manage-async

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps developers and administrators understand and correctly manage asynchronous operations, scheduled jobs, and the JobSandbox in Apache OFBiz to prevent system instability and resource exhaustion.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Clarifies Async Behavior: Differentiates between "concurrent" and "later" execution, highlighting transaction boundaries.
• Guides High-Volume Tasks: Advises on best practices for large data imports and batch processing, recommending synchronous batching over excessive async calls.
• Prevents JobSandbox Explosions: Warns against creating massive numbers of persisted async jobs that can bottleneck the system.
• Use Case: When deciding whether a critical nightly data synchronization service should run synchronously or asynchronously, this skill provides the decision-making framework to avoid potential deadlocks or performance degradation.

Quick Start

Use the manage-async skill to determine if a new service should be configured with mode="async".