Queue: Make WorkerPools and Queues flushable (#10001)

* Make WorkerPools and Queues flushable

Adds Flush methods to Queues and the WorkerPool
Further abstracts the WorkerPool
Adds a final step to Flush the queues in the defer from PrintCurrentTest
Fixes an issue with Settings inheritance in queues

Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>

* Change to for loop

* Add IsEmpty and begin just making the queues composed WorkerPools

* subsume workerpool into the queues and create a flushable interface

* Add manager command

* Move flushall to queue.Manager and add to testlogger

* As per @guillep2k

* as per @guillep2k

* Just make queues all implement flushable and clean up the wrapped queue flushes

* cope with no timeout

Co-authored-by: Lauris BH <lauris@nix.lv>

27 files changed, 1030 insertions, 327 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/manager.go b/cmd/manager.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eed0a9e823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/manager.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/private"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var (
+	// CmdManager represents the manager command
+	CmdManager = cli.Command{
+		Name:        "manager",
+		Usage:       "Manage the running gitea process",
+		Description: "This is a command for managing the running gitea process",
+		Subcommands: []cli.Command{
+			subcmdShutdown,
+			subcmdRestart,
+			subcmdFlushQueues,
+		},
+	}
+	subcmdShutdown = cli.Command{
+		Name:   "shutdown",
+		Usage:  "Gracefully shutdown the running process",
+		Action: runShutdown,
+	}
+	subcmdRestart = cli.Command{
+		Name:   "restart",
+		Usage:  "Gracefully restart the running process - (not implemented for windows servers)",
+		Action: runRestart,
+	}
+	subcmdFlushQueues = cli.Command{
+		Name:   "flush-queues",
+		Usage:  "Flush queues in the running process",
+		Action: runFlushQueues,
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			cli.DurationFlag{
+				Name:  "timeout",
+				Value: 60 * time.Second,
+				Usage: "Timeout for the flushing process",
+			},
+			cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:  "non-blocking",
+				Usage: "Set to true to not wait for flush to complete before returning",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func runShutdown(c *cli.Context) error {
+	setup("manager", false)
+	statusCode, msg := private.Shutdown()
+	switch statusCode {
+	case http.StatusInternalServerError:
+		fail("InternalServerError", msg)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, msg)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runRestart(c *cli.Context) error {
+	setup("manager", false)
+	statusCode, msg := private.Restart()
+	switch statusCode {
+	case http.StatusInternalServerError:
+		fail("InternalServerError", msg)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, msg)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runFlushQueues(c *cli.Context) error {
+	setup("manager", false)
+	statusCode, msg := private.FlushQueues(c.Duration("timeout"), c.Bool("non-blocking"))
+	switch statusCode {
+	case http.StatusInternalServerError:
+		fail("InternalServerError", msg)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, msg)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/integrations/testlogger.go b/integrations/testlogger.go
index 624abf3f81..b2ad257a9b 100644
--- a/integrations/testlogger.go
+++ b/integrations/testlogger.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package integrations
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -12,8 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/queue"
 )
 
 var prefix string
@@ -98,6 +101,9 @@ func PrintCurrentTest(t testing.TB, skip ...int) func() {
 	}
 	writerCloser.setT(&t)
 	return func() {
+		if err := queue.GetManager().FlushAll(context.Background(), 20*time.Second); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Flushing queues failed with error %v", err)
+		}
 		_ = writerCloser.Close()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6ec272c9af..c97513293a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ arguments - which can alternatively be run by running the subcommand web.`
 		cmd.CmdKeys,
 		cmd.CmdConvert,
 		cmd.CmdDoctor,
+		cmd.CmdManager,
 	}
 	// Now adjust these commands to add our global configuration options
 
