# Sidekiq is unexpectedly paused

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-is-unexpectedly-paused/106666>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 16, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-is-unexpectedly-paused/106666 "2019-01-16T06:47:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-is-unexpectedly-paused/106666/9 "2019-01-21T03:46:46Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> but if backup fails, sidekiq is never unpaused. Didn’t you make a bunch of improvements here recently @tgxworld?

We’ll always unpause Sidekiq even if the backup/restore fails.

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