# Jobs are not getting executed **URL:** \ **Category:** Flowable Engine\ **Created:** [August 3, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610 "2022-08-03T10:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/1 "2022-08-03T10:56:04Z")
Hi All, I am using **Flowable 6.7.2** with **Mongo DB** , In my usecase i am using boundary timers at each lanes in workflow. The respective timer-job is creating in db, but after sometime when we look the jobs, nothing gets executed and the **duedate** for all the jobs are before the **createdTime** Can i pls know the root cause of why these jobs are not getting executed or is there a way to execute these jobs ? Attaching screenshots for reference, ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/d/d19309bc6f42e07eabd09ca27f9d283713b70c5c.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/9/99b4ed31418a3591e0baa44d069c4b3f9dda45a5.png) Kindly do the needful ! Thank you, Sriram B. ---
**Author:** ![martin.grofcik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/martin.grofcik/32/71_2.png) [@martin.grofcik](https://forum.flowable.org/u/martin.grofcik)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/2 "2022-08-04T06:38:44Z")
Hi Sriram, is job executor running? Check engine configuration. Regards Martin ---
**Author:** ![paanjii2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@paanjii2](https://forum.flowable.org/u/paanjii2)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/3 "2022-08-04T08:54:33Z")
i got same issue…how can i solve this…? ---
**Author:** ![amporsim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@amporsim](https://forum.flowable.org/u/amporsim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/4 "2022-08-04T12:22:51Z")
Hi @paanjii2 For which jobs do you have this issue? Async jobs? Timer Jobs? Which Flowable version do you use? Regards, Simon ---
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/5 "2022-08-04T12:49:50Z")
Hi @martin.grofcik , > [@martin.grofcik](#): > > is job executor running? Check engine configuration. Yes the async executor is running. Refer below, ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/9/93540b551b708123035ad4a30188baa79438a85e.png) I have one more query, when we set variable using **execution.setVariable()** , will it support only upto 4k chars ? If the value exceeds 4k chars, then i am getting error. I could see some max limit is configured as in below image. Can you pls provide some clarity on this part. ![Variable Size Screenshot 2022-07-25 183938](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/f/ff50cb3ac49c31a04e9334359412a6c3d7b9637a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![martin.grofcik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/martin.grofcik/32/71_2.png) [@martin.grofcik](https://forum.flowable.org/u/martin.grofcik)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/6 "2022-08-05T02:41:25Z")
> [@sriramb](#): > > will it support only upto 4k chars No, Strings \> 4000 chars are stored as BLOBS. There are queries limitations. Regards Martin ---
**Author:** ![martin.grofcik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/martin.grofcik/32/71_2.png) [@martin.grofcik](https://forum.flowable.org/u/martin.grofcik)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/7 "2022-08-05T02:41:52Z")
jobexecutor → try to debug. ---
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/8 "2022-08-05T04:13:08Z")
> [@martin.grofcik](#): > > No, Strings \> 4000 chars are stored as BLOBS. There are queries limitations. Thanks for info @martin.grofcik . But, if the value exceeds 4k chars I am getting below error when setting the variable. Do you have any idea why I am getting this error ? **Error Message** Error while closing command context java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke “org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.data.DataManager.create()” because the return value of “org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.AbstractEntityManager.getDataManager()” is null at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.AbstractEntityManager.create(AbstractEntityManager.java:47) at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ByteArrayRef.setBytes(ByteArrayRef.java:102) at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ByteArrayRef.setValue(ByteArrayRef.java:80) at org.flowable.variable.service.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntityImpl.setBytes(VariableInstanceEntityImpl.java:115) at org.flowable.variable.service.impl.types.JsonType.setValue(JsonType.java:124) at org.flowable.variable.service.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntityImpl.setValue(VariableInstanceEntityImpl.java:141) at org.flowable.variable.service.impl.persistence.entity.VariableScopeImpl.createVariableInstance(VariableScopeImpl.java:906) at org.flowable.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntityImpl.createVariableInstance(ExecutionEntityImpl.java:839) at org.flowable.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntityImpl.createVariableLocal(ExecutionEntityImpl.java:865) at org.flowable.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntityImpl.setVariable(ExecutionEntityImpl.java:739) at org.flowable.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntityImpl.setVariable(ExecutionEntityImpl.java:702) at org.flowable.variable.service.impl.persistence.entity.VariableScopeImpl.setVariable(VariableScopeImpl.java:659) at org.flowable.engine.impl.util.ProcessInstanceHelper.createAndStartProcessInstanceWithInitialFlowElement(ProcessInstanceHelper.java:227) at org.flowable.engine.impl.util.ProcessInstanceHelper.createProcessInstance(ProcessInstanceHelper.java:109) at org.flowable.engine.impl.cmd.StartProcessInstanceCmd.startProcessInstance(StartProcessInstanceCmd.java:239) at org.flowable.engine.impl.cmd.StartProcessInstanceCmd.execute(StartProcessInstanceCmd.java:128) at org.flowable.engine.impl.cmd.StartProcessInstanceCmd.execute(StartProcessInstanceCmd.java:53) at org.flowable.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvoker$1.run(CommandInvoker.java:67) at org.flowable.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvoker.executeOperation(CommandInvoker.java:140) at org.flowable.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvoker.executeOperations(CommandInvoker.java:114) at org.flowable.