fix(worker): fix so that worker can be closed if Redis is down

src/classes/redis-connection.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export class RedisConnection extends EventEmitter {
     canDoubleTimeout: false,
   };
 
+  status: 'initializing' | 'ready' | 'closing' | 'closed' = 'initializing';
+
   protected _client: RedisClient;
 
   private readonly opts: RedisOptions;
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ export class RedisConnection extends EventEmitter {
     this._client.on('ready', this.handleClientReady);
 
     await RedisConnection.waitUntilReady(this._client);
+
     this.loadCommands();
 
     this.version = await this.getRedisVersion();
@@ -239,6 +242,8 @@ export class RedisConnection extends EventEmitter {
       canDoubleTimeout: !isRedisVersionLowerThan(this.version, '6.0.0'),
     };
 
+    this.status = 'ready';
+
     return this._client;
   }
 
@@ -280,11 +285,16 @@ export class RedisConnection extends EventEmitter {
 
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.closing) {
+      const status = this.status;
+      this.status = 'closing';
       this.closing = true;
       try {
-        await this.initializing;
-        if (!this.shared) {
-          await this._client.quit();
+        if (status === 'ready') {
+          // Not sure if we need to wait for this
+          await this.initializing;
+          if (!this.shared) {
+            await this._client.quit();
+          }
         }
       } catch (error) {
         if (isNotConnectionError(error as Error)) {
@@ -298,6 +308,7 @@ export class RedisConnection extends EventEmitter {
         decreaseMaxListeners(this._client, 3);
 
         this.removeAllListeners();
+        this.status = 'closed';
       }
     }
   }

src/classes/worker.ts

@@ -810,7 +810,10 @@ export class Worker<
 
       this.abortDelayController?.abort();
 
-      const client = await this.blockingConnection.client;
+      const client =
+        this.blockingConnection.status == 'ready'
+          ? await this.blockingConnection.client
+          : null;
 
       this.resume();
       await Promise.resolve()
@@ -832,7 +835,7 @@ export class Worker<
         })
         .finally(() => clearTimeout(this.extendLocksTimer))
         .finally(() => clearTimeout(this.stalledCheckTimer))
-        .finally(() => client.disconnect())
+        .finally(() => client && client.disconnect())
         .finally(() => this.connection.close())
         .finally(() => this.emit('closed'));
       this.closed = true;

tests/test_connection.ts

@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ describe('connection', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should close worker even if redis is down', async () => {
+    const connection = new IORedis('badhost', { maxRetriesPerRequest: null });
+    connection.on('error', () => {});
+
+    const worker = new Worker('test', async () => {}, { connection, prefix });
+
+    worker.on('error', err => {});
+    await worker.close();
+  });
+
   it('should recover from a connection loss', async () => {
     let processor;