# PMS Keeps Crashing While Playing **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [December 23, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-keeps-crashing-while-playing/766037 "2021-12-23T18:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![thompson1506](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thompson1506/32/264710_2.png) [@thompson1506](https://forums.plex.tv/u/thompson1506)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-keeps-crashing-while-playing/766037/3 "2021-12-23T19:47:13Z")
There are a few threads going on here already about this. This is the one I am actively tracking and a few people seems to have eyes on it and may be able to help debug the issue with having people upload crashlogs and samples. > [@Plex Using 100+ GB of RAM during Schedule Tasks](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-frequently-crashes-even-after-latest-update/761650): > > Server Version#: 1.25.0.5282 Player Version#: 1.38.0.2734-ec4489fe OS (of server): Gentoo [Plex Media Server Logs\_2021-12-02\_04-39-36.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/eJDt667H01iTMafpI0ES8fCRcSW.zip) (4.8 MB) For the past week, my Plex server has been crashing randomly during playback. It crashed on my 6 times on Sunday alone, and at least 2 to 3 times daily since. I’ve updated to the most recent release and it’s still crashing frequently. I’ve not changed anything in my settings and have been running this server without this issue for around 5 years to… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-keeps-crashing-while-playing/766037)._