Ensure that the semaphore keeps working when app after lpop of available key #66
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…ble key = Problem You can kill the app in `def lock` just after the lpop of the available_key When that happens the semaphore is gone forever. To fix it you have to manually delete the exists key. Expirations also don't help as for some reason the exists key get -1 as a ttl = Solution The fix is to recreate the keys in redis if there isn't an AVAILABLE or GRABBED key = Related https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60269868/redis-semaphore-locks-cant-be-released/
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Problem
You can kill the app in
def lockjust after the lpop of theavailable_key
When that happens the semaphore is gone forever. To fix it you have to
manually delete the exists key.
Expirations also don't help as for some reason the exists key get -1 as a ttl
Solution
The fix is to recreate the keys in redis if there isn't an AVAILABLE or GRABBED key
Related
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60269868/redis-semaphore-locks-cant-be-released/
ps. I have never used the gem