Hi all,

On a site that imports and updates nodes, the import process that is triggered by cron tends to fail sometimes. The import task remains locked until I manually unlock it. This requires me to log into the site every day and see if there's anything stuck and if so, unlock it and manually do an import.

I think it would be a lot easier if locked processes are unlocked automatically so that on the next cron, the import is attempted again. Is there a way to automatically kill zombie imports and unlock the feed importer?

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AlfTheCat’s picture

AlfTheCat CreditAttribution: AlfTheCat commented

Anyone have any guidance on this? I'm now having this issue every day. I've never had this problem with feeds before. Taks is stuck at xx% and I have to unlock it and manually run the import (which always works fine).

Lissy’s picture

Lissy CreditAttribution: Lissy commented

I'am also looking for a solution how to programmatically unlock the importer in cron batch.

AlfTheCat’s picture

AlfTheCat CreditAttribution: AlfTheCat commented

Hi Lissy,

Check out this thread I started in the Ultimate Cron issue queue. I'm short on time so I haven't tested the solution yet but it looks very viable to me.
https://drupal.org/node/2152335

brianbrarian’s picture

brianbrarian CreditAttribution: brianbrarian commented

@AlfTheCat - Did you ever find a working solution? I'm having the same problem importing from a large CSV file.