qless 0.9.3 → 0.10.0

data/lib/qless/job_reservers/ordered.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Encoding: utf-8
+
 module Qless
   module JobReservers
     class Ordered
@@ -15,8 +17,12 @@ module Qless
         nil
       end
 
+      def prep_for_work!
+        # nothing here on purpose
+      end
+
       def description
-        @description ||= @queues.map(&:name).join(', ') + " (ordered)"
+        @description ||= @queues.map(&:name).join(', ') + ' (ordered)'
       end
     end
   end

data/lib/qless/job_reservers/round_robin.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+# Encoding: utf-8
+
 module Qless
   module JobReservers
+    # Round-robins through all the provided queues
     class RoundRobin
       attr_reader :queues
 
@@ -11,20 +14,28 @@ module Qless
 
       def reserve
         @num_queues.times do |i|
-          if job = next_queue.pop
-            return job
-          end
+          job = next_queue.pop
+          return job if job
         end
         nil
       end
 
+      def prep_for_work!
+        # nothing here on purpose
+      end
+
       def description
-        @description ||= @queues.map(&:name).join(', ') + " (#{self.class::TYPE_DESCRIPTION})"
+        @description ||=
+          @queues.map(&:name).join(', ') + " (#{self.class::TYPE_DESCRIPTION})"
+      end
+
+      def reset_description!
+        @description = nil
       end
 
     private
 
-      TYPE_DESCRIPTION = "round robin"
+      TYPE_DESCRIPTION = 'round robin'
 
       def next_queue
         @last_popped_queue_index = (@last_popped_queue_index + 1) % @num_queues
@@ -33,4 +44,3 @@ module Qless
     end
   end
 end
-

data/lib/qless/job_reservers/shuffled_round_robin.rb

@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
+# Encoding: utf-8
+
 require 'qless/job_reservers/round_robin'
 
 module Qless
   module JobReservers
+    # Like round-robin but shuffles the order of the queues
     class ShuffledRoundRobin < RoundRobin
       def initialize(queues)
         super(queues.shuffle)
       end
 
-      TYPE_DESCRIPTION = "shuffled round robin"
+      def prep_for_work!
+        @queues = @queues.shuffle
+        reset_description!
+      end
+
+      TYPE_DESCRIPTION = 'shuffled round robin'
     end
   end
 end
-

data/lib/qless/lua/qless-lib.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,2463 @@
+-- Current SHA: 525c39000dc71df53a3502491cb4daf0e1128f1d
+-- This is a generated file
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Forward declarations to make everything happy
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+local Qless = {
+  ns = 'ql:'
+}
+
+-- Queue forward delcaration
+local QlessQueue = {
+  ns = Qless.ns .. 'q:'
+}
+QlessQueue.__index = QlessQueue
+
+-- Worker forward declaration
+local QlessWorker = {
+  ns = Qless.ns .. 'w:'
+}
+QlessWorker.__index = QlessWorker
+
+-- Job forward declaration
+local QlessJob = {
+  ns = Qless.ns .. 'j:'
+}
+QlessJob.__index = QlessJob
+
+-- RecurringJob forward declaration
+local QlessRecurringJob = {}
+QlessRecurringJob.__index = QlessRecurringJob
+
+-- Config forward declaration
+Qless.config = {}
+
+-- Extend a table. This comes up quite frequently
+function table.extend(self, other)
+  for i, v in ipairs(other) do
+    table.insert(self, v)
+  end
+end
+
+-- This is essentially the same as redis' publish, but it prefixes the channel
+-- with the Qless namespace
+function Qless.publish(channel, message)
+  redis.call('publish', Qless.ns .. channel, message)
+end
+
+-- Return a job object given its job id
+function Qless.job(jid)
+  assert(jid, 'Job(): no jid provided')
+  local job = {}
+  setmetatable(job, QlessJob)
+  job.jid = jid
+  return job
+end
+
+-- Return a recurring job object
+function Qless.recurring(jid)
+  assert(jid, 'Recurring(): no jid provided')
+  local job = {}
+  setmetatable(job, QlessRecurringJob)
+  job.jid = jid
+  return job
+end
+
+-- Failed([group, [start, [limit]]])
+-- ------------------------------------
+-- If no group is provided, this returns a JSON blob of the counts of the
+-- various groups of failures known. If a group is provided, it will report up
+-- to `limit` from `start` of the jobs affected by that issue.
+-- 
+--  # If no group, then...
+--  {
+--      'group1': 1,
+--      'group2': 5,
+--      ...
+--  }
+--  
+--  # If a group is provided, then...
+--  {
+--      'total': 20,
+--      'jobs': [
+--          {
+--              # All the normal keys for a job
+--              'jid': ...,
+--              'data': ...
+--              # The message for this particular instance
+--              'message': ...,
+--              'group': ...,
+--          }, ...
+--      ]
+--  }
+--
+function Qless.failed(group, start, limit)
+  start = assert(tonumber(start or 0),
+    'Failed(): Arg "start" is not a number: ' .. (start or 'nil'))
+  limit = assert(tonumber(limit or 25),
+    'Failed(): Arg "limit" is not a number: ' .. (limit or 'nil'))
+
+  if group then
+    -- If a group was provided, then we should do paginated lookup
+    return {
+      total = redis.call('llen', 'ql:f:' .. group),
+      jobs  = redis.call('lrange', 'ql:f:' .. group, start, start + limit - 1)
+    }
+  else
+    -- Otherwise, we should just list all the known failure groups we have
+    local response = {}
+    local groups = redis.call('smembers', 'ql:failures')
+    for index, group in ipairs(groups) do
+      response[group] = redis.call('llen', 'ql:f:' .. group)
+    end
+    return response
+  end
+end
+
+-- Jobs(now, 'complete', [offset, [count]])
+-- Jobs(now, (
+--          'stalled' | 'running' | 'scheduled' | 'depends', 'recurring'
+--      ), queue, [offset, [count]])
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Return all the job ids currently considered to be in the provided state
+-- in a particular queue. The response is a list of job ids:
+-- 
+--  [
+--      jid1, 
+--      jid2,
+--      ...
+--  ]
+function Qless.jobs(now, state, ...)
+  assert(state, 'Jobs(): Arg "state" missing')
+  if state == 'complete' then
+    local offset = assert(tonumber(arg[1] or 0),
+      'Jobs(): Arg "offset" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[1]))
+    local count  = assert(tonumber(arg[2] or 25),
+      'Jobs(): Arg "count" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[2]))
+    return redis.call('zrevrange', 'ql:completed', offset,
+      offset + count - 1)
+  else
+    local name  = assert(arg[1], 'Jobs(): Arg "queue" missing')
+    local offset = assert(tonumber(arg[2] or 0),
+      'Jobs(): Arg "offset" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[2]))
+    local count  = assert(tonumber(arg[3] or 25),
+      'Jobs(): Arg "count" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[3]))
+
+    local queue = Qless.queue(name)
+    if state == 'running' then
+      return queue.locks.peek(now, offset, count)
+    elseif state == 'stalled' then
+      return queue.locks.expired(now, offset, count)
+    elseif state == 'scheduled' then
+      queue:check_scheduled(now, queue.scheduled.length())
+      return queue.scheduled.peek(now, offset, count)
+    elseif state == 'depends' then
+      return queue.depends.peek(now, offset, count)
+    elseif state == 'recurring' then
+      return queue.recurring.peek(math.huge, offset, count)
+    else
+      error('Jobs(): Unknown type "' .. state .. '"')
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+-- Track()
+-- Track(now, ('track' | 'untrack'), jid)
+-- ------------------------------------------
+-- If no arguments are provided, it returns details of all currently-tracked
+-- jobs. If the first argument is 'track', then it will start tracking the job
+-- associated with that id, and 'untrack' stops tracking it. In this context,
+-- tracking is nothing more than saving the job to a list of jobs that are
+-- considered special.
+-- 
+--  {
+--      'jobs': [
+--          {
+--              'jid': ...,
+--              # All the other details you'd get from 'get'
+--          }, {
+--              ...
+--          }
+--      ], 'expired': [
+--          # These are all the jids that are completed and whose data expired
+--          'deadbeef',
+--          ...,
+--          ...,
+--      ]
+--  }
+--
+function Qless.track(now, command, jid)
+  if command ~= nil then
+    assert(jid, 'Track(): Arg "jid" missing')
+    -- Verify that job exists
+    assert(Qless.job(jid):exists(), 'Track(): Job does not exist')
+    if string.lower(command) == 'track' then
+      Qless.publish('track', jid)
+      return redis.call('zadd', 'ql:tracked', now, jid)
+    elseif string.lower(command) == 'untrack' then
+      Qless.publish('untrack', jid)
+      return redis.call('zrem', 'ql:tracked', jid)
+    else
+      error('Track(): Unknown action "' .. command .. '"')
+    end
+  else
+    local response = {
+      jobs = {},
+      expired = {}
+    }
+    local jids = redis.call('zrange', 'ql:tracked', 0, -1)
+    for index, jid in ipairs(jids) do
+      local data = Qless.job(jid):data()
+      if data then
+        table.insert(response.jobs, data)
+      else
+        table.insert(response.expired, jid)
+      end
+    end
+    return response
+  end
+end
+
+-- tag(now, ('add' | 'remove'), jid, tag, [tag, ...])
+-- tag(now, 'get', tag, [offset, [count]])
+-- tag(now, 'top', [offset, [count]])
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Accepts a jid, 'add' or 'remove', and then a list of tags
+-- to either add or remove from the job. Alternatively, 'get',
+-- a tag to get jobs associated with that tag, and offset and
+-- count
+--
+-- If 'add' or 'remove', the response is a list of the jobs
+-- current tags, or False if the job doesn't exist. If 'get',
+-- the response is of the form:
+--
+--  {
+--      total: ...,
+--      jobs: [
+--          jid,
+--          ...
+--      ]
+--  }
+--
+-- If 'top' is supplied, it returns the most commonly-used tags
+-- in a paginated fashion.
+function Qless.tag(now, command, ...)
