Change Server API

* Rename ServerStatus to ServerState internally

* Rename terminate to shutdown internally

* Update Scheduler API to match Server API

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - NewTask function now takes array of bytes as payload.
 - Task `Type` and `Payload` should be accessed by a method call.
+- `Server` API has changed. Renamed `Quiet` to `Stop`. Renamed `Stop` to `Shutdown`. _Note:_ As a result of this renaming, the behavior of `Stop` has changed. Please update the exising code to call `Shutdown` where it used to call `Stop`.
+- `Scheduler` API has changed. Renamed `Stop` to `Shutdown`.
 - Requires redis v4.0+ for multiple field/value pair support
 - Renamed pending key (TODO: need migration script
 

example_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func ExampleServer_Run() {
 	}
 }
 
-func ExampleServer_Stop() {
+func ExampleServer_Shutdown() {
 	srv := asynq.NewServer(
 		asynq.RedisClientOpt{Addr: ":6379"},
 		asynq.Config{Concurrency: 20},
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ func ExampleServer_Stop() {
 	signal.Notify(sigs, unix.SIGTERM, unix.SIGINT)
 	<-sigs // wait for termination signal
 
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 }
 
-func ExampleServer_Quiet() {
+func ExampleServer_Stop() {
 	srv := asynq.NewServer(
 		asynq.RedisClientOpt{Addr: ":6379"},
 		asynq.Config{Concurrency: 20},
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ func ExampleServer_Quiet() {
 	for {
 		s := <-sigs
 		if s == unix.SIGTSTP {
-			srv.Quiet() // stop processing new tasks
+			srv.Stop() // stop processing new tasks
 			continue
 		}
-		break
+		break // received SIGTERM or SIGINT signal
 	}
 
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 }
 
 func ExampleScheduler() {

forwarder.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func newForwarder(params forwarderParams) *forwarder {
 	}
 }
 
-func (f *forwarder) terminate() {
+func (f *forwarder) shutdown() {
 	f.logger.Debug("Forwarder shutting down...")
 	// Signal the forwarder goroutine to stop polling.
 	f.done <- struct{}{}

forwarder_test.go

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestForwarder(t *testing.T) {
 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		s.start(&wg)
 		time.Sleep(tc.wait)
-		s.terminate()
+		s.shutdown()
 
 		for qname, want := range tc.wantScheduled {
 			gotScheduled := h.GetScheduledMessages(t, r, qname)

healthcheck.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func newHealthChecker(params healthcheckerParams) *healthchecker {
 	}
 }
 
-func (hc *healthchecker) terminate() {
+func (hc *healthchecker) shutdown() {
 	if hc.healthcheckFunc == nil {
 		return
 	}

healthcheck_test.go

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestHealthChecker(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	mu.Unlock()
 
-	hc.terminate()
+	hc.shutdown()
 }
 
 func TestHealthCheckerWhenRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ func TestHealthCheckerWhenRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	mu.Unlock()
 
-	hc.terminate()
+	hc.shutdown()
 }

heartbeat.go

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ type heartbeater struct {
 	started time.Time
 	workers map[string]*workerInfo
 
-	// status is shared with other goroutine but is concurrency safe.
+	// state is shared with other goroutine but is concurrency safe.
-	status *base.ServerStatus
+	state *base.ServerState
 
 	// channels to receive updates on active workers.
 	starting <-chan *workerInfo
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type heartbeaterParams struct {
 	concurrency    int
 	queues         map[string]int
 	strictPriority bool
-	status         *base.ServerStatus
+	state          *base.ServerState
 	starting       <-chan *workerInfo
 	finished       <-chan *base.TaskMessage
 }
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ func newHeartbeater(params heartbeaterParams) *heartbeater {
 		queues:         params.queues,
 		strictPriority: params.strictPriority,
 
