# Task was marked as running in Tower (Problem Execute Job in other instance)

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-was-marked-as-running-in-tower-problem-execute-job-in-other-instance/35728>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-was-marked-as-running-in-tower-problem-execute-job-in-other-instance/35728 "2021-09-13T02:03:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![blue\_fox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@blue\_fox](https://forum.ansible.com/u/blue_fox)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-was-marked-as-running-in-tower-problem-execute-job-in-other-instance/35728/1 "2021-09-13T02:03:52Z")

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Hello, i execute job with specific instance group , the job is failed with this message : (Task was marked as running in Tower but was not present in the job queue, so it has been marked as failed. )  
What is the problem ?

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**Author:** ![Jagruti\_Belani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Jagruti\_Belani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jagruti_Belani)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-was-marked-as-running-in-tower-problem-execute-job-in-other-instance/35728/2 "2022-10-19T05:35:08Z")

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Any update on this issue?

Task was marked as running but was not present in the job queue, so it has been marked as failed.