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1. What I was trying to do: Set up an always-on task to run a Python script 24/7.
2. What I expected to happen: The task status would change from "preparing to start" to "running" within a few minutes.
3. What actually happened: The task has been stuck on "preparing to start" since yesterday (2026-04-03 21:56:03) and never progresses. The log file only contains that one timestamp line and nothing else. No error messages are shown. The script itself works perfectly when run manually in the Bash console.
4. Steps to reproduce:

Create a new always-on task with the command: /home/myusername/.local/bin/python3 /home/myusername/gables_scraper.py Save the task Wait — status never changes from "preparing to start"

I tried deleting and recreating the task and using different Python paths (/usr/bin/python3 and /home/myusername/.local/bin/python3) with the same result each time.

Tasks can take a few minutes to start up.