+  assert(command,
+    'Tag(): Arg "command" must be "add", "remove", "get" or "top"')
+
+  if command == 'add' then
+    local jid  = assert(arg[1], 'Tag(): Arg "jid" missing')
+    local tags = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'tags')
+    -- If the job has been canceled / deleted, then return false
+    if tags then
+      -- Decode the json blob, convert to dictionary
+      tags = cjson.decode(tags)
+      local _tags = {}
+      for i,v in ipairs(tags) do _tags[v] = true end
+    
+      -- Otherwise, add the job to the sorted set with that tags
+      for i=2,#arg do
+        local tag = arg[i]
+        if _tags[tag] == nil then
+          _tags[tag] = true
+          table.insert(tags, tag)
+        end
+        redis.call('zadd', 'ql:t:' .. tag, now, jid)
+        redis.call('zincrby', 'ql:tags', 1, tag)
+      end
+    
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'tags', cjson.encode(tags))
+      return tags
+    else
+      error('Tag(): Job ' .. jid .. ' does not exist')
+    end
+  elseif command == 'remove' then
+    local jid  = assert(arg[1], 'Tag(): Arg "jid" missing')
+    local tags = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'tags')
+    -- If the job has been canceled / deleted, then return false
+    if tags then
+      -- Decode the json blob, convert to dictionary
+      tags = cjson.decode(tags)
+      local _tags = {}
+      for i,v in ipairs(tags) do _tags[v] = true end
+    
+      -- Otherwise, add the job to the sorted set with that tags
+      for i=2,#arg do
+        local tag = arg[i]
+        _tags[tag] = nil
+        redis.call('zrem', 'ql:t:' .. tag, jid)
+        redis.call('zincrby', 'ql:tags', -1, tag)
+      end
+    
+      local results = {}
+      for i,tag in ipairs(tags) do if _tags[tag] then table.insert(results, tag) end end
+    
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'tags', cjson.encode(results))
+      return results
+    else
+      error('Tag(): Job ' .. jid .. ' does not exist')
+    end
+  elseif command == 'get' then
+    local tag    = assert(arg[1], 'Tag(): Arg "tag" missing')
+    local offset = assert(tonumber(arg[2] or 0),
+      'Tag(): Arg "offset" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[2]))
+    local count  = assert(tonumber(arg[3] or 25),
+      'Tag(): Arg "count" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[3]))
+    return {
+      total = redis.call('zcard', 'ql:t:' .. tag),
+      jobs  = redis.call('zrange', 'ql:t:' .. tag, offset, offset + count - 1)
+    }
+  elseif command == 'top' then
+    local offset = assert(tonumber(arg[1] or 0) , 'Tag(): Arg "offset" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[1]))
+    local count  = assert(tonumber(arg[2] or 25), 'Tag(): Arg "count" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[2]))
+    return redis.call('zrevrangebyscore', 'ql:tags', '+inf', 2, 'limit', offset, count)
+  else
+    error('Tag(): First argument must be "add", "remove" or "get"')
+  end
+end
+
+-- Cancel(...)
+-- --------------
+-- Cancel a job from taking place. It will be deleted from the system, and any
+-- attempts to renew a heartbeat will fail, and any attempts to complete it
+-- will fail. If you try to get the data on the object, you will get nothing.
+function Qless.cancel(...)
+  -- Dependents is a mapping of a job to its dependent jids
+  local dependents = {}
+  for _, jid in ipairs(arg) do
+    dependents[jid] = redis.call(
+      'smembers', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependents') or {}
+  end
+
+  -- Now, we'll loop through every jid we intend to cancel, and we'll go
+  -- make sure that this operation will be ok
+  for i, jid in ipairs(arg) do
+    for j, dep in ipairs(dependents[jid]) do
+      if dependents[dep] == nil then
+        error('Cancel(): ' .. jid .. ' is a dependency of ' .. dep ..
+           ' but is not mentioned to be canceled')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- If we've made it this far, then we are good to go. We can now just
+  -- remove any trace of all these jobs, as they form a dependent clique
+  for _, jid in ipairs(arg) do
+    -- Find any stage it's associated with and remove its from that stage
+    local state, queue, failure, worker = unpack(redis.call(
+      'hmget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'state', 'queue', 'failure', 'worker'))
+
+    if state ~= 'complete' then
+      -- Send a message out on the appropriate channels
+      local encoded = cjson.encode({
+        jid    = jid,
+        worker = worker,
+        event  = 'canceled',
+        queue  = queue
+      })
+      Qless.publish('log', encoded)
+
+      -- Remove this job from whatever worker has it, if any
+      if worker and (worker ~= '') then
+        redis.call('zrem', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', jid)
+        -- If necessary, send a message to the appropriate worker, too
+        Qless.publish('w:' .. worker, encoded)
+      end
+
+      -- Remove it from that queue
+      if queue then
+        local queue = Qless.queue(queue)
+        queue.work.remove(jid)
+        queue.locks.remove(jid)
+        queue.scheduled.remove(jid)
+        queue.depends.remove(jid)
+      end
+
+      -- We should probably go through all our dependencies and remove
+      -- ourselves from the list of dependents
+      for i, j in ipairs(redis.call(
+        'smembers', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependencies')) do
+        redis.call('srem', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependents', jid)
+      end
+
+      -- Delete any notion of dependencies it has
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependencies')
+
+      -- If we're in the failed state, remove all of our data
+      if state == 'failed' then
+        failure = cjson.decode(failure)
+        -- We need to make this remove it from the failed queues
+        redis.call('lrem', 'ql:f:' .. failure.group, 0, jid)
+        if redis.call('llen', 'ql:f:' .. failure.group) == 0 then
+          redis.call('srem', 'ql:failures', failure.group)
+        end
+        -- Remove one count from the failed count of the particular
+        -- queue
+        local bin = failure.when - (failure.when % 86400)
+        local failed = redis.call(
+          'hget', 'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. queue, 'failed')
+        redis.call('hset',
+          'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. queue, 'failed', failed - 1)
+      end
+
+      -- Remove it as a job that's tagged with this particular tag
+      local tags = cjson.decode(
+        redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'tags') or '{}')
+      for i, tag in ipairs(tags) do
+        redis.call('zrem', 'ql:t:' .. tag, jid)
+        redis.call('zincrby', 'ql:tags', -1, tag)
+      end
+
+      -- If the job was being tracked, we should notify
+      if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:tracked', jid) ~= false then
+        Qless.publish('canceled', jid)
+      end
+
+      -- Just go ahead and delete our data
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. jid)
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-history')
+    end
+  end
+  
+  return arg
+end
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Configuration interactions
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- This represents our default configuration settings
+Qless.config.defaults = {
+  ['application']        = 'qless',
+  ['heartbeat']          = 60,
+  ['grace-period']       = 10,
+  ['stats-history']      = 30,
+  ['histogram-history']  = 7,
+  ['jobs-history-count'] = 50000,
+  ['jobs-history']       = 604800
+}
+
+-- Get one or more of the keys
+Qless.config.get = function(key, default)
+  if key then
+    return redis.call('hget', 'ql:config', key) or
+      Qless.config.defaults[key] or default
+  else
+    -- Inspired by redis-lua https://github.com/nrk/redis-lua/blob/version-2.0/src/redis.lua
+    local reply = redis.call('hgetall', 'ql:config')
+    for i = 1, #reply, 2 do
+      Qless.config.defaults[reply[i]] = reply[i + 1]
+    end
+    return Qless.config.defaults
+  end
+end
+
+-- Set a configuration variable
+Qless.config.set = function(option, value)
+  assert(option, 'config.set(): Arg "option" missing')
+  assert(value , 'config.set(): Arg "value" missing')
+  -- Send out a log message
+  Qless.publish('log', cjson.encode({
+    event  = 'config_set',
+    option = option,
+    value  = value
+  }))
+
+  redis.call('hset', 'ql:config', option, value)
+end
+
+-- Unset a configuration option
+Qless.config.unset = function(option)
+  assert(option, 'config.unset(): Arg "option" missing')
+  -- Send out a log message
+  Qless.publish('log', cjson.encode({
+    event  = 'config_unset',
+    option = option
+  }))
+
+  redis.call('hdel', 'ql:config', option)
+end
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Job Class
+--
+-- It returns an object that represents the job with the provided JID
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- This gets all the data associated with the job with the provided id. If the
+-- job is not found, it returns nil. If found, it returns an object with the
+-- appropriate properties
+function QlessJob:data(...)
+  local job = redis.call(
+      'hmget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'jid', 'klass', 'state', 'queue',
+      'worker', 'priority', 'expires', 'retries', 'remaining', 'data',
+      'tags', 'failure', 'spawned_from_jid')
+
+  -- Return nil if we haven't found it
+  if not job[1] then
+    return nil
+  end
+
+  local data = {
+    jid              = job[1],
+    klass            = job[2],
+    state            = job[3],
+    queue            = job[4],
+    worker           = job[5] or '',
+    tracked          = redis.call(
+      'zscore', 'ql:tracked', self.jid) ~= false,
+    priority         = tonumber(job[6]),
+    expires          = tonumber(job[7]) or 0,
+    retries          = tonumber(job[8]),
+    remaining        = math.floor(tonumber(job[9])),
+    data             = job[10],
+    tags             = cjson.decode(job[11]),
+    history          = self:history(),
+    failure          = cjson.decode(job[12] or '{}'),
+    spawned_from_jid = job[13],
+    dependents       = redis.call(
+      'smembers', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependents'),
+    dependencies     = redis.call(
+      'smembers', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependencies')
+  }
+
+  if #arg > 0 then
+    -- This section could probably be optimized, but I wanted the interface
+    -- in place first
+    local response = {}
+    for index, key in ipairs(arg) do
+      table.insert(response, data[key])
+    end
+    return response
+  else
+    return data
+  end
+end
+
+-- Complete a job and optionally put it in another queue, either scheduled or
+-- to be considered waiting immediately. It can also optionally accept other
+-- jids on which this job will be considered dependent before it's considered 
+-- valid.
+--
+-- The variable-length arguments may be pairs of the form:
+-- 
+--      ('next'   , queue) : The queue to advance it to next
+--      ('delay'  , delay) : The delay for the next queue
+--      ('depends',        : Json of jobs it depends on in the new queue
+--          '["jid1", "jid2", ...]')
+---
+function QlessJob:complete(now, worker, queue, data, ...)
+  assert(worker, 'Complete(): Arg "worker" missing')
+  assert(queue , 'Complete(): Arg "queue" missing')
+  data = assert(cjson.decode(data),
+    'Complete(): Arg "data" missing or not JSON: ' .. tostring(data))
+
+  -- Read in all the optional parameters
+  local options = {}
+  for i = 1, #arg, 2 do options[arg[i]] = arg[i + 1] end
+  
+  -- Sanity check on optional args
+  local nextq   = options['next']
+  local delay   = assert(tonumber(options['delay'] or 0))
+  local depends = assert(cjson.decode(options['depends'] or '[]'),
+    'Complete(): Arg "depends" not JSON: ' .. tostring(options['depends']))
+
+  -- Depends doesn't make sense without nextq
+  if options['delay'] and nextq == nil then
+    error('Complete(): "delay" cannot be used without a "next".')
+  end
+
+  -- Depends doesn't make sense without nextq
+  if options['depends'] and nextq == nil then
+    error('Complete(): "depends" cannot be used without a "next".')
+  end
+
+  -- The bin is midnight of the provided day
+  -- 24 * 60 * 60 = 86400
+  local bin = now - (now % 86400)
+
+  -- First things first, we should see if the worker still owns this job
+  local lastworker, state, priority, retries, current_queue = unpack(
+    redis.call('hmget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'worker', 'state',
+      'priority', 'retries', 'queue'))
+
+  if lastworker == false then
+    error('Complete(): Job does not exist')
+  elseif (state ~= 'running') then
+    error('Complete(): Job is not currently running: ' .. state)
+  elseif lastworker ~= worker then
+    error('Complete(): Job has been handed out to another worker: ' ..