diff --git a/modules/graceful/manager_unix.go b/modules/graceful/manager_unix.go
index 323c6a4111..68aa724264 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/manager_unix.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/manager_unix.go
@@ -110,28 +110,19 @@ func (g *Manager) handleSignals(ctx context.Context) {
 		case sig := <-signalChannel:
 			switch sig {
 			case syscall.SIGHUP:
-				if setting.GracefulRestartable {
-					log.Info("PID: %d. Received SIGHUP. Forking...", pid)
-					err := g.doFork()
-					if err != nil && err.Error() != "another process already forked. Ignoring this one" {
-						log.Error("Error whilst forking from PID: %d : %v", pid, err)
-					}
-				} else {
-					log.Info("PID: %d. Received SIGHUP. Not set restartable. Shutting down...", pid)
-
-					g.doShutdown()
-				}
+				log.Info("PID: %d. Received SIGHUP. Attempting GracefulShutdown...", pid)
+				g.DoGracefulShutdown()
 			case syscall.SIGUSR1:
 				log.Info("PID %d. Received SIGUSR1.", pid)
 			case syscall.SIGUSR2:
 				log.Warn("PID %d. Received SIGUSR2. Hammering...", pid)
-				g.doHammerTime(0 * time.Second)
+				g.DoImmediateHammer()
 			case syscall.SIGINT:
 				log.Warn("PID %d. Received SIGINT. Shutting down...", pid)
-				g.doShutdown()
+				g.DoGracefulShutdown()
 			case syscall.SIGTERM:
 				log.Warn("PID %d. Received SIGTERM. Shutting down...", pid)
-				g.doShutdown()
+				g.DoGracefulShutdown()
 			case syscall.SIGTSTP:
 				log.Info("PID %d. Received SIGTSTP.", pid)
 			default:
@@ -139,7 +130,7 @@ func (g *Manager) handleSignals(ctx context.Context) {
 			}
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			log.Warn("PID: %d. Background context for manager closed - %v - Shutting down...", pid, ctx.Err())
-			g.doShutdown()
+			g.DoGracefulShutdown()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -160,6 +151,31 @@ func (g *Manager) doFork() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// DoGracefulRestart causes a graceful restart
+func (g *Manager) DoGracefulRestart() {
+	if setting.GracefulRestartable {
+		log.Info("PID: %d. Forking...", os.Getpid())
+		err := g.doFork()
+		if err != nil && err.Error() != "another process already forked. Ignoring this one" {
+			log.Error("Error whilst forking from PID: %d : %v", os.Getpid(), err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Info("PID: %d. Not set restartable. Shutting down...", os.Getpid())
+
+		g.doShutdown()
+	}
+}
+
+// DoImmediateHammer causes an immediate hammer
+func (g *Manager) DoImmediateHammer() {
+	g.doHammerTime(0 * time.Second)
+}
+
+// DoGracefulShutdown causes a graceful shutdown
+func (g *Manager) DoGracefulShutdown() {
+	g.doShutdown()
+}
+
 // RegisterServer registers the running of a listening server, in the case of unix this means that the parent process can now die.
 // Any call to RegisterServer must be matched by a call to ServerDone
 func (g *Manager) RegisterServer() {
diff --git a/modules/graceful/manager_windows.go b/modules/graceful/manager_windows.go
index 526fc0bd24..cb4475ebb2 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/manager_windows.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/manager_windows.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type Manager struct {
 	runningServerWaitGroup sync.WaitGroup
 	createServerWaitGroup  sync.WaitGroup
 	terminateWaitGroup     sync.WaitGroup
+	shutdownRequested	   chan struct{}
 }
 
 func newGracefulManager(ctx context.Context) *Manager {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ func (g *Manager) start() {
 	g.shutdown = make(chan struct{})
 	g.hammer = make(chan struct{})
 	g.done = make(chan struct{})
+	g.shutdownRequested = make(chan struct{})
 
