Omeka Classic importer, jobs not completing

cnorton · December 10, 2025, 8:07pm

Hi All,

I’m trying to import some content from Omeka classic, but the import keeps getting hung on “In progress,” grabbing a few hundred items, but not the entire amount. Here’s the log output from my most recent attempt

 Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekauj1VYx[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omeka6q9RYf.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:25 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-bsBiJgaNf38RjM6v5pdLnnEfEhGv2AzQ' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omeka6q9RYf.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:25 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaEVModw[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekaktBLCp.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:10 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-EINFvGStNM9qlnZAurbMvrjp3lSF8i6d' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekaktBLCp.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:10 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omeka4vH30E[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omeka9Bddkr.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:08 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-iniyRHZGm9esyXpfawyMNFCkiFiFVE6H' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omeka9Bddkr.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:08 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaFOE9jg[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omeka2NMhzX.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:05 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-7AZ68XPgwdfuR5w00yO0Jba300SI7QXK' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omeka2NMhzX.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:05 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaBhhkrg[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekaqiqMl5.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:02 AM 	
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In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-IkfGG5ivy8R8kaw1EnqE2WgLSHJVZY2R' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekaqiqMl5.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:02 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaZS75nw[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekaBoR7mA.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:00 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-IP21xM2hJEspQMBxJPJtLpULL9gvzbr8' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekaBoR7mA.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:10:00 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaKtBw0f[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekaf7FAiu.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:55 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-cP4Jfw5nQaMvOXh2T4KuWCooeqR5tAtX' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekaf7FAiu.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:55 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaD8DRri[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekakcIga3.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:53 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-XhGr9vXJs4faXN3E3CEwvyB-u9MbR0F7' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekakcIga3.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:53 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaU1deqk[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekaAeNXhN.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:49 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-3n6HE3S-l-D7FF5pxrvs7tclIkvwxw43' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekaAeNXhN.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:49 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekajHgPz8[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekaxnOxup.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:46 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-WgeyuxcbVH5IGVVWjcJw3h5Xgn6iRcS4' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekaxnOxup.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:46 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omeka5Vnktv[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekaLzPflR.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:45 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-NIL1gSVpIB3GPQo4ttIZRtc09vdHfS8t' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekaLzPflR.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:45 AM 	
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Command "/usr/bin/convert '/tmp/omekaWiixDx[0]' -auto-orient -background white +repage -alpha remove -thumbnail '800x800>' '/tmp/omekar0YNNK.jpg'" failed with status code 1.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:43 AM 	
error
	
	
In Progress Parameters
convert: must specify image size `/tmp/magick-U1PF2A0HrOjWhgPu0S2CBRAR8ANRLmRK' @ error/mvg.c/ReadMVGImage/186. convert: no images defined `/tmp/omekar0YNNK.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:43 AM 	
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In Progress Parameters
Importing item page 1

	Dec 10, 2025, 11:09:36 AM 	
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The page size was 50, and this hung at 250 completed out of the 864 items to import. It’s been in progress for several hours now, but hasn’t had any movement since the first 15 minutes.

Incidentally, when “Undoing” a failed import like this, the module fails to delete item sets that it created

jflatnes · December 12, 2025, 9:31pm

It’s a little hard to read the log in that format but I don’t see anything there that accounts for your problem. Given the numbers you mentioned I’d expect to see a couple more “Importing item page” messages, though.

Almost certainly it’s not the case that the process is stalled, but that it was unable to update its status: though it says “in progress” it probably encountered an error and stopped. In that situation if we were unable to capture the error message, PHP could still log it and you might find the relevant fatal error in your server’s PHP logs, if it keeps PHP logs for background jobs like this that are run with the PHP CLI program (whether this is the case depends on how your server’s set up).