# All publishing jobs fail, or the space page shows nothing at all and never finishes

**What you are seeing**

All publishing jobs fail, or the space page shows nothing at all and never finishes.

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## Why it happens

The app's background processing store is missing or damaged.

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## What to do

This permanently deletes process history, logs and any queued or running background tasks, but not published pages or settings.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**             | **Where**                               | **What it does** |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Enable publishing       | Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab | \-               |
| Target space            | Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab | \-               |
| Allow manual publishing | Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab | \-               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                                | **Value**                                | **What happens** |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| "Publish all pages" / Full Sync          | Reads at most 1000 items in a single que | \-               |
| Bulk selection from the space page lists | Capped at 1000 items per run             | \-               |
| Cleanup and rebuild                      | Paginate 1000 results at a time with a h | \-               |

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