delayed_job 1.8.1

data/lib/delayed/message_sending.rb

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+module Delayed
+  module MessageSending
+    def send_later(method, *args)
+      Delayed::Job.enqueue Delayed::PerformableMethod.new(self, method.to_sym, args)
+    end
+    
+    module ClassMethods
+      def handle_asynchronously(method)
+        without_name = "#{method}_without_send_later"
+        define_method("#{method}_with_send_later") do |*args|
+          send_later(without_name, *args)
+        end
+        alias_method_chain method, :send_later
+      end
+    end
+  end                               
+end

data/lib/delayed/performable_method.rb

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+module Delayed
+  class PerformableMethod < Struct.new(:object, :method, :args)
+    CLASS_STRING_FORMAT = /^CLASS\:([A-Z][\w\:]+)$/
+    AR_STRING_FORMAT    = /^AR\:([A-Z][\w\:]+)\:(\d+)$/
+
+    def initialize(object, method, args)
+      raise NoMethodError, "undefined method `#{method}' for #{self.inspect}" unless object.respond_to?(method)
+
+      self.object = dump(object)
+      self.args   = args.map { |a| dump(a) }
+      self.method = method.to_sym
+    end
+    
+    def display_name  
+      case self.object
+      when CLASS_STRING_FORMAT then "#{$1}.#{method}"
+      when AR_STRING_FORMAT    then "#{$1}##{method}"
+      else "Unknown##{method}"
+      end      
+    end    
+
+    def perform
+      load(object).send(method, *args.map{|a| load(a)})
+    rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+      # We cannot do anything about objects which were deleted in the meantime
+      true
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def load(arg)
+      case arg
+      when CLASS_STRING_FORMAT then $1.constantize
+      when AR_STRING_FORMAT    then $1.constantize.find($2)
+      else arg
+      end
+    end
+
+    def dump(arg)
+      case arg
+      when Class              then class_to_string(arg)
+      when ActiveRecord::Base then ar_to_string(arg)
+      else arg
+      end
+    end
+
+    def ar_to_string(obj)
+      "AR:#{obj.class}:#{obj.id}"
+    end
+
+    def class_to_string(obj)
+      "CLASS:#{obj.name}"
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/delayed/tasks.rb

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+# Re-definitions are appended to existing tasks
+task :environment
+task :merb_env
+
+namespace :jobs do
+  desc "Clear the delayed_job queue."
+  task :clear => [:merb_env, :environment] do
+    Delayed::Job.delete_all
+  end
+
+  desc "Start a delayed_job worker."
+  task :work => [:merb_env, :environment] do
+    Delayed::Worker.new(:min_priority => ENV['MIN_PRIORITY'], :max_priority => ENV['MAX_PRIORITY']).start
+  end
+end

data/lib/delayed/worker.rb

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+module Delayed
+  class Worker
+    SLEEP = 5
+
+    cattr_accessor :logger
+    self.logger = if defined?(Merb::Logger)
+      Merb.logger
+    elsif defined?(RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER)
+      RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER
+    end
+
+    def initialize(options={})
+      @quiet = options[:quiet]
+      Delayed::Job.min_priority = options[:min_priority] if options.has_key?(:min_priority)
+      Delayed::Job.max_priority = options[:max_priority] if options.has_key?(:max_priority)
+    end
+
+    def start
+      say "*** Starting job worker #{Delayed::Job.worker_name}"
+
+      trap('TERM') { say 'Exiting...'; $exit = true }
+      trap('INT')  { say 'Exiting...'; $exit = true }
+
+      loop do
+        result = nil
+
+        realtime = Benchmark.realtime do
+          result = Delayed::Job.work_off
+        end
+
+        count = result.sum
+
+        break if $exit
+
+        if count.zero?
+          sleep(SLEEP)
+        else
+          say "#{count} jobs processed at %.4f j/s, %d failed ..." % [count / realtime, result.last]
+        end
+
+        break if $exit
+      end
+
+    ensure
+      Delayed::Job.clear_locks!
+    end
+
+    def say(text)
+      puts text unless @quiet
+      logger.info text if logger
+    end
+
+  end
+end

data/lib/delayed_job.rb

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+autoload :ActiveRecord, 'activerecord'
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/delayed/message_sending'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/delayed/performable_method'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/delayed/job'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/delayed/worker'
+
+Object.send(:include, Delayed::MessageSending)   
+Module.send(:include, Delayed::MessageSending::ClassMethods)
+
+if defined?(Merb::Plugins)
+  Merb::Plugins.add_rakefiles File.dirname(__FILE__) / 'delayed' / 'tasks'
+end

