Delayed Job creating Airbrakes every time it raises an error

Question

def perform
  refund_log = {
    success: refund_retry.success?,
    amount: refund_amount,
    action: "refund"
  }
  if refund_retry.success?
    refund_log[:reference] = refund_retry.transaction.id
    refund_log[:message] = refund_retry.transaction.status
  else
    refund_log[:message] = refund_retry.message
    refund_log[:params] = {}
    refund_retry.errors.each do |error|
      refund_log[:params][error.code] = error.message
    end
    order_transaction.message = refund_log[:params].values.join('|')
    raise "delayed RefundJob has failed"
  end
end

When I raise "delayed RefundJob has failed" in the else statement, it creates an Airbrake. I want to run the job again if it ends up in the else section.

Is there any way to re-queue the job without raising an exception? And prevent creating an airbrake?

I am using delayed_job version 1.

Answer 1

The cleanest way would be to re-queue, i.e. create a new job and enqueue it, and then exit the method normally.

Answer 2

To elaborate on @Roman's response, you can create a new job, with a retry parameter in it, and enqueue it.

If you maintain the retry parameter (increment it each time you re-enqueue a job), you can track how many retries you made, and thus avoid an endless retry loop.