This patch fixes a case of orphaned jobs (and possible deadlock) during pruning. Apply it to Bacula 2.4.3 (possibly earlier versions) with: cd patch -p0 <2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch ./configure make ... make install Index: src/dird/ua_prune.c =================================================================== --- src/dird/ua_prune.c (revision 7949) +++ src/dird/ua_prune.c (working copy) @@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ break; } } + endeach_jcr(jcr); if (skip) { continue; }