How to synchronize locked subscriptions with their service plans

Kuzma Ivanov

Updated August 26, 2025 01:33

Plesk for Windows kb: how-to Plesk for Linux FR:PPM-2893

Applicable to:

Plesk for Linux
Plesk for Windows

Question

A subscription is flagged with a blue lock saying:

PLESK_INFO: The subscription is locked for synchronization: It is excluded from syncing with the service plan because the subscription parameters were customized.

How to synchronize locked subscriptions with their service plans?

Answer

Synchronizing a subscription with its service plan via Plesk

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Subscriptions > example.com.
Click Unlock & Sync in the Account section on the right.

Note: If the Account section is hidden, click on the button in the upper right corner.

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Synchronizing all subscriptions via a command-line interface

In Plesk for Linux

Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.
Create a list with all locked subscriptions:

# plesk db -sNe "select name from domains d INNER JOIN Subscriptions s ON d.id=s.object_id where d.webspace_id=0 AND s.object_type='domain' AND s.locked='true'" > /root/locked_subscriptions.txt
Unlock subscriptions from the generated list:

# for domain in `cat /root/locked_subscriptions.txt`; do /usr/local/psa/bin/subscription --unlock-subscription $domain; done
Synchronize these subscriptions with their service plans:

# for domain in `cat /root/locked_subscriptions.txt`; do /usr/local/psa/bin/subscription --sync-subscription $domain; done
(Optional) Verify that no unsynced subscriptions left. The following command should return empty output:

# plesk db -sNe "select name from domains d INNER JOIN Subscriptions s ON d.id=s.object_id where d.webspace_id=0 AND s.object_type='domain' AND s.synchronized='false'"

In Plesk for Windows Server

Connect to the Plesk server via RDP.
Start a command prompt as an Administrator.
Create a list with all locked subscriptions:

C:\> plesk db -sNe "select name from domains d INNER JOIN Subscriptions s ON d.id=s.object_id where d.webspace_id=0 AND s.object_type='domain' AND s.locked='true'" > locked_subscriptions.txt
Unlock and synchronize subscriptions from the generated list:

C:\> for /f %i in (locked_subscriptions.txt) do plesk bin subscription --unlock-subscription %i & for /f %i in (locked_subscriptions.txt) do plesk bin subscription --sync-subscription %i
(Optional) Verify that no unsynced subscriptions left. The following command should return empty output:

C:\> plesk db -sNe "select name from domains d INNER JOIN Subscriptions s ON d.id=s.object_id where d.webspace_id=0 AND s.object_type='domain' AND s.synchronized='false'"