Plex Server Crashing Continuously

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Server Version#: 1.15.2.793-7882228f99

OS - Windows 10

I have been using the Plex server for several years with only minor issues at times. The day before yesterday, the server crashed…I had to log in, delete all authorized devices (except server), log out, and restart computer. This fixed the problem for a few hours and it has been crashing after every restart after an hour or so rendering the server essentially unusable. Prior to the issue, I made no new changes to software, hardware, router, etc., etc. I uninstalled and reinstalled, again worked for an hour or so, but crashed again and the problem persists. Not what has caused this issue, but would like some advice as to how to repair it. Any advice would be appreciated.
Logs uploaded.

Plex Media Server Logs.zip (1.9 MB)

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Well, Goodbye Plex. After many years this product has let me down. I will say, it has always been buggy, but nothing that couldn’t be overcome with a little knowledge and research. With Plex, you get absolutely no support from whomever your money goes to. Great to suggest that it’s because it is a “free” program, but you would expect some support (other than FAQs and guidelines) after paying $5/month for as long as I have, but unfortunately this is what you get from Plex. Just a small warning to anyone reading this. Hope you have better luck when you run into a significant issue. I will suggest Emby to anyone having issues. Installed it…has run flawlessly since and although it’s not quite as pleasing to the eye as Plex was, it at least runs and doesn’t crash continuously. And it essentially does everything I need it to do. Some things better. Oh well, goodbye old friend!

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Sorry to hear that you are leaving Plex.

If you raise an issue in the forum and it does not get picked up, you should bump the topic with another post

The logs from April show some database corruption for the specific gracenote databases for the Premium Music Library

Apr 03, 2019 12:00:34.529 [5256] DEBUG - Gracenote: Gather Fingerprint for M:\Music\04 (You Drive Me) Crazy.m4a
Apr 03, 2019 12:00:34.538 [5256] ERROR - SQLITE3:0x2b6897dd, 11, database corruption at line 66053 of [bf8c1b2b7a]

These special database files can be deleted and they would get recreated - they are located in this directory
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Cache
and the filenames end with filename extension .gdb

gn_cachq.gdb
gn_colls.gdb
gn_lists.gdb
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