Server Version#: 1.26.1.5762 Recently the DOWNLOAD NOW button on the server updates page started making links with the X-Plex-Token argument replaced by a bunch of xs. I figure Plex made this change to protect the link or something, but it makes it much harder to upgrade a server running remotely. …

@ChuckPa did you see the updated conversation around this topic? Others provided more information than I had, and the clumsiness of the workarounds shows how this problem impacts us.

I use this to obtain the link for my use case: curl -s "https://plex.tv/downloads/details/1?build=linux-ubuntu-x86_64&channel=16&distro=ubuntu" | grep -Po '(?<=url=\")(.*)(?=\")'

Nice call, but I suspect that link would direct to the wrong version, based on @Pishmoffle 's comment above. My server’s not currently looking for an upgrade, though, so I can’t test it.

Is this strictly related to Ubuntu? I just gave it a shot and had no issues (Same area in the repo as all other packages). All the download links are automation-generated so if one works then all should work. [Screenshot from 2022-05-16 15-58-47] [Screenshot from 2022-05-16 16-02-18] I am st…

No, it’s not just Linux. Clicking the link starts a download as expected. Copying the link gives a masked token, which can’t be pasted elsewhere for download. (Or rather it can be, but because it’s not a good token, the download isn’t the expected Plex Pass version.)

[image] Volts: Copying the link gives a masked token, which can’t be pasted elsewhere for download. Pretty sure it’s been that way for a long time. There is javascript behind the button. I doubt they want ‘cut and paste’. (but could be wrong)

It has been that way the past 2 updates I have done on the beta channel - prior to that, I could copy-paste. So it’s a recent change.

So it sounds like you see the issue now? That relatively recent change (I can’t remember how recent) means the copied link doesn’t download the correct version of the server? Like I’ve said a few times, I understand that developers may have had reasonable motivations for making this change, but I d…

It may be a recent change but if you look at the URL, Have you tried replacing the masked token with your token? Does it then work? I ask because it might have been a potential security issue if you copied your URL and pasted out in the public somewhere. I don’t know why it was done but improvi…

As followup, If you’re using some automation, here is what I use in the Debian package to pull values from Preferences.xml # Extract value from Preferences.xml # Return null string if not present GetPref() { Retval="" # This must remain as written with everything escaped for variables to …

Server download link hiding makes it useless

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Server download link hiding makes it useless

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