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RQ background jobs tested with fakeredis: working versions (tested 2026-10-15)

Enqueue Redis Queue (RQ) jobs and process them with a SimpleWorker against fakeredis, so queue tests run offline with no Redis server.

passed2 passed · 0 failed2026-10-15 13:11 UTC
Status
passed
Last passed
2026-10-15 13:11 UTC
Tests
2 / 2
Language
Python
Runtime
Python 3.13.16
pinned versions3
rq@2.12.0fakeredis@2.40.0pytest@9.1.1
run it
uv venv -q .venv && uv pip install -q --python .venv/bin/python -r requirements.txt
.venv/bin/python -m pytest -q
test environment
Python 3.13.16
linux 6.17.0-1022-azure
x64
runner: github-actions 38738874208

The code

Exactly the files that passed. Your agent can pull them with get_recipe("rq-fakeredis-jobs") (install), or see them on GitHub.

requirements.txt
rq==2.12.0
fakeredis==2.40.0
pytest==9.1.1
jobs.py
def send_welcome_email(address: str) -> str:
    # replace with your real mailer
    return f"sent to {address}"

def explode():
    raise RuntimeError("boom")
tests/test_jobs.py
import pytest
from fakeredis import FakeStrictRedis
from rq import Queue, SimpleWorker
from rq.job import JobStatus
from jobs import send_welcome_email, explode

@pytest.fixture
def queue():
    return Queue("default", connection=FakeStrictRedis())

def test_job_runs(queue):
    job = queue.enqueue(send_welcome_email, "[email protected]")
    assert job.get_status() == JobStatus.QUEUED
    SimpleWorker([queue], connection=queue.connection).work(burst=True)
    job.refresh()
    assert job.get_status() == JobStatus.FINISHED
    assert job.return_value() == "sent to [email protected]"

def test_failed_job_lands_in_registry(queue):
    job = queue.enqueue(explode)
    SimpleWorker([queue], connection=queue.connection).work(burst=True)
    job.refresh()
    assert job.get_status() == JobStatus.FAILED
    assert job.id in queue.failed_job_registry.get_job_ids()
pytest.ini
[pytest]
pythonpath = .

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