# Stale Jobs

## Preventing Stale Jobs

### Overview

The **Stale Jobs** feature in Vault enables administrators to monitor and manage jobs that have stalled during execution. Any job that remains inactive—i.e., without backend file updates—for **four consecutive days** is flagged as a *Stale Job*.

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### Introduction

Vault manages stale jobs using a two-pronged approach:

1. **Automated Cron Job**: Scheduled weekly to identify and terminate long-running inactive jobs.
2. **Stale Jobs Interface**: Allows admins to manually view, select, and terminate stale jobs.

Key behaviors:

* Admins can manually terminate one or more stale jobs.
* For a single job, a **termination notification** is sent to both the admin and the job creator.
* For multiple jobs, a **consolidated notification** is delivered.

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### How to Access the Stale Jobs Module

1. **Select the target Org** from the list of available organizations.

   ![Select Org](/files/MnX0spUq86QKsYUvkL6V)
2. A list of jobs from various modules (Backup, Restore, Replicate, Archive) will be displayed for the selected Org.
3. Navigate between module tabs to review stale jobs in each category:
   * **Backup Jobs**\
     ![Backup Tab](/files/CGcapxI6cX5Ot5qY4PZd)
   * **Restore Jobs**\
     ![Restore Tab](/files/KNh7kmDmhmG40WZyVbLz)
   * **Replicate Jobs**\
     ![Replicate Tab](/files/s8U3DXlJTQWzoYuXeAfb)
   * **Archive Jobs**\
     ![Archive Tab](/files/aJUSee8A7cQfjArm3HlS)

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### Terminating Stale Jobs

4. Select the jobs you wish to terminate and click **Terminate**.
5. **Notifications:**

   * **Single Job Termination**:
     * An email is sent from the relevant module.
     * The message includes a new field: `Terminate Reason`.
   * **Multiple Job Termination**:
     * A consolidated email lists all terminated jobs.

   ![Termination Notification](/files/JW60jeVrE6SHwZr90DHV)

This feature ensures system hygiene and prevents inactive jobs from consuming unnecessary system resources.


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