Work Queue
8 min
the work queue screen shows currently executing automations, batch jobs, and web services items being executed are sorted by the length of time they have been executing, with the longest running items at the top of the list each item will show how long it has been executing if possible, it will also show an estimated time remaining until completion and/or an estimated completion time for any loop processing being performed by an automation moving the mouse cursor over the list of executing items will pause the list from auto refreshing move the mouse cursor away from the list to have it auto refresh again drain work queue this button toggles the draining of the work queue draining the work queue stops the system from placing any new work into the queue items already executing are allowed to fully complete their processing lock work queue this button toggles the locking of the work queue locking the work queue stops the system from placing any new work into the queue items already executing are halted after they process the current trigger data row generally, automations that are halted before processing all their trigger data rows will process the remaining rows the next time the automation executes stop work queue this button toggles the locking of the work queue any items currently executing in the queue will be immediately and forcibly halted stopping the work queue while items are running should only be done as an emergency last resort! view in memory queued items views all items in the memory queue that are awaiting to be executed disabling apps if an app's api stops responding, sometimes the api's implementation won't terminate the socket connection in a timely manner which in turn will cause automations using the app's api to clog the work queue as they await api responses until a timeout tells them to give up when such a situation occurs, it may be best to disable an app so that no automations that use the app will be processed by the work queue click this link to edit the list of disabled apps then enter one or more app names, separated by commas the app names must exactly match! any disabled apps will be shown automations using those apps will not be processed by the work queue until the apps are re enabled click the link again and remove them from the list of disabled apps in order to enable them again account filtering the list of running items can be filtered by a single account by clicking this link select the desired account and pick it then the list of running items will be filtered to only show items running for the selected account click the reset button to remove the account filter