# /status/sessions reporting incorrect bandwidth

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-docker\
**Created:** [January 12, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614 "2021-01-12T22:05:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![RedSpid3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@RedSpid3r](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RedSpid3r)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/1 "2021-01-12T22:05:29Z")

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Server Version#: 1.21.1.3876  
Player Version#: 4.49.2

I noticed that Tautulli was reporting some odd numbers for an active stream so I did a bit of diging and something seems to be a little off

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/f/3f774c10c5ee1c67627f58babf17e58e9c2e2a1c.png)

This file has a 67.2 Mbps bit rate, but Tautulli was reporting 141.1 Mbps Bandwidth (Estimate), but when I looked at my Plex server, it was reporting ~68 Mbps

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/d/a/daf2f99272eca9a5e44a08cec7b08d1a293b2663.jpeg)

I checked the /status/sessions XML (assuming this is what Tautulli reads?) and it’s showing the following

`<Session id="" bandwidth="141219" location="lan"/>`

For some reason, this is XML is _constantly_ reporting the bandwidth as per above. It never updated or changed.

I then installed NetData to verify what the actual TX bandwidth was from my Plex box, this seems to match up with what the Plex Dashboard is reporting (~68 Mbps):

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/9/7/975f2fab51348773ba7155c916268064c0ed2611.png)

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/2 "2021-01-12T22:17:42Z")

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I don’t use Tautulli but the 141k is likely just the high end or the bit rate spikes for that file

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**Author:** ![RedSpid3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@RedSpid3r](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RedSpid3r)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/3 "2021-01-12T22:20:16Z")

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So does the XML not update the bandwidth periodically? Seems odd that the dashboard reports realtime bandwidth usage but the XML would forever report a single value as this means that anything else that reads the XML (eg Tautulli) would not be showing accurate current bandwith.

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/4 "2021-01-12T23:10:56Z")

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AFAIK it is the max bandwidth reserved for that session. which will be the same thing i think you will see on the now playing block for it on the Plex dashboard.

I assume that `i` on the tautulli screen is a button, what does it say it is

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**Author:** ![RedSpid3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@RedSpid3r](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RedSpid3r)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/5 "2021-01-12T23:53:42Z")

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It’s just a tooltip  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/2/22d0a5950a793b2b032733a484dfee81f7a7d768.png)

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/6 "2021-01-13T00:05:23Z")

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Streaming brain is what reserves bandwidth for auto-quality adjusting if that kicks in on a transcode and keeping streams under the upload speed set in remote access settings.

It should be the same number you see here  
 ![Plex](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/e/c/ec3bd63d768a5868fd27342c4b796c89d324c6b7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![RedSpid3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@RedSpid3r](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RedSpid3r)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/7 "2021-01-13T02:08:08Z")

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This is what I’m seing at the moment  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/c/f/cfabc8fec1a6a9d1472c10f61220bcbcd588f4f5.png)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/5/25c68e69ac1c9a2aa0295aec388073b02687cf06.png)

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**Author:** ![RedSpid3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@RedSpid3r](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RedSpid3r)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/8 "2021-01-17T01:15:29Z")

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Checked my dashboard today and something even more crazy is going on:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/4/a/4adbc36a96801eb217329fbdd4da7aaed9aa8e8e.png)

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/e/d/ede757cbb16c0243da977dae31c24abdcb576e50.png)

I have a 1GB NIC, so Plex reporting 10Gbps can’t be right, surely?

```auto
<Session id="84rs37t34bj9zymwm2b035qk" bandwidth="10000000" location="lan"/>
<TranscodeSession key="/transcode/sessions/5ke24qkk5re0f0j007dghmps" throttled="1" complete="0" progress="35.400001525878906" size="-22" speed="0" duration="2632491" context="streaming" sourceVideoCodec="h264" sourceAudioCodec="aac" videoDecision="copy" audioDecision="copy" protocol="hls" container="mpegts" videoCodec="h264" audioCodec="aac" audioChannels="2" transcodeHwRequested="1" transcodeHwFullPipeline="0" timeStamp="1610845268.4743743" maxOffsetAvailable="931.66399999999999" minOffsetAvailable="0"/>

```

Media Info:

```auto
Media

    Duration 43:52
    Bitrate 982 kbps
    Width 704
    Height 396
    Aspect Ratio 1.78
    Video Resolution SD
    Container MKV
    Video Frame Rate NTSC
    Audio Profile he-aac
    Video Profile high

```

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/9 "2021-01-17T05:33:41Z")

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That’s for live TV. Since a live stream cannot be analysed for its bandwidth in advance, the highest imaginable value is used.

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**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/10 "2021-01-17T15:44:32Z")

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But this wasn’t live TV, it was file on my NAS?

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/11 "2021-01-18T09:27:57Z")

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Maybe the in-depth analysis went wrong or the stream (s) inside are damaged.  
Try remuxing the file, then force a new analysis.

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**Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/status-sessions-reporting-incorrect-bandwidth/677614/12 "2021-04-18T09:27:58Z")

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