 	// Set the running state
 	g.setState(stateRunning)
@@ -107,7 +109,10 @@ loop:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-g.ctx.Done():
-			g.doShutdown()
+			g.DoGracefulShutdown()
+			waitTime += setting.GracefulHammerTime
+			break loop
+		case <-g.shutdownRequested:
 			waitTime += setting.GracefulHammerTime
 			break loop
 		case change := <-changes:
@@ -115,12 +120,12 @@ loop:
 			case svc.Interrogate:
 				status <- change.CurrentStatus
 			case svc.Stop, svc.Shutdown:
-				g.doShutdown()
+				g.DoGracefulShutdown()
 				waitTime += setting.GracefulHammerTime
 				break loop
 			case hammerCode:
-				g.doShutdown()
-				g.doHammerTime(0 * time.Second)
+				g.DoGracefulShutdown()
+				g.DoImmediateHammer()
 				break loop
 			default:
 				log.Debug("Unexpected control request: %v", change.Cmd)
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ hammerLoop:
 			case svc.Interrogate:
 				status <- change.CurrentStatus
 			case svc.Stop, svc.Shutdown, hammerCmd:
-				g.doHammerTime(0 * time.Second)
+				g.DoImmediateHammer()
 				break hammerLoop
 			default:
 				log.Debug("Unexpected control request: %v", change.Cmd)
@@ -152,6 +157,24 @@ hammerLoop:
 	return false, 0
 }
 
+// DoImmediateHammer causes an immediate hammer
+func (g *Manager) DoImmediateHammer() {
+	g.doHammerTime(0 * time.Second)
+}
+
+// DoGracefulShutdown causes a graceful shutdown
+func (g *Manager) DoGracefulShutdown() {
+	g.lock.Lock()
+	select {
+	case <-g.shutdownRequested:
+		g.lock.Unlock()
+	default:
+		close(g.shutdownRequested)
+		g.lock.Unlock()
+		g.doShutdown()
+	}
+}
+
 // RegisterServer registers the running of a listening server.
 // Any call to RegisterServer must be matched by a call to ServerDone
 func (g *Manager) RegisterServer() {
diff --git a/modules/private/manager.go b/modules/private/manager.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de46c7ab2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/private/manager.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package private
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+)
+
+// Shutdown calls the internal shutdown function
+func Shutdown() (int, string) {
+	reqURL := setting.LocalURL + fmt.Sprintf("api/internal/manager/shutdown")
+
+	req := newInternalRequest(reqURL, "POST")
+	resp, err := req.Response()
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Sprintf("Unable to contact gitea: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return resp.StatusCode, decodeJSONError(resp).Err
+	}
+
+	return http.StatusOK, "Shutting down"
+}
+
+// Restart calls the internal restart function
+func Restart() (int, string) {
+	reqURL := setting.LocalURL + fmt.Sprintf("api/internal/manager/restart")
+
+	req := newInternalRequest(reqURL, "POST")
+	resp, err := req.Response()
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Sprintf("Unable to contact gitea: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return resp.StatusCode, decodeJSONError(resp).Err
+	}
+
+	return http.StatusOK, "Restarting"
+}
+
+// FlushOptions represents the options for the flush call
+type FlushOptions struct {
+	Timeout     time.Duration
+	NonBlocking bool
+}
+
+// FlushQueues calls the internal flush-queues function
+func FlushQueues(timeout time.Duration, nonBlocking bool) (int, string) {
+	reqURL := setting.LocalURL + fmt.Sprintf("api/internal/manager/flush-queues")
+
+	req := newInternalRequest(reqURL, "POST")
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		req.SetTimeout(timeout+10*time.Second, timeout+10*time.Second)
+	}
+	req = req.Header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	jsonBytes, _ := json.Marshal(FlushOptions{
+		Timeout:     timeout,
+		NonBlocking: nonBlocking,
+	})
+	req.Body(jsonBytes)
+	resp, err := req.Response()
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Sprintf("Unable to contact gitea: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return resp.StatusCode, decodeJSONError(resp).Err
+	}
+
+	return http.StatusOK, "Flushed"
+}
diff --git a/modules/queue/helper.go b/modules/queue/helper.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6fb1b94f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/queue/helper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package queue
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// toConfig will attempt to convert a given configuration cfg into the provided exemplar type.
+//
+// It will tolerate the cfg being passed as a []byte or string of a json representation of the
+// exemplar or the correct type of the exemplar itself
+func toConfig(exemplar, cfg interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	if reflect.TypeOf(cfg).AssignableTo(reflect.TypeOf(exemplar)) {
+		return cfg, nil
+	}
+
+	configBytes, ok := cfg.([]byte)
+	if !ok {
+		configStr, ok := cfg.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, ErrInvalidConfiguration{cfg: cfg}
+		}
+		configBytes = []byte(configStr)
+	}
+	newVal := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(exemplar))
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(configBytes, newVal.Interface()); err != nil {
+		return nil, ErrInvalidConfiguration{cfg: cfg, err: err}
+	}
+	return newVal.Elem().Interface(), nil
+}
+
+// unmarshalAs will attempt to unmarshal provided bytes as the provided exemplar
+func unmarshalAs(bs []byte, exemplar interface{}) (data Data, err error) {
+	if exemplar != nil {
+		t := reflect.TypeOf(exemplar)
+		n := reflect.New(t)
+		ne := n.Elem()
+		err = json.Unmarshal(bs, ne.Addr().Interface())
+		data = ne.Interface().(Data)
+	} else {
+		err = json.Unmarshal(bs, &data)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// assignableTo will check if provided data is assignable to the same type as the exemplar
+// if the provided exemplar is nil then it will always return true
+func assignableTo(data Data, exemplar interface{}) bool {
+	if exemplar == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// Assert data is of same type as exemplar
+	t := reflect.TypeOf(data)
+	exemplarType := reflect.TypeOf(exemplar)
+
+	return t.AssignableTo(exemplarType) && data != nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/queue/manager.go b/modules/queue/manager.go
index 88b2644848..a6734787a9 100644
--- a/modules/queue/manager.go
+++ b/modules/queue/manager.go
@@ -26,36 +26,57 @@ type Manager struct {
 	Queues  map[int64]*ManagedQueue
 }
 
