Edit: Workaround, clicking refresh loads of the folder correctly allowing for a folder image to be changed. Does anyone understand what is going on? I am running Plex on my qnap. All my libraries work normally, music, movies, TV, but my photos library is wonky. Although it is viewable on my iPad,…

[image] GitHub - ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair: Database repair utility for Plex Media Server... Database repair utility for Plex Media Server databases Documentation includes installing & running under macOS. Works great! Good luck, Chris

Bummer. Still it’s a good tool to have in your Plex Admin tools. Maybe you’re experiencing the problem ChuckPA referenced that is a server-side bug that they are working on. Good luck, Chris

I recently setup a new server while my old is running until I’m ready to make the switch. I’m building all new libraries from scratch on the new server (M2 Mac Mini). Source content is stored on a NAS, so each server is seeing exact same files and folder structure. Old server has no issues. New …

Still issues with this after several months of errors. Rebuilt the database several times over and even set up a compeletely new “Family Photos” Library and still have this issue. What is the ETA for fixing this most basic functionality of Plex? It’s the whole reason I purchased and set up Plex in t…

You wrote this was assigned to an engineer in October of 2024. It’s January 2025 and this issue still exists. Any eta on an update to fix the issue?

since many weeks no improvement, I’m back to version 1.40.3.8555, this version still works without such failure messages trust in PLEX is melting away…

Can we please have an update on this? It has been a long time since the Photo Library is completely broken for me…

Plex Photos - Library Something went wrong. An unexpected error occurred

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uwe_schmitt_live January 10, 2025, 11:41am 23

@ChuckPa
The well known failure (“Plex photos - library something went wrong”) still exists!
Are you taking this serious?
It’s destroying our faith in PLEX !!!
I think we deserve an answer about expected time of a solution.
Thanks

Something went wrong, an unexpected error occured. Concerning photos

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