Answers.Body: <blockquote>
    <p>What is the function of the Stalled Tasks menu option?</p>
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  <p>To let you know there is currently a stalled task, to show all of the subsequent tasks that stalled task is blocking and in some scenarios, give you a chance to restart the task.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>What is it supposed to do when clicking on it?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Show a modal with the stalled task and (potentially) other tasks that it is blocking.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Is it normal for it to be there... all the time?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Nope. The underlying reason that task stalled should be debugged and fixed. <a href="https://craftcms.com/support/stuck-tasks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/support/stuck-tasks</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Is it normal for the browser to freeze when I click on it?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Nope.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Just wondering...</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>What is the function of the Stalled Tasks menu option?</li>
  <li>What is it supposed to do when clicking on it?</li>
  <li>Is it normal for it to be there... all the time?</li>
  <li>Is it normal for the browser to freeze when I click on it?</li>
  </ul>
  
Tags: <admin><stalled-tasks>
Title: What's the function of the Stalled Tasks menu option?
ThreadText: # What's the function of the Stalled Tasks menu option?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-24)
  
  Just wondering...
  
  * What is the function of the Stalled Tasks menu option?
  * What is it supposed to do when clicking on it?
  * Is it normal for it to be there... all the time?
  * Is it normal for the browser to freeze when I click on it?
  
  **Tags:** admin, stalled-tasks
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-25. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  > What is the function of the Stalled Tasks menu option?
  
  To let you know there is currently a stalled task, to show all of the subsequent tasks that stalled task is blocking and in some scenarios, give you a chance to restart the task.
  
  > What is it supposed to do when clicking on it?
  
  Show a modal with the stalled task and (potentially) other tasks that it is blocking.
  
  > Is it normal for it to be there... all the time?
  
  Nope. The underlying reason that task stalled should be debugged and fixed. <https://craftcms.com/support/stuck-tasks>
  
  > Is it normal for the browser to freeze when I click on it?
  
  Nope.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks username_1! For some reason it wasn't very obvious until just now   
  
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