-// ManagedQueue represents a working queue inheriting from Gitea.
+// ManagedQueue represents a working queue with a Pool of workers.
+//
+// Although a ManagedQueue should really represent a Queue this does not
+// necessarily have to be the case. This could be used to describe any queue.WorkerPool.
 type ManagedQueue struct {
 	mutex         sync.Mutex
 	QID           int64
-	Queue         Queue
 	Type          Type
 	Name          string
 	Configuration interface{}
 	ExemplarType  string
-	Pool          ManagedPool
+	Managed       interface{}
 	counter       int64
 	PoolWorkers   map[int64]*PoolWorkers
 }
 
+// Flushable represents a pool or queue that is flushable
+type Flushable interface {
+	// Flush will add a flush worker to the pool - the worker should be autoregistered with the manager
+	Flush(time.Duration) error
+	// FlushWithContext is very similar to Flush
+	// NB: The worker will not be registered with the manager.
+	FlushWithContext(ctx context.Context) error
+	// IsEmpty will return if the managed pool is empty and has no work
+	IsEmpty() bool
+}
+
 // ManagedPool is a simple interface to get certain details from a worker pool
 type ManagedPool interface {
+	// AddWorkers adds a number of worker as group to the pool with the provided timeout. A CancelFunc is provided to cancel the group
 	AddWorkers(number int, timeout time.Duration) context.CancelFunc
+	// NumberOfWorkers returns the total number of workers in the pool
 	NumberOfWorkers() int
+	// MaxNumberOfWorkers returns the maximum number of workers the pool can dynamically grow to
 	MaxNumberOfWorkers() int
+	// SetMaxNumberOfWorkers sets the maximum number of workers the pool can dynamically grow to
 	SetMaxNumberOfWorkers(int)
+	// BoostTimeout returns the current timeout for worker groups created during a boost
 	BoostTimeout() time.Duration
+	// BlockTimeout returns the timeout the internal channel can block for before a boost would occur
 	BlockTimeout() time.Duration
+	// BoostWorkers sets the number of workers to be created during a boost
 	BoostWorkers() int
-	SetSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers int, timeout time.Duration)
+	// SetPoolSettings sets the user updatable settings for the pool
+	SetPoolSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers int, timeout time.Duration)
 }
 
 // ManagedQueueList implements the sort.Interface
 type ManagedQueueList []*ManagedQueue
 
