Long running processes prevent other processes from responding as quickly as intended. Typically a problem in UI programming, long running processes can prevent the UI from responding to user input.
Questions tagged [long-running-processes]
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Service that survives Task Killers like Pandora / How do Services actually work?
First off, this is not aimed at perpetuating bloatware and other bad practices. I know many will say "don't do that" but I promise to respect users.
I am building an app where I would like a service to run indefinitely. A couple questions:
Are…

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ASP.NET CQRS and long running tasks hosted in external process
I have a web application where users can enqueue tasks to export some data. The process can take up to 2-3 hours but can complete in seconds depending what was requested.
The export process will be handled like that:
public class…

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Keep background service running after killing an application
I have developed an android application which runs background service, I need the service to stay alive even if the application is killed by user or for some reason. I have implemented the service and add return START_STICKY in onStartCommand method…

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How to run a long running process in JSF without facing "Connection Failed" error in browser
I have a process which takes more than five minutes, after those minutes internet explorer throws a "Connection Failed" error, but internally it keeps running, the view throws the error. I increased the lifetime of the managed bean as…

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NodeJS process each record of a very large mongodb collection blocks event loop
I have a mongodb database with several collections:
Collection1: holds records of books.
Collection2: holds records of authors.
Collection3: holds records of Owner.
Collection3 has approximately 500 MB.
I need to loop over the Owner collection and…

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How to check in Python if Windows process is running when its service has stopped?
Some Windows processes keep running for a few minutes after their service has stopped. Is there a way in Python to detect that?

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Akka Daemon Services
Most of the beginner's Akka examples seem to advocate calling the actor system's stop() and shutdown() methods like so:
object Main extends App {
// create the ActorSystem
val system = ActorSystem("HelloSystem")
// put your actors to…

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aws codedeploy long-running process
Aws codedeploy is being applied.
The appspec file is shown below.
version: 0.0
os: linux
files:
- source: script/install-file.sh
destination: /home/
hooks:
AfterInstall:
- location: script/install-file.sh
timeout: 120
runas:…

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why query is taking too long
I have a query that should return around 10000 rows. The db itself is very large. I have run a simple query and it returned a result in less than 3 seconds. But when a more complex code it takes way too long.
In my code I have done a nested select…

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NodeJS Dynamic Service Loader & Runner
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I'm trying to build a few slack hooks / notification services for a channel I'm active on, being the cheap-skate finance savvy person that I am, I'd like to make use of a free service as such (trail Heroku accounts, or similar products),…

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Long Running task from asp.net web application (Only on user action)
I need to run a long running task like report export, report import feature which will take few minutes to hour to complete the task. I want to start the task as soon as user gives command from the asp.net mvc view.
I found various web portals, but…

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iOS: Long-Running task
This is the example from developer.apple.com
Finite-Length Tasks
Starting a background task at quit time
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
bgTask = [application beginBackgroundTaskWithName:@"MyTask"…

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Asp.net - how to know when a thread dies
I'm building a web application in Asp.net. I have long-running tasks that may or may not get finished, as IIS tends to kill long running tasks.
Problem? Nope. I use quartz to periodically restart tasks that die (as changes get saved in the DB, so…

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http REST consumer timeout
I implemented a https/REST provider in node.js using express. The function is calling a webservice, transforming/enhancing data and returning transformed data as csv using response. Execution time of one get request is between 4 minutes 30 seconds…

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LoadingScreen drawing issue without Application.DoEvents Why?
I have a mainform with a simple button to test my loading screen.
public partial class MainForm : Form
{
public MainForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void loadingscreenTest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
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