# How can I disable start of missed backups when duplicati start? **URL:** \ **Category:** Features\ **Created:** [January 13, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-can-i-disable-start-of-missed-backups-when-duplicati-start/2090 "2018-01-13T09:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-can-i-disable-start-of-missed-backups-when-duplicati-start/2090/21 "2018-06-15T19:57:11Z")
The way the queue works it should not add a job that already is in the queue. Assuming things are working as they should, the worst case scenario would be: - job A is active & running past the next start time so - job A is added to the queue (which contains only non-running items) - job A is on the schedule for a future run With frequently scheduled jobs that tend to run long, this makes it like the job or just running on a loop. On the bottom of the About → System info page there’s some JSON formatted text that includes what’s currently in the queue. If you can paste that here showing a job listed more than once, that would be great. > [@Catch up of multiple missed backups](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/catch-up-of-multiple-missed-backups/1738/2): > > The way the queue works a single job is not supposed to appear more than once, so if you seem to be experiencing that then there’s a bug. One way to check what’s in the queue is to use the main menu “About” item, then click on the “System info” button, then scroll down to the “Server state properties” section and find the following lines: activeTask is the ID of the currently running task (if any) proposedSchedule is the “not yet in queue, but expected to be put in queue at …” list schedul… Of course that’s how it’s supposed to work now,that doesn’t mean there isn’t potential for future changes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jpschewe](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/jpschewe/32/1037_2.png) [@jpschewe](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/jpschewe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-can-i-disable-start-of-missed-backups-when-duplicati-start/2090/22 "2018-11-26T14:15:54Z")
I too would like the _option_ of rerunning missed backups. Other backup systems that I use, bareos, support this. I agree that the default behavior of Duplicati should not change in that missed backups should be run immediately. However it would be really nice to have the option to disable this for those of us that have specific reasons. In most cases I want the default of rerunning missed jobs immediately. However I have a system that runs backups daily and may be offline when the last backup should have run. In this particular case I just want the system to wait until the next scheduled time to start the backup, otherwise Duplicati will be much of the day, since a single backup takes 2.5 hours. ---
**Author:** ![bernarddt](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/bernarddt/32/5314_2.png) [@bernarddt](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/bernarddt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-can-i-disable-start-of-missed-backups-when-duplicati-start/2090/23 "2021-01-24T09:59:00Z")
> [@handyguy](#): > > It’s a PITA to have to wait for Duplicati to run through several missed backups before being able to do anything with it. This is really my problem as well, I have a broken database, but can’t repair it because Duplicati is “Paused” and when I resume it tries to run the backup and then immediately get stuck on 50% CPU and nothing hapening. [Previous page](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-can-i-disable-start-of-missed-backups-when-duplicati-start/2090.md?page=1)