Enqueue sidekiq jobs dynamically
Sidekiq::Client.push('class' => 'WorkerClass', 'args' => [11, 5, 1993])
is equivalent to
WorkerClass.perform_async(11, 5, 1993)
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Why Sidekiq Jobs should never be enqueued in an `after_create` or `after_save` callback
When an object is created / updated, various callbacks are executed in this order:
before_validation
after_validation
before_save
around_save
before_create
aro...
How to monitor Sidekiq: A working example
In order to have monitoring for Sidekiq (like queue sizes, last run of Sidekiq) your application should have a monitoring route which returns a json looking like this:
{
"sidekiq": {
"totals": {
"failed": 343938,
"proces...
Perform Sidekiq jobs immediately in development
# config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
# Perform Sidekiq jobs immediately in development,
# so you don't have to run a separate process.
# You'll also benefit from code reloading.
if Rails.env.development?
require 'sidekiq/testing'
Sidekiq::T...
makandra_sidekiq 0.2.0 respects the configured Sidekiq timeout
There was an issue with makandra_sidekiq < 0.2 concerning the stopping of Sidekiq.
Sidekiq < 6 has two finishing timeouts: one for finishing things itself (A), and one for sidekiqctl befo...
How to implement simple queue limiting/throttling for Sidekiq
The sidekiq-rate-limiter gem allows rate-limiting Sidekiq jobs and works like a charm. However, it needs to be integrated on a per-worker basis.
If you want to limit a whole queue instead, and if y...
Heads up: Sidekiq per default silently fails when retries are exhausted!
For Sidekiq to be able to retry your jobs it has to be able to catch errors that occur while a job is executed.
Per default, Sidekiq will not raise / notify you if the retry count is exhausted. It will only copy the job to the dead queue (see...
Sidekiq 7: Rate limiting with capsules
Sidekiq 7 adds a new feature called capsules.
Use cases:
- a
chromequeue limited to1for e.g. PDF processing to not overload the applicati...
How to include Sidekiq job IDs in Rails logs
When logging in Rails, you can use the log_tags configuration option to add extra information to each line, like :request_id or :subdomain. However, those ...
Getting Sidekiq error "delay is defined by Active Record"
Reason: You very likely have a model that has a delay attribute.
You can configure Sidekiq to remove its delay method by adding this to your Sidekiq initializer:
Sidekiq.remove_delay!
If you need to keep Sidekiqs delay features, add `...