Heureka! The problem is resolved. The crash was caused by an invalid setting (?) for the plex video scanner. Here are the logs
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:50.571 [12144] INFO - Plex Media Server v1.42.2.10156-f737b826c - LENOVO 90UY00A4MZ x64-x64 - build: windows-x86_64 windows - GMT 01:00
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:50.571 [12144] INFO - Windows version: 10.0 (Build 26200), language en-US
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:50.571 [12144] INFO - 16 3793 MHz processor(s): Architecture=9, Level=25, Revision=24834 Processor Identifier=AMD64 Family 25 Model 97 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:50.571 [12144] INFO - Compiler is - MSVC 1929
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:50.771 [11148] WARN - [CERT/OCSP] getCertInfo failed; skipping stapling
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:50.772 [11148] INFO - Running migrations. (EPG 0)
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:51.278 [11148] INFO - Running migrations. (EPG 0)
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:53.388 [8580] INFO - LibraryUpdateManager path watching is disabled
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.027 [4548] INFO - [Req#3a] AutoUpdate: no updates available
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.037 [17160] WARN - [DatabaseFixups/class DatabaseFixupsConsolidatePeopleTags] Held transaction for too long (D:\gha\plex-media-server\plex-media-server\Library\DatabaseFixups.cpp:374): 1.156250 seconds
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.072 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find or create media provider for agent ‘tv.plex.agents.movie’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.074 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find or create media provider for agent ‘tv.plex.agents.movie’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.075 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find or create media provider for agent ‘tv.plex.agents.series’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.076 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find or create media provider for agent ‘tv.plex.agents.series’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.078 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find metadata agent provider for identifier ‘com.plexapp.agents.none’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.079 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find or create media provider for agent ‘tv.plex.agents.music’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.081 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find metadata agent provider for identifier ‘com.plexapp.agents.none’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.082 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find metadata agent provider for identifier ‘com.plexapp.agents.none’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.084 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find or create media provider for agent ‘tv.plex.agents.music’
Jan 03, 2026 06:50:54.086 [4548] ERROR - [MetadataAgentManager/getAgent] Unable to find metadata agent provider for identifier ‘com.plexapp.agents.none’
This caused eventually the crash when new content was added. To resolve the issue I just modified the scanner settings to a different provider - and back.
Thank you for your help and support
Alain
