Why aren’t Sidekiq jobs deferred until after transaction commit in Rails 7.2?

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Rails 7.2 introduces a feature that defers enqueuing ActiveJob jobs until after all database transactions have committed, as described in the Rails 7.2 release notes and the related PR.

I expected jobs enqueued via perform_later to wait until the transaction commits, but in my example only the job wrapped in ActiveRecord.after_all_transactions_commit behaves correctly, whereas the perform_later call made directly inside the transaction does not wait for the commit.

Here is the code I tried:

RUBY
ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
  user = User.find(1)
  user.first_name = "Race Condition \#{SecureRandom.uuid}"
  user.save!

  ActiveRecord.after_all_transactions_commit do
    LotsOfWork.perform_later(user.id)
  end

  LotsOfWork.perform_later(user.id)
end

I even set the per-job option manually as per the documentation:

RUBY
class LotsOfWork < ApplicationJob
  self.enqueue_after_transaction_commit = :always
  sidekiq_options backtrace: true, retry: 0

  def perform(user_id)
    user = User.find(patient_id)
    user.do_lots_of_work
  end
end

I'm using Sidekiq 7.3.8 and ActiveJob 7.2.2.1. Is there a misunderstanding of the Rails feature, or might this be a bug in Sidekiq or Rails?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 2 months ago

Based on the Rails 7.2 release notes, the intended behavior is that jobs enqueued from within an open transaction (using perform_later) should be deferred until after the transaction commits. In your example, the call inside the ActiveRecord.after_all_transactions_commit block is correctly waiting until after the commit, but the perform_later directly in the transaction isn’t.

This happens because:

• The automatic deferral only works when the Active Job adapter supports it. Some adapters (or their integrations) can disable this behavior, so in your case the Sidekiq adapter you’re using may not be honoring the “defer until commit” behavior even if you set the per-job option.

• The global setting (now deprecated) that previously forced deferring is no longer used. Now Rails relies on the adapter (and database transaction callbacks) to defer the enqueuing. If the adapter isn’t fully wired for that behavior or explicitly disables it, then jobs enqueued directly within the transaction will be pushed immediately.

To guarantee that the job is enqueued only after your transaction is complete, the recommended approach is to explicitly use the after_all_transactions_commit hook (as you’ve done for one of the calls). Alternatively, if you want to force it on a per-job basis, setting

RUBY
class LotsOfWork < ApplicationJob
  self.enqueue_after_transaction_commit = :always

  def perform(user_id)
    user = User.find(user_id)
    user.do_lots_of_work
  end
end

should work—but only if your queue adapter supports the feature. With Sidekiq, it appears that the deferred behavior may be disabled by default or overridden, which is why your in-transaction call isn’t being deferred.

In summary, you’re not misunderstanding the feature in Rails—rather, it’s likely that the Sidekiq adapter (or its integration with Active Job) is not enforcing after-transaction deferral as expected. For now, wrapping your job call inside ActiveRecord.after_all_transactions_commit is the most reliable way to ensure your jobs only enqueue after the transaction commits.

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