2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/queueing.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/queueing.rb
index c8ba28021d..0631f4e4a8 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/queueing.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/queueing.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
   class ThreadedQueueConsumer
     def initialize(queue, options = {})
       @queue = queue
-      @logger = options[:logger]
+      @logger = options[:logger] || Logger.new($stderr)
     end
 
     def start
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ module ActiveSupport
     end
 
     def handle_exception(job, exception)
-      raise exception unless @logger
       @logger.error "Job Error: #{exception.message}\n#{exception.backtrace.join("\n")}"
     end
   end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/queueing/threaded_consumer_test.rb b/activesupport/test/queueing/threaded_consumer_test.rb
index fc43cb555a..ba3b08efc4 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/queueing/threaded_consumer_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/queueing/threaded_consumer_test.rb
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ class TestThreadConsumer < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_match 'Job Error: RuntimeError: Error!', @logger.logged(:error).last
   end
 
+  test "logger defaults to stderr" do
+    begin
+      $stderr, old_stderr = StringIO.new, $stderr
+      queue = ActiveSupport::Queue.new
+      queue.push Job.new { raise "RuntimeError: Error!" }
+      queue.drain
+      assert_match 'Job Error', $stderr.string
+    ensure
+      $stderr = old_stderr
+    end
+  end
+
   test "test overriding exception handling" do
     @queue.consumer.instance_eval do
       def handle_exception(job, exception)