Title: queue.lock preventing queue
Last modified: October 1, 2020

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# queue.lock preventing queue

 *  [exactprecisions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exactprecisions/)
 * (@exactprecisions)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/queue-lock-preventing-queue/)
 * I followed the suggestion to remove queue.lock to start processing again. Mine
   was stuck. It’s a very large site. I used the plugin to check cron and it’s fine.
   I’ve watched the cron run a few times and it seems after so many successful attempts
   it will create this lock. Sometimes it deletes it. Sometimes it doesn’t and gets
   stuck.

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/queue-lock-preventing-queue/#post-13477337)
 * If the queue regularly gets stuck, you should lower the “request limit” in Settings-
   > Autoptimize -> Critical CSS -> Advanced settings.
 * hope this helps,
    frank

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