Pulp sync task is getting stuck

[mchithu]

Version
pulpcore == 3.74.1
pulp-rpm == 3.29.0

Describe the bug
During the pulp replication, one of sync tasks (RHEL9 EPEP RPM repository) is getting stuck is associating the content.

To Reproduce
Unknown

Expected behavior
Pulp sync task gets completed successfully.

Additional context
`{
"pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/tasks/0199cda4-462c-723c-bde7-003bba761e2a/",
"prn": "prn:core.task:0199cda4-462c-723c-bde7-003bba761e2a",
"pulp_created": "2025-10-10T10:21:59.213257Z",
"pulp_last_updated": "2025-10-10T10:21:59.213270Z",
"state": "running",
"name": "pulp_rpm.app.tasks.synchronizing.synchronize",
"logging_cid": "5e72bb60796b42d5a1bd8ce87ff09814",
"created_by": "/pulp/api/v3/users/2/",
"unblocked_at": "2025-10-10T10:21:59.247852Z",
"started_at": "2025-10-10T12:03:09.275939Z",
"finished_at": null,
"error": null,
"worker": "/pulp/api/v3/workers/019641ea-210a-7a6e-b2a8-ef7528f2eacc/",
"parent_task": "/pulp/api/v3/tasks/0199cda3-7555-725f-ac30-7bfa37132b74/",
"child_tasks": [],
"task_group": "/pulp/api/v3/task-groups/0199cda3-7549-7d60-b012-82d2e92cd672/",
"progress_reports": [
{
"message": "Downloading Metadata Files",
"code": "sync.downloading.metadata",
"state": "completed",
"total": null,
"done": 6,
"suffix": null
},
{
"message": "Downloading Artifacts",
"code": "sync.downloading.artifacts",
"state": "running",
"total": null,
"done": 76,
"suffix": null
},
{
"message": "Associating Content",
"code": "associating.content",
"state": "running",
"total": null,
"done": 549,
"suffix": null
},
{
"message": "Skipping Packages",
"code": "sync.skipped.packages",
"state": "completed",
"total": 0,
"done": 0,
"suffix": null
},
{
"message": "Parsed Packages",
"code": "sync.parsing.packages",
"state": "completed",
"total": 72140,
"done": 72140,
"suffix": null
},
{
"message": "Parsed Comps",
"code": "sync.parsing.comps",
"state": "completed",
"total": 25,
"done": 25,
"suffix": null
},
{
"message": "Parsed Advisories",
"code": "sync.parsing.advisories",
"state": "completed",
"total": 10301,
"done": 10301,
"suffix": null
}
],
"created_resources": [
""
],
"reserved_resources_record": [
"prn:rpm.rpmrepository:01964640-75d6-7fce-9ee8-96f96ab1d56a",
"shared:prn:core.upstreampulp:0196463e-55e1-72bb-a2ed-738161ade2cd",
"shared:prn:rpm.rpmremote:01964640-75cf-780e-bf5c-5688f18f6856",
"shared:prn:core.domain:0195d0e8-a1b4-7f67-ae32-6daf27d7464e"
]
}

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[ggainey]

Do the log-entries for CID 5e72bb60796b42d5a1bd8ce87ff09814 show anything?

[dralley]

And when you say stuck, how long was it "stuck" for? Hours/days? Did the "associating content" progress report move at all during that time, or not?