data/recipes/delayed_job.rb

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+# Capistrano Recipes for managing delayed_job
+#
+# Add these callbacks to have the delayed_job process restart when the server
+# is restarted:
+#
+#   after "deploy:stop",    "delayed_job:stop"
+#   after "deploy:start",   "delayed_job:start"
+#   after "deploy:restart", "delayed_job:restart"
+
+
+namespace :delayed_job do
+  desc "Stop the delayed_job process"
+  task :stop, :roles => :app do
+    run "cd #{current_path}; script/delayed_job -e #{rails_env} stop"
+  end
+
+  desc "Start the delayed_job process"
+  task :start, :roles => :app do
+    run "cd #{current_path}; script/delayed_job -e #{rails_env} start"
+  end
+
+  desc "Restart the delayed_job process"
+  task :restart, :roles => :app do
+    run "cd #{current_path}; script/delayed_job -e #{rails_env} restart"
+  end
+end

data/spec/database.rb

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+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../rspec/lib')
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'active_record'
+gem 'sqlite3-ruby'
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../init'
+require 'spec'
+  
+ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new('/tmp/dj.log')
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => 'sqlite3', :database => '/tmp/jobs.sqlite')
+ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false
+
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
+
+  create_table :delayed_jobs, :force => true do |table|
+    table.integer  :priority, :default => 0
+    table.integer  :attempts, :default => 0
+    table.text     :handler
+    table.string   :last_error
+    table.datetime :run_at
+    table.datetime :locked_at
+    table.string   :locked_by
+    table.datetime :failed_at
+    table.timestamps
+  end
+
+  create_table :stories, :force => true do |table|
+    table.string :text
+  end
+
+end
+
+
+# Purely useful for test cases...
+class Story < ActiveRecord::Base
+  def tell; text; end       
+  def whatever(n, _); tell*n; end
+  
+  handle_asynchronously :whatever
+end

data/spec/delayed_method_spec.rb

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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/database'
+
+class SimpleJob
+  cattr_accessor :runs; self.runs = 0
+  def perform; @@runs += 1; end
+end
+
+class RandomRubyObject  
+  def say_hello
+    'hello'
+  end
+end
+
+class ErrorObject
+
+  def throw
+    raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, '...'
+    false
+  end
+
+end
+
+class StoryReader
+
+  def read(story)
+    "Epilog: #{story.tell}"
+  end
+
+end
+
+class StoryReader
+
+  def read(story)
+    "Epilog: #{story.tell}"
+  end
+
+end
+
+describe 'random ruby objects' do
+  before       { Delayed::Job.delete_all }
+
+  it "should respond_to :send_later method" do
+
+    RandomRubyObject.new.respond_to?(:send_later)
+
+  end
+
+  it "should raise a ArgumentError if send_later is called but the target method doesn't exist" do
+    lambda { RandomRubyObject.new.send_later(:method_that_deos_not_exist) }.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+  end
+
+  it "should add a new entry to the job table when send_later is called on it" do
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 0
+
+    RandomRubyObject.new.send_later(:to_s)
+
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "should add a new entry to the job table when send_later is called on the class" do
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 0
+
+    RandomRubyObject.send_later(:to_s)
+
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "should run get the original method executed when the job is performed" do
+
+    RandomRubyObject.new.send_later(:say_hello)
+
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "should ignore ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound errors because they are permanent" do
+
+    ErrorObject.new.send_later(:throw)
+
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 1
+
+    Delayed::Job.reserve_and_run_one_job
+
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 0
+
+  end
+
+  it "should store the object as string if its an active record" do
+    story = Story.create :text => 'Once upon...'
+    story.send_later(:tell)
+
+    job =  Delayed::Job.find(:first)
+    job.payload_object.class.should   == Delayed::PerformableMethod
+    job.payload_object.object.should  == "AR:Story:#{story.id}"
+    job.payload_object.method.should  == :tell
+    job.payload_object.args.should    == []
+    job.payload_object.perform.should == 'Once upon...'
+  end
+
+  it "should store arguments as string if they an active record" do
+
+    story = Story.create :text => 'Once upon...'
+
+    reader = StoryReader.new
+    reader.send_later(:read, story)
+
+    job =  Delayed::Job.find(:first)
+    job.payload_object.class.should   == Delayed::PerformableMethod
+    job.payload_object.method.should  == :read
+    job.payload_object.args.should    == ["AR:Story:#{story.id}"]
+    job.payload_object.perform.should == 'Epilog: Once upon...'
+  end                 
+  
+  it "should call send later on methods which are wrapped with handle_asynchronously" do
+    story = Story.create :text => 'Once upon...'
+  
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 0
+  
+    story.whatever(1, 5)
+  
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 1
+    job =  Delayed::Job.find(:first)
+    job.payload_object.class.should   == Delayed::PerformableMethod
+    job.payload_object.method.should  == :whatever_without_send_later
+    job.payload_object.args.should    == [1, 5]
+    job.payload_object.perform.should == 'Once upon...'
+  end
+
+end

