Trigger Could Not Create a Job As The Maximum Number of Jobs Has Been Reached

What is the root cause of alerts "Trigger could not create a job as the maximum number of jobs has been reached"?

Issue description:

This knowledge article provides insight into an error message relating to job creation in UiPath: "Trigger could not create a job as the maximum number of jobs has been reached". The error occurs due to exceeding the limit of running or pending jobs set within the system.

Error:

"Trigger could not create a job as the maximum number of jobs has been reached"

Root Cause:

The root cause of this error is that the current settings may have been configured in a way that for each new transaction item, a new job is created, and for every subsequent transaction item, a second job is initiated, with simultaneous running or pending jobs set to one or two. Once this limit is reached, the system is unable to create any additional jobs.

Resolution:

  1. Recognize the current setting system where, for every new transaction item, a new job is created. For every additional transaction item, another job is initiated, with a simultaneous running/pending job count of 1.
  2. Implement a change in the simultaneous running/pending job count to 2 and increase the number of transaction items necessary to start a second job to 10 or 50.
  3. This change ensures the first job begins at one transaction item, and the second job only starts or remains in a pending state until the creation of 10 new transaction items. This provides enough time for the first job to continuously initiate new items.

Updated Settings:

  • Minimum number of items to trigger the first job: 1
  • Maximum number of pending and running jobs allowed simultaneously: 2
  • Another job is triggered for each: 10 or 50 or more transaction items