Orca continues pulling work from Redis after load balancer removal
warningConnection ManagementUpdated Mar 24, 2026
How to detect:
Orca service continues to dequeue and process work from Redis even after being removed from a load balancer during shutdown. Unlike distributed environments with Eureka discovery, open-source deployments lack automatic work cessation triggers, causing Orca to keep processing tasks during shutdown attempts.
Recommended action:
Before shutting down Orca, explicitly disable the instance using the admin endpoint to stop it from accepting queued work from Redis. Wait a few seconds after disabling before proceeding with shutdown. For systemd-based installations, add an ExecStop entry that calls this disable endpoint automatically.