Managing Long-running Tasks
Async job management — task queues, job scheduling, progress tracking, retries, and the patterns that handle background work like video processing, report generation, and data pipelines.
Task Queuing
Master async job management — job queues vs message queues, priority queues, and dead-letter queues. Decouple task submission from execution for reliable background processing.
Job Queues vs Message QueuesPriority QueuesDead-Letter Queues (DLQ)
Scheduling
Orchestrate long-running tasks — cron-style job scheduling, distributed task coordination with locks and leader election, and progress tracking with status APIs.
Cron-Style Job SchedulingDistributed Task CoordinationProgress Tracking & Status APIs