Unstick is a tiny module that does its best to get cron unstuck.
Specifically, unstick is designed to address the error message: Attempting to re-run cron while it is already running when you know cron is not actually running.
Pressing the unstick button is the same as running the following SQL queries:
DELETE FROM `variable` WHERE name = 'cron_semaphore';DELETE FROM `variable` WHERE name = 'cron_last';
and flushing the cache.
An alternative
Please consider Drupal Tweaks, which has this exact same functionality and more. Had I known about Tweaks, it is unlikely I would have written unstick.
http://drupal.org/project/drupal_tweaks
Credits
Unstick was developed by Inner File Software, which offers Drupal web design in Washington, DC.
Downloads
Project Information
- Maintenance status: Actively maintained
- Development status: Maintenance fixes only
- Module categories: Administration, Utility
- Reported installs: 50 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
- Downloads: 145
- Last modified: February 1, 2012