{"version":"2.1.248","anchor":"worker-kill-retry-now-repeats-the-kill","canonical_anchor":"worker-kill-retry-now-repeats-the-kill","heading":"Worker kill retry now repeats the kill","tier":"notice","area":"Background Tasks","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248\/e\/worker-kill-retry-now-repeats-the-kill","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248","markdown":"### Worker kill retry now repeats the kill\n\nKilling a worker that is still starting now actually retries the kill, up to ten times.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen killing a worker that is still starting, the retry loop was re-issuing a differently shaped request. It now repeats the same kill request with the same handoff and evict arguments, up to 10 times with a 200ms wait between attempts.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The fallback lookup used when the job no longer exists gets an extra argument.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`op: \"kill\"`\n\n- Area: Background Tasks\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}