data/spec/job_spec.rb

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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/database'
+
+class SimpleJob
+  cattr_accessor :runs; self.runs = 0
+  def perform; @@runs += 1; end
+end
+
+class ErrorJob
+  cattr_accessor :runs; self.runs = 0
+  def perform; raise 'did not work'; end
+end             
+
+class LongRunningJob
+  def perform; sleep 250; end
+end
+
+module M
+  class ModuleJob
+    cattr_accessor :runs; self.runs = 0
+    def perform; @@runs += 1; end    
+  end
+  
+end
+
+describe Delayed::Job do
+  before  do               
+    Delayed::Job.max_priority = nil
+    Delayed::Job.min_priority = nil      
+    
+    Delayed::Job.delete_all
+  end
+  
+  before(:each) do
+    SimpleJob.runs = 0
+  end
+
+  it "should set run_at automatically if not set" do
+    Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => ErrorJob.new ).run_at.should_not == nil
+  end
+
+  it "should not set run_at automatically if already set" do
+    later = 5.minutes.from_now
+    Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => ErrorJob.new, :run_at => later).run_at.should == later
+  end
+
+  it "should raise ArgumentError when handler doesn't respond_to :perform" do
+    lambda { Delayed::Job.enqueue(Object.new) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+  end
+
+  it "should increase count after enqueuing items" do
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new
+    Delayed::Job.count.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "should be able to set priority when enqueuing items" do
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new, 5
+    Delayed::Job.first.priority.should == 5
+  end
+
+  it "should be able to set run_at when enqueuing items" do
+    later = 5.minutes.from_now
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new, 5, later
+
+    # use be close rather than equal to because millisecond values cn be lost in DB round trip
+    Delayed::Job.first.run_at.should be_close(later, 1)
+  end
+
+  it "should call perform on jobs when running work_off" do
+    SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new
+    Delayed::Job.work_off
+
+    SimpleJob.runs.should == 1
+  end
+                     
+                     
+  it "should work with eval jobs" do
+    $eval_job_ran = false
+
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue do <<-JOB
+      $eval_job_ran = true
+    JOB
+    end
+
+    Delayed::Job.work_off
+
+    $eval_job_ran.should == true
+  end
+                   
+  it "should work with jobs in modules" do
+    M::ModuleJob.runs.should == 0
+
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue M::ModuleJob.new
+    Delayed::Job.work_off
+
+    M::ModuleJob.runs.should == 1
+  end
+                   
+  it "should re-schedule by about 1 second at first and increment this more and more minutes when it fails to execute properly" do
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue ErrorJob.new
+    Delayed::Job.work_off(1)
+
+    job = Delayed::Job.find(:first)
+
+    job.last_error.should =~ /did not work/
+    job.last_error.should =~ /job_spec.rb:10:in `perform'/
+    job.attempts.should == 1
+
+    job.run_at.should > Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 10.minutes
+    job.run_at.should < Delayed::Job.db_time_now + 10.minutes
+  end
+
+  it "should raise an DeserializationError when the job class is totally unknown" do
+
+    job = Delayed::Job.new
+    job['handler'] = "--- !ruby/object:JobThatDoesNotExist {}"
+
+    lambda { job.payload_object.perform }.should raise_error(Delayed::DeserializationError)
+  end
+
+  it "should try to load the class when it is unknown at the time of the deserialization" do
+    job = Delayed::Job.new
+    job['handler'] = "--- !ruby/object:JobThatDoesNotExist {}"
+
+    job.should_receive(:attempt_to_load).with('JobThatDoesNotExist').and_return(true)
+
+    lambda { job.payload_object.perform }.should raise_error(Delayed::DeserializationError)
+  end
+
+  it "should try include the namespace when loading unknown objects" do
+    job = Delayed::Job.new
+    job['handler'] = "--- !ruby/object:Delayed::JobThatDoesNotExist {}"
+    job.should_receive(:attempt_to_load).with('Delayed::JobThatDoesNotExist').and_return(true)
+    lambda { job.payload_object.perform }.should raise_error(Delayed::DeserializationError)
+  end
+
+  it "should also try to load structs when they are unknown (raises TypeError)" do
+    job = Delayed::Job.new
+    job['handler'] = "--- !ruby/struct:JobThatDoesNotExist {}"
+
+    job.should_receive(:attempt_to_load).with('JobThatDoesNotExist').and_return(true)
+
+    lambda { job.payload_object.perform }.should raise_error(Delayed::DeserializationError)
+  end
+
+  it "should try include the namespace when loading unknown structs" do
+    job = Delayed::Job.new
+    job['handler'] = "--- !ruby/struct:Delayed::JobThatDoesNotExist {}"
+
