Hi everyone,
we are having the same issues. It appears to be associated with the OJS internal Search index.
Skipping this step, by disabling it via the hook in classes/search/ArticleSearchIndex.inc.php:143 will process the request much faster.
This is not a solution if you rely on OJS search feature.
Maybe the code can be changed to not try and index all submission galleys/files, as it is currently doing?
@asmecher Do you remember if there currently is an open issue regarding indexing speed of DB based OJS search?
Regards,
Nils Weiher