# Plex Media Server Crashes

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-crashes/945624>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-mac\
**Created:** [November 6, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-crashes/945624 "2026-11-06T09:49:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![gbooker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@gbooker](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-crashes/945624/1 "2026-11-06T09:49:38Z")

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Server Version#:1.43.5.11079  
Player Version#:  
\<If providing [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) should be enabled\>

Hi, I am experiencing frequent crashes with my server recently.

Only thing I can see after the latest issue was this in com.plexapp.system.log:

2026-11-06 07:42:52,011 (1724e3000) : CRITICAL (runtime:1132) - Exception in thread named ‘refresh\_servers’ (most recent call last):  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/Framework/components/runtime.py”, line 1130, in \_start\_thread  
f(\*args, \*\*kwargs)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/System.bundle/Contents/Code/peerservice.py”, line 169, in refresh\_servers  
servers\_el = self.get\_servers\_el()  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/System.bundle/Contents/Code/peerservice.py”, line 165, in get\_servers\_el  
return XML.ElementFromURL(‘[http://127.0.0.1:32400/servers](http://127.0.0.1:32400/servers)’, cacheTime = 0)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/Framework/api/parsekit.py”, line 344, in ElementFromURL  
method=method,  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/Framework/api/networkkit.py”, line 67, in \_http\_request  
req = self.\_core.networking.http\_request(url, \*args, \*\*kwargs)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/Framework/components/networking.py”, line 366, in http\_request  
return HTTPRequest(self.\_core, url, data, h, url\_cache, encoding, errors, timeout, immediate, sleep, opener, follow\_redirects, method)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/Framework/components/networking.py”, line 133, in **init**  
self.load()  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Plug-ins-b3b13e506/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/Framework/components/networking.py”, line 173, in load  
f = self.\_opener.open(req, timeout=self.\_timeout)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Python/python27.zip/urllib2.py”, line 435, in open  
response = meth(req, response)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Python/python27.zip/urllib2.py”, line 548, in http\_response  
‘http’, request, response, code, msg, hdrs)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Python/python27.zip/urllib2.py”, line 473, in error  
return self.\_call\_chain(\*args)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Python/python27.zip/urllib2.py”, line 407, in \_call\_chain  
result = func(\*args)  
File “/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Python/python27.zip/urllib2.py”, line 556, in http\_error\_default  
raise HTTPError(req.get\_full\_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)  
HTTPError: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable

Hopefully this is something that can be resolved.

Regards,

Gary.

[Plex Media Server Logs\_2026-11-06\_08-38-32.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/9gsaRsVq1MpG14T7HfuwQsL2ON0.zip) (1.9 MB)