Monero Node | Status toggles intermittently between "Running.." and "Starting"

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Does anyone else have a full node of Monero installed? Suddenly and unexpectedly, the Status of my node keeps refreshing between “Running” and “Starting”

If anyone else has similar experiences or knows a fix, that insight will be welcomed.

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Check the service logs for clues as to what might be going on. Definitely do the norms, like restarting the server. You can also reach out to the package developer for assistance.

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Tried a system rebuild. Unsuccessful. Log output as follows:

2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 This is the RPC monero wallet. It needs to connect to a monero
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 daemon to work correctly.
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 Monero ‘Fluorine Fermi’ (v0.18.3.4-release)
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 Logging to /data/.bitmonero/logs/monero-wallet-rpc.log
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.291 I Binding on 0.0.0.0 (IPv4):28088
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.307 I Monero ‘Fluorine Fermi’ (v0.18.3.4-release)
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.308 I Initializing cryptonote protocol…
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.308 I Cryptonote protocol initialized OK
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.309 I Initializing core…
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.311 I Loading blockchain from folder /data/.bitmonero/lmdb …
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.312 W Failed to commit a transaction to the db: MDB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.314 E Error opening database: Failed to commit a transaction to the db: MDB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.320 I Stopping cryptonote protocol…
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.320 I Cryptonote protocol stopped successfully
2024-12-21T17:49:13+02:00 2024-12-21 15:49:13.320 E Exception in main! Failed to initialize core

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I’m not clear on how we went from a single restarting service to a system rebuild. Did you contact the package maintainer. Is that what was recommended?