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External Job Hang In "JS External Job" Wait Event (Doc ID 1669534.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2.0 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Scheduler session is hanging in "JS external job" wait event.

exec DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_CREDENTIAL('ORACLE_CRED','oracle','****');
begin
 DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_JOB(
  job_name => 'gzip_job',
  job_type => 'EXECUTABLE',
  job_action => '/bin/gzip',
  number_of_arguments => 1,
  enabled => false,
  auto_drop => true,
  credential_name => 'ORACLE_CRED');
 DBMS_SCHEDULER.SET_JOB_ARGUMENT_VALUE('gzip_job',1,'/tmp/test.txt');
 DBMS_SCHEDULER.ENABLE('gzip_job');
end;
/


Prompt returned but an ACTIVE session hang in "JS external job" wait event.

Cause

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