Cron <www-data@mwmaint1002> /usr/local/bin/foreachwikiindblist /srv/mediawiki/dblists/pageassessments.dblist extensions/PageAssessments/maintenance/purgeUnusedProjects.php > /dev/null [Wed Dec 5 20:42:15 2018] [hphp] [133116:7fd4650313c0:0:000001] [] SlowTimer [12813ms] at runtime/ext_mysql: slow query: SELECT /* Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database::select www-data@mwmain... */ DISTINCT( pa_project_id ) FROM `page_assessments`
Adding the DBA team to this. Its smells like some slow connection/slow query as well.