+      tostring(lastworker))
+  elseif queue ~= current_queue then
+    error('Complete(): Job running in another queue: ' ..
+      tostring(current_queue))
+  end
+
+  -- Now we can assume that the worker does own the job. We need to
+  --    1) Remove the job from the 'locks' from the old queue
+  --    2) Enqueue it in the next stage if necessary
+  --    3) Update the data
+  --    4) Mark the job as completed, remove the worker, remove expires, and
+  --          update history
+  self:history(now, 'done')
+
+  if data then
+    redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'data', cjson.encode(data))
+  end
+
+  -- Remove the job from the previous queue
+  local queue_obj = Qless.queue(queue)
+  queue_obj.work.remove(self.jid)
+  queue_obj.locks.remove(self.jid)
+  queue_obj.scheduled.remove(self.jid)
+
+  ----------------------------------------------------------
+  -- This is the massive stats update that we have to do
+  ----------------------------------------------------------
+  -- This is how long we've been waiting to get popped
+  -- local waiting = math.floor(now) - history[#history]['popped']
+  local time = tonumber(
+    redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'time') or now)
+  local waiting = now - time
+  Qless.queue(queue):stat(now, 'run', waiting)
+  redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+    'time', string.format("%.20f", now))
+
+  -- Remove this job from the jobs that the worker that was running it has
+  redis.call('zrem', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', self.jid)
+
+  if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:tracked', self.jid) ~= false then
+    Qless.publish('completed', self.jid)
+  end
+
+  if nextq then
+    queue_obj = Qless.queue(nextq)
+    -- Send a message out to log
+    Qless.publish('log', cjson.encode({
+      jid   = self.jid,
+      event = 'advanced',
+      queue = queue,
+      to    = nextq
+    }))
+
+    -- Enqueue the job
+    self:history(now, 'put', {q = nextq})
+
+    -- We're going to make sure that this queue is in the
+    -- set of known queues
+    if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:queues', nextq) == false then
+      redis.call('zadd', 'ql:queues', now, nextq)
+    end
+    
+    redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+      'state', 'waiting',
+      'worker', '',
+      'failure', '{}',
+      'queue', nextq,
+      'expires', 0,
+      'remaining', tonumber(retries))
+    
+    if (delay > 0) and (#depends == 0) then
+      queue_obj.scheduled.add(now + delay, self.jid)
+      return 'scheduled'
+    else
+      -- These are the jids we legitimately have to wait on
+      local count = 0
+      for i, j in ipairs(depends) do
+        -- Make sure it's something other than 'nil' or complete.
+        local state = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. j, 'state')
+        if (state and state ~= 'complete') then
+          count = count + 1
+          redis.call(
+            'sadd', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependents',self.jid)
+          redis.call(
+            'sadd', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependencies', j)
+        end
+      end
+      if count > 0 then
+        queue_obj.depends.add(now, self.jid)
+        redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'state', 'depends')
+        if delay > 0 then
+          -- We've already put it in 'depends'. Now, we must just save the data
+          -- for when it's scheduled
+          queue_obj.depends.add(now, self.jid)
+          redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'scheduled', now + delay)
+        end
+        return 'depends'
+      else
+        queue_obj.work.add(now, priority, self.jid)
+        return 'waiting'
+      end
+    end
+  else
+    -- Send a message out to log
+    Qless.publish('log', cjson.encode({
+      jid   = self.jid,
+      event = 'completed',
+      queue = queue
+    }))
+
+    redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+      'state', 'complete',
+      'worker', '',
+      'failure', '{}',
+      'queue', '',
+      'expires', 0,
+      'remaining', tonumber(retries))
+    
+    -- Do the completion dance
+    local count = Qless.config.get('jobs-history-count')
+    local time  = Qless.config.get('jobs-history')
+    
+    -- These are the default values
+    count = tonumber(count or 50000)
+    time  = tonumber(time  or 7 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+    
+    -- Schedule this job for destructination eventually
+    redis.call('zadd', 'ql:completed', now, self.jid)
+    
+    -- Now look at the expired job data. First, based on the current time
+    local jids = redis.call('zrangebyscore', 'ql:completed', 0, now - time)
+    -- Any jobs that need to be expired... delete
+    for index, jid in ipairs(jids) do
+      local tags = cjson.decode(
+        redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'tags') or '{}')
+      for i, tag in ipairs(tags) do
+        redis.call('zrem', 'ql:t:' .. tag, jid)
+        redis.call('zincrby', 'ql:tags', -1, tag)
+      end
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. jid)
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-history')
+    end
+    -- And now remove those from the queued-for-cleanup queue
+    redis.call('zremrangebyscore', 'ql:completed', 0, now - time)
+    
+    -- Now take the all by the most recent 'count' ids
+    jids = redis.call('zrange', 'ql:completed', 0, (-1-count))
+    for index, jid in ipairs(jids) do
+      local tags = cjson.decode(
+        redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'tags') or '{}')
+      for i, tag in ipairs(tags) do
+        redis.call('zrem', 'ql:t:' .. tag, jid)
+        redis.call('zincrby', 'ql:tags', -1, tag)
+      end
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. jid)
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-history')
+    end
+    redis.call('zremrangebyrank', 'ql:completed', 0, (-1-count))
+    
+    -- Alright, if this has any dependents, then we should go ahead
+    -- and unstick those guys.
+    for i, j in ipairs(redis.call(
+      'smembers', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependents')) do
+      redis.call('srem', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependencies', self.jid)
+      if redis.call(
+        'scard', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependencies') == 0 then
+        local q, p, scheduled = unpack(
+          redis.call('hmget', QlessJob.ns .. j, 'queue', 'priority', 'scheduled'))
+        if q then
+          local queue = Qless.queue(q)
+          queue.depends.remove(j)
+          if scheduled then
+            queue.scheduled.add(scheduled, j)
+            redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. j, 'state', 'scheduled')
+            redis.call('hdel', QlessJob.ns .. j, 'scheduled')
+          else
+            queue.work.add(now, p, j)
+            redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. j, 'state', 'waiting')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    -- Delete our dependents key
+    redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependents')
+    
+    return 'complete'
+  end
+end
+
+-- Fail(now, worker, group, message, [data])
+-- -------------------------------------------------
+-- Mark the particular job as failed, with the provided group, and a more
+-- specific message. By `group`, we mean some phrase that might be one of
+-- several categorical modes of failure. The `message` is something more
+-- job-specific, like perhaps a traceback.
+-- 
+-- This method should __not__ be used to note that a job has been dropped or
+-- has failed in a transient way. This method __should__ be used to note that
+-- a job has something really wrong with it that must be remedied.
+-- 
+-- The motivation behind the `group` is so that similar errors can be grouped
+-- together. Optionally, updated data can be provided for the job. A job in
+-- any state can be marked as failed. If it has been given to a worker as a 
+-- job, then its subsequent requests to heartbeat or complete that job will
+-- fail. Failed jobs are kept until they are canceled or completed.
+--
+-- __Returns__ the id of the failed job if successful, or `False` on failure.
+--
+-- Args:
+--    1) jid
+--    2) worker
+--    3) group
+--    4) message
+--    5) the current time
+--    6) [data]
+function QlessJob:fail(now, worker, group, message, data)
+  local worker  = assert(worker           , 'Fail(): Arg "worker" missing')
+  local group   = assert(group            , 'Fail(): Arg "group" missing')
+  local message = assert(message          , 'Fail(): Arg "message" missing')
+
+  -- The bin is midnight of the provided day
+  -- 24 * 60 * 60 = 86400
+  local bin = now - (now % 86400)
+
+  if data then
+    data = cjson.decode(data)
+  end
+
+  -- First things first, we should get the history
+  local queue, state, oldworker = unpack(redis.call(
+    'hmget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue', 'state', 'worker'))
+
+  -- If the job has been completed, we cannot fail it
+  if not state then
+    error('Fail(): Job does not exist')
+  elseif state ~= 'running' then
+    error('Fail(): Job not currently running: ' .. state)
+  elseif worker ~= oldworker then
+    error('Fail(): Job running with another worker: ' .. oldworker)
+  end
+
+  -- Send out a log message
+  Qless.publish('log', cjson.encode({
+    jid     = self.jid,
+    event   = 'failed',
+    worker  = worker,
+    group   = group,
+    message = message
+  }))
+
+  if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:tracked', self.jid) ~= false then
+    Qless.publish('failed', self.jid)
+  end
+
+  -- Remove this job from the jobs that the worker that was running it has
+  redis.call('zrem', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', self.jid)
+
+  -- Now, take the element of the history for which our provided worker is
+  -- the worker, and update 'failed'
+  self:history(now, 'failed', {worker = worker, group = group})
+
+  -- Increment the number of failures for that queue for the
+  -- given day.
+  redis.call('hincrby', 'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. queue, 'failures', 1)
+  redis.call('hincrby', 'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. queue, 'failed'  , 1)
+
+  -- Now remove the instance from the schedule, and work queues for the
+  -- queue it's in
+  local queue_obj = Qless.queue(queue)
+  queue_obj.work.remove(self.jid)
+  queue_obj.locks.remove(self.jid)
+  queue_obj.scheduled.remove(self.jid)
+
+  -- The reason that this appears here is that the above will fail if the 
+  -- job doesn't exist
+  if data then
+    redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'data', cjson.encode(data))
+  end
+
+  redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+    'state', 'failed',
+    'worker', '',
+    'expires', '',
+    'failure', cjson.encode({
+      ['group']   = group,
+      ['message'] = message,
+      ['when']    = math.floor(now),
+      ['worker']  = worker
+    }))
+
+  -- Add this group of failure to the list of failures
+  redis.call('sadd', 'ql:failures', group)
+  -- And add this particular instance to the failed groups
+  redis.call('lpush', 'ql:f:' .. group, self.jid)
+
+  -- Here is where we'd intcrement stats about the particular stage
+  -- and possibly the workers
+
+  return self.jid
+end
+
+-- retry(now, queue, worker, [delay, [group, [message]]])
+-- ------------------------------------------
+-- This script accepts jid, queue, worker and delay for retrying a job. This
+-- is similar in functionality to `put`, except that this counts against the
+-- retries a job has for a stage.
+--
+-- Throws an exception if:
+--      - the worker is not the worker with a lock on the job
+--      - the job is not actually running
+-- 
+-- Otherwise, it returns the number of retries remaining. If the allowed
+-- retries have been exhausted, then it is automatically failed, and a negative
+-- number is returned.
