[GH-ISSUE #125] [FEATURE REQUEST] Pause Queue #1054

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opened 2026-03-07 22:04:47 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @hibiken on GitHub (Mar 23, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/issues/125

Originally assigned to: @hibiken on GitHub.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It'd be nice if we can pause a queue without shutting down the background worker process.
Sidekiq Pro has this exact feature documented here.
If a queue is paused then the background workers shouldn't process any tasks from that queue.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add a command to the CLI to pause/unpause a queue.

asynq queue pause [queue name]

asynq queue unpause [queue name]

Describe alternatives you've considered
None for now.

Additional context
None for now.

Originally created by @hibiken on GitHub (Mar 23, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/issues/125 Originally assigned to: @hibiken on GitHub. **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** It'd be nice if we can pause a queue without shutting down the background worker process. Sidekiq Pro has this exact feature documented [here](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/Pro-API#pausing-queues). If a queue is paused then the background workers shouldn't process any tasks from that queue. **Describe the solution you'd like** Add a command to the CLI to pause/unpause a queue. ```sh asynq queue pause [queue name] asynq queue unpause [queue name] ``` **Describe alternatives you've considered** None for now. **Additional context** None for now.