# Recent fixes to reduce backlog on Android phones

DevFeed: [Recent fixes to reduce backlog on Android phones](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/recent-fixes-to-reduce-backlog-on-android-phones-20262.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://elvis314.wordpress.com/2019/07/17/1872/>)

Author: elvis314

Published: 2019-07-17T19:54:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Mozilla Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mozilla-automation.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [USB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usb.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [phones](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phones.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>), [unit-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unit-testing.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>), [usb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usb.md>)

## AI overview

This post describes fixes that reduced a backlog of Android phone jobs hosted at Bitbar, including recovering offline devices, restarting host machines, updating Taskcluster scripts, improving scheduling, disabling duplicate jobs, and removing old worker devices. It also outlines possible future improvements.

## Source excerpt

Last week it seemed that all our limited resource machines were perpetually backlogged. I wrote yesterday to provide insight into what we run and some of our limitations. This post will be discussing the Android phones backlog last week specifically. ... Continue reading ->