I am using Airflow 1.7.1.3 with CeleryExecutor, but not run into this issue.
I am wondering if this issue is only for 1.8.x ?

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Russell Pierce <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Depending on how fast you can clear down your queue, -n can be harmful and
> really stack up your celery queue. Keep an eye on your queue depth of you
> see a ton of messages about the task already having been run.
>
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017, 9:18 AM Josef Samanek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hey. Thanks for the answer. I previously also tried to run scheduler -n
> > 10, but it was back when I was still using LocalExecutor. And it did not
> > help. I have not yet tried to do it with CeleryExecutor, so I might.
> >
> > Still, I would prefer to find an actual solution for the underlying
> > problem, not just a workaround (eventhough a working workaround is also
> > appreciated).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Joe
> >
> > On 2017-06-02 00:10 (+0200), Alex Guziel <[email protected].
> INVALID>
> > wrote:
> > > We've noticed this with celery, relating to this
> > > https://github.com/celery/celery/issues/3765
> > >
> > > We also use `-n 5` option on the scheduler so it restarts every 5 runs,
> > > which will reset all queued tasks.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Josef Samanek <[email protected]
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > We have a problem with our airflow. Sometimes, several tasks get
> queued
> > > > but they never get run and remain in Queud state forever. Other tasks
> > from
> > > > the same schedule interval run. And next schedule interval runs
> > normally
> > > > too. But these several tasks remain queued.
> > > >
> > > > We are using Airflow 1.8.1. Currently with CeleryExecutor and redis,
> > but
> > > > we had the same problem with LocalExecutor as well (actually
> switching
> > to
> > > > Celery helped quite a bit, the problem now happens way less often,
> but
> > > > still it happens). We have 18 DAGs total, 13 active. Some have just
> 1-2
> > > > tasks, but some are more complex, like 8 tasks or so and with
> > upstreams.
> > > > There are also ExternalTaskSensor tasks used.
> > > >
> > > > I tried playing around with DAG configurations (limiting concurrency,
> > > > max_active_runs, ...), tried switching off some DAGs completely (not
> > all
> > > > but most) etc., so far nothing helped. Right now, I am not really
> sure,
> > > > what else to try to identify a solve the issue.
> > > >
> > > > I am getting a bit desperate, so I would really appreciate any help
> > with
> > > > this. Thank you all in advance!
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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