# Email failed jobs
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 2, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329 "2025-03-02T17:03:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Bond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Bond)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/1 "2025-03-02T17:03:16Z")
Hello!
Discourse build : 3.5.0.beta2-dev(176ee0bf60)
Hosted on : VPS - Centminmod (131.00stable)on Alma8
Issue : Email failing periodically
I have two vHosts on this VPS. One with Xenforo , one with Discourse.
My Xenforo hosts happily sends emails 24/7 without issue. The Discourse though seems to fail every ~24h or so with “There are [number that increases] email jobs that failed. Check your app.yml and ensure that the mail server settings are correct. See the failed jobs in Sidekiq.”
I can “solve” the problem temporarily by restarting the docker service. Mail flow resumes.
I am sure the mail settings are correct. Once the docker service is restarted I can visit admin → email → server setup & logs → settings and fire off an email.
Once it fails I cannot.
I am seeing lots of Sidekiq is consuming too much memory ( using 5xxM ) for Fastserver-app restarting
```plaintext
activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:130:in `block in warn'
activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `block in dispatch'
activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `each'
activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `dispatch'
activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:130:in `warn'
/var/www/discourse/lib/demon/sidekiq.rb:55:in `block in rss_memory_check'
/var/www/discourse/lib/demon/sidekiq.rb:49:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/lib/demon/sidekiq.rb:49:in `rss_memory_check'
config/unicorn.conf.rb:132:in `block (2 levels) in reload'
```
I can also see Job exception: no address for [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org)(ResolvError)
```plaintext
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/socket.rb:191:in `connect'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/ssl_socket.rb:194:in `connect'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/socket.rb:60:in `initialize'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/ssl_socket.rb:10:in `initialize'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/connection.rb:487:in `new'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/connection.rb:487:in `socket'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/connection.rb:120:in `request_call'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/middlewares/mock.rb:57:in `request_call'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/middlewares/instrumentor.rb:34:in `request_call'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/middlewares/idempotent.rb:19:in `request_call'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/middlewares/base.rb:22:in `request_call'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/middlewares/decompress.rb:14:in `request_call'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/middlewares/base.rb:22:in `request_call'
excon-1.2.4/lib/excon/connection.rb:293:in `request'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_updates.rb:136:in `new_features_payload'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/check_new_features.rb:24:in `execute'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:316:in `block (2 levels) in perform'
rails_multisite-6.1.0/lib/rails_multisite/connection_management/null_instance.rb:49:in `with_connection'
rails_multisite-6.1.0/lib/rails_multisite/connection_management.rb:21:in `with_connection'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:303:in `block in perform'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:299:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:299:in `perform'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:379:in `perform'
mini_scheduler-0.18.0/lib/mini_scheduler/manager.rb:137:in `process_queue'
mini_scheduler-0.18.0/lib/mini_scheduler/manager.rb:77:in `worker_loop'
mini_scheduler-0.18.0/lib/mini_scheduler/manager.rb:63:in `block (2 levels) in ensure_worker_threads'
```
I havent changed much on the config of this server for some time regarding the docker. I have updated the kernel / php and other services that are outside of this docker.
The issue has become more frequently recently since I updated the discourse build. It was stable prior.
I have 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as the DNS.
Any pointers would be appreciated!
---
### Author:  [@jahan\_gagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jahan_gagan)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/2 "2025-03-02T19:05:24Z")
> [@Andrew\_Bond](#):
>
> `/var/www/discourse/lib/demon/sidekiq.rb:55:in `block in rss\_memory\_check’`
If Sidekiq consumes too much memory, it can cause Discourse to restart, which may interrupt scheduled email jobs. Discourse includes an automatic restart feature if Sidekiq’s memory usage exceeds a defined threshold.
To address this, check the `UNICORN_SIDEKIQ_MAX_RSS` setting in your `app.yml` file. If the value is too low, consider increasing it.
For further discussion on this issue, you can refer to this topic:
[Sidekiq is consuming too much memory - restarting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-is-consuming-too-much-memory-restarting/48395/37).
---
### Author:  [@Andrew\_Bond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Bond)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/3 "2025-03-02T19:24:08Z")
Ill adjust that setting now and revert if I carry on getting these issues
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Bond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Bond)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/4 "2025-03-03T17:36:34Z")
Urgh, just over 24h later and I have failed email …
```plaintext
Jobs::HandledExceptionWrapper: Wrapped Net::OpenTimeout: execution expired
```
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### Author:  [@jahan\_gagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jahan_gagan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/5 "2025-03-03T18:08:21Z")
Ensure the SMTP server is reachable from your discourse instance
telnet `DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS` `DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT`
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Bond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Bond)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/6 "2025-03-03T18:37:32Z")
I’ll await the failure again and retry.
I have a xenforo non docker install on the same VPS and it doesn’t complain.
Will report back. I appreciate your guidance so far
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Bond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Bond)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/7 "2025-03-03T23:48:24Z")
I can get to the smtp server.
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Bond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Bond)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failed-jobs/355329/8 "2025-03-04T22:22:42Z")
Had a couple of failure in quick succession then nothing for 8hrs or so now