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PRBLEM Job Rescue

Recover broken XenForo background jobs without guessing. PRBLEM Job Rescue is a safety-first recovery console for the XenForo job queue. It detects orphaned add-on jobs, repeated automatic failures, stalled manual rebuilds and dependency problems,…

Current release v1.0.1 View changelog ↓
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What it does

Recover broken XenForo background jobs without guessing. PRBLEM Job Rescue is a safety-first recovery console for the XenForo job queue. It detects orphaned add-on jobs, repeated automatic failures, stalled manual rebuilds and dependency problems, then offers only the recovery actions that are appropriate for the evidence…

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  • Safe XenForo job queue diagnostics
  • Orphaned add-on job detection
  • Repeated automatic failure recovery
  • Stalled manual rebuild recovery
License1 site
Updates1 year updates
Version1.0.1
UpdatedSep 3, 2026
RequiresXenForo 2.3.0+
Package63.9 KB

About this product

Recover broken XenForo background jobs without guessing.

PRBLEM Job Rescue is a safety-first recovery console for the XenForo job queue. It detects orphaned add-on jobs, repeated automatic failures, stalled manual rebuilds and dependency problems, then offers only the recovery actions that are appropriate for the evidence it can verify.

Supported repairs are snapshot-first, scoped and verified. Reversible removals are kept in Quarantine Center, retries are protected against repair loops, and unsafe situations are deliberately blocked instead of being “fixed” blindly.

Job Rescue also includes guided Recovery Test Lab scenarios, post-repair outcome tracking, verification receipts, privacy-minimized support reports and protected history maintenance.

Built for administrators who need to recover a broken queue without manually deleting database rows or guessing which job is safe to remove.

Capability map

Features

+Safe XenForo job queue diagnostics
+Orphaned add-on job detection
+Repeated automatic failure recovery
+Stalled manual rebuild recovery
+Missing-class and dependency protection
+Snapshot-first Quarantine Center
+Verified and duplicate-protected restore
+Guarded retry with cooldown protection
+Repair-loop detection and escalation
+Failure Playbooks
+Repair Verification Receipts
+Post-repair Outcome Tracking
+Guided Recovery Test Lab
+Privacy-minimized Support Reports
+History retention and safe maintenance
+Premium XenForo Admin CP recovery console
+Dedicated administrator permission
+Bounded queue scanning
+No third-party job execution during passive scans
Safety boundary

What this tool never does

  • Job Rescue is deliberately conservative.
  • It never blindly deletes unknown queue rows.
  • It never automatically removes an unknown or missing XenForo core job.
  • It never treats an installed add-on with missing class files as a safe orphan. That condition is BLOCKED because the installation itself may be incomplete or damaged.
  • It never executes third-party job classes during passive dashboard scans.
  • It never exposes raw execute_data or serialized job payloads in the dashboard or Support Report.
  • It never copies raw XenForo server-error messages or stack traces into its repair history.
  • It never restores a quarantined job when the required class is still unavailable.
  • It never restores a job when the same non-empty unique key already exists in the live queue.
  • It never performs broad DELETE, TRUNCATE or DROP operations against xf_job.
  • When Job Rescue cannot establish enough evidence for a safe repair, it reports the condition instead of guessing.

Installation

  1. Download the PRBLEM Job Rescue ZIP package.
  2. In XenForo Admin CP, go to Add-ons.
  3. Choose Install/upgrade from archive.
  4. Upload the Job Rescue ZIP and complete the installation.
  5. Grant the “Manage PRBLEM Job Rescue” administrator permission to the appropriate administrators.
  6. Open Admin CP → Tools → Job Rescue.
  7. Review System readiness before performing recovery actions.
  8. Upgrading: Install the newer ZIP through XenForo's normal add-on upgrade process. Existing repair history, quarantine snapshots and maintenance settings are preserved.
  9. Important: Do not uninstall Job Rescue while a real restorable quarantine snapshot is active. Job Rescue intentionally blocks this unsafe condition.
Release history

Changelog

v1.0.1

License, updates & privacy

Privacy

  • Core diagnosis and recovery operations run locally on your XenForo installation.
  • Normal dashboard scanning is read-only and does not execute third-party job classes. Job Rescue does not transmit serialized job payloads, raw server errors, stack traces, member data or administrator identities as part of its recovery workflow.
  • Privacy-minimized Support Reports are generated locally and intentionally exclude job payloads, raw unique keys, raw XenForo error messages, stack traces, site URLs, administrator identities, member data, database credentials, filesystem paths and configuration secrets.
  • Recovery actions do not depend on an external service being available.

Usage / shortcode

No shortcode is required.After installation, open:Admin CP → Tools → Job Rescue1. Review the Live queue and detected recovery conditions.2. Inspect the evidence, safety level and recommended recovery action.3. Use Quarantine, Retry safely, Prepare & continue or Restore only when offered.4. Review the Verification Receipt after a repair.5. Use Repair outcome tracking to see whether the job remained healthy, failed again, left the queue or was intentionally resolved.Recovery Test Lab can be used to validate Job Rescue safely with disposable Job Rescue-owned test jobs before handling a real incident.