---
title: perform.active_job
description: An Active Job job ran, whether it succeeded or raised an exception.
url: https://docs.honeybadger.io/insights/event-types/ruby/perform.active_job/
---

An Active Job job ran, whether it succeeded or raised an exception.

Source **Active Job** Category **Jobs** Fields **12** [honeybadger-ruby](https://docs.honeybadger.io/lib/ruby/)

## Fields

| Field              | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------ | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `event_type`       | string | Allowed value: `perform.active_job`.                                                                                                         |
| `job_class`        | string | ActiveJob class name.                                                                                                                        |
| `job_id`           | string | Unique job identifier.                                                                                                                       |
| `queue_name`       | string | Queue the job ran on.                                                                                                                        |
| `adapter_class`    | string | ActiveJob adapter class, e.g. "SidekiqAdapter".                                                                                              |
| `status`           | string | Job execution outcome: 'success' if completed without exception, 'failure' if an exception was raised. Allowed values: `success`, `failure`. |
| `exception_object` | string | The exception instance if the job raised, absent on success. Serialized as a string in JSON format.                                          |
| `duration`         | number | Duration in milliseconds.                                                                                                                    |
| `instrumenter_id`  | string | Rails ActiveSupport::Notifications instrumenter UUID.                                                                                        |
| `request_id`       | string | Rails request UUID from the active web request context, if any. Merged globally by the Honeybadger agent.                                    |
| `hostname`         | string | Server hostname. Attached to every event by default (events.attach\_hostname).                                                               |
| `environment`      | string | Application environment, e.g. "production". Attached to every event by default (events.attach\_environment).                                 |

## Example

```json
{
  "event_type": "perform.active_job",
  "job_class": "WelcomeEmailJob",
  "job_id": "b1d2e3f4-5a6b-4c7d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
  "queue_name": "default",
  "adapter_class": "ActiveJob::QueueAdapters::SidekiqAdapter",
  "status": "success",
  "duration": 532.18,
  "instrumenter_id": "d6a5b3f4c2e1908a7b6c",
  "request_id": "0f5e4bb2-3c46-4b1c-91d5-2f4e8a6b9c01",
  "hostname": "worker-1.example.com",
  "environment": "production"
}
```

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