# Nextcloud Background Jobs not Running

**URL:** <https://community.start9.com/t/nextcloud-background-jobs-not-running/3985>\
**Category:** Services Support\
**Tags:** nextcloud\
**Created:** [August 29, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/nextcloud-background-jobs-not-running/3985 "2025-08-29T17:23:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shadowstep2003](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shadowstep2003](https://community.start9.com/u/Shadowstep2003)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/nextcloud-background-jobs-not-running/3985/1 "2025-08-29T17:23:19Z")

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I recently installed Nextcloud on my device through the marketplace and installed the apps Memories, Recognition, and Preview Generator.

At some point index jobs for memories stopped running and when I check Basic Settings tab it tells me last background job execution was 18 hours ago. I believe this is related to Cron or a php file memory limit issue, but I don’t know how to fix this issue.

My logs give me the following error, but I’m unsure how to resolve it and get things running smoothly / background jobs executing as they should normally.

As an aside, I’m very new to nextcloud and this is my first time using it. Thank you for any help or direction.

 ![image](https://community.start9.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e6a4d971550a69e7d3d75e637702b6f5ff860dac.png)

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**Author:** ![datamaycare](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/datamaycare/32/1234_2.png) [@datamaycare](https://community.start9.com/u/datamaycare)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/nextcloud-background-jobs-not-running/3985/2 "2025-08-29T20:11:16Z")

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Hmm, Going to need a little more info please.

1. What version of NextCloud are you using?
2. Are you uploading a great big pile of stuff initially?
3. Could you give us a screenshot of “Basic Settings” \> “Background Jobs”? please

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**Author:** ![Shadowstep2003](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shadowstep2003](https://community.start9.com/u/Shadowstep2003)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/nextcloud-background-jobs-not-running/3985/3 "2025-08-29T21:05:52Z")

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I was on the somewhat latest version of Nextcloud (30.0) and yes I started by trying to upload 1000+ photos on the first day.

At this moment I kind of gave up and Uninstalled Nextcloud then Installed again for a fresh start. I am now going through very systematically to try and avoid issues.

So far I am OK, thank you for the response.