Your jobs will run when resources become available. Some of your jobs run, some of other people’s jobs, more of yours, repeat. This is how public Galaxy servers always work, so the operation is very normal.
If you are working at UseGalaxy.eu, the overall queue state is graphed by tool. You’ll see the most popular tools being used right now, and can maybe get a very general estimate from that.
As of right now at UseGalaxy.eu
- Over 650 people are using the server
- About 500 jobs are executing
- Several thousand jobs are queued
The statistics are recalculated in real time, and you can always check that statistics page whenever you want to get an update. No one really knows which jobs are exactly yours but you can at least get a general idea of how busy the service is.
Other public Galaxy servers may not have those same graphics available publicly but the server state will be about the same: each is continually processing new work. The best advice is to queue your jobs, considering setting a notification, then check back later.
Hope this help! 