From 761352c6cb47d225b06747b1758e518ce0095018 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Varun Patil <radialapps@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:31:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: document places setup error

Signed-off-by: Varun Patil <radialapps@gmail.com>
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 docs/troubleshooting.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.md b/docs/troubleshooting.md
index e64f3dc08..19bf11215 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.md
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ init_connect='SET NAMES utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
 
 Restart your database server after making this change.
 
+### General error: 2006 MySQL server has gone away
+
+You may encounter this error where MySQL crashes during planet DB insertion. In this case, use a smaller transaction size for insertion.
+
+```bash
+occ memories:places-setup --transaction-size=10
+```
+
 ## Transcoding
 
 Memories transcodes videos on the fly per-user. This saves space, but requires reasonably good hardware, preferably with hardware acceleration. Check the troubleshooting section [here](/hw-transcoding/#troubleshooting).