background-jobs

name	background-jobs
description	Colas de trabajo asíncronas con BullMQ + Redis en Node.js/Express. Reintentos, concurrencia, delays anti-ban, workers y monitoreo. Usar cuando: "cola de mensajes", "job queue", "BullMQ", "tareas en background", "envío masivo", "anti-ban WhatsApp", "rate limiting mensajes", "worker", "reintentar tarea fallida", "procesar en segundo plano", "Bull", "Redis queue", "scheduled jobs", "delayed jobs".

Background Jobs — BullMQ + Redis

Stack: BullMQ + Redis (Node.js/Express) — usado en GHL WA Broadcaster para queues anti-ban.

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1. Setup

npm install bullmq ioredis
# Redis local para desarrollo
docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:alpine

// src/lib/redis.js
import { Redis } from 'ioredis'

export const redis = new Redis(process.env.REDIS_URL || 'redis://localhost:6379', {
  maxRetriesPerRequest: null,  // requerido por BullMQ
})

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2. Definir una Queue

// src/queues/whatsapp.js
import { Queue } from 'bullmq'
import { redis } from '../lib/redis.js'

export const waQueue = new Queue('whatsapp-messages', {
  connection: redis,
  defaultJobOptions: {
    attempts: 3,
    backoff: { type: 'exponential', delay: 5000 },  // 5s, 10s, 20s
    removeOnComplete: { count: 100 },               // conservar últimos 100 completados
    removeOnFail: { count: 50 },
  },
})

// Agregar job
export async function queueMessage(locationId, phone, message, delayMs = 0) {
  return waQueue.add(
    'send-message',
    { locationId, phone, message },
    {
      delay: delayMs,           // delay antes de procesar (anti-ban)
      jobId: `${locationId}-${phone}-${Date.now()}`,  // ID único
    }
  )
}

// Agregar múltiples mensajes con delay escalonado (anti-ban)
export async function queueBroadcast(locationId, recipients, message) {
  const jobs = recipients.map((phone, i) => ({
    name: 'send-message',
    data: { locationId, phone, message },
    opts: {
      delay: i * 3000,  // 3 segundos entre cada mensaje
      attempts: 3,
      backoff: { type: 'exponential', delay: 5000 },
    },
  }))

  return waQueue.addBulk(jobs)
}

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3. Worker — Procesar Jobs

// src/workers/whatsapp.js
import { Worker } from 'bullmq'
import { redis } from '../lib/redis.js'
import { getWAClient } from '../services/whatsapp.js'

export const waWorker = new Worker(
  'whatsapp-messages',
  async (job) => {
    const { locationId, phone, message } = job.data

    // Progreso opcional
    await job.updateProgress(10)

    const client = await getWAClient(locationId)
    await client.sendMessage(`${phone}@s.whatsapp.net`, { text: message })

    await job.updateProgress(100)
    return { sent: true, phone, ts: Date.now() }
  },
  {
    connection: redis,
    concurrency: 1,          // 1 mensaje a la vez por worker (anti-ban)
    limiter: {
      max: 10,               // máximo 10 jobs
      duration: 60_000,      
    },
  }
)


waWorker.(,  {
  .()
})

waWorker.(,  {
  .()
})

waWorker.(,  {
  .(, err)
})

---

4. Inicializar en el servidor

// src/index.js
import './workers/whatsapp.js'  // Iniciar worker al arrancar

// O con control explícito
import { waWorker } from './workers/whatsapp.js'

// Graceful shutdown
process.on('SIGTERM', async () => {
  await waWorker.close()
  process.exit(0)
})

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5. Scheduled Jobs (Cron)

import { Queue } from 'bullmq'

const reportQueue = new Queue('reports', { connection: redis })

// Job recurrente — cada día a las 8am
await reportQueue.add(
  'daily-report',
  { type: 'daily' },
  {
    repeat: { pattern: '0 8 * * *' },  // cron syntax
  }
)

// Remover job recurrente
const repeatableJobs = await reportQueue.getRepeatableJobs()
for (const job of repeatableJobs) {
  if (job.name === 'daily-report') {
    await reportQueue.removeRepeatableByKey(job.key)
  }
}

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6. Monitoreo — Bull Board

npm install @bull-board/express @bull-board/api

// src/index.js
import { createBullBoard } from '@bull-board/api'
import { BullMQAdapter } from '@bull-board/api/bullMQAdapter.js'
import { ExpressAdapter } from '@bull-board/express'

const serverAdapter = new ExpressAdapter()
serverAdapter.setBasePath('/admin/queues')

createBullBoard({
  queues: [new BullMQAdapter(waQueue)],
  serverAdapter,
})

// Solo en desarrollo o con auth
app.use('/admin/queues', requireAuth, serverAdapter.getRouter())

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7. Variables de entorno

REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
# Railway: usar Railway Redis plugin → inyecta REDIS_URL automáticamente

Railway — Redis

# En railway.app → New Service → Database → Redis
# REDIS_URL se inyecta automáticamente en el servicio

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8. Patrones anti-ban WhatsApp

// Delay dinámico según volumen
function calcDelay(index, totalMessages) {
  const baseDelay = 2000       // 2s mínimo
  const jitter = Math.random() * 1000  // 0-1s aleatorio (evitar patrones)
  const rampUp = index < 10 ? index * 500 : 0  // ramp-up lento al inicio
  return baseDelay + jitter + rampUp
}

// Pausar queue si se detectan errores de conexión
waWorker.on('failed', async (job, err) => {
  if (err.message.includes('Connection Closed') || err.message.includes('Stream Errored')) {
    await waQueue.pause()
    setTimeout(() => waQueue.resume(), 30_000)  // pausa 30s
  }
})

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9. Errores comunes

Error	Causa	Fix
maxRetriesPerRequest must be null	Config de Redis incorrecta	maxRetriesPerRequest: null en ioredis
Jobs se procesan pero no completan	Worker no retorna valor	Asegurar que el callback async retorne
Queue no procesa	Worker no iniciado	Importar el worker en index.js
Redis ECONNREFUSED	Redis no corriendo	docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:alpine
Jobs duplicados	Mismo jobId dos veces	Usar IDs únicos o dejar que BullMQ genere el ID