Trigger some code when worker times out or is killed

[geoffroymontel]

Hi there

I'm using backburner:threads_on_fork:work in production and I'd like some code on my workers to be run when the worker times out or is killed.

I enclosed my worker code in a begin/rescue

    begin
      # do time consuming thing
    rescue => e
      Rails.logger.error("There was an error = #{e} ")
      myModel.update_attributes(state: "error")
      raise e
    end

but it seems the code in rescue is never called.

Any hint ?

Thanks in advance

geoffroy

[contentfree]

@geoffroymontel Once 1.1 goes out (today?) you'll be able to add hooks for on_retry and on_bury. Will those be sufficient?

[geoffroymontel]

@contentfree I don't think these hooks will be triggered when the worker is killed but I will try the new version and keep you updated. Thanks !

[contentfree]

Possibly. You mean killed killed, not just buried. They should work for timeouts though…