-// PoolWorkers represents a working queue inheriting from Gitea.
+// PoolWorkers represents a group of workers working on a queue
 type PoolWorkers struct {
 	PID        int64
 	Workers    int
@@ -63,9 +84,10 @@ type PoolWorkers struct {
 	Timeout    time.Time
 	HasTimeout bool
 	Cancel     context.CancelFunc
+	IsFlusher  bool
 }
 
-// PoolWorkersList implements the sort.Interface
+// PoolWorkersList implements the sort.Interface for PoolWorkers
 type PoolWorkersList []*PoolWorkers
 
 func init() {
@@ -83,27 +105,28 @@ func GetManager() *Manager {
 }
 
 // Add adds a queue to this manager
-func (m *Manager) Add(queue Queue,
+func (m *Manager) Add(managed interface{},
 	t Type,
 	configuration,
-	exemplar interface{},
-	pool ManagedPool) int64 {
+	exemplar interface{}) int64 {
 
 	cfg, _ := json.Marshal(configuration)
 	mq := &ManagedQueue{
-		Queue:         queue,
 		Type:          t,
 		Configuration: string(cfg),
 		ExemplarType:  reflect.TypeOf(exemplar).String(),
 		PoolWorkers:   make(map[int64]*PoolWorkers),
-		Pool:          pool,
+		Managed:       managed,
 	}
 	m.mutex.Lock()
 	m.counter++
 	mq.QID = m.counter
 	mq.Name = fmt.Sprintf("queue-%d", mq.QID)
-	if named, ok := queue.(Named); ok {
-		mq.Name = named.Name()
+	if named, ok := managed.(Named); ok {
+		name := named.Name()
+		if len(name) > 0 {
+			mq.Name = name
+		}
 	}
 	m.Queues[mq.QID] = mq
 	m.mutex.Unlock()
@@ -127,6 +150,64 @@ func (m *Manager) GetManagedQueue(qid int64) *ManagedQueue {
 	return m.Queues[qid]
 }
 
+// FlushAll flushes all the flushable queues attached to this manager
+func (m *Manager) FlushAll(baseCtx context.Context, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	var ctx context.Context
+	var cancel context.CancelFunc
+	start := time.Now()
+	end := start
+	hasTimeout := false
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(baseCtx, timeout)
+		end = start.Add(timeout)
+		hasTimeout = true
+	} else {
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(baseCtx)
+	}
+	defer cancel()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		default:
+		}
+		mqs := m.ManagedQueues()
+		wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+		wg.Add(len(mqs))
+		allEmpty := true
+		for _, mq := range mqs {
+			if mq.IsEmpty() {
+				wg.Done()
+				continue
+			}
+			allEmpty = false
+			if flushable, ok := mq.Managed.(Flushable); ok {
+				go func() {
+					localCtx, localCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+					pid := mq.RegisterWorkers(1, start, hasTimeout, end, localCancel, true)
+					err := flushable.FlushWithContext(localCtx)
+					if err != nil && err != ctx.Err() {
+						cancel()
+					}
+					mq.CancelWorkers(pid)
+					localCancel()
+					wg.Done()
+				}()
+			} else {
+				wg.Done()
+			}
+
+		}
+		if allEmpty {
+			break
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+	}
+	return nil
+
+}
+
 // ManagedQueues returns the managed queues
 func (m *Manager) ManagedQueues() []*ManagedQueue {
 	m.mutex.Lock()
@@ -152,7 +233,7 @@ func (q *ManagedQueue) Workers() []*PoolWorkers {
 }
 
 // RegisterWorkers registers workers to this queue
-func (q *ManagedQueue) RegisterWorkers(number int, start time.Time, hasTimeout bool, timeout time.Time, cancel context.CancelFunc) int64 {
+func (q *ManagedQueue) RegisterWorkers(number int, start time.Time, hasTimeout bool, timeout time.Time, cancel context.CancelFunc, isFlusher bool) int64 {
 	q.mutex.Lock()
 	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
 	q.counter++
@@ -163,6 +244,7 @@ func (q *ManagedQueue) RegisterWorkers(number int, start time.Time, hasTimeout b
 		Timeout:    timeout,
 		HasTimeout: hasTimeout,
 		Cancel:     cancel,
+		IsFlusher:  isFlusher,
 	}
 	return q.counter
 }
@@ -191,57 +273,74 @@ func (q *ManagedQueue) RemoveWorkers(pid int64) {
 
