Understand queue rank and ETA on queued renders
Learn what the Queue Rank and ETA on an In Queue render card mean and why an ETA sometimes doesn't appear.
While a render is "In Queue", its card shows "Queue Rank: N" — its position counting the jobs ahead of it plus itself. Renders that are waiting for a free HD render slot are held and shown as waiting, with a queue rank that also accounts for the user's other waiting renders ahead of them, and a tooltip explaining the wait. That tooltip can also show which of the user's projects or designs currently holds the slot, roughly when that job will finish, and the user's other waiting renders in order.
If nothing is currently being processed — for example the render is first in line waiting for a server to pick it up — the card shows the render's position in the queue, or "Estimating" while the estimate is being worked out.
A render that is waiting for your free HD render slot (rather than for a server) is shown as waiting, with its position among your waiting HD renders and a tooltip explaining what it is waiting for — including which render currently holds the slot, its project and design, and an estimate of when it will finish.
Once the render starts, the card switches to "In Progress" and rank/ETA disappear.
Renders that are waiting for a free HD render slot are shown as waiting rather than in progress, with an estimated rank and a tooltip explaining the wait.