class SleepyWorker include Sidekiq::Worker sidekiq_options queue: :default def perform sleep rand(1...10) end end class BrokenWorker include Sidekiq::Worker sidekiq_options queue: :critical, retry: 5 def perform raise 'Ooooooops ...' end end Sidekiq.configure_server do |config| config.redis = {url: 'redis://redis:6379/0'} end Sidekiq.configure_client do |config| config.redis = {url: 'redis://redis:6379/0'} end Thread.new do sleep 5 loop do SleepyWorker.perform_async BrokenWorker.perform_async sleep rand(1..5) end end