Workflow stopped at background step

Hi Experts,
I have a background step in my workflow , when iam testing this workflow from SWUS the workflow is getting stopped at this background step the workflow is not going forward to next step. the workflow log shows ' task started in background'
moreover i did't find any errors in the log for the same.and i checked SM37 there the relevent job is finished. please advice what canbe the problem?
Thanks & Regards,
Sarath.

HI Sarath ,
Just change yuor task from BAckgroung to foreground. Insert a break point in the code of the function module used in the task and execute your workflow.
Coz you cant debug a background task , you will never come to know wht is happening inside .
By debugging get the problem in the code , rectify it and change the task again to the background .
Hope this will help.

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