# Plexmediaserver regularly crashing on ubuntu

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexmediaserver-regularly-crashing-on-ubuntu/938336>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [April 25, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexmediaserver-regularly-crashing-on-ubuntu/938336 "2026-04-25T19:50:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![zen2911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/439d5e/32.png) [@zen2911](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zen2911)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexmediaserver-regularly-crashing-on-ubuntu/938336/1 "2026-04-25T19:50:29Z")

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Server Version#:1.43.1.10611  
Player Version#:

Running on a Ubuntu 24.04

Every other day (2-5 days or so) it seems Plex is crashing and streaming is not possible for a minute or so. While not the end of the world i do got some fair amount of people watching and a few already complained when the connection broke up while they were watching something and it also happened to me quite a few times.

Today the outage was a bit longer (1-2minutes, usually it’s around 30seconds or so). So I finally decided to look a bit deeper into it but i can’t really find a reason. The serverlog just ends without much information and and i cannot open the .dmp file.

Before today i only checked the web interface and all i could see that in the Dashboard the Bandwidth section shows no network traffic whatsoever even tough router and everything works just fine.

Does anyone have an idea how i can further debug this issue?

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexmediaserver-regularly-crashing-on-ubuntu/938336/2 "2026-04-25T20:09:07Z")

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> [@zen2911](#):
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> Plex is crashing and streaming is not possible for a minute or so.

Is Plex Media Server crashing, meaning no longer running, or just non-responsive?

If it is crashing, then how are you restarting it so quickly?

Do you have any applications (Kometa, etc.) accessing the Plex database?  
  
  
A set of debug level [server log](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) files that capture the problem will be needed to investigate what is happening.

Ensure Plex is configured for debug (default), not verbose, [server logs.](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/)  
Settings → _server\_name_ → General + Show Advanced.

If Plex is non-responsive, wait for it to respond, then pull the log files (settings → troubleshooting) and post the zip file to the thread.

If Plex crashes, then restart Plex, wait 2 minutes to log the startup sequence, then pull & post the [server log](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) files.