Render Background Workers

---
name: render-background-workers
description: >-
  Sets up and configures background workers on Render for queue-based job
  processing. Use when the user needs to process async jobs, consume from a
  queue, run Celery/Sidekiq/BullMQ/Asynq/Oban workers, handle graceful
  shutdown with SIGTERM, wire a worker to Key Value (Redis), or choose between
  workers and cron jobs for background work.
  Trigger terms: background worker, async jobs, queue consumer, Celery,
  Sidekiq, BullMQ, Asynq, Oban, job processing, SIGTERM, graceful shutdown.
license: MIT
compatibility: Render background worker services
metadata:
  author: Render
  version: "1.0.0"
  category: compute
---

# Render Background Workers

This skill explains **worker** services on Render: processes that **consume jobs from a queue** instead of serving HTTP. Pair with **render-blueprints**, **render-env-vars**, and **render-networking** when wiring `render.yaml` and private connectivity.

## When to Use

- Designing or debugging **queue-backed workers** (Celery, Sidekiq, BullMQ, Asynq, etc.)… install to load the full skill