+    job.should_receive(:attempt_to_load).with('Delayed::JobThatDoesNotExist').and_return(true)
+    lambda { job.payload_object.perform }.should raise_error(Delayed::DeserializationError)
+  end
+  
+  it "should be failed if it failed more than MAX_ATTEMPTS times and we don't want to destroy jobs" do
+    default = Delayed::Job.destroy_failed_jobs
+    Delayed::Job.destroy_failed_jobs = false
+
+    @job = Delayed::Job.create :payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :attempts => 50
+    @job.reload.failed_at.should == nil
+    @job.reschedule 'FAIL'
+    @job.reload.failed_at.should_not == nil
+
+    Delayed::Job.destroy_failed_jobs = default
+  end
+
+  it "should be destroyed if it failed more than MAX_ATTEMPTS times and we want to destroy jobs" do
+    default = Delayed::Job.destroy_failed_jobs
+    Delayed::Job.destroy_failed_jobs = true
+
+    @job = Delayed::Job.create :payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :attempts => 50
+    @job.should_receive(:destroy)
+    @job.reschedule 'FAIL'
+
+    Delayed::Job.destroy_failed_jobs = default
+  end
+
+  it "should fail after MAX_RUN_TIME" do
+    @job = Delayed::Job.create :payload_object => LongRunningJob.new
+    Delayed::Job.reserve_and_run_one_job(1.second)
+    @job.reload.last_error.should =~ /expired/
+    @job.attempts.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "should never find failed jobs" do
+    @job = Delayed::Job.create :payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :attempts => 50, :failed_at => Time.now
+    Delayed::Job.find_available(1).length.should == 0
+  end
+
+  context "when another worker is already performing an task, it" do
+
+    before :each do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker1'
+      @job = Delayed::Job.create :payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :locked_by => 'worker1', :locked_at => Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 5.minutes
+    end
+
+    it "should not allow a second worker to get exclusive access" do
+      @job.lock_exclusively!(4.hours, 'worker2').should == false
+    end
+
+    it "should allow a second worker to get exclusive access if the timeout has passed" do
+      @job.lock_exclusively!(1.minute, 'worker2').should == true
+    end      
+    
+    it "should be able to get access to the task if it was started more then max_age ago" do
+      @job.locked_at = 5.hours.ago
+      @job.save
+
+      @job.lock_exclusively! 4.hours, 'worker2'
+      @job.reload
+      @job.locked_by.should == 'worker2'
+      @job.locked_at.should > 1.minute.ago
+    end
+
+    it "should not be found by another worker" do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker2'
+
+      Delayed::Job.find_available(1, 6.minutes).length.should == 0
+    end
+
+    it "should be found by another worker if the time has expired" do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker2'
+
+      Delayed::Job.find_available(1, 4.minutes).length.should == 1
+    end
+
+    it "should be able to get exclusive access again when the worker name is the same" do
+      @job.lock_exclusively! 5.minutes, 'worker1'
+      @job.lock_exclusively! 5.minutes, 'worker1'
+      @job.lock_exclusively! 5.minutes, 'worker1'
+    end                                        
+  end
+  
+  context "when another worker has worked on a task since the job was found to be available, it" do
+
+    before :each do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker1'
+      @job = Delayed::Job.create :payload_object => SimpleJob.new
+      @job_copy_for_worker_2 = Delayed::Job.find(@job.id)
+    end
+
+    it "should not allow a second worker to get exclusive access if already successfully processed by worker1" do
+      @job.delete
+      @job_copy_for_worker_2.lock_exclusively!(4.hours, 'worker2').should == false
+    end
+
+    it "should not allow a second worker to get exclusive access if failed to be processed by worker1 and run_at time is now in future (due to backing off behaviour)" do
+      @job.update_attributes(:attempts => 1, :run_at => Time.now + 1.day)
+      @job_copy_for_worker_2.lock_exclusively!(4.hours, 'worker2').should == false
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "#name" do
+    it "should be the class name of the job that was enqueued" do
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => ErrorJob.new ).name.should == 'ErrorJob'
+    end
+
+    it "should be the method that will be called if its a performable method object" do
+      Delayed::Job.send_later(:clear_locks!)
+      Delayed::Job.last.name.should == 'Delayed::Job.clear_locks!'
+
+    end
+    it "should be the instance method that will be called if its a performable method object" do
+      story = Story.create :text => "..."                 
+      
+      story.send_later(:save)
+      
+      Delayed::Job.last.name.should == 'Story#save'
+    end
+  end
+  
+  context "worker prioritization" do
