# Queue + failing heartbeat + stopping canister = death spiral

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/queue-failing-heartbeat-stopping-canister-death-spiral/13328>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [May 28, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/queue-failing-heartbeat-stopping-canister-death-spiral/13328 "2022-05-28T04:58:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vivienne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/vivienne/32/29170_2.png) [@Vivienne](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Vivienne)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/queue-failing-heartbeat-stopping-canister-death-spiral/13328/35 "2022-09-14T16:20:10Z")

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> [@dsarlis](#):
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> Can all remaining cycles be harvested from the canister in order to “zombify it”?

Thank you for correcting, @dsarlis, I misunderstood the question. I was answering for “can the cycles be harvested from a zombified canister (I read this as ‘a frozen canister’) ?”

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