-		status:   params.status,
+		state:    params.state,
 		workers:  make(map[string]*workerInfo),
 		starting: params.starting,
 		finished: params.finished,
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *heartbeater) terminate() {
+func (h *heartbeater) shutdown() {
 	h.logger.Debug("Heartbeater shutting down...")
 	// Signal the heartbeater goroutine to stop.
 	h.done <- struct{}{}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (h *heartbeater) beat() {
 		Concurrency:       h.concurrency,
 		Queues:            h.queues,
 		StrictPriority:    h.strictPriority,
-		Status:            h.status.String(),
+		Status:            h.state.String(),
 		Started:           h.started,
 		ActiveWorkerCount: len(h.workers),
 	}

heartbeat_test.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestHeartbeater(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		h.FlushDB(t, r)
 
-		status := base.NewServerStatus(base.StatusIdle)
+		state := base.NewServerState()
 		hb := newHeartbeater(heartbeaterParams{
 			logger:         testLogger,
 			broker:         rdbClient,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestHeartbeater(t *testing.T) {
 			concurrency:    tc.concurrency,
 			queues:         tc.queues,
 			strictPriority: false,
-			status:         status,
+			state:          state,
 			starting:       make(chan *workerInfo),
 			finished:       make(chan *base.TaskMessage),
 		})
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestHeartbeater(t *testing.T) {
 		hb.host = tc.host
 		hb.pid = tc.pid
 
-		status.Set(base.StatusRunning)
+		state.Set(base.StateActive)
 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		hb.start(&wg)
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestHeartbeater(t *testing.T) {
 			Queues:      tc.queues,
 			Concurrency: tc.concurrency,
 			Started:     time.Now(),
-			Status:      "running",
+			Status:      "active",
 		}
 
 		// allow for heartbeater to write to redis
@@ -74,49 +74,49 @@ func TestHeartbeater(t *testing.T) {
 		ss, err := rdbClient.ListServers()
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("could not read server info from redis: %v", err)
-			hb.terminate()
+			hb.shutdown()
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if len(ss) != 1 {
 			t.Errorf("(*RDB).ListServers returned %d process info, want 1", len(ss))
-			hb.terminate()
+			hb.shutdown()
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, ss[0], timeCmpOpt, ignoreOpt, ignoreFieldOpt); diff != "" {
 			t.Errorf("redis stored process status %+v, want %+v; (-want, +got)\n%s", ss[0], want, diff)
-			hb.terminate()
+			hb.shutdown()
 			continue
 		}
 
 		// status change
-		status.Set(base.StatusStopped)
+		state.Set(base.StateClosed)
 
 		// allow for heartbeater to write to redis
 		time.Sleep(tc.interval * 2)
 
-		want.Status = "stopped"
+		want.Status = "closed"
 		ss, err = rdbClient.ListServers()
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("could not read process status from redis: %v", err)
-			hb.terminate()
+			hb.shutdown()
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if len(ss) != 1 {
 			t.Errorf("(*RDB).ListProcesses returned %d process info, want 1", len(ss))
-			hb.terminate()
+			hb.shutdown()
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, ss[0], timeCmpOpt, ignoreOpt, ignoreFieldOpt); diff != "" {
 			t.Errorf("redis stored process status %+v, want %+v; (-want, +got)\n%s", ss[0], want, diff)
-			hb.terminate()
+			hb.shutdown()
 			continue
 		}
 
-		hb.terminate()
+		hb.shutdown()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ func TestHeartbeaterWithRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 	r := rdb.NewRDB(setup(t))
 	defer r.Close()
 	testBroker := testbroker.NewTestBroker(r)
+	state := base.NewServerState()
+	state.Set(base.StateActive)
 	hb := newHeartbeater(heartbeaterParams{
 		logger:         testLogger,
 		broker:         testBroker,
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ func TestHeartbeaterWithRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 		concurrency:    10,
 		queues:         map[string]int{"default": 1},
 		strictPriority: false,
-		status:         base.NewServerStatus(base.StatusRunning),
+		state:          state,
 		starting:       make(chan *workerInfo),
 		finished:       make(chan *base.TaskMessage),
 	})
@@ -150,5 +152,5 @@ func TestHeartbeaterWithRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 	// wait for heartbeater to try writing data to redis
 	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 
-	hb.terminate()
+	hb.shutdown()
 }

internal/base/base.go

@@ -215,52 +215,55 @@ type Z struct {
 	Score   int64
 }
 
-// ServerStatus represents status of a server.
+// ServerState represents state of a server.
-// ServerStatus methods are concurrency safe.
+// ServerState methods are concurrency safe.
-type ServerStatus struct {
+type ServerState struct {
 	mu  sync.Mutex
-	val ServerStatusValue
+	val ServerStateValue
 }
 
