks. I’ll check out the link. Hope I won’t lose too much information…