# Job waiting to run, but others are working?

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-waiting-to-run-but-others-are-working/12431>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.org support\
**Tags:** queued-gray-datasets\
**Created:** [May 7, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-waiting-to-run-but-others-are-working/12431 "2024-05-07T20:38:33Z")\
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Welcome, @ebrandt

Different types of tools get routed to different clusters, and which cluster happens to be free for new jobs changes all the time. So, what is going on seems normal.

And remember, every time you delete and rerun a job, that new jobs is added back to the end of the queue again. If you do this often enough, a job may never get the chance to move up and actually run. So, try to leave queued jobs queued.

Later on, you can use a workflow. Or, you could use one now since each tutorial includes a workflow template. 🙂 Using a workflow queues all of your jobs at once!

More details

> [@Troubleshooting resources for errors or unexpected results](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/troubleshooting-resources-for-errors-or-unexpected-results/42/1):
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> ⏰ When working at [UseGalaxy.org](http://UseGalaxy.org), [UseGalaxy.eu](http://UseGalaxy.eu), or [UseGalaxy.org.au](http://UseGalaxy.org.au), your analysis jobs execute [at large scale academic clusters](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/faqs/galaxy/#analysis). Hundreds of thousands of jobs process each month!
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> - Use a [Workflow](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/search2?query=workflow) for batch work.
> - Allow [queued (grey color) and executing (yellow) datasets](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/faqs/galaxy/datasets_job_status.html) to finish processing.
> - Deleting and rerunning puts your job back _at the end_ of the queue again!
> - Job priority is the exactly the same for everyone.
> - **Be patient**. Galaxy is a free service, when a lot of people are using it, [you may have to wait longer than usual](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/faqs/galaxy/analysis_jobs_not_running.html) (especially for ‘big’ jobs, e.g. alignments).

Hope this helps!

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