+--
+-- If a group and message is provided, then if the retries are exhausted, then
+-- the provided group and message will be used in place of the default
+-- messaging about retries in the particular queue being exhausted
+function QlessJob:retry(now, queue, worker, delay, group, message)
+  assert(queue , 'Retry(): Arg "queue" missing')
+  assert(worker, 'Retry(): Arg "worker" missing')
+  delay = assert(tonumber(delay or 0),
+    'Retry(): Arg "delay" not a number: ' .. tostring(delay))
+  
+  -- Let's see what the old priority, and tags were
+  local oldqueue, state, retries, oldworker, priority, failure = unpack(
+    redis.call('hmget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue', 'state',
+      'retries', 'worker', 'priority', 'failure'))
+
+  -- If this isn't the worker that owns
+  if oldworker == false then
+    error('Retry(): Job does not exist')
+  elseif state ~= 'running' then
+    error('Retry(): Job is not currently running: ' .. state)
+  elseif oldworker ~= worker then
+    error('Retry(): Job has been given to another worker: ' .. oldworker)
+  end
+
+  -- For each of these, decrement their retries. If any of them
+  -- have exhausted their retries, then we should mark them as
+  -- failed.
+  local remaining = tonumber(redis.call(
+    'hincrby', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'remaining', -1))
+  redis.call('hdel', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'grace')
+
+  -- Remove it from the locks key of the old queue
+  Qless.queue(oldqueue).locks.remove(self.jid)
+
+  -- Remove this job from the worker that was previously working it
+  redis.call('zrem', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', self.jid)
+
+  if remaining < 0 then
+    -- Now remove the instance from the schedule, and work queues for the
+    -- queue it's in
+    local group = group or 'failed-retries-' .. queue
+    self:history(now, 'failed', {['group'] = group})
+    
+    redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'state', 'failed',
+      'worker', '',
+      'expires', '')
+    -- If the failure has not already been set, then set it
+    if group ~= nil and message ~= nil then
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+        'failure', cjson.encode({
+          ['group']   = group,
+          ['message'] = message,
+          ['when']    = math.floor(now),
+          ['worker']  = worker
+        })
+      )
+    else
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+      'failure', cjson.encode({
+        ['group']   = group,
+        ['message'] =
+          'Job exhausted retries in queue "' .. oldqueue .. '"',
+        ['when']    = now,
+        ['worker']  = unpack(self:data('worker'))
+      }))
+    end
+    
+    -- Add this type of failure to the list of failures
+    redis.call('sadd', 'ql:failures', group)
+    -- And add this particular instance to the failed types
+    redis.call('lpush', 'ql:f:' .. group, self.jid)
+    -- Increment the count of the failed jobs
+    local bin = now - (now % 86400)
+    redis.call('hincrby', 'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. queue, 'failures', 1)
+    redis.call('hincrby', 'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. queue, 'failed'  , 1)
+  else
+    -- Put it in the queue again with a delay. Like put()
+    local queue_obj = Qless.queue(queue)
+    if delay > 0 then
+      queue_obj.scheduled.add(now + delay, self.jid)
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'state', 'scheduled')
+    else
+      queue_obj.work.add(now, priority, self.jid)
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'state', 'waiting')
+    end
+
+    -- If a group and a message was provided, then we should save it
+    if group ~= nil and message ~= nil then
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+        'failure', cjson.encode({
+          ['group']   = group,
+          ['message'] = message,
+          ['when']    = math.floor(now),
+          ['worker']  = worker
+        })
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  return math.floor(remaining)
+end
+
+-- Depends(jid, 'on', [jid, [jid, [...]]]
+-- Depends(jid, 'off', [jid, [jid, [...]]])
+-- Depends(jid, 'off', 'all')
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Add or remove dependencies a job has. If 'on' is provided, the provided
+-- jids are added as dependencies. If 'off' and 'all' are provided, then all
+-- the current dependencies are removed. If 'off' is provided and the next
+-- argument is not 'all', then those jids are removed as dependencies.
+--
+-- If a job is not already in the 'depends' state, then this call will return
+-- false. Otherwise, it will return true
+function QlessJob:depends(now, command, ...)
+  assert(command, 'Depends(): Arg "command" missing')
+  local state = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'state')
+  if state ~= 'depends' then
+    error('Depends(): Job ' .. self.jid ..
+      ' not in the depends state: ' .. tostring(state))
+  end
+
+  if command == 'on' then
+    -- These are the jids we legitimately have to wait on
+    for i, j in ipairs(arg) do
+      -- Make sure it's something other than 'nil' or complete.
+      local state = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. j, 'state')
+      if (state and state ~= 'complete') then
+        redis.call(
+          'sadd', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependents'  , self.jid)
+        redis.call(
+          'sadd', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependencies', j)
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  elseif command == 'off' then
+    if arg[1] == 'all' then
+      for i, j in ipairs(redis.call(
+        'smembers', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependencies')) do
+        redis.call('srem', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependents', self.jid)
+      end
+      redis.call('del', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependencies')
+      local q, p = unpack(redis.call(
+        'hmget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue', 'priority'))
+      if q then
+        local queue_obj = Qless.queue(q)
+        queue_obj.depends.remove(self.jid)
+        queue_obj.work.add(now, p, self.jid)
+        redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'state', 'waiting')
+      end
+    else
+      for i, j in ipairs(arg) do
+        redis.call('srem', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependents', self.jid)
+        redis.call(
+          'srem', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependencies', j)
+        if redis.call('scard',
+          QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-dependencies') == 0 then
+          local q, p = unpack(redis.call(
+            'hmget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue', 'priority'))
+          if q then
+            local queue_obj = Qless.queue(q)
+            queue_obj.depends.remove(self.jid)
+            queue_obj.work.add(now, p, self.jid)
+            redis.call('hset',
+              QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'state', 'waiting')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  else
+    error('Depends(): Argument "command" must be "on" or "off"')
+  end
+end
+
+-- Heartbeat
+------------
+-- Renew this worker's lock on this job. Throws an exception if:
+--      - the job's been given to another worker
+--      - the job's been completed
+--      - the job's been canceled
+--      - the job's not running
+function QlessJob:heartbeat(now, worker, data)
+  assert(worker, 'Heatbeat(): Arg "worker" missing')
+
+  -- We should find the heartbeat interval for this queue
+  -- heartbeat. First, though, we need to find the queue
+  -- this particular job is in
+  local queue = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue') or ''
+  local expires = now + tonumber(
+    Qless.config.get(queue .. '-heartbeat') or
+    Qless.config.get('heartbeat', 60))
+
+  if data then
+    data = cjson.decode(data)
+  end
+
+  -- First, let's see if the worker still owns this job, and there is a
+  -- worker
+  local job_worker, state = unpack(
+    redis.call('hmget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'worker', 'state'))
+  if job_worker == false then
+    -- This means the job doesn't exist
+    error('Heartbeat(): Job does not exist')
+  elseif state ~= 'running' then
+    error('Heartbeat(): Job not currently running: ' .. state)
+  elseif job_worker ~= worker or #job_worker == 0 then
+    error('Heartbeat(): Job given out to another worker: ' .. job_worker)
+  else
+    -- Otherwise, optionally update the user data, and the heartbeat
+    if data then
+      -- I don't know if this is wise, but I'm decoding and encoding
+      -- the user data to hopefully ensure its sanity
+      redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'expires',
+        expires, 'worker', worker, 'data', cjson.encode(data))
+    else
+      redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+        'expires', expires, 'worker', worker)
+    end
+    
+    -- Update hwen this job was last updated on that worker
+    -- Add this job to the list of jobs handled by this worker
+    redis.call('zadd', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', expires, self.jid)
+    
+    -- And now we should just update the locks
+    local queue = Qless.queue(
+      redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue'))
+    queue.locks.add(expires, self.jid)
+    return expires
+  end
+end
+
+-- Priority
+-- --------
+-- Update the priority of this job. If the job doesn't exist, throws an
+-- exception
+function QlessJob:priority(priority)
+  priority = assert(tonumber(priority),
+    'Priority(): Arg "priority" missing or not a number: ' ..
+    tostring(priority))
+
+  -- Get the queue the job is currently in, if any
+  local queue = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue')
+
+  if queue == nil then
+    -- If the job doesn't exist, throw an error
+    error('Priority(): Job ' .. self.jid .. ' does not exist')
+  elseif queue == '' then
+    -- Just adjust the priority
+    redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'priority', priority)
+    return priority
+  else
+    -- Adjust the priority and see if it's a candidate for updating
+    -- its priority in the queue it's currently in
+    local queue_obj = Qless.queue(queue)
+    if queue_obj.work.score(self.jid) then
+      queue_obj.work.add(0, priority, self.jid)
+    end
+    redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'priority', priority)
+    return priority
+  end
+end
+
+-- Update the jobs' attributes with the provided dictionary
+function QlessJob:update(data)
+  local tmp = {}
+  for k, v in pairs(data) do
+    table.insert(tmp, k)
+    table.insert(tmp, v)
+  end
+  redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, unpack(tmp))
+end
+
+-- Times out the job now rather than when its lock is normally set to expire
+function QlessJob:timeout(now)
+  local queue_name, state, worker = unpack(redis.call('hmget',
+    QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'queue', 'state', 'worker'))
+  if queue_name == nil then
+    error('Timeout(): Job does not exist')
+  elseif state ~= 'running' then
+    error('Timeout(): Job ' .. self.jid .. ' not running')
+  else
+    -- Time out the job
+    self:history(now, 'timed-out')
+    local queue = Qless.queue(queue_name)
+    queue.locks.remove(self.jid)
+    queue.work.add(now, math.huge, self.jid)
+    redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid,
+      'state', 'stalled', 'expires', 0)
+    local encoded = cjson.encode({
+      jid    = self.jid,
+      event  = 'lock_lost',
+      worker = worker
+    })
+    Qless.publish('w:' .. worker, encoded)
+    Qless.publish('log', encoded)
+    return queue_name
+  end
+end
+
+-- Return whether or not this job exists
+function QlessJob:exists()
+  return redis.call('exists', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid) == 1
+end
+
+-- Get or append to history
+function QlessJob:history(now, what, item)
+  -- First, check if there's an old-style history, and update it if there is
+  local history = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'history')
+  if history then
+    history = cjson.decode(history)
+    for i, value in ipairs(history) do
+      redis.call('rpush', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history',
+        cjson.encode({math.floor(value.put), 'put', {q = value.q}}))
+
+      -- If there's any popped time
+      if value.popped then
+        redis.call('rpush', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history',
+          cjson.encode({math.floor(value.popped), 'popped',
+            {worker = value.worker}}))
+      end
+
+      -- If there's any failure
+      if value.failed then
+        redis.call('rpush', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history',
+          cjson.encode(
+            {math.floor(value.failed), 'failed', nil}))
+      end
+
+      -- If it was completed
+      if value.done then
+        redis.call('rpush', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history',
+          cjson.encode(
+            {math.floor(value.done), 'done', nil}))
+      end
+    end
+    -- With all this ported forward, delete the old-style history
+    redis.call('hdel', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid, 'history')
+  end
+
+  -- Now to the meat of the function
+  if what == nil then
+    -- Get the history
+    local response = {}
+    for i, value in ipairs(redis.call('lrange',
+      QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history', 0, -1)) do
+      value = cjson.decode(value)
+      local dict = value[3] or {}
+      dict['when'] = value[1]
+      dict['what'] = value[2]
+      table.insert(response, dict)
+    end
+    return response
+  else
+    -- Append to the history. If the length of the history should be limited,
+    -- then we'll truncate it.
