Title: Long running process problem
Last modified: May 22, 2021

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# Long running process problem

 *  Resolved [colinbritton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colinbritton/)
 * (@colinbritton)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-running-process-problem/)
 * My WP hosting provider kills processes that run for longer than a minute to protect
   the server. I have a large user import to run – 12k users, which takes 45 minutes.
   Have you considered a batch mode or some way of using the cron mode to import
   people without running the import form for 45 minutes?

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 *  Plugin Author [Javier Carazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * (@carazo)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-running-process-problem/#post-14470786)
 * Good morning [@colinbritton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colinbritton/),
 * I know this is a problem. But this is not easy to solve.
 * Anyway, the solution now is possible: make possible more long process. But yes,
   some hostings does not allow it.
 * Stay tuned. We want to solve this also in other parts of the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [colinbritton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colinbritton/)
 * (@colinbritton)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-running-process-problem/#post-14472670)
 * Does the cron task keep track of how many rows it has read or does it process
   every row each time?
 *  Plugin Author [Javier Carazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * (@carazo)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-running-process-problem/#post-14472734)
 * No, when it ends. It saved the log, but not before.

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 * Last reply from: [Javier Carazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-running-process-problem/#post-14472734)
 * Status: resolved