RBoy
(RBoy)
October 16, 2025, 10:15pm
1
After updating today to the build 3.6.0.beta2-latest (bf4d07a89c ) I noticed this error in the logs. This is the first time I’ve ever seen this error. The last time this error was reported on the forum was in 2020.
How can I debug this further? What can cause this and what’s the impact? Everything appears to be running at the outset.
Message
Sidekiq heartbeat test failed for 2067, restarting
Backtrace
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activesupport-8.0.3/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:218:in block in dispatch' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activesupport-8.0.3/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:217:in map’
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activesupport-8.0.3/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:217:in dispatch' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activesupport-8.0.3/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:129:in warn’
/var/www/discourse/lib/demon/sidekiq.rb:39:in block in heartbeat_check' /var/www/discourse/lib/demon/sidekiq.rb:31:in each’
/var/www/discourse/lib/demon/sidekiq.rb:31:in heartbeat_check' config/unicorn.conf.rb:131:in block (2 levels) in reload’
This is the dashboard
Looks like your topic didn’t find any takers, so nobody had any immediate ideas how to help you. Were you able to resolve your issue or did it go away by itself?
RBoy
(RBoy)
October 27, 2025, 6:55pm
3
Hasn’t happened since, will keep an eye on it
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RBoy
(RBoy)
October 29, 2025, 6:12am
4
Well now I’m seeing this error in the logs related to sidekiq and redis - never seen this error before the latest upgrade
Message
Job exception: Unsupported command argument type: TrueClass
Backtrace
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-client-0.26.1/lib/redis_client/command_builder.rb:37:in `block in generate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-client-0.26.1/lib/redis_client/command_builder.rb:28:in `map!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-client-0.26.1/lib/redis_client/command_builder.rb:28:in `generate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-client-0.26.1/lib/redis_client.rb:351:in `call_v'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-5.4.0/lib/redis/client.rb:90:in `call_v'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-4.0.1/lib/mini_profiler/profiling_methods.rb:90:in `block in profile_method'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-5.4.0/lib/redis.rb:152:in `block in send_command'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-5.4.0/lib/redis.rb:151:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-5.4.0/lib/redis.rb:151:in `send_command'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-5.4.0/lib/redis/commands/hashes.rb:51:in `hmset'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/redis-5.4.0/lib/redis/commands/hashes.rb:66:in `mapped_hmset'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_redis.rb:144:in `public_send'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_redis.rb:144:in `block (3 levels) in <class:DiscourseRedis>'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_redis.rb:29:in `ignore_readonly'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_redis.rb:144:in `block (2 levels) in <class:DiscourseRedis>'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_updates.rb:116:in `block in missing_versions='
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_updates.rb:114:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse_updates.rb:114:in `missing_versions='
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/call_discourse_hub.rb:19:in `execute'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:318:in `block (2 levels) in perform'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/rails_multisite-7.0.0/lib/rails_multisite/connection_management/null_instance.rb:49:in `with_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/rails_multisite-7.0.0/lib/rails_multisite/connection_management.rb:17:in `with_connection'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:305:in `block in perform'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:301:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:301:in `perform'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:381:in `perform'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:220:in `execute_job'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:185:in `block (4 levels) in process'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:180:in `traverse'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:183:in `block in traverse'
/var/www/discourse/lib/sidekiq/discourse_event.rb:6:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:182:in `traverse'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:183:in `block in traverse'
/var/www/discourse/lib/sidekiq/pausable.rb:131:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:182:in `traverse'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:183:in `block in traverse'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/job/interrupt_handler.rb:9:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:182:in `traverse'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:183:in `block in traverse'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/metrics/tracking.rb:26:in `track'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/metrics/tracking.rb:134:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:182:in `traverse'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:173:in `invoke'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:184:in `block (3 levels) in process'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:145:in `block (6 levels) in dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/job_retry.rb:118:in `local'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:144:in `block (5 levels) in dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/config.rb:39:in `block in <class:Config>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:139:in `block (4 levels) in dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:281:in `stats'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:134:in `block (3 levels) in dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/job_logger.rb:15:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:133:in `block (2 levels) in dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/job_retry.rb:85:in `global'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:132:in `block in dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/job_logger.rb:40:in `prepare'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:131:in `dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:183:in `block (2 levels) in process'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:182:in `handle_interrupt'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:182:in `block in process'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:181:in `handle_interrupt'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:181:in `process'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:86:in `process_one'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:76:in `run'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/component.rb:10:in `watchdog'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/component.rb:19:in `block in safe_thread'
RBoy
(RBoy)
October 29, 2025, 3:52pm
5
And this error is happening repeatedly, not a one off.
Is your site at all adversely affected? If not, I wouldn’t worry about this so much.
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RBoy
(RBoy)
October 29, 2025, 9:47pm
7
Ok. FYR, it looks like this error can cause sidekiq to stop working and is supposed to be fixed in a newer version of sidekiq but not sure if discourse needs to make changes to incorporate this fix in their API’s
main ← Amnesthesia:fix/sidekiq-7.2-TypeError-TrueClass
opened 02:28AM - 01 Nov 23 UTC
According to [Sidekiq 7.2 changelog](https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/mai… n/Changes.md#720), using `byscore: true` and `nx: true` will now throw, which causes Sidekiq not to start up anymore when using `sidekiq-unique-jobs`