[rules-users] Noob desperately needing help

So, we have a massive web-based application with a rules engine powered by drools 4.0.7...I have a time-based rule that fires, executes about 80% of the java code, and then just stops. No error, no exception, no nothing...it just stops. Until I restart the node, all rules processing is suspended. I've let this process run for 24 hours without intervention, but it really is hung. And I know it's not in a loop, as I'm outputting console messages, and I know the exact line that the app is hanging on. I have tried upgrading to drools 5.4, but we didn't write the kernel of the rules engine, and I'm not really in the mood to deal with re-writing it, unless I absolutely have to. This is the first time I've ever seen anything like this, and this app has been running for 4 years with no rules-engine issues. We use it everywhere....we are an EMS research organization supporting 3 states, and the application uses the rules engine to determine state-based EMS logic. We also use it as a timing trigger to email notifications to various EMS personnel to notify them of hospital facility closings, bed availability, etc. I have absolutely no idea what the problem is, or how to present it to the mailing list users in a way that might identify what the issue really is...so anyone who is game to help, ask me questions, and I'll answer them as best I can. Thanks for anyone interested in helping debug this issue.... Paul Cooper Developer EMS Performance Improvement Center Chapel Hill, NC -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/Noob-desperately-needing-help-tp4020589... Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com.