Is it possible to prevent Plex from trying to reconnect to an offline server? I know I could remove the server but I don’t want to do that as it’s a valuable server, I just don’t want to have it online all the time. When I view my list of servers, I always see it’s trying to connect to the offline/…

I made a similar request some time back. Please add your vote! [image] Option to stop trying to connect to offline server Feature Suggestions I have two Plex servers. My primary Plex server is on my Linux system, which is always on. I also have a Plex server running in a…

Apps will stop trying to connect to unavailable servers after a few days.

Plex Web doesn’t appear to stop. Even so, “days” seems excessive.

Yes, trying to connect for days is definitely excessive. Appreciate the inside information though. I guess as long as I let my PC run for a few days and never shut it down after that there’s no problem… /s

[image] Aelio: guess as long as I let my PC run for a few days and never shut it down after that there’s no problem… /s It doesn’t matter whether the Plex client is running or not. What matters is the last time the inactive server has made contact with plex.tv

So, if I leave my server that I don’t want to connect to off for a few consecutive days then no other clients will attempt to connect to it? I appreciate the clarification, but I still see that as a problem. I’d prefer to have full control over my servers and clients and not have to keep track of h…

Why would you feel pressured? Simply ignore it. If you have no libraries from that server pinned to your side bar, you usually won’t even notice the connection attempts in the background.

So don’t share your server. Pretty sure it’s as simple as that.

Simply ignore it. If you have no libraries from that server pinned to your side bar, you usually won’t even notice the connection attempts in the background. As I’ve stated, it’s a valuable server and I use it quite frequently. I can pin and unpin so I don’t see it but is that really the best so…

Prevent Plex from continuously trying to reconnect to an offline server

Plex Media Server

beckfield March 10, 2022, 4:20pm 2

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Prevent Plex from continuously trying to reconnect to an offline server

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