Wrap the perform_job try/except in a pipeline context so the pipeline connection is properly refrshed after the work is done

rq/worker.py

@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ class Worker(object):
             job.func_name,
             job.origin, time.time()))
 
+        with self.connection.pipeline() as pipeline:
             try:
                 with death_penalty_after(job.timeout or Queue.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
                     rv = job.perform()
@@ -427,13 +428,12 @@ class Worker(object):
                 job.ended_at = utcnow()
 
                 result_ttl = job.get_ttl(self.default_result_ttl)
-            pipeline = self.connection._pipeline()
                 if result_ttl != 0:
                     job.save(pipeline=pipeline)
                 job.cleanup(result_ttl, pipeline=pipeline)
                 pipeline.execute()
 
-        except:
+            except Exception:
                 # Use the public setter here, to immediately update Redis
                 job.status = Status.FAILED
                 self.handle_exception(job, *sys.exc_info())