From 4fb59a4ceb55cdfb0c283e4a68d672e7a6f22af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Javier Lopez <javier.lopez@wuaki.tv>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:46:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure custom exception handlers calls when Redis is down

---
 rq/worker.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rq/worker.py b/rq/worker.py
index 8176b27..e0c10f3 100644
--- a/rq/worker.py
+++ b/rq/worker.py
@@ -590,7 +590,12 @@ class Worker(object):
             except Exception:
                 job.set_status(JobStatus.FAILED, pipeline=pipeline)
                 started_job_registry.remove(job, pipeline=pipeline)
-                pipeline.execute()
+                try:
+                    pipeline.execute()
+                except Exception:
+                    # Ensure that custom exception handlers are called
+                    # even if Redis is down
+                    pass
                 self.handle_exception(job, *sys.exc_info())
                 return False