+    local count = tonumber(Qless.config.get('max-job-history', 100))
+    if count > 0 then
+      -- We'll always keep the first item around
+      local obj = redis.call('lpop', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history')
+      redis.call('ltrim', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history', -count + 2, -1)
+      if obj ~= nil then
+        redis.call('lpush', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history', obj)
+      end
+    end
+    return redis.call('rpush', QlessJob.ns .. self.jid .. '-history',
+      cjson.encode({math.floor(now), what, item}))
+  end
+end
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Queue class
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Return a queue object
+function Qless.queue(name)
+  assert(name, 'Queue(): no queue name provided')
+  local queue = {}
+  setmetatable(queue, QlessQueue)
+  queue.name = name
+
+  -- Access to our work
+  queue.work = {
+    peek = function(count)
+      if count == 0 then
+        return {}
+      end
+      local jids = {}
+      for index, jid in ipairs(redis.call(
+        'zrevrange', queue:prefix('work'), 0, count - 1)) do
+        table.insert(jids, jid)
+      end
+      return jids
+    end, remove = function(...)
+      if #arg > 0 then
+        return redis.call('zrem', queue:prefix('work'), unpack(arg))
+      end
+    end, add = function(now, priority, jid)
+      return redis.call('zadd',
+        queue:prefix('work'), priority - (now / 10000000000), jid)
+    end, score = function(jid)
+      return redis.call('zscore', queue:prefix('work'), jid)
+    end, length = function()
+      return redis.call('zcard', queue:prefix('work'))
+    end
+  }
+
+  -- Access to our locks
+  queue.locks = {
+    expired = function(now, offset, count)
+      return redis.call('zrangebyscore',
+        queue:prefix('locks'), -math.huge, now, 'LIMIT', offset, count)
+    end, peek = function(now, offset, count)
+      return redis.call('zrangebyscore', queue:prefix('locks'),
+        now, math.huge, 'LIMIT', offset, count)
+    end, add = function(expires, jid)
+      redis.call('zadd', queue:prefix('locks'), expires, jid)
+    end, remove = function(...)
+      if #arg > 0 then
+        return redis.call('zrem', queue:prefix('locks'), unpack(arg))
+      end
+    end, running = function(now)
+      return redis.call('zcount', queue:prefix('locks'), now, math.huge)
+    end, length = function(now)
+      -- If a 'now' is provided, we're interested in how many are before
+      -- that time
+      if now then
+        return redis.call('zcount', queue:prefix('locks'), 0, now)
+      else
+        return redis.call('zcard', queue:prefix('locks'))
+      end
+    end
+  }
+
+  -- Access to our dependent jobs
+  queue.depends = {
+    peek = function(now, offset, count)
+      return redis.call('zrange',
+        queue:prefix('depends'), offset, offset + count - 1)
+    end, add = function(now, jid)
+      redis.call('zadd', queue:prefix('depends'), now, jid)
+    end, remove = function(...)
+      if #arg > 0 then
+        return redis.call('zrem', queue:prefix('depends'), unpack(arg))
+      end
+    end, length = function()
+      return redis.call('zcard', queue:prefix('depends'))
+    end
+  }
+
+  -- Access to our scheduled jobs
+  queue.scheduled = {
+    peek = function(now, offset, count)
+      return redis.call('zrange',
+        queue:prefix('scheduled'), offset, offset + count - 1)
+    end, ready = function(now, offset, count)
+      return redis.call('zrangebyscore',
+        queue:prefix('scheduled'), 0, now, 'LIMIT', offset, count)
+    end, add = function(when, jid)
+      redis.call('zadd', queue:prefix('scheduled'), when, jid)
+    end, remove = function(...)
+      if #arg > 0 then
+        return redis.call('zrem', queue:prefix('scheduled'), unpack(arg))
+      end
+    end, length = function()
+      return redis.call('zcard', queue:prefix('scheduled'))
+    end
+  }
+
+  -- Access to our recurring jobs
+  queue.recurring = {
+    peek = function(now, offset, count)
+      return redis.call('zrangebyscore', queue:prefix('recur'),
+        0, now, 'LIMIT', offset, count)
+    end, ready = function(now, offset, count)
+    end, add = function(when, jid)
+      redis.call('zadd', queue:prefix('recur'), when, jid)
+    end, remove = function(...)
+      if #arg > 0 then
+        return redis.call('zrem', queue:prefix('recur'), unpack(arg))
+      end
+    end, update = function(increment, jid)
+      redis.call('zincrby', queue:prefix('recur'), increment, jid)
+    end, score = function(jid)
+      return redis.call('zscore', queue:prefix('recur'), jid)
+    end, length = function()
+      return redis.call('zcard', queue:prefix('recur'))
+    end
+  }
+  return queue
+end
+
+-- Return the prefix for this particular queue
+function QlessQueue:prefix(group)
+  if group then
+    return QlessQueue.ns..self.name..'-'..group
+  else
+    return QlessQueue.ns..self.name
+  end
+end
+
+-- Stats(now, date)
+-- ---------------------
+-- Return the current statistics for a given queue on a given date. The
+-- results are returned are a JSON blob:
+--
+--
+--  {
+--      # These are unimplemented as of yet
+--      'failed': 3,
+--      'retries': 5,
+--      'wait' : {
+--          'total'    : ...,
+--          'mean'     : ...,
+--          'variance' : ...,
+--          'histogram': [
+--              ...
+--          ]
+--      }, 'run': {
+--          'total'    : ...,
+--          'mean'     : ...,
+--          'variance' : ...,
+--          'histogram': [
+--              ...
+--          ]
+--      }
+--  }
+--
+-- The histogram's data points are at the second resolution for the first
+-- minute, the minute resolution for the first hour, the 15-minute resolution
+-- for the first day, the hour resolution for the first 3 days, and then at
+-- the day resolution from there on out. The `histogram` key is a list of
+-- those values.
+function QlessQueue:stats(now, date)
+  date = assert(tonumber(date),
+    'Stats(): Arg "date" missing or not a number: '.. (date or 'nil'))
+
+  -- The bin is midnight of the provided day
+  -- 24 * 60 * 60 = 86400
+  local bin = date - (date % 86400)
+
+  -- This a table of all the keys we want to use in order to produce a histogram
+  local histokeys = {
+    's0','s1','s2','s3','s4','s5','s6','s7','s8','s9','s10','s11','s12','s13','s14','s15','s16','s17','s18','s19','s20','s21','s22','s23','s24','s25','s26','s27','s28','s29','s30','s31','s32','s33','s34','s35','s36','s37','s38','s39','s40','s41','s42','s43','s44','s45','s46','s47','s48','s49','s50','s51','s52','s53','s54','s55','s56','s57','s58','s59',
+    'm1','m2','m3','m4','m5','m6','m7','m8','m9','m10','m11','m12','m13','m14','m15','m16','m17','m18','m19','m20','m21','m22','m23','m24','m25','m26','m27','m28','m29','m30','m31','m32','m33','m34','m35','m36','m37','m38','m39','m40','m41','m42','m43','m44','m45','m46','m47','m48','m49','m50','m51','m52','m53','m54','m55','m56','m57','m58','m59',
+    'h1','h2','h3','h4','h5','h6','h7','h8','h9','h10','h11','h12','h13','h14','h15','h16','h17','h18','h19','h20','h21','h22','h23',
+    'd1','d2','d3','d4','d5','d6'
+  }
+
+  local mkstats = function(name, bin, queue)
+    -- The results we'll be sending back
+    local results = {}
+
+    local key = 'ql:s:' .. name .. ':' .. bin .. ':' .. queue
+    local count, mean, vk = unpack(redis.call('hmget', key, 'total', 'mean', 'vk'))
+    
+    count = tonumber(count) or 0
+    mean  = tonumber(mean) or 0
+    vk    = tonumber(vk)
+    
+    results.count     = count or 0
+    results.mean      = mean  or 0
+    results.histogram = {}
+
+    if not count then
+      results.std = 0
+    else
+      if count > 1 then
+        results.std = math.sqrt(vk / (count - 1))
+      else
+        results.std = 0
+      end
+    end
+
+    local histogram = redis.call('hmget', key, unpack(histokeys))
+    for i=1,#histokeys do
+      table.insert(results.histogram, tonumber(histogram[i]) or 0)
+    end
+    return results
+  end
+
+  local retries, failed, failures = unpack(redis.call('hmget', 'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. self.name, 'retries', 'failed', 'failures'))
+  return {
+    retries  = tonumber(retries  or 0),
+    failed   = tonumber(failed   or 0),
+    failures = tonumber(failures or 0),
+    wait     = mkstats('wait', bin, self.name),
+    run      = mkstats('run' , bin, self.name)
+  }
+end
+
+-- Peek
+-------
+-- Examine the next jobs that would be popped from the queue without actually
+-- popping them.
+function QlessQueue:peek(now, count)
+  count = assert(tonumber(count),
+    'Peek(): Arg "count" missing or not a number: ' .. tostring(count))
+
+  -- These are the ids that we're going to return. We'll begin with any jobs
+  -- that have lost their locks
+  local jids = self.locks.expired(now, 0, count)
+
+  -- If we still need jobs in order to meet demand, then we should
+  -- look for all the recurring jobs that need jobs run
+  self:check_recurring(now, count - #jids)
+
+  -- Now we've checked __all__ the locks for this queue the could
+  -- have expired, and are no more than the number requested. If
+  -- we still need values in order to meet the demand, then we 
+  -- should check if any scheduled items, and if so, we should 
+  -- insert them to ensure correctness when pulling off the next
+  -- unit of work.
+  self:check_scheduled(now, count - #jids)
+
+  -- With these in place, we can expand this list of jids based on the work
+  -- queue itself and the priorities therein
+  table.extend(jids, self.work.peek(count - #jids))
+
+  return jids
+end
+
+-- Return true if this queue is paused
+function QlessQueue:paused()
+  return redis.call('sismember', 'ql:paused_queues', self.name) == 1
+end
+
+-- Pause this queue
+--
+-- Note: long term, we have discussed adding a rate-limiting
+-- feature to qless-core, which would be more flexible and
+-- could be used for pausing (i.e. pause = set the rate to 0).
+-- For now, this is far simpler, but we should rewrite this
+-- in terms of the rate limiting feature if/when that is added.
+function QlessQueue.pause(now, ...)
+  redis.call('sadd', 'ql:paused_queues', unpack(arg))
+end
+
+-- Unpause this queue
+function QlessQueue.unpause(...)
