W: Failed to fetch https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/dists/./public/Release.gpg The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 97203C7B3ADCA79D Plex Inc

Plex Media Server
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Err:7 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public Release.gpg
The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 97203C7B3ADCA79D Plex Inc.
Fetched 6,636 B in 2s (2,893 B/s)
Reading package lists… Done
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 97203C7B3ADCA79D Plex Inc.
W: Failed to fetch https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/dists/public/Release.gpg The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 97203C7B3ADCA79D Plex Inc.
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

And have already viewed many topics on forum,

Invalid Signature when updating via apt & Ubuntu? This doesn’t seem correct, because it defeats the purpose of GPG keys, tried it anyway, and doesn’t work.

Tried this: (Doesn’t Work)

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Plex let me know that there’s an update available (v1.19.1.2630) so I went onto my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server and ran apt-get and got the following error message (just like juhenriquez).

W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 97203C7B3ADCA79D Plex Inc.
W: Failed to fetch https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/dists/public/Release.gpg  The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 97203C7B3ADCA79D Plex Inc.
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I love the fact that I no longer have to download and manually install Plex releases. It’s great when the process works.

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I’ve alerted the team

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Thank you, Chuck.

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This was fixed in one thread this morning, if you want to try again:

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I just tested and its now working for me. Thank you for the quick response!

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