# What is the “Processing…” message?

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**Created:** [August 9, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/what-is-the-processing-message/65493 "2025-08-09T23:57:20Z")\
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> [@How to find out what Anki is "Processing..."?](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/how-to-find-out-what-anki-is-processing/43118/6):
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> It will pop up any time a long-running operation takes longer than about 600ms to complete. This could be because some other long-running action was already running, or because your machine’s disk is temporarily slow (because of other background activity)

If you’re seeing it frequently, go through the [Troubleshooting Checklist](https://docs.ankiweb.net/troubleshooting.html) and see if you can isolate what’s causing it.

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