JobIteration
An ActiveJob extension that makes background jobs interruptible and resumable by design, saving progress with checkpoints.
What is JobIteration?
Job Iteration is a Ruby gem that extends ActiveJob to make background jobs interruptible and resumable by design. It solves the problem of long-running jobs losing progress due to infrastructure interruptions like deploys, worker restarts, or cloud environment disruptions by automatically saving checkpoints after each iteration.
Ruby on Rails developers building applications with long-running background jobs that need to survive in cloud or high-availability environments, particularly those using queue adapters like Sidekiq or Resque.
Developers choose Job Iteration because it provides a robust, production-tested abstraction for interruptible jobs without requiring manual checkpoint logic, ensuring data consistency and resilience against infrastructure failures.
Overview
Makes your background jobs interruptible and resumable by design.
Use Cases
Best For
- Processing millions of ActiveRecord records in background jobs without duplication
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