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvoker.execute(CommandInvoker.java:72) at org.flowable.engine.impl.interceptor.BpmnOverrideContextInterceptor.execute(BpmnOverrideContextInterceptor.java:26) at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.interceptor.TransactionContextInterceptor.execute(TransactionContextInterceptor.java:53) at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandContextInterceptor.execute(CommandContextInterceptor.java:105) at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.interceptor.LogInterceptor.execute(LogInterceptor.java:30) at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.cfg.CommandExecutorImpl.execute(CommandExecutorImpl.java:56) at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.cfg.CommandExecutorImpl.execute(CommandExecutorImpl.java:51) at org.flowable.engine.impl.RuntimeServiceImpl.startProcessInstanceById(RuntimeServiceImpl.java:162) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205) at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:150) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:117) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:895) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:808) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1067) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:963) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:909) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:681) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:227) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:197) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:541) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:135) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:360) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:399) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:889) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1743) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) Kindly Help ! ---
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/9 "2022-08-05T04:13:41Z")
> [@martin.grofcik](#): > > jobexecutor → try to debug. ok will debug and check. Thanks @martin.grofcik ---
**Author:** ![martin.grofcik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/martin.grofcik/32/71_2.png) [@martin.grofcik](https://forum.flowable.org/u/martin.grofcik)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/10 "2022-08-05T11:52:51Z")
> [@sriramb](#): > > org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.AbstractEntityManager.create(AbstractEntityManager.java:47) > at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ByteArrayRef.setBytes(ByteArrayRef.java:102) > at org.flowable.common.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ByteArrayRef.setValue(ByteArrayRef.java:80) > at org.flowable.variable.service.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntityImpl.setBytes(VariableInstanceEntityImpl.java:115) > at org.flowable.variable.service.impl.types.JsonType.setValue(JsonType.java:124) I thought about Strings. In case of Json, you can create a jUnit test and I can have a look. ---
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/11 "2022-08-05T13:10:00Z")
> [@martin.grofcik](#): > > I thought about Strings. In case of Json, you can create a jUnit test and I can have a look. Hi @martin.grofcik , I added this configuration and now it seems to be supporting more than 4k chars. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/7/7bc033244d30a63489f3914016457af285767796.png) Thanks for your responses ! ---
**Author:** ![martin.grofcik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/martin.grofcik/32/71_2.png) [@martin.grofcik](https://forum.flowable.org/u/martin.grofcik)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/12 "2022-08-05T14:24:41Z")
15t length is too long. It can cause performance issues. Try to find out why it is not possible to store Json as bytearray. ---
**Author:** ![filiphr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/filiphr/32/315_2.png) [@filiphr](https://forum.flowable.org/u/filiphr)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/13 "2022-08-05T14:29:35Z")
Hey @sriramb, Looking at your last image it seems like you are using MongoDB. The [Flowable MongoDB](https://github.com/flowable/flowable-mongodb) integration is in alpha state and it is not recommended for production usage. We do cannot guarantee that everything works as expected using it. Cheers, Filip ---
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/14 "2022-08-06T03:40:25Z")
Hi @martin.grofcik @filiphr , Actually the use case where I need 10k string length is, I am using voting subprocess. For that we need to pass the voters list rt. I couldn’t set the voters list as array node if the length exceeds 4k. Can i know if there is any other way to send or set the voters list in voting sub process ? Cheers, Sriram B. ---
**Author:** ![martin.grofcik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/martin.grofcik/32/71_2.png) [@martin.grofcik](https://forum.flowable.org/u/martin.grofcik)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/15 "2022-08-07T16:20:32Z")
Attach the list as document (content). ---
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/16 "2022-08-09T05:29:01Z")
Hi @martin.grofcik , can you pls elaborate your suggestion ? ---
**Author:** ![martin.grofcik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/martin.grofcik/32/71_2.png) [@martin.grofcik](https://forum.flowable.org/u/martin.grofcik)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/17 "2022-08-09T06:32:53Z")
> **[REST API · Flowable Open Source Documentation](https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch15-REST/#create-a-new-attachment-on-a-task-with-an-attached-file)** > > \## General Flowable REST principles ---
**Author:** ![sriramb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@sriramb](https://forum.flowable.org/u/sriramb)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/18 "2022-08-10T04:42:41Z")
Hi @martin.grofcik , Thanks for your suggestion. I will look into it. I would like to get clarified in one more area, As i mentioned earlier, i am using a subprocess for voting, say there are **300 voters** and the voting threshold is **“Anyone”**. And if anyone voter acts on the task, it is nearly taking **40 to 55 secs** to complete sub process. Is this expected behaviour ? ![voting_subprocess](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/0/0391646cc12ce75d514be8ba7123ee3aa9f45af6.png) In the above workflow diagram, to reach the script “Count voting result”, it is nearly taking 40 to 55 secs. Please let me know if there is a way to improve performance in this area. Best Regards, Sriram B. ---
**Author:** ![paanjii2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@paanjii2](https://forum.flowable.org/u/paanjii2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/jobs-are-not-getting-executed/9610/19 "2022-10-11T10:41:56Z")
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