Exception class recorded when a Error is raised in a worker.

Author: malomalo

lib/resque/failure/redis.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def save
         data = {
           :failed_at => Time.now.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S"),
           :payload   => payload,
+          :exception => exception.class.to_s,
           :error     => exception.to_s,
           :backtrace => exception.backtrace,
           :worker    => worker.to_s,

lib/resque/server/views/failed.erb

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
         <dd><code><%= job['payload']['class'] %></code></dd>
         <dt>Arguments</dt>
         <dd><pre><%=h show_args(job['payload']['args']) %></pre></dd>
+        <dt>Exception</td>
+        <dd><code><%= job['exception'] %></code></dd>
         <dt>Error</dt>
         <dd class='error'>
           <a href="#" class="backtrace"><%= h(job['error']) %></a>

test/test_helper.rb

@@ -94,3 +94,9 @@ def self.perform(name)
     "Good job, #{name}"
   end
 end
+
+class BadJobWithSyntaxError
+  def self.perform
+    raise SyntaxError, "Extra Bad job!"
+  end
+end

test/worker_test.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
     @worker.work(0)
     assert_equal 1, Resque::Failure.count
   end
+  
+  test "failed jobs report excpetion and message" do
+    Resque::Job.create(:jobs, BadJobWithSyntaxError)
+    @worker.work(0)
+    assert_equal('SyntaxError', Resque::Failure.all['exception'])
+    assert_equal('Extra Bad job!', Resque::Failure.all['error'])
+  end
 
   test "can peek at failed jobs" do
     10.times { Resque::Job.create(:jobs, BadJob) }