Plex Server dumping temp files for credit detections/sonic analysis inside container

Plex Media Server
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Hi Plex Team,

This is an urgent matter. Please fix.

Server OS - UnRaid 7.1.4
Server Version#: 1.42.2.10156
Player Version#: NA
<If providing server logs please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only debug logging should be enabled>

Plex Docker Container is creating temp files in the docker layers.

I have been plagued with this issue for over 2/3 weeks now (havent nailed it when it started but I have been having crashes since then). Something has changed which annoys me way more than it should. I had to destroy my docker.img file twice as it was crashing all containers and server eventually. I could not go into the container to check what was taking so much space, so then I switched to docker folders to investigate this. Today I have the receipts.

This is the bloated folder (in the docker layers) - Over 67G (67G → ./c411fe64e3325eae2da44368f02627ba7b12c197d2f15010db4e178140640e47)

/mnt/cache/system/docker/overlay2/c411fe64e3325eae2da44368f02627ba7b12c197d2f15010db4e178140640e47/
├── diff (33G)
│   ├── ...
│   ├── run (33G)
│   │   └── plex-tmp (33G)
│   │       └── PlexCreditsDetection-de8cedc6-e9c0-448d-bd02-ffc962f4181e (33G)
│   ├── ...
├── ...
├── merged (34G)
│   ├── ...
│   ├── run (34G)
│   │   └── plex-tmp (34G)
│   │       └── PlexCreditsDetection-de8cedc6-e9c0-448d-bd02-ffc962f4181e (34G)
│   ├── ...
│   ├── ...
└── ...

I have got these sizes from du -sh ./* command for all folders.

Here is my Plex template. I am mapping the Transcoder temporary directory - /transcode to RAMDISK and Downloads temporary directory - /tmp to TEMP folder on the Plex config drive.

root@Tower:/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user# cat my-plex.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Container version="2">
  <Name>plex</Name>
  <Repository>linuxserver/plex</Repository>
  <Registry>https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/plex/</Registry>
  <Network>host</Network>
  <MyIP/>
  <Shell>bash</Shell>
  <Privileged>false</Privileged>
  <Support>https://forums.unraid.net/topic/40463-support-linuxserverio-plex-media-server/</Support>
  <Project>https://www.plex.tv/</Project>
  <Overview>Plex organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices.&#xD;
&#xD;
Nvidia GPU Use&#xD;
Using the Unraid Nvidia Plugin to install a version of Unraid with the Nvidia Drivers installed and&#xD;
 add --runtime=nvidia to "extra parameters" (switch on advanced view) and&#xD;
copy your GPU UUID to NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES.&#xD;
&#xD;
Intel GPU Use&#xD;
Edit your go file to include:&#xD;
modprobe i915&#xD;
, save and reboot, then &#xD;
add --device=/dev/dri to "extra parameters" (switch on advanced view)</Overview>
  <Category>MediaServer:Video MediaServer:Music MediaServer:Photos</Category>
  <WebUI>http://[IP]:[PORT:32400]/web</WebUI>
  <TemplateURL>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linuxserver/docker-templates/master/linuxserver.io/plex.xml</TemplateURL>
  <Icon>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linuxserver/docker-templates/master/linuxserver.io/img/plex-icon.png</Icon>
  <ExtraParams>--runtime=nvidia --no-healthcheck</ExtraParams>
  <PostArgs/>
  <CPUset>12,13,14,15,36,37,38,39,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47</CPUset>
  <DateInstalled>1758649637</DateInstalled>
  <DonateText/>
  <DonateLink/>
  <Requires/>
  <Config Name="VERSION" Target="VERSION" Default="" Mode="" Description="VERSION" Type="Variable" Display="always" Required="false" Mask="false">docker</Config>
  <Config Name="Nvidia Visible Devices" Target="NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES" Default="" Mode="" Description="Nvidia Visible Devices (Optional - Requires Nvidia GPU and Unraid Nvidia build)" Type="Variable" Display="always" Required="false" Mask="false">GPU-xxxxxxx-MASKED-xxxxxxx</Config>
  <Config Name="Media" Target="/media/" Default="/mnt/user/media/" Mode="rw" Description="" Type="Path" Display="always" Required="false" Mask="false">/mnt/user/media/</Config>
  <Config Name="Transcode" Target="/transcode" Default="" Mode="rw" Description="Path for transcoding folder (Optional)" Type="Path" Display="always" Required="false" Mask="false">/tmp/plex-ramdisk</Config>
  <Config Name="Webtools" Target="33400" Default="33400" Mode="tcp" Description="" Type="Port" Display="always" Required="false" Mask="false">33400</Config>
  <Config Name="Temp directory" Target="/tmp" Default="/mnt/plex_appdata/plex/tmp" Mode="rw" Description="" Type="Path" Display="always" Required="false" Mask="false">/mnt/plex_appdata/plex/tmp</Config>
  <Config Name="Appdata" Target="/config" Default="" Mode="rw" Description="Appdata" Type="Path" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">/mnt/plex_appdata/plex/</Config>
  <Config Name="Webui" Target="32400" Default="32400" Mode="tcp" Description="For access to the Plex Media Server Webui (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">32400</Config>
  <Config Name="Plex Companion" Target="3005" Default="3005" Mode="tcp" Description="For controlling Plex Home Theater via Plex Companion (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">3005</Config>
  <Config Name="Roku via Plex Companion" Target="8324" Default="8324" Mode="tcp" Description="For controlling Plex for Roku via Plex Companion (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">8324</Config>
  <Config Name="Plex DLNA Server" Target="32469" Default="32469" Mode="tcp" Description="For access to the Plex DLNA Server (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">32469</Config>
  <Config Name="Plex DLNA Server" Target="1900" Default="1900" Mode="udp" Description="For access to the Plex DLNA Server (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">1900</Config>
  <Config Name="GDM network discovery" Target="32410" Default="32410" Mode="udp" Description="For current GDM network discovery (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">32410</Config>
  <Config Name="GDM network discovery" Target="32412" Default="32412" Mode="udp" Description="For current GDM network discovery (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">32412</Config>
  <Config Name="GDM network discovery" Target="32413" Default="32413" Mode="udp" Description="For current GDM network discovery (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">32413</Config>
  <Config Name="GDM network discovery" Target="32414" Default="32414" Mode="udp" Description="For current GDM network discovery (No effect in host mode - reference only)" Type="Port" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">32414</Config>
  <Config Name="PUID" Target="PUID" Default="" Mode="" Description="PUID" Type="Variable" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">99</Config>
  <Config Name="PGID" Target="PGID" Default="" Mode="" Description="PGID" Type="Variable" Display="advanced" Required="false" Mask="false">100</Config>
  <TailscaleStateDir/>
</Container>

