Limit of number of files in the web application?

[SebasSaenz]

I was wondering if there is a limit to the number of files that can be aligned with Pearl. I had tried 26 files and it seems to have some kind of problem. I am getting the message "Network error"

[tobiasrausch]

Usually ~20 traces take less than 1 minute to align and then the web request doesn't run into a timeout issue but this, of course, depends on the load on the web server, how well the sequences align, and so on. A bit difficult to predict but "Network error" usually means the server took too long to respond (request timeout). For large number of traces, it's indeed better to use the backend of pearl, the command-line tracy software with the assemble subcommand. Another option would be to implement a task queue which informs the users once a job is done on the server but we currently lack time to develop such a feature.