-// NewServerStatus returns a new status instance given an initial value.
+// NewServerState returns a new state instance.
-func NewServerStatus(v ServerStatusValue) *ServerStatus {
+// Initial state is set to StateNew.
-	return &ServerStatus{val: v}
+func NewServerState() *ServerState {
+	return &ServerState{val: StateNew}
 }
 
-type ServerStatusValue int
+type ServerStateValue int
 
 const (
-	// StatusIdle indicates the server is in idle state.
+	// StateNew represents a new server. Server begins in
-	StatusIdle ServerStatusValue = iota
+	// this state and then transition to StatusActive when
+	// Start or Run is callled.
+	StateNew ServerStateValue = iota
 
-	// StatusRunning indicates the server is up and active.
+	// StateActive indicates the server is up and active.
-	StatusRunning
+	StateActive
 
-	// StatusQuiet indicates the server is up but not active.
+	// StateStopped indicates the server is up but no longer processing new tasks.
-	StatusQuiet
+	StateStopped
 
-	// StatusStopped indicates the server server has been stopped.
+	// StateClosed indicates the server has been shutdown.
-	StatusStopped
+	StateClosed
 )
 
-var statuses = []string{
+var serverStates = []string{
-	"idle",
+	"new",
-	"running",
+	"active",
-	"quiet",
 	"stopped",
+	"closed",
 }
 
-func (s *ServerStatus) String() string {
+func (s *ServerState) String() string {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if StatusIdle <= s.val && s.val <= StatusStopped {
+	if StateNew <= s.val && s.val <= StateClosed {
-		return statuses[s.val]
+		return serverStates[s.val]
 	}
 	return "unknown status"
 }
 
 // Get returns the status value.
-func (s *ServerStatus) Get() ServerStatusValue {
+func (s *ServerState) Get() ServerStateValue {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	v := s.val
 	s.mu.Unlock()
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ func (s *ServerStatus) Get() ServerStatusValue {
 }
 
 // Set sets the status value.
-func (s *ServerStatus) Set(v ServerStatusValue) {
+func (s *ServerState) Set(v ServerStateValue) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	s.val = v
 	s.mu.Unlock()

internal/base/base_test.go

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func TestServerInfoEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 				Concurrency:       10,
 				Queues:            map[string]int{"default": 1, "critical": 2},
 				StrictPriority:    false,
-				Status:            "running",
+				Status:            "active",
 				Started:           time.Now().Add(-3 * time.Hour),
 				ActiveWorkerCount: 8,
 			},
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ func TestSchedulerEnqueueEventEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 // Test for status being accessed by multiple goroutines.
 // Run with -race flag to check for data race.
 func TestStatusConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
-	status := NewServerStatus(StatusIdle)
+	status := NewServerState()
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ func TestStatusConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
-		status.Set(StatusStopped)
+		status.Set(StateClosed)
 		_ = status.String()
 	}()
 

internal/rdb/inspect_test.go

@@ -3305,7 +3305,7 @@ func TestListServers(t *testing.T) {
 		ServerID:          "server123",
 		Concurrency:       10,
 		Queues:            map[string]int{"default": 1},
-		Status:            "running",
+		Status:            "active",
 		Started:           started1,
 		ActiveWorkerCount: 0,
 	}

internal/rdb/rdb_test.go

@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ func TestWriteServerState(t *testing.T) {
 		Queues:            map[string]int{"default": 2, "email": 5, "low": 1},
 		StrictPriority:    false,
 		Started:           time.Now().UTC(),
-		Status:            "running",
+		Status:            "active",
 		ActiveWorkerCount: 0,
 	}
 