 // AddWorkers adds workers to the queue if it has registered an add worker function
 func (q *ManagedQueue) AddWorkers(number int, timeout time.Duration) context.CancelFunc {
-	if q.Pool != nil {
+	if pool, ok := q.Managed.(ManagedPool); ok {
 		// the cancel will be added to the pool workers description above
-		return q.Pool.AddWorkers(number, timeout)
+		return pool.AddWorkers(number, timeout)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Flush flushes the queue with a timeout
+func (q *ManagedQueue) Flush(timeout time.Duration) error {
+	if flushable, ok := q.Managed.(Flushable); ok {
+		// the cancel will be added to the pool workers description above
+		return flushable.Flush(timeout)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// IsEmpty returns if the queue is empty
+func (q *ManagedQueue) IsEmpty() bool {
+	if flushable, ok := q.Managed.(Flushable); ok {
+		return flushable.IsEmpty()
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // NumberOfWorkers returns the number of workers in the queue
 func (q *ManagedQueue) NumberOfWorkers() int {
-	if q.Pool != nil {
-		return q.Pool.NumberOfWorkers()
+	if pool, ok := q.Managed.(ManagedPool); ok {
+		return pool.NumberOfWorkers()
 	}
 	return -1
 }
 
 // MaxNumberOfWorkers returns the maximum number of workers for the pool
 func (q *ManagedQueue) MaxNumberOfWorkers() int {
-	if q.Pool != nil {
-		return q.Pool.MaxNumberOfWorkers()
+	if pool, ok := q.Managed.(ManagedPool); ok {
+		return pool.MaxNumberOfWorkers()
 	}
 	return 0
 }
 
 // BoostWorkers returns the number of workers for a boost
 func (q *ManagedQueue) BoostWorkers() int {
-	if q.Pool != nil {
-		return q.Pool.BoostWorkers()
+	if pool, ok := q.Managed.(ManagedPool); ok {
+		return pool.BoostWorkers()
 	}
 	return -1
 }
 
 // BoostTimeout returns the timeout of the next boost
 func (q *ManagedQueue) BoostTimeout() time.Duration {
-	if q.Pool != nil {
-		return q.Pool.BoostTimeout()
+	if pool, ok := q.Managed.(ManagedPool); ok {
+		return pool.BoostTimeout()
 	}
 	return 0
 }
 
 // BlockTimeout returns the timeout til the next boost
 func (q *ManagedQueue) BlockTimeout() time.Duration {
-	if q.Pool != nil {
-		return q.Pool.BlockTimeout()
+	if pool, ok := q.Managed.(ManagedPool); ok {
+		return pool.BlockTimeout()
 	}
 	return 0
 }
 
-// SetSettings sets the setable boost values
-func (q *ManagedQueue) SetSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers int, timeout time.Duration) {
-	if q.Pool != nil {
-		q.Pool.SetSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers, timeout)
+// SetPoolSettings sets the setable boost values
+func (q *ManagedQueue) SetPoolSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers int, timeout time.Duration) {
+	if pool, ok := q.Managed.(ManagedPool); ok {
+		pool.SetPoolSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers, timeout)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue.go b/modules/queue/queue.go
index d458a7d506..094699d4af 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue.go
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ package queue
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // ErrInvalidConfiguration is called when there is invalid configuration for a queue
@@ -53,8 +52,11 @@ type Named interface {
 	Name() string
 }
 
-// Queue defines an interface to save an issue indexer queue
+// Queue defines an interface of a queue-like item
+//
+// Queues will handle their own contents in the Run method
 type Queue interface {
+	Flushable
 	Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func()))
 	Push(Data) error
 }
@@ -71,32 +73,27 @@ func NewDummyQueue(handler HandlerFunc, opts, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, erro
 type DummyQueue struct {
 }
 
