How to set retry count for Sidekiq with ActiveJob?

Question

From the Rails API, I found ActiveJob can retry_job interval:

my_job_instance.enqueue
my_job_instance.enqueue wait: 5.minutes
my_job_instance.enqueue queue: :imp         


        

Answer 1

Since Rails 5.1, there is a built-in way to do this using the retry_on method. It's a general ActiveJob method, so it will work with any queuing backend, not just Sidekiq.

For example, for your specific job you could do:

class SiteScraperJob < ActiveJob::Base
  retry_on ErrorLoadingSite, queue: :low_priority, attempts: 5

  def perform(*args)
    # raise ErrorLoadingSite if cannot scrape
  end
end

You can also set a constant wait interval or an exponential wait strategy, as explained in the docs.