Terminating worker threads - the correct way ?

[iangregsondev]

Hi,

I have a scheduler (every 30 seconds) that calls my worker (which sets up a worker) - I am confused when i should be terminating the thread or the worker.

Is the correct way to terminate the thread or terminate the worker i.e

    this.thread.destroy()

vs

    workerHandler.terminate()

I have the following, I am monitoring the threadId and its incrementing all the time. I am worried about a memory leak or the id of thread maxing out.

Any ideas ? Thanks in advance

export const worker = (redisClient: RedisClient) => {
  const workerHandler = new Worker(function() {
    this.postMessage({ finished: true })
    this.thread.destroy()
  })

  workerHandler.onmessage = (event: Event): void => {
    if (event.data.finished === true) {
      workerHandler.terminate()
    }
  }
}