Merge Agent blocked by sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanuphttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/repltalk/archive/2010/04/05/merge-agent-blocked-by-sp-mergemetadataretentioncleanup.aspxMerge Agent blocked by sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup Chris Skorlinski SQL Server Escalation Services Problem Customer observes high latency in SQL Server 2005 Merge replication. In sysprocesses you see that Merge agents are being blocked by anotheren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)