Python background jobs sometimes run twice
Background jobs in a Python application are sometimes executed twice because a worker reclaims a job that another worker already started or finished.
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4 public reports · first reported 3 October 2026 · last reported 4 October 2026
What's going wrong
Developers running Python background job workers report that a job occasionally runs more than once, even though the application submitted it only once.
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