Also, to add the actual mapped /tmp and /transcode folders are completely empty.

image
image662×277 12.5 KB

root@Tower:/mnt/plex_appdata/plex# du -sh ./*
230G    ./Library
0       ./tmp

root@Tower:/tmp# du -sh ./*
... more folders
0       ./plex-ramdisk
... more folders

Thanks in advance.

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LInk to UnRaid forums - UnRaid Forum - Issue with others as well.

3

I am also experiencing this same issue as well, everything dumps into the /run/plex-temp/ folder in a dockerized environment and its causing the docker img to bloat eventually crashing our docker host and then the server itself.

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This has bothered me for so long, I am not sure why more people are not reporting this. I don’t know if people don’t use the credit detection (its paid Plex pass feature).

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Today the size of folder has grown massively overnight. Can someone from Plex look into the docker images please. Why is temp data persistent?

root@Tower:/mnt/cache/system/docker/overlay2/c411fe64e3325eae2da44368f02627ba7b12c197d2f15010db4e178140640e47# du -h --max-depth=4 | sort -h
... Smaller Files Omitted...
19G     ./diff/run/plex-temp/PlexCreditsDetection-4d130e5f-8ba1-40d7-99cd-4f03d4465336
22G     ./merged/run/plex-temp/PlexCreditsDetection-4d130e5f-8ba1-40d7-99cd-4f03d4465336
230G    ./diff/run/plex-temp/PlexCreditsDetection-de8cedc6-e9c0-448d-bd02-ffc962f4181e
233G    ./merged/run/plex-temp/PlexCreditsDetection-de8cedc6-e9c0-448d-bd02-ffc962f4181e
249G    ./diff
249G    ./diff/run
249G    ./diff/run/plex-temp
254G    ./merged
254G    ./merged/run
254G    ./merged/run/plex-temp
503G    .
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In the last 3 hours, the folders have grown further…

root@Tower:/mnt/cache/system/docker/overlay2/c411fe64e3325eae2da44368f02627ba7b12c197d2f15010db4e178140640e47/diff/run/plex-temp# du -sh ./*
... Smaller Files Omitted...
43G     ./PlexCreditsDetection-4d130e5f-8ba1-40d7-99cd-4f03d4465336
257G    ./PlexCreditsDetection-de8cedc6-e9c0-448d-bd02-ffc962f4181e

image
image164×222 2.47 KB

At this point I am going to delete both the folders and see how long it takes to grow them back.

  • /docker/overlay2/c411fe64e3325eae2da44368f02627ba7b12c197d2f15010db4e178140640e47/diff/run/plex-temp
  • /docker/overlay2/c411fe64e3325eae2da44368f02627ba7b12c197d2f15010db4e178140640e47/merged/run/plex-temp
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Can someone from plex team have a look please.
@dane22 , @emilybersin

Thanks

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doesnt look like plex team gives a s h i t about their customers. :slight_smile:

Thanks @dane22 and @emilybersin