+  redis.call('srem', 'ql:paused_queues', unpack(arg))
+end
+
+-- Checks for expired locks, scheduled and recurring jobs, returning any
+-- jobs that are ready to be processes
+function QlessQueue:pop(now, worker, count)
+  assert(worker, 'Pop(): Arg "worker" missing')
+  count = assert(tonumber(count),
+    'Pop(): Arg "count" missing or not a number: ' .. tostring(count))
+
+  -- We should find the heartbeat interval for this queue heartbeat
+  local expires = now + tonumber(
+    Qless.config.get(self.name .. '-heartbeat') or
+    Qless.config.get('heartbeat', 60))
+
+  -- If this queue is paused, then return no jobs
+  if self:paused() then
+    return {}
+  end
+
+  -- Make sure we this worker to the list of seen workers
+  redis.call('zadd', 'ql:workers', now, worker)
+
+  -- Check our max concurrency, and limit the count
+  local max_concurrency = tonumber(
+    Qless.config.get(self.name .. '-max-concurrency', 0))
+
+  if max_concurrency > 0 then
+    -- Allow at most max_concurrency - #running
+    local allowed = math.max(0, max_concurrency - self.locks.running(now))
+    count = math.min(allowed, count)
+    if count == 0 then
+      return {}
+    end
+  end
+
+  local jids = self:invalidate_locks(now, count)
+  -- Now we've checked __all__ the locks for this queue the could
+  -- have expired, and are no more than the number requested.
+
+  -- If we still need jobs in order to meet demand, then we should
+  -- look for all the recurring jobs that need jobs run
+  self:check_recurring(now, count - #jids)
+
+  -- If we still need values in order to meet the demand, then we 
+  -- should check if any scheduled items, and if so, we should 
+  -- insert them to ensure correctness when pulling off the next
+  -- unit of work.
+  self:check_scheduled(now, count - #jids)
+
+  -- With these in place, we can expand this list of jids based on the work
+  -- queue itself and the priorities therein
+  table.extend(jids, self.work.peek(count - #jids))
+
+  local state
+  for index, jid in ipairs(jids) do
+    local job = Qless.job(jid)
+    state = unpack(job:data('state'))
+    job:history(now, 'popped', {worker = worker})
+
+    -- Update the wait time statistics
+    local time = tonumber(
+      redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'time') or now)
+    local waiting = now - time
+    self:stat(now, 'wait', waiting)
+    redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. jid,
+      'time', string.format("%.20f", now))
+    
+    -- Add this job to the list of jobs handled by this worker
+    redis.call('zadd', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', expires, jid)
+    
+    -- Update the jobs data, and add its locks, and return the job
+    job:update({
+      worker  = worker,
+      expires = expires,
+      state   = 'running'
+    })
+    
+    self.locks.add(expires, jid)
+    
+    local tracked = redis.call('zscore', 'ql:tracked', jid) ~= false
+    if tracked then
+      Qless.publish('popped', jid)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- If we are returning any jobs, then we should remove them from the work
+  -- queue
+  self.work.remove(unpack(jids))
+
+  return jids
+end
+
+-- Update the stats for this queue
+function QlessQueue:stat(now, stat, val)
+  -- The bin is midnight of the provided day
+  local bin = now - (now % 86400)
+  local key = 'ql:s:' .. stat .. ':' .. bin .. ':' .. self.name
+
+  -- Get the current data
+  local count, mean, vk = unpack(
+    redis.call('hmget', key, 'total', 'mean', 'vk'))
+
+  -- If there isn't any data there presently, then we must initialize it
+  count = count or 0
+  if count == 0 then
+    mean  = val
+    vk    = 0
+    count = 1
+  else
+    count = count + 1
+    local oldmean = mean
+    mean  = mean + (val - mean) / count
+    vk    = vk + (val - mean) * (val - oldmean)
+  end
+
+  -- Now, update the histogram
+  -- - `s1`, `s2`, ..., -- second-resolution histogram counts
+  -- - `m1`, `m2`, ..., -- minute-resolution
+  -- - `h1`, `h2`, ..., -- hour-resolution
+  -- - `d1`, `d2`, ..., -- day-resolution
+  val = math.floor(val)
+  if val < 60 then -- seconds
+    redis.call('hincrby', key, 's' .. val, 1)
+  elseif val < 3600 then -- minutes
+    redis.call('hincrby', key, 'm' .. math.floor(val / 60), 1)
+  elseif val < 86400 then -- hours
+    redis.call('hincrby', key, 'h' .. math.floor(val / 3600), 1)
+  else -- days
+    redis.call('hincrby', key, 'd' .. math.floor(val / 86400), 1)
+  end     
+  redis.call('hmset', key, 'total', count, 'mean', mean, 'vk', vk)
+end
+
+-- Put(now, jid, klass, data, delay,
+--     [priority, p],
+--     [tags, t],
+--     [retries, r],
+--     [depends, '[...]'])
+-- -----------------------
+-- Insert a job into the queue with the given priority, tags, delay, klass and
+-- data.
+function QlessQueue:put(now, worker, jid, klass, raw_data, delay, ...)
+  assert(jid  , 'Put(): Arg "jid" missing')
+  assert(klass, 'Put(): Arg "klass" missing')
+  local data = assert(cjson.decode(raw_data),
+    'Put(): Arg "data" missing or not JSON: ' .. tostring(raw_data))
+  delay = assert(tonumber(delay),
+    'Put(): Arg "delay" not a number: ' .. tostring(delay))
+
+  -- Read in all the optional parameters. All of these must come in pairs, so
+  -- if we have an odd number of extra args, raise an error
+  if #arg % 2 == 1 then
+    error('Odd number of additional args: ' .. tostring(arg))
+  end
+  local options = {}
+  for i = 1, #arg, 2 do options[arg[i]] = arg[i + 1] end
+
+  -- Let's see what the old priority and tags were
+  local job = Qless.job(jid)
+  local priority, tags, oldqueue, state, failure, retries, oldworker =
+    unpack(redis.call('hmget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'priority', 'tags',
+      'queue', 'state', 'failure', 'retries', 'worker'))
+
+  -- If there are old tags, then we should remove the tags this job has
+  if tags then
+    Qless.tag(now, 'remove', jid, unpack(cjson.decode(tags)))
+  end
+
+  -- Sanity check on optional args
+  retries  = assert(tonumber(options['retries']  or retries or 5) ,
+    'Put(): Arg "retries" not a number: ' .. tostring(options['retries']))
+  tags     = assert(cjson.decode(options['tags'] or tags or '[]' ),
+    'Put(): Arg "tags" not JSON'          .. tostring(options['tags']))
+  priority = assert(tonumber(options['priority'] or priority or 0),
+    'Put(): Arg "priority" not a number'  .. tostring(options['priority']))
+  local depends = assert(cjson.decode(options['depends'] or '[]') ,
+    'Put(): Arg "depends" not JSON: '     .. tostring(options['depends']))
+
+  -- If the job has old dependencies, determine which dependencies are
+  -- in the new dependencies but not in the old ones, and which are in the
+  -- old ones but not in the new
+  if #depends > 0 then
+    -- This makes it easier to check if it's in the new list
+    local new = {}
+    for _, d in ipairs(depends) do new[d] = 1 end
+
+    -- Now find what's in the original, but not the new
+    local original = redis.call(
+      'smembers', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependencies')
+    for _, dep in pairs(original) do 
+      if new[dep] == nil then
+        -- Remove k as a dependency
+        redis.call('srem', QlessJob.ns .. dep .. '-dependents'  , jid)
+        redis.call('srem', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependencies', dep)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Send out a log message
+  Qless.publish('log', cjson.encode({
+    jid   = jid,
+    event = 'put',
+    queue = self.name
+  }))
+
+  -- Update the history to include this new change
+  job:history(now, 'put', {q = self.name})
+
+  -- If this item was previously in another queue, then we should remove it from there
+  if oldqueue then
+    local queue_obj = Qless.queue(oldqueue)
+    queue_obj.work.remove(jid)
+    queue_obj.locks.remove(jid)
+    queue_obj.depends.remove(jid)
+    queue_obj.scheduled.remove(jid)
+  end
+
+  -- If this had previously been given out to a worker, make sure to remove it
+  -- from that worker's jobs
+  if oldworker and oldworker ~= '' then
+    redis.call('zrem', 'ql:w:' .. oldworker .. ':jobs', jid)
+    -- If it's a different worker that's putting this job, send a notification
+    -- to the last owner of the job
+    if oldworker ~= worker then
+      -- We need to inform whatever worker had that job
+      local encoded = cjson.encode({
+        jid    = jid,
+        event  = 'lock_lost',
+        worker = oldworker
+      })
+      Qless.publish('w:' .. oldworker, encoded)
+      Qless.publish('log', encoded)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- If the job was previously in the 'completed' state, then we should
+  -- remove it from being enqueued for destructination
+  if state == 'complete' then
+    redis.call('zrem', 'ql:completed', jid)
+  end
+
+  -- Add this job to the list of jobs tagged with whatever tags were supplied
+  for i, tag in ipairs(tags) do
+    redis.call('zadd', 'ql:t:' .. tag, now, jid)
+    redis.call('zincrby', 'ql:tags', 1, tag)
+  end
+
+  -- If we're in the failed state, remove all of our data
+  if state == 'failed' then
+    failure = cjson.decode(failure)
+    -- We need to make this remove it from the failed queues
+    redis.call('lrem', 'ql:f:' .. failure.group, 0, jid)
+    if redis.call('llen', 'ql:f:' .. failure.group) == 0 then
+      redis.call('srem', 'ql:failures', failure.group)
+    end
+    -- The bin is midnight of the provided day
+    -- 24 * 60 * 60 = 86400
+    local bin = failure.when - (failure.when % 86400)
+    -- We also need to decrement the stats about the queue on
+    -- the day that this failure actually happened.
+    redis.call('hincrby', 'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. self.name, 'failed'  , -1)
+  end
+
+  -- First, let's save its data
+  redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. jid,
+    'jid'      , jid,
+    'klass'    , klass,
+    'data'     , raw_data,
+    'priority' , priority,
+    'tags'     , cjson.encode(tags),
+    'state'    , ((delay > 0) and 'scheduled') or 'waiting',
+    'worker'   , '',
+    'expires'  , 0,
+    'queue'    , self.name,
+    'retries'  , retries,
+    'remaining', retries,
+    'time'     , string.format("%.20f", now))
+
+  -- These are the jids we legitimately have to wait on
+  for i, j in ipairs(depends) do
+    -- Make sure it's something other than 'nil' or complete.
+    local state = redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. j, 'state')
+    if (state and state ~= 'complete') then
+      redis.call('sadd', QlessJob.ns .. j .. '-dependents'  , jid)
+      redis.call('sadd', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependencies', j)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Now, if a delay was provided, and if it's in the future,
+  -- then we'll have to schedule it. Otherwise, we're just
+  -- going to add it to the work queue.
