Schedules job are not executed when one of the job is hanging

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Schedules job are not executed when one of the job is hanging

David Ghoussoub 46

I have few jobs scheduled at different times. If for any reason one of the jobs hangs, the rest of the scheduled jobs do not run until the hanging job is killed.

MotoX80 37,681 Reputation points

2022-11-21T22:52:39.677+00:00

Are you referring to the Windows Task Scheduler? You really need to provide a lot more information and explain what troubleshooting steps you have done. We don't know anything about your "jobs".
David Ghoussoub 46 Reputation points

2022-11-21T22:58:49.23+00:00

Yes, it is about Windows Task Scheduler and the jobs are vb programs. There is not much about troubleshooting. As soon as I kill the job that hangs, the next in-line kick-in as if the scheduled jobs are in a First In First Out queue.
MotoX80 37,681 Reputation points

2022-11-21T23:25:26.433+00:00

Sorry, I have no idea what you are doing. Do you have multiple tasks defined? Or do you have multiple triggers in one task? Is the task scheduler launching the task, but the program it executes just isn't running? Why is the first task hanging? Have you talked to VB developer and captured stdout and stderr for them to review?

Can you share some screen images of what you have defined and what you see when it hangs?
MotoX80 37,681 Reputation points

2022-11-21T23:31:04.943+00:00

If the VB program has a lock on a file or a database table, then then any subsequent instances of that program might hang. I would recommend working with the developer and figure out why it's hanging.
David Ghoussoub 46 Reputation points

2022-11-22T13:17:47.17+00:00

I am already checking with developer but my question is more of general one regardless of the task running or to that matter the task hanging. Is the Task Scheduler multithreaded or does it run one task at a time?

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MotoX80 37,681 Reputation points

2022-11-21T22:52:39.677+00:00

Are you referring to the Windows Task Scheduler? You really need to provide a lot more information and explain what troubleshooting steps you have done. We don't know anything about your "jobs".
David Ghoussoub 46 Reputation points

2022-11-21T22:58:49.23+00:00

Yes, it is about Windows Task Scheduler and the jobs are vb programs. There is not much about troubleshooting. As soon as I kill the job that hangs, the next in-line kick-in as if the scheduled jobs are in a First In First Out queue.
MotoX80 37,681 Reputation points

2022-11-21T23:25:26.433+00:00

Sorry, I have no idea what you are doing. Do you have multiple tasks defined? Or do you have multiple triggers in one task? Is the task scheduler launching the task, but the program it executes just isn't running? Why is the first task hanging? Have you talked to VB developer and captured stdout and stderr for them to review?

Can you share some screen images of what you have defined and what you see when it hangs?
MotoX80 37,681 Reputation points

2022-11-21T23:31:04.943+00:00

If the VB program has a lock on a file or a database table, then then any subsequent instances of that program might hang. I would recommend working with the developer and figure out why it's hanging.
David Ghoussoub 46 Reputation points

2022-11-22T13:17:47.17+00:00

I am already checking with developer but my question is more of general one regardless of the task running or to that matter the task hanging. Is the Task Scheduler multithreaded or does it run one task at a time?

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does it run one task at a time?

The task scheduler can run multiple tasks at a time. Here I defined 2 tasks to run "cmd.exe /c timeout /t 120". That will run for 2 minutes. The second task is scheduled to run one minute after the first.

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