I cannot find the Plex Media The documentation says just Go to Settings > Manage > Troubleshooting in Plex Web App. And when I try and open the app I get "<Response code="503" title="Maintenance" status="Plex Media Server is currently running startup maintenance tasks.">"

As it says, it’s running database maintenance Please leave it for at least 1 hour, and if still not ready for use, upload server logs

Thx. I was impatient. In the end I left it for 2 and a half hours. Then it seemed to be hanging and I looked in the log via the file system and there was a looped “failed to complete query (401)” error message. So I stopped the app (in installed packages ) .. and then started it up again. Problem s…

[image] bi7362: “failed to complete query (401)” You might have a database issue! I recommend you use the DBRepair binaries to make sure [image] DBRepair development Apps & Creations ALL: It’s taken a fair amount of effort but it looks like we’re …

OK. Thanks for tip. I’ve downloaded the DBRepair utility for my OS and will give it a shot this weekend

Plex server logs not available

Plex Media Server

dane22 September 4, 2026, 11:41pm 4

You might have a database issue!

I recommend you use the DBRepair binaries to make sure

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