| CPC G06F 9/546 (2013.01) [G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); G06F 16/116 (2019.01); G06F 16/24568 (2019.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
passing, by at least one programmable processor, a plurality of files to a file staging area of a distributed process, the plurality of files received from a data object including the plurality of files at the distributed process;
generating, by the at least one programmable processor, a tuple from the data object, the tuple comprising a first field and a second field, the first field containing a file reference referring to the plurality of files in the file staging area, and the second field being configured to store a value indicative that the first field contains the file reference; and
unbundling, by the at least one programmable processor and in response to the second field of the tuple failing to store the value indicative that the first field contains the file reference, the plurality of files at the file staging area by an unbundling task, the unbundling task configured to create at least one batch file in the file staging area;
redirecting, by the at least one programmable processor, the tuple to the file staging area instead of to a downstream task, in response to determining the downstream task is unable to process the plurality of files.
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