How do I clear stuck/stale Resque workers?

Question

As you can see from the attached image, I\'ve got a couple of workers that seem to be stuck. Those processes shouldn\'t take longer than a couple of seconds.

Answer 1

Started working on https://github.com/shaiguitar/resque_stuck_queue/ recently. It's not a solution to how to fix stuck workers but it addresses the issue of resque hanging/being stuck, so I figured it could be helpful for people on this thread. From README:

"If resque doesn't run jobs within a certain timeframe, it will trigger a pre-defined handler of your choice. You can use this to send an email, pager duty, add more resque workers, restart resque, send you a txt...whatever suits you."

Been used in production and works pretty well for me thus far.