1.8.0-rc1 xtr.php not running tasks

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xtr.php does not appear to run tasks (“last run” time on the task tab does not update). Using the alternative web address (http://localhost/maint) does work. Below is what returns when running xtr.php via command prompt. Any ideas?

Thanks.

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The best thing to do would be to pop your CMS in “test” mode and see if you get any other errors output - or look in the log under the CONSOLE channel (in the filter).

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Nothing under the CONSOLE channel, but there are a few errors under the WEB channel (see below). I also now notice that the time stamp on the script run is out of sync with the local time (local time = GMT-05:00 although the local time/script time stamp is off by 6 hours).

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Did you put the CMS in Test mode? Settings -> Trouble Shooting -> Server Mode

I suspect that xtr.php is not able to fork tasks on windows, which would be unfortunate (i did think it might work - but perhaps not).

We might need to revert to synchronous processing on Windows. Please leave it with us.

Can you try to run the tasks manually?

php bin/run.php <taskid>
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I am able to run the tasks manually using run.php (did so for daily maintenance, regular maintenance, and email notifications - taskid 1, 2, and 3). What does the symbol under status mean (below)?

I tried test mode again - output in the cli did not change (is that what you meant by errors output, or is there somewhere else I should be looking). Still nothing in the CONSOLE channel (under Advanced -> Log). Let me know if there is any other data I can pull for you (although it appears you have the issue identified).

Thanks again for your help!

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I think the overriding issue is that xtr.php doesn’t seem to run on Windows - probably because we are forking processes. That means we need to think about our architecture.

The bug symbol means that the process we forked run.php <taskid> returned a non-0 exit code - meaning an error.

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XTR not working on Windows as reported in POST.
I am willing to do any test they need in a custom windows environment.

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Could you run the command in the command line instead of a scheduled task (with the CMS in test mode) and then see if there are any logs for the channel CONSOLE ?

Thanks

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Should this be fixed in the meantime?
I’ve added a Windows scheduled task and everything seems to run but the Daily Maintenance.
It’s forking a process with pid 0.

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We would expect tasks in 1.8.2 to be working properly. If you’re running an earlier version, then they are still problematic.