# Plex server suddenly started crashing **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [October 10, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-suddenly-started-crashing/944289 "2026-10-10T00:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-suddenly-started-crashing/944289/2 "2026-10-10T00:52:46Z")
May want to try the new DBRepair for your DB. I would do a manual db backup before running it, since it’s not final yet. > [@DBRepair development](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dbrepair-development/822684/1377): > > ver 00.99.13 Testing Release Notes: General Cleaned up the output to compact height and centering. PMS version DBRepair would sometimes pick the older version ID when using --databases option. Fixed. No issues under normal operation. Invalid ICU fail Would stop transferring data when bad ICU sequences found. Fixed. Now mirrors what PMS does. Dropped rows When transferring data to the new DB, if a row failed, DBRepair would silently drop the remainder of the block. Th… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-suddenly-started-crashing/944289)._