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ func TestWriteServerStateWithWorkers(t *testing.T) {
 		Queues:            map[string]int{"default": 2, "email": 5, "low": 1},
 		StrictPriority:    false,
 		Started:           time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Minute).UTC(),
-		Status:            "running",
+		Status:            "active",
 		ActiveWorkerCount: len(workers),
 	}
 
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ func TestClearServerState(t *testing.T) {
 		Queues:            map[string]int{"default": 2, "email": 5, "low": 1},
 		StrictPriority:    false,
 		Started:           time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Minute),
-		Status:            "running",
+		Status:            "active",
 		ActiveWorkerCount: len(workers1),
 	}
 
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ func TestClearServerState(t *testing.T) {
 		Queues:            map[string]int{"default": 2, "email": 5, "low": 1},
 		StrictPriority:    false,
 		Started:           time.Now().Add(-15 * time.Minute),
-		Status:            "running",
+		Status:            "active",
 		ActiveWorkerCount: len(workers2),
 	}
 

processor.go

@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ func (p *processor) stop() {
 	})
 }
 
-// NOTE: once terminated, processor cannot be re-started.
+// NOTE: once shutdown, processor cannot be re-started.
-func (p *processor) terminate() {
+func (p *processor) shutdown() {
 	p.stop()
 
 	time.AfterFunc(p.shutdownTimeout, func() { close(p.abort) })

processor_test.go

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestProcessorSuccessWithSingleQueue(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, msg := range tc.incoming {
 			err := rdbClient.Enqueue(msg)
 			if err != nil {
-				p.terminate()
+				p.shutdown()
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 		}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestProcessorSuccessWithSingleQueue(t *testing.T) {
 		if l := r.LLen(base.ActiveKey(base.DefaultQueueName)).Val(); l != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("%q has %d tasks, want 0", base.ActiveKey(base.DefaultQueueName), l)
 		}
-		p.terminate()
+		p.shutdown()
 
 		mu.Lock()
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantProcessed, processed, sortTaskOpt, cmp.AllowUnexported(Task{})); diff != "" {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestProcessorSuccessWithMultipleQueues(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("%q has %d tasks, want 0", base.ActiveKey(qname), l)
 			}
 		}
-		p.terminate()
+		p.shutdown()
 
 		mu.Lock()
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantProcessed, processed, sortTaskOpt, cmp.AllowUnexported(Task{})); diff != "" {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func TestProcessTasksWithLargeNumberInPayload(t *testing.T) {
 		if l := r.LLen(base.ActiveKey(base.DefaultQueueName)).Val(); l != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("%q has %d tasks, want 0", base.ActiveKey(base.DefaultQueueName), l)
 		}
-		p.terminate()
+		p.shutdown()
 
 		mu.Lock()
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantProcessed, processed, sortTaskOpt, cmp.AllowUnexported(Task{})); diff != "" {
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@ func TestProcessorRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, msg := range tc.incoming {
 			err := rdbClient.Enqueue(msg)
 			if err != nil {
-				p.terminate()
+				p.shutdown()
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 		}
 		time.Sleep(tc.wait) // FIXME: This makes test flaky.
-		p.terminate()
+		p.shutdown()
 
 		cmpOpt := h.EquateInt64Approx(1) // allow up to a second difference in zset score
 		gotRetry := h.GetRetryEntries(t, r, base.DefaultQueueName)
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ func TestProcessorWithStrictPriority(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("%q has %d tasks, want 0", base.ActiveKey(qname), l)
 			}
 		}
-		p.terminate()
+		p.shutdown()
 
