Task is not running if previous task in Process

[brijeshror]

Hi

For example, there are 2 tasks in clock.rb
every(1.week, 'task_1', tz: 'Amsterdam', :at => 'Friday 01:00'){ rake tasks:task_1 }
every(1.week, 'task_2', tz: 'Amsterdam', :at => 'Friday 02:00'){ rake tasks:task_2 }

If task_1 is running till 2:00 then task_2 is not started. Let me know how to start task_2 process when task_1 is already in process.

Thanks

[brijeshror]

Any update on this?

[gr8bit]

Sorry to jump in with my 10-minute-knowledge about clockwork, but as far as I understood, clockwork runs in a single thread - therefore execution of a task keeps it busy while it runs and it cannot do simultaneous tasks. You would either

• use the threads option (I'm sure I saw one) to spawn multiple simultaneous processes or
• (better) use clockwork to start background runners like Rails' ActiveJobs, Sidekiq, Resque, etc. which will run in the background

I hope that helps, I literally have 10 minutes knowledge about this. Cheers

[brijeshror]

Thanks for update.