# RNA STAR still running after four days

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/rna-star-still-running-after-four-days/11989>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.eu support\
**Tags:** queued-gray-datasets, rna\_star\
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/rna-star-still-running-after-four-days/11989 "2024-03-22T18:48:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Fizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fizz](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Fizz)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/rna-star-still-running-after-four-days/11989/1 "2024-03-22T18:48:29Z")

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My RNA STAR alignment of 24 paired-end dataset collection is still running after four days. For the last two days, it is stuck on 23 “OK” and 1 “running”. I understand that this analysis occurs on one of the busiest servers, but is there any way to know or predict when it will be complete?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/rna-star-still-running-after-four-days/11989/2 "2024-03-23T00:57:00Z")

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Hi @Fizz

We can’t predict exactly when your jobs will complete, but you can peek at how busy the [UseGalaxy.eu](http://UseGalaxy.eu) server is overall. This includes a breakdown by tool, including mapping tools…

Go to the server homepage and scroll down to here →

 ![Statistics-at-UseGalaxy-eu](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/galaxy/original/2X/1/1c9764bb9b7c482dee296452dc6984e5c606b7f5.png)

A whopping 445 RNA-star queued jobs alone! The best advice is to leave everything just as it is so you don’t lose your place in the queue.

Hope that helps! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Fizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fizz](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Fizz)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/rna-star-still-running-after-four-days/11989/3 "2024-03-23T03:19:45Z")

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Thanks! I had read about this issue earlier and was hoping there would be some sort of prediction but I completely understand.

I’ll just wait.

Once again, thank you!

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**Author:** ![Fizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fizz](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Fizz)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/rna-star-still-running-after-four-days/11989/4 "2024-04-03T20:01:29Z")

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It has been **15 days** since this RNA STAR job began and it has still not completed the last job.

How long do I realistically wait for this to get done?

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**Author:** ![Fizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fizz](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Fizz)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/rna-star-still-running-after-four-days/11989/5 "2024-04-04T15:07:36Z")

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So it ends!

Finally after 16 days, RNA STAR has completed all 24 paired datasets.

Whew 😅