+  if delay > 0 then
+    if redis.call('scard', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependencies') > 0 then
+      -- We've already put it in 'depends'. Now, we must just save the data
+      -- for when it's scheduled
+      self.depends.add(now, jid)
+      redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. jid,
+        'state', 'depends',
+        'scheduled', now + delay)
+    else
+      self.scheduled.add(now + delay, jid)
+    end
+  else
+    if redis.call('scard', QlessJob.ns .. jid .. '-dependencies') > 0 then
+      self.depends.add(now, jid)
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'state', 'depends')
+    else
+      self.work.add(now, priority, jid)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Lastly, we're going to make sure that this item is in the
+  -- set of known queues. We should keep this sorted by the 
+  -- order in which we saw each of these queues
+  if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:queues', self.name) == false then
+    redis.call('zadd', 'ql:queues', now, self.name)
+  end
+
+  if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:tracked', jid) ~= false then
+    Qless.publish('put', jid)
+  end
+
+  return jid
+end
+
+-- Move `count` jobs out of the failed state and into this queue
+function QlessQueue:unfail(now, group, count)
+  assert(group, 'Unfail(): Arg "group" missing')
+  count = assert(tonumber(count or 25),
+    'Unfail(): Arg "count" not a number: ' .. tostring(count))
+
+  -- Get up to that many jobs, and we'll put them in the appropriate queue
+  local jids = redis.call('lrange', 'ql:f:' .. group, -count, -1)
+
+  -- And now set each job's state, and put it into the appropriate queue
+  local toinsert = {}
+  for index, jid in ipairs(jids) do
+    local job = Qless.job(jid)
+    local data = job:data()
+    job:history(now, 'put', {q = self.name})
+    redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. data.jid,
+      'state'    , 'waiting',
+      'worker'   , '',
+      'expires'  , 0,
+      'queue'    , self.name,
+      'remaining', data.retries or 5)
+    self.work.add(now, data.priority, data.jid)
+  end
+
+  -- Remove these jobs from the failed state
+  redis.call('ltrim', 'ql:f:' .. group, 0, -count - 1)
+  if (redis.call('llen', 'ql:f:' .. group) == 0) then
+    redis.call('srem', 'ql:failures', group)
+  end
+
+  return #jids
+end
+
+-- Recur a job of type klass in this queue
+function QlessQueue:recur(now, jid, klass, raw_data, spec, ...)
+  assert(jid  , 'RecurringJob On(): Arg "jid" missing')
+  assert(klass, 'RecurringJob On(): Arg "klass" missing')
+  assert(spec , 'RecurringJob On(): Arg "spec" missing')
+  local data = assert(cjson.decode(raw_data),
+    'RecurringJob On(): Arg "data" not JSON: ' .. tostring(raw_data))
+
+  -- At some point in the future, we may have different types of recurring
+  -- jobs, but for the time being, we only have 'interval'-type jobs
+  if spec == 'interval' then
+    local interval = assert(tonumber(arg[1]),
+      'Recur(): Arg "interval" not a number: ' .. tostring(arg[1]))
+    local offset   = assert(tonumber(arg[2]),
+      'Recur(): Arg "offset" not a number: '   .. tostring(arg[2]))
+    if interval <= 0 then
+      error('Recur(): Arg "interval" must be greater than 0')
+    end
+
+    -- Read in all the optional parameters. All of these must come in
+    -- pairs, so if we have an odd number of extra args, raise an error
+    if #arg % 2 == 1 then
+      error('Odd number of additional args: ' .. tostring(arg))
+    end
+    
+    -- Read in all the optional parameters
+    local options = {}
+    for i = 3, #arg, 2 do options[arg[i]] = arg[i + 1] end
+    options.tags = assert(cjson.decode(options.tags or '{}'),
+      'Recur(): Arg "tags" must be JSON string array: ' .. tostring(
+        options.tags))
+    options.priority = assert(tonumber(options.priority or 0),
+      'Recur(): Arg "priority" not a number: ' .. tostring(
+        options.priority))
+    options.retries = assert(tonumber(options.retries  or 0),
+      'Recur(): Arg "retries" not a number: ' .. tostring(
+        options.retries))
+    options.backlog = assert(tonumber(options.backlog  or 0),
+      'Recur(): Arg "backlog" not a number: ' .. tostring(
+        options.backlog))
+
+    local count, old_queue = unpack(redis.call('hmget', 'ql:r:' .. jid, 'count', 'queue'))
+    count = count or 0
+
+    -- If it has previously been in another queue, then we should remove 
+    -- some information about it
+    if old_queue then
+      Qless.queue(old_queue).recurring.remove(jid)
+    end
+    
+    -- Do some insertions
+    redis.call('hmset', 'ql:r:' .. jid,
+      'jid'     , jid,
+      'klass'   , klass,
+      'data'    , raw_data,
+      'priority', options.priority,
+      'tags'    , cjson.encode(options.tags or {}),
+      'state'   , 'recur',
+      'queue'   , self.name,
+      'type'    , 'interval',
+      -- How many jobs we've spawned from this
+      'count'   , count,
+      'interval', interval,
+      'retries' , options.retries,
+      'backlog' , options.backlog)
+    -- Now, we should schedule the next run of the job
+    self.recurring.add(now + offset, jid)
+    
+    -- Lastly, we're going to make sure that this item is in the
+    -- set of known queues. We should keep this sorted by the 
+    -- order in which we saw each of these queues
+    if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:queues', self.name) == false then
+      redis.call('zadd', 'ql:queues', now, self.name)
+    end
+    
+    return jid
+  else
+    error('Recur(): schedule type "' .. tostring(spec) .. '" unknown')
+  end
+end
+
+-- Return the length of the queue
+function QlessQueue:length()
+  return  self.locks.length() + self.work.length() + self.scheduled.length()
+end
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Housekeeping methods
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Instantiate any recurring jobs that are ready
+function QlessQueue:check_recurring(now, count)
+  -- This is how many jobs we've moved so far
+  local moved = 0
+  -- These are the recurring jobs that need work
+  local r = self.recurring.peek(now, 0, count)
+  for index, jid in ipairs(r) do
+    -- For each of the jids that need jobs scheduled, first
+    -- get the last time each of them was run, and then increment
+    -- it by its interval. While this time is less than now,
+    -- we need to keep putting jobs on the queue
+    local klass, data, priority, tags, retries, interval, backlog = unpack(
+      redis.call('hmget', 'ql:r:' .. jid, 'klass', 'data', 'priority',
+        'tags', 'retries', 'interval', 'backlog'))
+    local _tags = cjson.decode(tags)
+    local score = math.floor(tonumber(self.recurring.score(jid)))
+    interval = tonumber(interval)
+
+    -- If the backlog is set for this job, then see if it's been a long
+    -- time since the last pop
+    backlog = tonumber(backlog or 0)
+    if backlog ~= 0 then
+      -- Check how many jobs we could concievably generate
+      local num = ((now - score) / interval)
+      if num > backlog then
+        -- Update the score
+        score = score + (
+          math.ceil(num - backlog) * interval
+        )
+      end
+    end
+    
+    -- We're saving this value so that in the history, we can accurately 
+    -- reflect when the job would normally have been scheduled
+    while (score <= now) and (moved < count) do
+      local count = redis.call('hincrby', 'ql:r:' .. jid, 'count', 1)
+      moved = moved + 1
+
+      local child_jid = jid .. '-' .. count
+      
+      -- Add this job to the list of jobs tagged with whatever tags were
+      -- supplied
+      for i, tag in ipairs(_tags) do
+        redis.call('zadd', 'ql:t:' .. tag, now, child_jid)
+        redis.call('zincrby', 'ql:tags', 1, tag)
+      end
+      
+      -- First, let's save its data
+      redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. child_jid,
+        'jid'             , child_jid,
+        'klass'           , klass,
+        'data'            , data,
+        'priority'        , priority,
+        'tags'            , tags,
+        'state'           , 'waiting',
+        'worker'          , '',
+        'expires'         , 0,
+        'queue'           , self.name,
+        'retries'         , retries,
+        'remaining'       , retries,
+        'time'            , string.format("%.20f", score),
+        'spawned_from_jid', jid)
+      Qless.job(child_jid):history(score, 'put', {q = self.name})
+      
+      -- Now, if a delay was provided, and if it's in the future,
+      -- then we'll have to schedule it. Otherwise, we're just
+      -- going to add it to the work queue.
+      self.work.add(score, priority, child_jid)
+      
+      score = score + interval
+      self.recurring.add(score, jid)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+-- Check for any jobs that have been scheduled, and shovel them onto
+-- the work queue. Returns nothing, but afterwards, up to `count`
+-- scheduled jobs will be moved into the work queue
+function QlessQueue:check_scheduled(now, count)
+  -- zadd is a list of arguments that we'll be able to use to
+  -- insert into the work queue
+  local scheduled = self.scheduled.ready(now, 0, count)
+  for index, jid in ipairs(scheduled) do
+    -- With these in hand, we'll have to go out and find the 
+    -- priorities of these jobs, and then we'll insert them
+    -- into the work queue and then when that's complete, we'll
+    -- remove them from the scheduled queue
+    local priority = tonumber(
+      redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'priority') or 0)
+    self.work.add(now, priority, jid)
+    self.scheduled.remove(jid)
+
+    -- We should also update them to have the state 'waiting'
+    -- instead of 'scheduled'
+    redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'state', 'waiting')
+  end
+end
+
+-- Check for and invalidate any locks that have been lost. Returns the
+-- list of jids that have been invalidated
+function QlessQueue:invalidate_locks(now, count)
+  local jids = {}
+  -- Iterate through all the expired locks and add them to the list
+  -- of keys that we'll return
+  for index, jid in ipairs(self.locks.expired(now, 0, count)) do
+    -- Remove this job from the jobs that the worker that was running it
+    -- has
+    local worker, failure = unpack(
+      redis.call('hmget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'worker', 'failure'))
+    redis.call('zrem', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', jid)
+
+    -- We'll provide a grace period after jobs time out for them to give
+    -- some indication of the failure mode. After that time, however, we'll
+    -- consider the worker dust in the wind
+    local grace_period = tonumber(Qless.config.get('grace-period'))
+
+    -- Whether or not we've already sent a coutesy message
+    local courtesy_sent = tonumber(
+      redis.call('hget', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'grace') or 0)
+
+    -- If the remaining value is an odd multiple of 0.5, then we'll assume
+    -- that we're just sending the message. Otherwise, it's time to
+    -- actually hand out the work to another worker
+    local send_message = (courtesy_sent ~= 1)
+    local invalidate   = not send_message
+
+    -- If the grace period has been disabled, then we'll do both.