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantProcessed, processed, sortTaskOpt, cmp.AllowUnexported(Task{})); diff != "" {
 			t.Errorf("mismatch found in processed tasks; (-want, +got)\n%s", diff)

recoverer.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func newRecoverer(params recovererParams) *recoverer {
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *recoverer) terminate() {
+func (r *recoverer) shutdown() {
 	r.logger.Debug("Recoverer shutting down...")
 	// Signal the recoverer goroutine to stop polling.
 	r.done <- struct{}{}

recoverer_test.go

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func TestRecoverer(t *testing.T) {
 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		recoverer.start(&wg)
 		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-		recoverer.terminate()
+		recoverer.shutdown()
 
 		for qname, want := range tc.wantActive {
 			gotActive := h.GetActiveMessages(t, r, qname)

scheduler.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 // A Scheduler kicks off tasks at regular intervals based on the user defined schedule.
 type Scheduler struct {
 	id         string
-	status     *base.ServerStatus
+	state      *base.ServerState
 	logger     *log.Logger
 	client     *Client
 	rdb        *rdb.RDB
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewScheduler(r RedisConnOpt, opts *SchedulerOpts) *Scheduler {
 
 	return &Scheduler{
 		id:         generateSchedulerID(),
-		status:     base.NewServerStatus(base.StatusIdle),
+		state:      base.NewServerState(),
 		logger:     logger,
 		client:     NewClient(r),
 		rdb:        rdb.NewRDB(c),
@@ -170,22 +170,23 @@ func (s *Scheduler) Unregister(entryID string) error {
 }
 
 // Run starts the scheduler until an os signal to exit the program is received.
-// It returns an error if scheduler is already running or has been stopped.
+// It returns an error if scheduler is already running or has been shutdown.
 func (s *Scheduler) Run() error {
 	if err := s.Start(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	s.waitForSignals()
-	return s.Stop()
+	s.Shutdown()
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Start starts the scheduler.
-// It returns an error if the scheduler is already running or has been stopped.
+// It returns an error if the scheduler is already running or has been shutdown.
 func (s *Scheduler) Start() error {
-	switch s.status.Get() {
+	switch s.state.Get() {
-	case base.StatusRunning:
+	case base.StateActive:
 		return fmt.Errorf("asynq: the scheduler is already running")
-	case base.StatusStopped:
+	case base.StateClosed:
 		return fmt.Errorf("asynq: the scheduler has already been stopped")
 	}
 	s.logger.Info("Scheduler starting")
@@ -193,16 +194,12 @@ func (s *Scheduler) Start() error {
 	s.cron.Start()
 	s.wg.Add(1)
 	go s.runHeartbeater()
-	s.status.Set(base.StatusRunning)
+	s.state.Set(base.StateActive)
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Stop stops the scheduler.
+// Shutdown stops and shuts down the scheduler.
-// It returns an error if the scheduler is not currently running.
+func (s *Scheduler) Shutdown() {
-func (s *Scheduler) Stop() error {
-	if s.status.Get() != base.StatusRunning {
-		return fmt.Errorf("asynq: the scheduler is not running")
-	}
 	s.logger.Info("Scheduler shutting down")
 	close(s.done) // signal heartbeater to stop
 	ctx := s.cron.Stop()
@@ -212,9 +209,8 @@ func (s *Scheduler) Stop() error {
 	s.clearHistory()
 	s.client.Close()
 	s.rdb.Close()
-	s.status.Set(base.StatusStopped)
+	s.state.Set(base.StateClosed)
 	s.logger.Info("Scheduler stopped")
-	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *Scheduler) runHeartbeater() {

scheduler_test.go

@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ func TestSchedulerRegister(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		time.Sleep(tc.wait)
-		if err := scheduler.Stop(); err != nil {
+		scheduler.Shutdown()
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
 
 		got := asynqtest.GetPendingMessages(t, r, tc.queue)
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.want, got, asynqtest.IgnoreIDOpt); diff != "" {
@@ -106,9 +104,7 @@ func TestSchedulerWhenRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// Scheduler should attempt to enqueue the task three times (every 3s).
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
-	if err := scheduler.Stop(); err != nil {
+	scheduler.Shutdown()
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
 
 	mu.Lock()
 	if counter != 3 {
@@ -150,9 +146,7 @@ func TestSchedulerUnregister(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		time.Sleep(tc.wait)
-		if err := scheduler.Stop(); err != nil {
+		scheduler.Shutdown()
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
 
 		got := asynqtest.GetPendingMessages(t, r, tc.queue)
 		if len(got) != 0 {

server.go

@@ -21,23 +21,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/rdb"
 )
 
