Not able to set mapred.job.queue.name in Oozie java action
When an Oozie action starts, it creates a launcher application in YARN which then kicks off the job itself. The launcher can run in a different queue to the action itself, and the queue in which the launcher runs is actually set with oozie.launcher.mapred.job.queue.name. I suspect that what's happening is that your launcher is trying to run in default, and so the Crunch job itself never actually kicks off.
Setting this should solve your problem:
<property> <name>oozie.launcher.mapred.job.queue.name</name> <value>launcher</value></property>As an aside, mapred.job.queue.name has been deprecated - use mapreduce.job.queuename.