Tasks aren't guaranteed to execute immediately. Task queues execute when
there is capacity:
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/overview.html#Task_Execution

It may or may not be related to 1.3.1. What % of your requests see this
delay?

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Jerome <jerome.mou...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We have been using task queues for a few months without problem. We
> handle actions that must execute right away.
>
> At the time of the release of 1.3.1, we noticed that sometimes, some
> tasks will take 1 to 2 minutes to start, but in the task queue, the
> ETA shows as a date in the past (like 0:01:12 ago), usually 1 second
> or so after the creation time.
>
> This is not a consistent issue. I might works perfectly (task being
> kicked in within 1 second of creation) for several times and suddenly,
> the next task takes 1.5 minutes to get started.
>
> Our task queue is empty when we see this issue.
> Our queue is setup with a max rate of 5/s and a bucket size of 1.
>
> Any idea of what we can do to work around or solve this new issue?
>
> Jerome
>
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