-// Server is responsible for managing the task processing.
+// Server is responsible for task processing and task lifecycle management.
 //
 // Server pulls tasks off queues and processes them.
 // If the processing of a task is unsuccessful, server will schedule it for a retry.
+//
 // A task will be retried until either the task gets processed successfully
 // or until it reaches its max retry count.
 //
 // If a task exhausts its retries, it will be moved to the archive and
-// will be kept in the archive for some time until a certain condition is met
+// will be kept in the archive set.
-// (e.g., archive size reaches a certain limit, or the task has been in the
+// Note that the archive size is finite and once it reaches its max size,
-// archive for a certain amount of time).
+// oldest tasks in the archive will be deleted.
 type Server struct {
 	logger *log.Logger
 
 	broker base.Broker
 
-	status *base.ServerStatus
+	state *base.ServerState
 
 	// wait group to wait for all goroutines to finish.
 	wg            sync.WaitGroup
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NewServer returns a new Server given a redis connection option
-// and background processing configuration.
+// and server configuration.
 func NewServer(r RedisConnOpt, cfg Config) *Server {
 	c, ok := r.MakeRedisClient().(redis.UniversalClient)
 	if !ok {
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ func NewServer(r RedisConnOpt, cfg Config) *Server {
 	starting := make(chan *workerInfo)
 	finished := make(chan *base.TaskMessage)
 	syncCh := make(chan *syncRequest)
-	status := base.NewServerStatus(base.StatusIdle)
+	state := base.NewServerState()
 	cancels := base.NewCancelations()
 
 	syncer := newSyncer(syncerParams{
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ func NewServer(r RedisConnOpt, cfg Config) *Server {
 		concurrency:    n,
 		queues:         queues,
 		strictPriority: cfg.StrictPriority,
-		status:         status,
+		state:          state,
 		starting:       starting,
 		finished:       finished,
 	})
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ func NewServer(r RedisConnOpt, cfg Config) *Server {
 	return &Server{
 		logger:        logger,
 		broker:        rdb,
-		status:        status,
+		state:         state,
 		forwarder:     forwarder,
 		processor:     processor,
 		syncer:        syncer,
@@ -400,11 +401,13 @@ func NewServer(r RedisConnOpt, cfg Config) *Server {
 // ProcessTask should return nil if the processing of a task
 // is successful.
 //
-// If ProcessTask return a non-nil error or panics, the task
+// If ProcessTask returns a non-nil error or panics, the task
-// will be retried after delay.
+// will be retried after delay if retry-count is remaining,
-// One exception to this rule is when ProcessTask returns SkipRetry error.
+// otherwise the task will be archived.
-// If the returned error is SkipRetry or the error wraps SkipRetry, retry is
+//
-// skipped and task will be archived instead.
+// One exception to this rule is when ProcessTask returns a SkipRetry error.
+// If the returned error is SkipRetry or an error wraps SkipRetry, retry is
+// skipped and the task will be immediately archived instead.
 type Handler interface {
 	ProcessTask(context.Context, *Task) error
 }
@@ -420,43 +423,46 @@ func (fn HandlerFunc) ProcessTask(ctx context.Context, task *Task) error {
 	return fn(ctx, task)
 }
 
-// ErrServerStopped indicates that the operation is now illegal because of the server being stopped.
+// ErrServerClosed indicates that the operation is now illegal because of the server has been shutdown.
-var ErrServerStopped = errors.New("asynq: the server has been stopped")
+var ErrServerClosed = errors.New("asynq: Server closed")
 
