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| author | David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com> | 2016-02-05 15:35:37 +0100 |
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| committer | David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com> | 2016-02-05 15:35:37 +0100 |
| commit | 625baa69d14881ac49ba2e5c7d9cac4b222d7022 (patch) | |
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| parent | 7fe32d28a8e73bfa826773c5a8777a316126cd38 (diff) | |
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Change the default adapter from inline to async
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diff --git a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md index 76c13f0ea9..d8ea1ee079 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md @@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ That's it! Job Execution ------------- -For enqueuing and executing jobs you need to set up a queuing backend, that is to -say you need to decide for a 3rd-party queuing library that Rails should use. -Rails itself does not provide a sophisticated queuing system and just executes the -job immediately if no adapter is set. +For enqueuing and executing jobs in production you need to set up a queuing backend, +that is to say you need to decide for a 3rd-party queuing library that Rails should use. +Rails itself only provides an in-process queuing system, which only keeps the jobs in RAM. +If the process crashes or the machine is reset, then all outstanding jobs are lost with the +default async back-end. This may be fine for smaller apps or non-critical jobs, but most +production apps will need to pick a persistent backend. ### Backends |