+    if grace_period <= 0 then
+      send_message = true
+      invalidate   = true
+    end
+
+    if send_message then
+      -- This is where we supply a courtesy message and give the worker
+      -- time to provide a failure message
+      if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:tracked', jid) ~= false then
+        Qless.publish('stalled', jid)
+      end
+      Qless.job(jid):history(now, 'timed-out')
+      redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'grace', 1)
+
+      -- Send a message to let the worker know that its lost its lock on
+      -- the job
+      local encoded = cjson.encode({
+        jid    = jid,
+        event  = 'lock_lost',
+        worker = worker
+      })
+      Qless.publish('w:' .. worker, encoded)
+      Qless.publish('log', encoded)
+      self.locks.add(now + grace_period, jid)
+
+      -- If we got any expired locks, then we should increment the
+      -- number of retries for this stage for this bin. The bin is
+      -- midnight of the provided day
+      local bin = now - (now % 86400)
+      redis.call('hincrby',
+        'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. self.name, 'retries', 1)
+    end
+
+    if invalidate then
+      -- Unset the grace period attribute so that next time we'll send
+      -- the grace period
+      redis.call('hdel', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'grace', 0)
+
+      -- See how many remaining retries the job has
+      local remaining = tonumber(redis.call(
+        'hincrby', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'remaining', -1))
+      
+      -- This is where we actually have to time out the work
+      if remaining < 0 then
+        -- Now remove the instance from the schedule, and work queues
+        -- for the queue it's in
+        self.work.remove(jid)
+        self.locks.remove(jid)
+        self.scheduled.remove(jid)
+        
+        local group = 'failed-retries-' .. Qless.job(jid):data()['queue']
+        local job = Qless.job(jid)
+        job:history(now, 'failed', {group = group})
+        redis.call('hmset', QlessJob.ns .. jid, 'state', 'failed',
+          'worker', '',
+          'expires', '')
+        -- If the failure has not already been set, then set it
+        redis.call('hset', QlessJob.ns .. jid,
+        'failure', cjson.encode({
+          ['group']   = group,
+          ['message'] =
+            'Job exhausted retries in queue "' .. self.name .. '"',
+          ['when']    = now,
+          ['worker']  = unpack(job:data('worker'))
+        }))
+        
+        -- Add this type of failure to the list of failures
+        redis.call('sadd', 'ql:failures', group)
+        -- And add this particular instance to the failed types
+        redis.call('lpush', 'ql:f:' .. group, jid)
+        
+        if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:tracked', jid) ~= false then
+          Qless.publish('failed', jid)
+        end
+        Qless.publish('log', cjson.encode({
+          jid     = jid,
+          event   = 'failed',
+          group   = group,
+          worker  = worker,
+          message =
+            'Job exhausted retries in queue "' .. self.name .. '"'
+        }))
+
+        -- Increment the count of the failed jobs
+        local bin = now - (now % 86400)
+        redis.call('hincrby',
+          'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. self.name, 'failures', 1)
+        redis.call('hincrby',
+          'ql:s:stats:' .. bin .. ':' .. self.name, 'failed'  , 1)
+      else
+        table.insert(jids, jid)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  return jids
+end
+
+-- Forget the provided queues. As in, remove them from the list of known queues
+function QlessQueue.deregister(...)
+  redis.call('zrem', Qless.ns .. 'queues', unpack(arg))
+end
+
+-- Return information about a particular queue, or all queues
+--  [
+--      {
+--          'name': 'testing',
+--          'stalled': 2,
+--          'waiting': 5,
+--          'running': 5,
+--          'scheduled': 10,
+--          'depends': 5,
+--          'recurring': 0
+--      }, {
+--          ...
+--      }
+--  ]
+function QlessQueue.counts(now, name)
+  if name then
+    local queue = Qless.queue(name)
+    local stalled = queue.locks.length(now)
+    -- Check for any scheduled jobs that need to be moved
+    queue:check_scheduled(now, queue.scheduled.length())
+    return {
+      name      = name,
+      waiting   = queue.work.length(),
+      stalled   = stalled,
+      running   = queue.locks.length() - stalled,
+      scheduled = queue.scheduled.length(),
+      depends   = queue.depends.length(),
+      recurring = queue.recurring.length(),
+      paused    = queue:paused()
+    }
+  else
+    local queues = redis.call('zrange', 'ql:queues', 0, -1)
+    local response = {}
+    for index, qname in ipairs(queues) do
+      table.insert(response, QlessQueue.counts(now, qname))
+    end
+    return response
+  end
+end
+-- Get all the attributes of this particular job
+function QlessRecurringJob:data()
+  local job = redis.call(
+    'hmget', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'jid', 'klass', 'state', 'queue',
+    'priority', 'interval', 'retries', 'count', 'data', 'tags', 'backlog')
+  
+  if not job[1] then
+    return nil
+  end
+  
+  return {
+    jid          = job[1],
+    klass        = job[2],
+    state        = job[3],
+    queue        = job[4],
+    priority     = tonumber(job[5]),
+    interval     = tonumber(job[6]),
+    retries      = tonumber(job[7]),
+    count        = tonumber(job[8]),
+    data         = job[9],
+    tags         = cjson.decode(job[10]),
+    backlog      = tonumber(job[11] or 0)
+  }
+end
+
+-- Update the recurring job data. Key can be:
+--      - priority
+--      - interval
+--      - retries
+--      - data
+--      - klass
+--      - queue
+--      - backlog 
+function QlessRecurringJob:update(now, ...)
+  local options = {}
+  -- Make sure that the job exists
+  if redis.call('exists', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid) ~= 0 then
+    for i = 1, #arg, 2 do
+      local key = arg[i]
+      local value = arg[i+1]
+      assert(value, 'No value provided for ' .. tostring(key))
+      if key == 'priority' or key == 'interval' or key == 'retries' then
+        value = assert(tonumber(value), 'Recur(): Arg "' .. key .. '" must be a number: ' .. tostring(value))
+        -- If the command is 'interval', then we need to update the
+        -- time when it should next be scheduled
+        if key == 'interval' then
+          local queue, interval = unpack(redis.call('hmget', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'queue', 'interval'))
+          Qless.queue(queue).recurring.update(
+            value - tonumber(interval), self.jid)
+        end
+        redis.call('hset', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, key, value)
+      elseif key == 'data' then
+        assert(cjson.decode(value), 'Recur(): Arg "data" is not JSON-encoded: ' .. tostring(value))
+        redis.call('hset', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'data', value)
+      elseif key == 'klass' then
+        redis.call('hset', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'klass', value)
+      elseif key == 'queue' then
+        local queue_obj = Qless.queue(
+          redis.call('hget', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'queue'))
+        local score = queue_obj.recurring.score(self.jid)
+        queue_obj.recurring.remove(self.jid)
+        Qless.queue(value).recurring.add(score, self.jid)
+        redis.call('hset', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'queue', value)
+        -- If we don't already know about the queue, learn about it
+        if redis.call('zscore', 'ql:queues', value) == false then
+          redis.call('zadd', 'ql:queues', now, value)
+        end
+      elseif key == 'backlog' then
+        value = assert(tonumber(value),
+          'Recur(): Arg "backlog" not a number: ' .. tostring(value))
+        redis.call('hset', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'backlog', value)
+      else
+        error('Recur(): Unrecognized option "' .. key .. '"')
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  else
+    error('Recur(): No recurring job ' .. self.jid)
+  end
+end
+
+-- Tags this recurring job with the provided tags
+function QlessRecurringJob:tag(...)
+  local tags = redis.call('hget', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'tags')
+  -- If the job has been canceled / deleted, then return false
+  if tags then
+    -- Decode the json blob, convert to dictionary
+    tags = cjson.decode(tags)
+    local _tags = {}
+    for i,v in ipairs(tags) do _tags[v] = true end
+    
+    -- Otherwise, add the job to the sorted set with that tags
+    for i=1,#arg do if _tags[arg[i]] == nil then table.insert(tags, arg[i]) end end
+    
+    tags = cjson.encode(tags)
+    redis.call('hset', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'tags', tags)
+    return tags
+  else
+    error('Tag(): Job ' .. self.jid .. ' does not exist')
+  end
+end
+
+-- Removes a tag from the recurring job
+function QlessRecurringJob:untag(...)
+  -- Get the existing tags
+  local tags = redis.call('hget', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'tags')
+  -- If the job has been canceled / deleted, then return false
+  if tags then
+    -- Decode the json blob, convert to dictionary
+    tags = cjson.decode(tags)
+    local _tags    = {}
+    -- Make a hash
+    for i,v in ipairs(tags) do _tags[v] = true end
+    -- Delete these from the hash
+    for i = 1,#arg do _tags[arg[i]] = nil end
+    -- Back into a list
+    local results = {}
+    for i, tag in ipairs(tags) do if _tags[tag] then table.insert(results, tag) end end
+    -- json encode them, set, and return
+    tags = cjson.encode(results)
+    redis.call('hset', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'tags', tags)
+    return tags
+  else
+    error('Untag(): Job ' .. self.jid .. ' does not exist')
+  end
+end
+
+-- Stop further occurrences of this job
+function QlessRecurringJob:unrecur()
+  -- First, find out what queue it was attached to
+  local queue = redis.call('hget', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid, 'queue')
+  if queue then
+    -- Now, delete it from the queue it was attached to, and delete the
+    -- thing itself
+    Qless.queue(queue).recurring.remove(self.jid)
+    redis.call('del', 'ql:r:' .. self.jid)
+    return true
+  else
+    return true
+  end
+end
+-- Deregisters these workers from the list of known workers
+function QlessWorker.deregister(...)
+  redis.call('zrem', 'ql:workers', unpack(arg))
+end
+
+-- Provide data about all the workers, or if a specific worker is provided,
+-- then which jobs that worker is responsible for. If no worker is provided,
+-- expect a response of the form:
+-- 
+--  [
+--      # This is sorted by the recency of activity from that worker
+--      {
+--          'name'   : 'hostname1-pid1',
+--          'jobs'   : 20,
+--          'stalled': 0
+--      }, {
+--          ...
+--      }
+--  ]
+-- 
+-- If a worker id is provided, then expect a response of the form:
+-- 
+--  {
+--      'jobs': [
+--          jid1,
+--          jid2,
+--          ...
+--      ], 'stalled': [
+--          jid1,
+--          ...
+--      ]
+--  }
+--
+function QlessWorker.counts(now, worker)
+  -- Clean up all the workers' job lists if they're too old. This is
+  -- determined by the `max-worker-age` configuration, defaulting to the
+  -- last day. Seems like a 'reasonable' default
+  local interval = tonumber(Qless.config.get('max-worker-age', 86400))
+
+  local workers  = redis.call('zrangebyscore', 'ql:workers', 0, now - interval)
+  for index, worker in ipairs(workers) do
+    redis.call('del', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs')
+  end
+
+  -- And now remove them from the list of known workers
+  redis.call('zremrangebyscore', 'ql:workers', 0, now - interval)
+
+  if worker then
+    return {
+      jobs    = redis.call('zrevrangebyscore', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', now + 8640000, now),
+      stalled = redis.call('zrevrangebyscore', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', now, 0)
+    }
+  else
+    local response = {}
+    local workers = redis.call('zrevrange', 'ql:workers', 0, -1)
+    for index, worker in ipairs(workers) do
+      table.insert(response, {
+        name    = worker,
+        jobs    = redis.call('zcount', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', now, now + 8640000),
+        stalled = redis.call('zcount', 'ql:w:' .. worker .. ':jobs', 0, now)
+      })
+    end
+    return response
+  end
+end