def _find_zombies(self, session):
        """
        
        """
        now = timezone.utcnow()
        zombies = []
        if (now - self._last_zombie_query_time).total_seconds() \
                > self._zombie_query_interval:
            # to avoid circular imports
            from airflow.jobs import LocalTaskJob as LJ
            self.log.info("Finding 'running' jobs without a recent heartbeat")
            TI = airflow.models.TaskInstance
            limit_dttm = timezone.utcnow() - timedelta(
                seconds=self._zombie_threshold_secs)
            self.log.info("Failing jobs without heartbeat after %s", limit_dttm)

            tis = (
                session.query(TI)
                .join(LJ, TI.job_id == LJ.id)
                .filter(TI.state == State.RUNNING)
                .filter(
                    or_(
                        LJ.state != State.RUNNING,
                        LJ.latest_heartbeat < limit_dttm,
                    )
                ).all()
            )
            self._last_zombie_query_time = timezone.utcnow()
            for ti in tis:
                zombies.append(SimpleTaskInstance(ti))

        return zombies