# Plex Server Stops Responding But Process Still Running? **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [July 27, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-stops-responding-but-process-still-running/802298 "2022-07-27T20:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![rwoffice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@rwoffice](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rwoffice)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-stops-responding-but-process-still-running/802298/5 "2022-07-29T14:21:56Z")
> [@Tangs](#): > > Plex is crashing every day with the current version. If you want to verify you have the same issue, take a look at this post and PM the diagnostic info to @sa2000 so he can add you to test builds: > [@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-server-stops-responding-but-process-still-running/802298)._