Title: Bulk Process – Task timed out
Last modified: November 23, 2024

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# Bulk Process – Task timed out

 *  [selenii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/selenii/)
 * (@selenii)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/)
 * Hello,
 * I have the problem that when I use the “Start Bulk Processing” function, the 
   process freezes after two images.
 * My setting:
   Imagick with WebP and AVIF
 * Log shows this last line: [2024-11-23 20:23:41][notice]test imagick image.jpg

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 *  Plugin Support [nicholas2019](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas2019/)
 * (@nicholas2019)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18156731)
 * Hello,
 * We are going to investigate the issue and will promptly provide you with an update.
 * Kind regards.
 *  [therealdj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therealdj/)
 * (@therealdj)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18157071)
 * Are these images resized by WordPress? In the beginning I also had some freeze
   problems with 2 or 3 images out of a total of +/- 250 images.
   When you go to 
   the Media Library (list view) are you able to use the Convert button? It’s a 
   lot of work to convert them one by one, but this way you can exclude corrupt 
   files.The JPG images worked just fine in my case, but when converting I got a
   freeze. After re-uploading these few images, everything worked properly. I don’t
   know if you face the same problem, but maybe it’s worth a try.
 *  Thread Starter [selenii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/selenii/)
 * (@selenii)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18157246)
 * Exactly, when I do this in mediathek, everything works perfectly. Sometimes it
   takes a little time, but it works. Unfortunately I have far too many pictures,
   otherwise I would have done it manually.
 *  [therealdj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therealdj/)
 * (@therealdj)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18157254)
 * When you use the Imagick option and select only WebP, does it work? In my case
   it had to do with the AVIF conversion.
   In the log you can also see which file
   it converts before it freezes. This is how I found the files that were causing
   problems. But of course it would be nice if the developers find the cause and
   find a fix, so perhaps you could share the logs with them.
 *  Plugin Support [tonyrobins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyrobins/)
 * (@tonyrobins)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18157270)
 * Hello [@selenii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/selenii/) [@therealdj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therealdj/)
 * CompressX determines whether the image needs to be resized based on users settings.
   If resizing is needed, it will use WordPress’s resize API to handle it.
 * It is actually hard to determine the cause as there is not much information about
   this kind of issue. One possibility we can guess is that there may be some problems
   with these images, causing the GD or Imgick library to encounter a fatal error
   when processing these images, resulting in the process being interrupted.
 * We’d be happy to troubleshoot further if you could send us a debug zip from the
   System info tab of the plugin. When doing that, please include a link to the 
   thread for us to track the issue.
 * All the best,
 *  Thread Starter [selenii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/selenii/)
 * (@selenii)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18157581)
 * Hello @tonyrobins
 * I think you identified my thread via the support request.
 * Unfortunately, I can see in the log that it is not due to a format, but rather
   to the size, i.e. the resolution. There are several sizes that are defined in
   my WordPress. At one of these sizes the process freezes.
 *  Plugin Support [nicholas2019](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas2019/)
 * (@nicholas2019)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18157868)
 * Thank you for your update. We are actively troubleshooting the issue and will
   notify you promptly once it has been resolved.

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 * Last reply from: [nicholas2019](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas2019/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-process-task-timed-out/#post-18157868)
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