-// Run starts to run the queue
+// Run does nothing
 func (b *DummyQueue) Run(_, _ func(context.Context, func())) {}
 
-// Push pushes data to the queue
+// Push fakes a push of data to the queue
 func (b *DummyQueue) Push(Data) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func toConfig(exemplar, cfg interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-	if reflect.TypeOf(cfg).AssignableTo(reflect.TypeOf(exemplar)) {
-		return cfg, nil
-	}
+// Flush always returns nil
+func (b *DummyQueue) Flush(time.Duration) error {
+	return nil
+}
 
-	configBytes, ok := cfg.([]byte)
-	if !ok {
-		configStr, ok := cfg.(string)
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, ErrInvalidConfiguration{cfg: cfg}
-		}
-		configBytes = []byte(configStr)
-	}
-	newVal := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(exemplar))
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(configBytes, newVal.Interface()); err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrInvalidConfiguration{cfg: cfg, err: err}
-	}
-	return newVal.Elem().Interface(), nil
+// FlushWithContext always returns nil
+func (b *DummyQueue) FlushWithContext(context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// IsEmpty asserts that the queue is empty
+func (b *DummyQueue) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return true
 }
 
 var queuesMap = map[Type]NewQueueFunc{DummyQueueType: NewDummyQueue}
@@ -123,7 +120,7 @@ func RegisteredTypesAsString() []string {
 	return types
 }
 
-// NewQueue takes a queue Type and HandlerFunc some options and possibly an exemplar and returns a Queue or an error
+// NewQueue takes a queue Type, HandlerFunc, some options and possibly an exemplar and returns a Queue or an error
 func NewQueue(queueType Type, handlerFunc HandlerFunc, opts, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error) {
 	newFn, ok := queuesMap[queueType]
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_channel.go b/modules/queue/queue_channel.go
index c8f8a53804..45df8a443e 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_channel.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_channel.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ package queue
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 )
@@ -18,25 +16,23 @@ const ChannelQueueType Type = "channel"
 
 // ChannelQueueConfiguration is the configuration for a ChannelQueue
 type ChannelQueueConfiguration struct {
-	QueueLength  int
-	BatchLength  int
-	Workers      int
-	MaxWorkers   int
-	BlockTimeout time.Duration
-	BoostTimeout time.Duration
-	BoostWorkers int
-	Name         string
+	WorkerPoolConfiguration
+	Workers int
+	Name    string
 }
 
-// ChannelQueue implements
+// ChannelQueue implements Queue
+//
+// A channel queue is not persistable and does not shutdown or terminate cleanly
+// It is basically a very thin wrapper around a WorkerPool
 type ChannelQueue struct {
-	pool     *WorkerPool
+	*WorkerPool
 	exemplar interface{}
 	workers  int
 	name     string
 }
 
-// NewChannelQueue create a memory channel queue
+// NewChannelQueue creates a memory channel queue
 func NewChannelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error) {
 	configInterface, err := toConfig(ChannelQueueConfiguration{}, cfg)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -46,26 +42,13 @@ func NewChannelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, erro
 	if config.BatchLength == 0 {
 		config.BatchLength = 1
 	}
-	dataChan := make(chan Data, config.QueueLength)
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	queue := &ChannelQueue{
-		pool: &WorkerPool{
-			baseCtx:            ctx,
-			cancel:             cancel,
-			batchLength:        config.BatchLength,
-			handle:             handle,
-			dataChan:           dataChan,
-			blockTimeout:       config.BlockTimeout,
-			boostTimeout:       config.BoostTimeout,
-			boostWorkers:       config.BoostWorkers,
-			maxNumberOfWorkers: config.MaxWorkers,
-		},
-		exemplar: exemplar,
-		workers:  config.Workers,
-		name:     config.Name,
+		WorkerPool: NewWorkerPool(handle, config.WorkerPoolConfiguration),
+		exemplar:   exemplar,
+		workers:    config.Workers,
+		name:       config.Name,
 	}
-	queue.pool.qid = GetManager().Add(queue, ChannelQueueType, config, exemplar, queue.pool)
+	queue.qid = GetManager().Add(queue, ChannelQueueType, config, exemplar)
 	return queue, nil
 }
 