-// Run starts the background-task processing and blocks until
+// Run starts the task processing and blocks until
 // an os signal to exit the program is received. Once it receives
 // a signal, it gracefully shuts down all active workers and other
 // goroutines to process the tasks.
 //
-// Run returns any error encountered during server startup time.
+// Run returns any error encountered at server startup time.
-// If the server has already been stopped, ErrServerStopped is returned.
+// If the server has already been shutdown, ErrServerClosed is returned.
 func (srv *Server) Run(handler Handler) error {
 	if err := srv.Start(handler); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	srv.waitForSignals()
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Start starts the worker server. Once the server has started,
-// it pulls tasks off queues and starts a worker goroutine for each task.
+// it pulls tasks off queues and starts a worker goroutine for each task
+// and then call Handler to process it.
 // Tasks are processed concurrently by the workers up to the number of
-// concurrency specified at the initialization time.
+// concurrency specified in Config.Concurrency.
 //
-// Start returns any error encountered during server startup time.
+// Start returns any error encountered at server startup time.
-// If the server has already been stopped, ErrServerStopped is returned.
+// If the server has already been shutdown, ErrServerClosed is returned.
 func (srv *Server) Start(handler Handler) error {
 	if handler == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("asynq: server cannot run with nil handler")
 	}
-	switch srv.status.Get() {
+	switch srv.state.Get() {
-	case base.StatusRunning:
+	case base.StateActive:
 		return fmt.Errorf("asynq: the server is already running")
-	case base.StatusStopped:
+	case base.StateStopped:
-		return ErrServerStopped
+		return fmt.Errorf("asynq: the server is in the stopped state. Waiting for shutdown.")
+	case base.StateClosed:
+		return ErrServerClosed
 	}
-	srv.status.Set(base.StatusRunning)
+	srv.state.Set(base.StateActive)
 	srv.processor.handler = handler
 
 	srv.logger.Info("Starting processing")
@@ -471,43 +477,46 @@ func (srv *Server) Start(handler Handler) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Stop stops the worker server.
+// Shutdown gracefully shuts down the server.
 // It gracefully closes all active workers. The server will wait for
 // active workers to finish processing tasks for duration specified in Config.ShutdownTimeout.
 // If worker didn't finish processing a task during the timeout, the task will be pushed back to Redis.
-func (srv *Server) Stop() {
+func (srv *Server) Shutdown() {
-	switch srv.status.Get() {
+	switch srv.state.Get() {
-	case base.StatusIdle, base.StatusStopped:
+	case base.StateNew, base.StateClosed:
 		// server is not running, do nothing and return.
 		return
 	}
 
 	srv.logger.Info("Starting graceful shutdown")
-	// Note: The order of termination is important.
+	// Note: The order of shutdown is important.
 	// Sender goroutines should be terminated before the receiver goroutines.
 	// processor -> syncer (via syncCh)
 	// processor -> heartbeater (via starting, finished channels)
-	srv.forwarder.terminate()
+	srv.forwarder.shutdown()
-	srv.processor.terminate()
+	srv.processor.shutdown()
-	srv.recoverer.terminate()
+	srv.recoverer.shutdown()
-	srv.syncer.terminate()
+	srv.syncer.shutdown()
-	srv.subscriber.terminate()
+	srv.subscriber.shutdown()
-	srv.healthchecker.terminate()
+	srv.healthchecker.shutdown()
-	srv.heartbeater.terminate()
+	srv.heartbeater.shutdown()
 
 	srv.wg.Wait()
 
 	srv.broker.Close()
-	srv.status.Set(base.StatusStopped)
+	srv.state.Set(base.StateClosed)
 
 	srv.logger.Info("Exiting")
 }
 
-// Quiet signals the server to stop pulling new tasks off queues.
+// Stop signals the server to stop pulling new tasks off queues.
-// Quiet should be used before stopping the server.
+// Stop can be used before shutting down the server to ensure that all
-func (srv *Server) Quiet() {
+// currently active tasks are processed before server shutdown.
+//
+// Stop does not shutdown the server, make sure to call Shutdown before exit.
+func (srv *Server) Stop() {
 	srv.logger.Info("Stopping processor")
 	srv.processor.stop()
-	srv.status.Set(base.StatusQuiet)
+	srv.state.Set(base.StateStopped)
 	srv.logger.Info("Processor stopped")
 }

