# Is it normal for Sidekiq to be idle? New to Discourse, unsure if something's wrong

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-sidekiq-to-be-idle-new-to-discourse-unsure-if-somethings-wrong/370988
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** sidekiq
**Created:** [June 20, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-sidekiq-to-be-idle-new-to-discourse-unsure-if-somethings-wrong/370988 "2025-06-20T07:46:47Z")
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### Author: ![Bas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bas/32/294929_2.png) [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-sidekiq-to-be-idle-new-to-discourse-unsure-if-somethings-wrong/370988/4 "2025-06-20T12:18:11Z")

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Sidekiq is commonly idle, yes. Here’s the graph from the last minute or so on Meta, which is a fairly big forum.

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-20 at 14.16.59](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/c/e/2cef7ff56325dbe0e7e32f65ce3947f3643e1dd2.png)

> [@Crocodilus\_CZ](#):
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> We’re all seeing the “last visit” line in **exactly the same spot** , between the same two posts — across all user accounts. It’s not personalized, which seems strange.

Are you behind a CDN or proxy? Something like cloudflare?

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