[GH-ISSUE #297] [FEATURE REQUEST] empty taskname should not be publish #118

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opened 2026-03-02 05:18:50 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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Originally created by @victor-wzq on GitHub (Jul 20, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/issues/297

Originally assigned to: @hibiken on GitHub.

i push a task with empty taskname,
but i can't comsume this task,
i think function Enqueue should check taskname

Originally created by @victor-wzq on GitHub (Jul 20, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/issues/297 Originally assigned to: @hibiken on GitHub. i push a task with empty taskname, but i can't comsume this task, i think function Enqueue should check taskname

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@hibiken commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2021):

@victor-wzq thank you for creating this issue! I haven't thought about this edge case so thank you for pointing this out 👍

I think we have a couple of options:

NewTask function can panic given a empty typename
Enqueue function can return an error if the task has an empty typename
Allow tasks to have an empty typename

Let me know what you think! /cc @crossworth

@hibiken commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2021): @victor-wzq thank you for creating this issue! I haven't thought about this edge case so thank you for pointing this out 👍 I think we have a couple of options: 1. `NewTask` function can panic given a empty typename 2. `Enqueue` function can return an error if the task has an empty typename 3. Allow tasks to have an empty typename Let me know what you think! /cc @crossworth

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@crossworth commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2021):

I think we should go with option 2.

We should avoid panic's, we dont know where the typename could came from (maybe user input or dynamic generated) and panicing makes it harder to the caller to handle it, we should avoid panic as much as possible as a library. By returning an error we can effectively tell the caller what went wrong.
I think is the best option, Enqueue already returns errors like ErrDuplicateTask, it would be easy to handle.
I dont think its a good option, can cause a lot of confusion, makes debuging harder and most of the times the task should have a typename.

@crossworth commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2021): I think we should go with option 2. 1. We should avoid panic's, we dont know where the typename could came from (maybe user input or dynamic generated) and panicing makes it harder to the caller to handle it, we should avoid panic as much as possible as a library. By returning an error we can effectively tell the caller what went wrong. 2. I think is the best option, Enqueue already returns errors like `ErrDuplicateTask`, it would be easy to handle. 3. I dont think its a good option, can cause a lot of confusion, makes debuging harder and most of the times the task should have a typename.

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@crossworth commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2021):

@hibiken this can be closed.

@crossworth commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2021): @hibiken this can be closed.

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@hibiken commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2021):