server_test.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestServer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("could not enqueue a task: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 }
 
 func TestServerRun(t *testing.T) {
@@ -82,16 +82,16 @@ func TestServerRun(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestServerErrServerStopped(t *testing.T) {
+func TestServerErrServerClosed(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := NewServer(RedisClientOpt{Addr: ":6379"}, Config{LogLevel: testLogLevel})
 	handler := NewServeMux()
 	if err := srv.Start(handler); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 	err := srv.Start(handler)
-	if err != ErrServerStopped {
+	if err != ErrServerClosed {
-		t.Errorf("Restarting server: (*Server).Start(handler) = %v, want ErrServerStopped error", err)
+		t.Errorf("Restarting server: (*Server).Start(handler) = %v, want ErrServerClosed error", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestServerErrNilHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	err := srv.Start(nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("Starting server with nil handler: (*Server).Start(nil) did not return error")
-		srv.Stop()
+		srv.Shutdown()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestServerErrServerRunning(t *testing.T) {
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("Calling (*Server).Start(handler) on already running server did not return error")
 	}
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 }
 
 func TestServerWithRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestServerWithRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 
 	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 }
 
 func TestServerWithFlakyBroker(t *testing.T) {
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func TestServerWithFlakyBroker(t *testing.T) {
 
 	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 
-	srv.Stop()
+	srv.Shutdown()
 }
 
 func TestLogLevel(t *testing.T) {

signals_unix.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (srv *Server) waitForSignals() {
 	for {
 		sig := <-sigs
 		if sig == unix.SIGTSTP {
-			srv.Quiet()
+			srv.Stop()
 			continue
 		}
 		break

subscriber.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func newSubscriber(params subscriberParams) *subscriber {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *subscriber) terminate() {
+func (s *subscriber) shutdown() {
 	s.logger.Debug("Subscriber shutting down...")
 	// Signal the subscriber goroutine to stop.
 	s.done <- struct{}{}

subscriber_test.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestSubscriber(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		subscriber.start(&wg)
-		defer subscriber.terminate()
+		defer subscriber.shutdown()
 
 		// wait for subscriber to establish connection to pubsub channel
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestSubscriberWithRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 	testBroker.Sleep() // simulate a situation where subscriber cannot connect to redis.
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	subscriber.start(&wg)
-	defer subscriber.terminate()
+	defer subscriber.shutdown()
 
 	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) // subscriber should wait and retry connecting to redis.
 

syncer.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func newSyncer(params syncerParams) *syncer {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *syncer) terminate() {
+func (s *syncer) shutdown() {
 	s.logger.Debug("Syncer shutting down...")
 	// Signal the syncer goroutine to stop.
 	s.done <- struct{}{}

syncer_test.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestSyncer(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	syncer.start(&wg)
-	defer syncer.terminate()
+	defer syncer.shutdown()
 
 	for _, msg := range inProgress {
 		m := msg
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestSyncerRetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	syncer.start(&wg)
-	defer syncer.terminate()
+	defer syncer.shutdown()
 
 	var (
 		mu      sync.Mutex
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func TestSyncerDropsStaleRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	time.Sleep(2 * interval) // ensure that syncer runs at least once
-	syncer.terminate()
+	syncer.shutdown()
 
 	mu.Lock()
 	if n != 0 {

tools/asynq/cmd/server.go

@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ The command shows the following for each server:
 * Host and PID of the process in which the server is running
 * Number of active workers out of worker pool
 * Queue configuration
-* State of the worker server ("running" | "quiet")
+* State of the worker server ("active" | "stopped")
 * Time the server was started
 
-A "running" server is pulling tasks from queues and processing them.
+A "active" server is pulling tasks from queues and processing them.
-A "quiet" server is no longer pulling new tasks from queues`,
+A "stopped" server is no longer pulling new tasks from queues`,
 	Run: serverList,
 }