Commons:Job queue

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The job queue performs tasks that can run asynchronously, and which might take a large amount of time, such as HTML cache invalidation using batch processing.

Info: This page just gives a brief introduction to the job queue. For detailed information, please see Manual:Job queue.

Examples of jobs

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  • When a page is deleted or restored, all links to it from other pages must be changed to redlinks or bluelinks to indicate whether the page exists.
  • When a file is re-uploaded, all of its thumbnails must be re-rendered, and their sizes recalculated.
  • When a user is renamed, their userpage must be moved to new location.
  • When a category is added to or removed from a page, affected pages must be updated.

Status

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Everything below 1000 jobs is considered normal. Live data is available via api.