Solution: Queue job "Project Workflow Check-in" stuck and then fail

Short answer: Restart the “Service Bus Gateway” and “Service Bus Message Broker” Service on the server where Workflow Manager is installed. The detailed description is below.

 

This has happened to me and a colleague so i thought that the solution is worth sharing.

 

On Project Server 2013 On premises instance, all my projects were stuck in “Project Workflow Check-in” queue job and that job was failing after about 45 minutes. The queue error message was,

 

General

• Queue:
  • GeneralQueueJobFailed (26000) -WorkflowCheckinNotify.ProjectCheckinNotifyWorkflowMessage. Details: id='26000' name='GeneralQueueJobFailed' uid='b3f897eb-4695-e411-80cd-000d3ad00e15' JobUID='c7c8744b-4295-e411-80cd-000d3ad00e15' ComputerName='8fa7e1bd-09b4-4c64-b019-57c33d5c769c' GroupType='WorkflowCheckinNotify' MessageType='ProjectCheckinNotifyWorkflowMessage' MessageId='1' Stage='' CorrelationUID='1af0dc9c-9e05-a05e-c769-ca04319a2489'. For more details, check the ULS logs on machine 8fa7e1bd-09b4-4c64-b019-57c33d5c769c for entries with JobUID c7c8744b-4295-e411-80cd-000d3ad00e15.

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Solution: Project returns to Project Site home page when you close it on PDP

One of the victims of Project Server 2013 utilising SharePoint platform is the navigation (in)consistency.

 

Here is a description of one of the associated issue (or feature by design, who knows?)

 

If you

i) Open a Project from Project Centre (Projects Page),

ii) Move between PDPs

iii) Press Close button on Ribbon

 

You’ll return on Projects page.

 

 

But if you,

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