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System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - endymion1818 - 2024-01-03
I keep getting this issue even after updating Jellyfin and dependencies. It happened unexpectedly and I can't figure out why or which XML document has an error:
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Jellyfin version: 10.8.13
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Environment Variables: ["[JELLYFIN_LOG_DIR, /home/redacted/jellyfin/log]"]
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Arguments: ["/usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/jellyfin.dll"]
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Operating system: Linux
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Architecture: X64
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: 64-Bit Process: True
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: User Interactive: True
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Processor count: 8
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Program data path: /home/redacted/jellyfin
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Web resources path: /usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/jellyfin-web
[09:23:19] [INF] [1] Main: Application directory: /usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/
[09:23:19] [FTL] [1] Main: Unhandled Exception
System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0).
---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent()
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderServerConfiguration.Read10_ServerConfiguration()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader)
at Emby.Server.Implementations.Serialization.MyXmlSerializer.DeserializeFromStream(Type type, Stream stream)
at Emby.Server.Implementations.Serialization.MyXmlSerializer.DeserializeFromFile(Type type, String file)
at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.MigrationRunner.RunPreStartup(ServerApplicationPaths appPaths, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
at Jellyfin.Server.Program.StartApp(StartupOptions options)
at Jellyfin.Server.Program.<Main>(String[] args)
Short of uninstalling and reinstalling Jellyfin, is there any way of identifying what XML document is at fault?
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - TheDreadPirate - 2024-01-03
I'm not aware of how to figure out which is the problem. But /etc/jellyfin is the only directory that has XMLs that could break Jellyfin.
Code:
chris@rat-trap:/etc/jellyfin$ ll
total 76
drwxr-x--- 5 jellyfin adm 4096 Jan 3 02:33 ./
drwxr-xr-x 145 root root 12288 Dec 29 18:13 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 263 Dec 22 19:35 branding.xml
drwxr-xr-x 4 jellyfin jellyfin 4096 Aug 15 12:05 dlna/
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 770 Aug 15 12:15 dlna.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 2312 Jan 3 03:35 encoding.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 1322 Oct 28 00:04 livetv.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 1362 Aug 15 12:15 logging.default.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin root 1040 Aug 15 12:15 logging.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 260 Aug 15 12:15 metadata.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 2181 Aug 15 12:15 migrations.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 1546 Nov 24 12:58 network.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 270 Jan 3 02:42 playback_reporting.xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 jellyfin jellyfin 4096 Dec 14 08:09 ScheduledTasks/
-rw-r--r-- 1 jellyfin jellyfin 5979 Dec 22 19:35 system.xml
drwxr-xr-x 3 jellyfin jellyfin 4096 Aug 15 12:05 users/RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - endymion1818 - 2024-01-03
To be clear, I upgraded Jellyfin _after_ this started to happen, to see if it would resolve the issue.
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - endymion1818 - 2024-01-03
Thanks @TheDreadPirate, I checked all XML files with an online validator and there were no errors ...
I wonder if it's system.xml that's the issue:
System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0).
---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
But I wouldn't know what was the problem there.
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - TheDreadPirate - 2024-01-03
The quick solution is to
backup /var/lib/jellyfin (this has your database and user data)
uninstall
reinstall
stop jellyfin
restore /var/lib/jellyfin from the backup
start jellyfin
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - niels - 2024-01-03
If the root element is missing that likely means the file is empty.
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - Daniel_King - 2025-01-22
(2024-01-03, 09:40 AM)endymion1818 Wrote: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0).
---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
After updating my Linux server and deleting the docker log files, I get the same error.
Could you solve this issue?
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-22
Is jellyfin installed directly on Linux or in Docker?
If directly on Linux, delete all the XMLs in /etc/jellyfin/. They will be recreated with defaults and don't contain any critical data.
If docker, navigate to where you mounted /config and delete all the XMLs in /config/config.
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - Daniel_King - 2025-01-22
I use Docker.
My config folder is mounted under "/home/jellyfin/config".
But within the config folder, there is no other config folder.
I see 4 xml files:
encoding.xml
migration.xml
network.xml
system.xml
Should I delete them, or are these other XMLs?
Edit: Removing the XMLs worked. Thanks!
RE: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0). - banked2678 - 2025-04-21
After some experimentation, I could get it working by deleting
migration.xml and system.xml.If one would like to fix this problem too, he can try deleting only these so that configs aren't lost unnecessarily.