Hi,
I have been having a problem with running workflows in our environment. Workflows that are set to run automatically on creation appear stuckin the 'starting' status for a number of hours after an item has been created. They do eventually run, but this can be anything from 1 hour up to 6 hours after the item was created.
The problem is shown by all workflows, SPD workflows, standard workflows and custom VS workflows.
If i manully start the workflow then it runs fine without any problems.
We have a single Web front end server with 3 web applications running, this problem is only evident in one of the web applications.
The problem only started last week, before that the workflows were starting automatically without any problems. I have uninstalled a couple of windows updates that were installed and disabled a couple of features that were enabled since the workflows were definitley working, but problem is still there.
Looking through ULS logs the followin is logged when a SPD workflow trys to start:
Workflow Infrastructure 72fv Unexpected AutoStart Workflow: System.ArgumentException: New instances of this workflow template are currently disallowed. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.StartWorkflowElev(Object
context, SPWorkflowAssociation association, DateTime elevationTimeUtc, SPWorkflowEvent startEvent, SPWorkflowRunOptions runOptions) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowAutostartEventReceiver.<>c__DisplayClass1.<AutoStartWorkflow>b__0(SPSite
superUserSite, SPWeb superUserWeb)
After a couple of hours with no further intervention the workflow started.
Checking ULS logs for a Custom VS workflow there are no similar logs.
Any ideas?
Thanks