Processing queued tasks in a multi-tenant system

A system, comprising:

• a plurality of processing units;
• a database configured to store one or more sets of operational data associated with performing one or more tasks by any of the plurality of processing units;
• a processing unit of the plurality of processing units, wherein the processing unit executes a set of computer-readable instructions that cause the processing unit to:
• receive task metadata comprising an identifier of a task of the one or more tasks to be processed by the processing unit;
• retrieve, from the database, operational data of the one or more sets of operational data based on the task metadata, wherein the operational data is usable by the processing unit to perform the task corresponding to the task metadata;
• attempt to perform the task based on the operational data;
• determine whether performance of the task is completed successfully according to a completion metric;
• when performing the task is determined to be completed successfully, delete the operational data for the task from the database;
• and
• when performing the task is determined not to be completed successfully, discontinue the performance of the task and discard the task metadata and operational data from the processing unit without removing the operational data from the database.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, via a processing unit of a plurality of processing units, task metadata comprising an identifier of a task to be performed by the processing unit;
• retrieving, via the processing unit, operational data associated with the task metadata from a database comprising one or more sets of operational data corresponding to one or more tasks for performance by at least one of a plurality processing units comprising the processing unit;
• attempting, via the processing unit, performance of the task based on the operational data;
• determining, via the processing unit, whether performance of the task is completed within a threshold amount of time;
• when performing the task is determined to be completed within the threshold amount of time, delete the operational data for the task from the database;
• and
• when performing the task is determined not to be completed within the threshold amount of time, discontinue the performance of the task and discard the task metadata and the operational data from the processing unit without removing the operational data from the database.