+    
+    before(:each) do
+      Delayed::Job.max_priority = nil
+      Delayed::Job.min_priority = nil      
+    end
+  
+    it "should only work_off jobs that are >= min_priority" do
+      Delayed::Job.min_priority = -5
+      Delayed::Job.max_priority = 5
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+    
+      Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new, -10
+      Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new, 0
+      Delayed::Job.work_off
+    
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 1
+    end
+  
+    it "should only work_off jobs that are <= max_priority" do
+      Delayed::Job.min_priority = -5
+      Delayed::Job.max_priority = 5
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+    
+      Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new, 10
+      Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new, 0
+
+      Delayed::Job.work_off
+
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 1
+    end
+    
+    it "should fetch jobs ordered by priority" do
+      number_of_jobs = 10
+      number_of_jobs.times { Delayed::Job.enqueue SimpleJob.new, rand(10) }
+      jobs = Delayed::Job.find_available(10)
+      ordered = true
+      jobs[1..-1].each_index{ |i| 
+        if (jobs[i].priority < jobs[i+1].priority)
+          ordered = false
+          break
+        end
+      }
+      ordered.should == true
+    end
+   
+  end
+  
+  context "when pulling jobs off the queue for processing, it" do
+    before(:each) do
+      @job = Delayed::Job.create(
+        :payload_object => SimpleJob.new, 
+        :locked_by => 'worker1', 
+        :locked_at => Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 5.minutes)
+    end
+
+    it "should leave the queue in a consistent state and not run the job if locking fails" do
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0     
+      @job.stub!(:lock_exclusively!).with(any_args).once.and_return(false)
+      Delayed::Job.should_receive(:find_available).once.and_return([@job])
+      Delayed::Job.work_off(1)
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+    end
+  
+  end
+  
+  context "while running alongside other workers that locked jobs, it" do
+    before(:each) do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker1'
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :locked_by => 'worker1', :locked_at => (Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 1.minutes))
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :locked_by => 'worker2', :locked_at => (Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 1.minutes))
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new)
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :locked_by => 'worker1', :locked_at => (Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 1.minutes))
+    end
+
+    it "should ingore locked jobs from other workers" do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker3'
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+      Delayed::Job.work_off
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 1 # runs the one open job
+    end
+
+    it "should find our own jobs regardless of locks" do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker1'
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+      Delayed::Job.work_off
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 3 # runs open job plus worker1 jobs that were already locked
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "while running with locked and expired jobs, it" do
+    before(:each) do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker1'
+      exp_time = Delayed::Job.db_time_now - (1.minutes + Delayed::Job::MAX_RUN_TIME)
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :locked_by => 'worker1', :locked_at => exp_time)
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :locked_by => 'worker2', :locked_at => (Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 1.minutes))
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new)
+      Delayed::Job.create(:payload_object => SimpleJob.new, :locked_by => 'worker1', :locked_at => (Delayed::Job.db_time_now - 1.minutes))
+    end
+
+    it "should only find unlocked and expired jobs" do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker3'
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+      Delayed::Job.work_off
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 2 # runs the one open job and one expired job
+    end
+
+    it "should ignore locks when finding our own jobs" do
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = 'worker1'
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 0
+      Delayed::Job.work_off
+      SimpleJob.runs.should == 3 # runs open job plus worker1 jobs
+      # This is useful in the case of a crash/restart on worker1, but make sure multiple workers on the same host have unique names!
+    end
+
+  end
+  
+end