# Plex Media Server Crashing **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [July 19, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-crashing/801391 "2022-07-19T01:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![rwoffice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@rwoffice](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rwoffice)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-crashing/801391/4 "2022-07-27T17:50:53Z")
Take a look at [this thread](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-crashing-randomly/789544/) and see if you’re having the “deadlock” issue. If so, try and gather the diagnostics outlined in this post: > [@Plex Server Crashing Randomly](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-crashing-randomly/789544/67): > > I think that the issue that I am having is what is called a “deadlock”. Plex icon stays active in the system tray, but when I try to open the Plex web interface nothing loads. The clients are unable to play anything from the server as well (local and remote). I found an old post from 2018 solving an issue called “503 Service Unavailable”. To everyone else here experiencing the issue first verify that the Plex icon is still in the system tray (Windows). Here are the diagnostic steps outlined by @… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-crashing/801391)._