# Beenvoice worker

The worker is a separate Bun process backed by the same PostgreSQL database as the web app. It follows the Racetix worker model: a durable database outbox, a lightweight scheduler, and horizontally safe polling with `FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED`.

Currently it schedules and generates due recurring invoices. New asynchronous workflows should enqueue a typed job through `apps/web/src/server/jobs/queue.ts` and add a handler in `src/index.ts`.

Jobs have an idempotency key, scheduled run time, bounded exponential retries, and stale-lock recovery. Multiple worker replicas can run safely. Timer elapsed time is still derived from `startedAt`; the worker should only send time-clock reminders, never increment a counter every second.

```bash
# Uses the web app's .env/.env.local files
bun run dev

# Production environment is injected by Docker Compose/Coolify
bun run start
```

`WORKER_POLL_MS` defaults to 2000 and `WORKER_SCHEDULE_MS` defaults to 60000.