# 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, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-sidekiq-to-be-idle-new-to-discourse-unsure-if-somethings-wrong/370988/8 "2025-06-20T12:45:08Z")

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Answered by our CEO a few years ago 🙂

> [@Last visit red line not moving on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-visit-red-line-not-moving-on-meta/273866/6):
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> Our definition of visit is here:
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> [discourse/app/models/user.rb at 175f6f6a14248b7997818daf5050fe2f45118e13 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/175f6f6a14248b7997818daf5050fe2f45118e13/app/models/user.rb#L2092-L2099)
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> So we consider it a “previous visit” if there is more than 1 hour (`SiteSetting.previous_visit_timeout_hours`) elapsed since last visit.
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> This line will only move 1 time an hour max.

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