---
title: retry_stopped.active_job
description: An Active Job job stopped retrying after too many failed attempts.
url: https://docs.honeybadger.io/insights/event-types/ruby/retry_stopped.active_job/
---

An Active Job job stopped retrying after too many failed attempts.

Source **Active Job** Category **Jobs** Fields **10** [honeybadger-ruby](https://docs.honeybadger.io/lib/ruby/)

## Fields

| Field             | Type   | Description                                                                                                  |
| ----------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `event_type`      | string | Allowed value: `retry_stopped.active_job`.                                                                   |
| `job_class`       | string | ActiveJob class name.                                                                                        |
| `job_id`          | string | Unique job identifier.                                                                                       |
| `queue_name`      | string | Queue the job is on.                                                                                         |
| `adapter_class`   | string | ActiveJob adapter class, e.g. "SidekiqAdapter".                                                              |
| `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": "retry_stopped.active_job",
  "job_class": "SyncInventoryJob",
  "job_id": "c2e3f4a5-6b7c-4d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
  "queue_name": "default",
  "adapter_class": "ActiveJob::QueueAdapters::SidekiqAdapter",
  "duration": 1.05,
  "instrumenter_id": "d6a5b3f4c2e1908a7b6c",
  "request_id": "0f5e4bb2-3c46-4b1c-91d5-2f4e8a6b9c01",
  "hostname": "worker-1.example.com",
  "environment": "production"
}
```

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