Watch Service No Longer Working On Debian Linux

[paterson37]

Confirmation

• I have read the README.md on the project homepage
• I have checked if identical issue already exists
• I have tried downgrading to find version that can be used as a workaround

The problem

Since setting this up in September it's been working perfectly via the watch service.

However, as of 20th November, it stopped tracking. I had not made any changes to anything on my system. So I am unsure what the problem could be.

When I check sudo systemctl status PlexTraktSync.service I get the below output.

● PlexTraktSync.service - PlexTraktSync watch daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/PlexTraktSync.service; enabled; preset>
     Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2024-11-25>
   Main PID: 1999259 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
        CPU: 1ms

I hadn't ran an update command in a while so I thought I would try updating but that hasn't fixed it either.

My service file is as below.

[Unit]
Description=PlexTraktSync watch daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=plextraktsync watch
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Apologies, I am still new when it comes to the like of linux and such things.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. sudo systemctl status PlexTraktSync.service
2. Checked output

● PlexTraktSync.service - PlexTraktSync watch daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/PlexTraktSync.service; enabled; preset>
     Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2024-11-25>
   Main PID: 1999259 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
        CPU: 1ms 

3. Tried replacing ExecStart string with path as per the readme page on here and doing the daemon, service start and service enable commands. But status showed same thing.

Error trace / logs

No response

Expected behavior

Service to run watch command in background and scrobble what I'm watching on Plex.

Inspect of problematic items

No response

Workarounds

No response

Config file contents

# Config File: /home/craig/.config/PlexTraktSync/config.yml
cache:
  path: /home/craig/.cache/PlexTraktSync/trakt_cache
excluded-libraries:
- Anime
- Anime - Movies
- Foreign - Movies
- Foreign - Series
- Fan Edits
config:
  dotenv_override: true
plex:
  timeout: 30
logging:
  append: true
  console_time: false
  debug: false
  filename: plextraktsync.log
  filter_loggers: null
  filter: null
sync:
  rating_priority: plex
  plex_to_trakt:
    collection: false
    clear_collected: false
    ratings: false
    watched_status: true
    watchlist: true
  trakt_to_plex:
    liked_lists: true
    ratings: false
    watched_status: true
    watchlist: true
    watchlist_as_playlist: false
    playback_status: false
liked_lists:
  keep_watched: true
watch:
  add_collection: false
  remove_collection: false
  scrobble_threshold: 80
  username_filter: true
  media_progressbar: true
  ignore_clients: null
xbmc-providers:
  movies: imdb
  shows: tvdb

Install method

pipx

Version

0.32.2

Python Version

3.11.2

Plex Server Version

1.41.1.9057-af5eaea7a

Operating System and Version

Debian GNU/Linux 12 bookworm (x86-64), Cinnamon 5.6.8

[glensc]

find logs why it's exiting:

   Main PID: 1999259 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

[paterson37]

find logs why it's exiting:

   Main PID: 1999259 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

I'm trying to journalctl but it's just coming up with "no entries".

[glensc]

if you used user mode, did you pass --user flag?

also when reporting command output, always include exact command you invoked (and other context, like user) and don't truncate output, you may omit relevant information needed to diagnose.

journalctl has follow flag, try using that from different terminal.

but this is pretty much out of scope of this project, to support your systemctl setup issues. I'm sure there are better places for systemd support. or use plain old crontab if systemctl is too much hastle.