With the ever-growing number of third-party tools accessing the Plex API, I wish Plex would just reject API calls when the database is busy. Too often, I would get the dreaded “Sleeping for 200ms” repeated several hundred times, and it would lock up the server. When that happens, it’s clear that th…

[image] ChristianKent: would be great if it’s able to protect itself and just rate-limited those API requests when the Plex database is overloaded That’s exactly what plex.tv does. For all account, sharing, and watch list related actions. As for the local server, there is a bug fix in the ne…

[image] OttoKerner: As for the local server, there is a bug fix in the next beta which is supposed to reduce the overhead of certain API calls. Wow, I didn’t expect to hear good news but damn! Looking forward to it! :partying_face: :partying_face: :partying_face:

Btw. if you have the Plex data folder stored on a ZFS volume, you could benefit from adapting the block size of the database file: [image] Plex crashing multiple times per night, during peak usage Desktops & Laptops Do you delete it all the time? It’s supposed to accumula…

Thanks, but mine is on a really fast NVME. I do have ZFS for my media, tho.

Rate limiting for Plex API calls?

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OttoKerner May 18, 2024, 2:09pm 4

Btw. if you have the Plex data folder stored on a ZFS volume, you could benefit from adapting the block size of the database file:

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Rate limiting for Plex API calls?

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