# PS5 trancoding sessions are not getting cleaned up timely by the plexserver **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux, playstation\ **Created:** [October 2, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ps5-trancoding-sessions-are-not-getting-cleaned-up-timely-by-the-plexserver/943833 "2026-10-02T18:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dokuro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dokuro/32/329926_2.png) [@dokuro](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dokuro)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ps5-trancoding-sessions-are-not-getting-cleaned-up-timely-by-the-plexserver/943833/1 "2026-10-02T18:03:30Z")
Server Version#: 1.43.4.10903 Player Version#: v5.94.1 There is something funky happening with the playstation app and the plex server when its transcoding. For a while now my server periodically becomes unavailable for approx 5 minutes while it cleans up massive amounts of transcode tmp files. It does not crash, its just pegged cleaning up files … Initially I thought this was isolated to music (theme music) for shows but its happening for anything which is transcoding. Today, the app is transcoding a movie and there is almost 7 GB in the session folder … ```auto [plex]-[dokuro]:/data/Personal/Scripts]$ du -sh /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Cache/Transcode/Sessions/ 7.5G /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode/Sessions/ [plex]-[dokuro]:/data/Personal/Scripts]$ find /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Cache/Transcode/Sessions/ -type f | wc -l 9202 [plex]-[dokuro]:/data/Personal/Scripts]$ ``` This seems to only happen with the playstation app as a client.