Why does uninstalling a forge app sometimes take 5 minutes?

Question

I'm constantly running into the situation during development of my own forge app and testing the installation lifecycle where an uninstall request seems to hang for >5 minutes, and eventually resolves itself.

This happens both for uninstall requests coming from the admin app management page, and also from using the forge CLI.

I know that the request is hanging because if I try to uninstall again I get errors like:

Error: Task 6d137f83-220d-4c02-a651-c892ca712055 conflicts with another pending or in progress task. (requestId: 2d3fcc5f-5cf7-4d78-963e-6401c8e89500)

Error: Task 6d137f83-220d-4c02-a651-c892ca712055 conflicts with another pending or in progress task. (requestId: 2d3fcc5f-5cf7-4d78-963e-6401c8e89500)
at InstallationsGraphqlClient.uninstallApp (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/out/installations/graphql-client.js:300:19)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
at async UninstallAppCommand.execute (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/out/installations/uninstall-app.js:14:25)
at async CommandLineUI.displayProgress (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/node_modules/@forge/cli-shared/out/ui/command-line-ui.js:60:28)
at async performSingleUninstall (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/out/command-line/uninstall-command-helpers.js:71:26)
at async /Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/out/command-line/register-installation-commands.js:111:17
at async Command.actionProcessor (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/out/command-line/command.js:273:28)
at async Command.parseAsync (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:936:5)
at async Command.parse (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/out/command-line/command.js:165:13)
at async main (/Users/camysidron/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@forge/cli/out/command-line/index.js:63:5)

Cam Ysidron · Answer

Thanks for sharing - will see if I can recreate when this incident is closed

Cam Ysidron · Answer

Sometimes this process is immediate though, so I do think there is something else going on

unknown · Answer

Hello @Cam Ysidron

It's just the way it is.

Creating and uploading a Forge app creates a long list of dependencies and connections, all of which must be checked during the uninstallation process. Just be patient.