glossary agent failed to sync term changes to in-progress jobs

glossary agent failed to sync term changes to in-progress jobs

TL;DR

Fixes the glossary agent leaving in-progress jobs on old terms after a glossary update. Propagate term changes to active jobs or re-apply the glossary. Use when jobs use outdated terms after a glossary edit. Not for jobs started after the change.

The error

Glossary term updated yesterday; three in-progress jobs still use the old term.

Fix it

Step 1: Find the stale jobs

node -e "console.log('list active jobs started before the glossary update')"

Expected: You have the affected job ids.

Step 2: Re-apply the glossary to them

node -e "console.log('push the updated terms into each active job')"

Expected: The jobs pick up the new terms.

Step 3: Automate the propagation

node -e "console.log('hook glossary updates to re-apply on active jobs')"

Expected: Future updates propagate automatically.

When to use this

• In-progress jobs use outdated glossary terms
• The glossary was updated mid-project

When NOT to use this

• New jobs use the old term, check the glossary publish step
• The term is wrong everywhere, fix the glossary entry

Tool and version compatibility

• Any TMS with glossary versioning
• Crowdin, Phrase, and Lokalise glossaries

Variant phrasings

jobs partially updated

The propagation ran mid-job. Re-run it to completion.

translators overrode the new term

Reviewer overrides win; the agent should not fight them.

Why it happens

Jobs snapshot the glossary at creation. A term change afterwards does not retroactively update running jobs, so they keep applying the old term until someone re-applies.

Edge cases

• Decide whether in-flight translator edits outrank the new term
• Version glossaries so jobs record which version they used
• Notify translators when terms change mid-job

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_muHVLCEXHGfn7qrmRFHDnQ

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_muHVLCEXHGfn7qrmRFHDnQ

Thread query: glossary agent failed to sync term changes to in-progress jobs

TL;DR: Fixes the glossary agent leaving in-progress jobs on old terms after a glossary update. Propagate term changes to active jobs or re-apply the glossary. Use when jobs use outdated terms after a glossary edit. Not for jobs started after the change.