Error: `Moving job to FailedJobRegistry (Work-horse terminated unexpectedly; waitpid returned None; )`
Author: amks1Created Aug 13, 2023Updated May 5, 2026
I'm using v1.15.1 and I've been getting this error in my logs. I noticed it happens for long running tasks (15 mins +).
22:30:52 Killed horse pid 49
22:30:52 Moving job to FailedJobRegistry (Work-horse terminated unexpectedly; waitpid returned None; )2023-08-13 22:30:52,517 INFO reaped unknown pid 72 (terminated by SIGKILL)
2023-08-13 22:30:52,517 INFO reaped unknown pid 85 (terminated by SIGKILL)
2023-08-13 22:30:52,518 DEBG received SIGCHLD indicating a child quitI don't know what's causing it, but I'm reverting back the version I was using earlier which is 1.14.0. Will test and let you know.
Source: rq/rq