# There was an unexpected error loading this library

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/there-was-an-unexpected-error-loading-this-library/585624>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [May 5, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/there-was-an-unexpected-error-loading-this-library/585624 "2020-05-05T00:59:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jamie2k13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@jamie2k13](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jamie2k13)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/there-was-an-unexpected-error-loading-this-library/585624/1 "2020-05-05T00:59:15Z")

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Server Version#: Version 1.19.3.2740  
i have been getting this error ` There was an unexpected error loading this library` for a few hours now. it was working fine 2-3 hours ago. i was just watching a movie. and when the film had finished. i kept getting this error on my device. so i tried firefox and google chrome and also explorer. and still the same. i have also tried on my xbox one. and the same error. i asked my brother to try and still the same. so i thought oh, maybe a fresh install will work, and guess what. NOPE. still the same error.

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**Author:** ![hudey123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hudey123/32/187407_2.png) [@hudey123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hudey123)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/there-was-an-unexpected-error-loading-this-library/585624/2 "2020-05-05T03:50:25Z")

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I had the same issue for about an hour. New server install on Ubuntu 20.04. Media drive was mounted and Plex was catalogging the music folder but when I tried to access the server I got this same error. I closed the connection to the server and reopened it from the browser and now its working.

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**Author:** ![jamie2k13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@jamie2k13](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jamie2k13)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/there-was-an-unexpected-error-loading-this-library/585624/3 "2020-05-21T17:14:02Z")

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i had to do a full reinstall of plex. for some reason no matter what i tried it wouldn’t work.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/there-was-an-unexpected-error-loading-this-library/585624/4 "2020-08-19T17:14:05Z")

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