WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [timer] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at [time]

jakarta-ee timer ejb wildfly ejb-timer

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This is an acknowledged bug. See https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-6561.

The bug has also been applied to JBoss 7 as well: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBEAP-4442

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Updated on June 04, 2022

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Tiny almost 2 years

I have defined some persistent timers in a singleton EJB as follows (using WildFly 9.0.2 final).

@Startup
@Singleton
@Lock(LockType.READ)
public class BackgroundJobManager implements BackgroundJobService {

    @Schedule(dayOfMonth = "1", month = "Jan", year = "*", hour = "0", minute = "0", second = "0", persistent = true)
    private void doYearlyJob() {
        //...
    }

    @Schedule(hour = "*", minute = "*/5", second = "0", persistent = true)
    private void updateTopSellers() {
        //...
    }

    @Schedule(hour = "*", minute = "*/1", second = "0", persistent = true)
    private void updateFeedback() {
        //...
    }

    //...
}

Several warnings are issued on server startup and when the application is redeployed like the following (these are merely a few of them).

19:46:51,687 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 3) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:25:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:51 IST 2015.
19:46:51,796 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 4) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=fc285ef2-c7a1-4a2e-af57-d320c769b445 timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 22:50:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:51 IST 2015.
19:46:51,890 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 5) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:26:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:51 IST 2015.
19:46:51,953 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 6) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=fc285ef2-c7a1-4a2e-af57-d320c769b445 timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 22:55:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:51 IST 2015.
19:46:51,984 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 7) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:27:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:51 IST 2015.
19:46:52,062 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 8) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=fc285ef2-c7a1-4a2e-af57-d320c769b445 timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 23:00:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,218 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 9) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:28:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,328 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 10) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=fc285ef2-c7a1-4a2e-af57-d320c769b445 timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 23:05:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,390 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 3) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:29:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,453 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 4) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=fc285ef2-c7a1-4a2e-af57-d320c769b445 timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 23:10:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,484 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 5) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:30:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,531 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 6) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=fc285ef2-c7a1-4a2e-af57-d320c769b445 timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 23:15:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,593 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 7) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:31:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,687 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 8) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=fc285ef2-c7a1-4a2e-af57-d320c769b445 timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 23:20:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.
19:46:52,781 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (EJB default - 9) WFLYEJB0043: A previous execution of timer [id=15baaed1-d804-48fc-acdb-80ea3e04735f timedObjectId=WildFly.WildFly-ejb.BackgroundJobManager auto-timer?:true persistent?:true timerService=org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl@9e86f initialExpiration=null intervalDuration(in milli sec)=0 nextExpiration=Fri Dec 11 16:32:00 IST 2015 timerState=IN_TIMEOUT info=null] is still in progress, skipping this overlapping scheduled execution at: Sat Dec 12 19:46:52 IST 2015.

Timer service is defined in standalone-full-ha.xml as follows.

<timer-service thread-pool-name="default" default-data-store="clustered-store">
    <data-stores>
        <database-data-store name="clustered-store" datasource-jndi-name="java:jboss/datasources/projectXADatasource" database="mysql" partition="timer"/>
    </data-stores>
</timer-service>

These warnings also appear, when these timers are persisted to the file system in place of a database, no matter whether the application is deployed in a cluster (standalone-full-ha.xml) or non-cluster (standalone-full.xml) environment.

I regularly flush out all contents of standalone/data (except the deployed JDBC driver and custom contents), standalone/deployments and standalone/tmp whenever necessary. Symptoms of timers are no longer available in standalone/data as they were before, when timers were initially being persisted to the file system.

Is there a fix?

_{There is a question but I am not satisfied with the answer given (sorry). Besides, that question uses JBoss EAP 6.4 and why the tag spring presents there while using EJBs in an application server is a mystery to me.}

Update :

The issue remains stationary in WildFly 10.0.0 final.

99Sono almost 7 years

Thanks for the reference
Ewerton almost 6 years

i have the same problema and turning persistent to false does not solve the problem
dan almost 6 years

@Ewerton, very interesting. What would JBoss be in the middle of executing if it didn't persist your timer during the last shutdown?