@@ -77,22 +60,18 @@ func (c *ChannelQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func())
 	atTerminate(context.Background(), func() {
 		log.Warn("ChannelQueue: %s is not terminatable!", c.name)
 	})
+	log.Debug("ChannelQueue: %s Starting", c.name)
 	go func() {
-		_ = c.pool.AddWorkers(c.workers, 0)
+		_ = c.AddWorkers(c.workers, 0)
 	}()
 }
 
 // Push will push data into the queue
 func (c *ChannelQueue) Push(data Data) error {
-	if c.exemplar != nil {
-		// Assert data is of same type as r.exemplar
-		t := reflect.TypeOf(data)
-		exemplarType := reflect.TypeOf(c.exemplar)
-		if !t.AssignableTo(exemplarType) || data == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in queue: %s", data, c.exemplar, c.name)
-		}
+	if !assignableTo(data, c.exemplar) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in queue: %s", data, c.exemplar, c.name)
 	}
-	c.pool.Push(data)
+	c.WorkerPool.Push(data)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_channel_test.go b/modules/queue/queue_channel_test.go
index fafc1e3303..8234b0f6f2 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_channel_test.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_channel_test.go
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ func TestChannelQueue(t *testing.T) {
 
 	queue, err := NewChannelQueue(handle,
 		ChannelQueueConfiguration{
-			QueueLength:  20,
-			Workers:      1,
-			MaxWorkers:   10,
-			BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
-			BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
-			BoostWorkers: 5,
+			WorkerPoolConfiguration: WorkerPoolConfiguration{
+				QueueLength:  20,
+				MaxWorkers:   10,
+				BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+				BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+				BoostWorkers: 5,
+			},
+			Workers: 1,
 		}, &testData{})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -60,13 +62,15 @@ func TestChannelQueue_Batch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	queue, err := NewChannelQueue(handle,
 		ChannelQueueConfiguration{
-			QueueLength:  20,
-			BatchLength:  2,
-			Workers:      1,
-			MaxWorkers:   10,
-			BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
-			BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
-			BoostWorkers: 5,
+			WorkerPoolConfiguration: WorkerPoolConfiguration{
+				QueueLength:  20,
+				BatchLength:  2,
+				BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+				BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+				BoostWorkers: 5,
+				MaxWorkers:   10,
+			},
+			Workers: 1,
 		}, &testData{})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_disk.go b/modules/queue/queue_disk.go
index 98e7b24e42..ca3e230e3d 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_disk.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_disk.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -22,20 +22,15 @@ const LevelQueueType Type = "level"
 
 // LevelQueueConfiguration is the configuration for a LevelQueue
 type LevelQueueConfiguration struct {
-	DataDir      string
-	QueueLength  int
-	BatchLength  int
-	Workers      int
-	MaxWorkers   int
-	BlockTimeout time.Duration
-	BoostTimeout time.Duration
-	BoostWorkers int
-	Name         string
+	WorkerPoolConfiguration
+	DataDir string
+	Workers int
+	Name    string
 }
 
 // LevelQueue implements a disk library queue
 type LevelQueue struct {
-	pool       *WorkerPool
+	*WorkerPool
 	queue      *levelqueue.Queue
 	closed     chan struct{}
 	terminated chan struct{}
@@ -58,21 +53,8 @@ func NewLevelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	dataChan := make(chan Data, config.QueueLength)
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-
 	queue := &LevelQueue{
-		pool: &WorkerPool{
-			baseCtx:            ctx,
-			cancel:             cancel,
-			batchLength:        config.BatchLength,
-			handle:             handle,
-			dataChan:           dataChan,
-			blockTimeout:       config.BlockTimeout,
-			boostTimeout:       config.BoostTimeout,
-			boostWorkers:       config.BoostWorkers,
-			maxNumberOfWorkers: config.MaxWorkers,
-		},
+		WorkerPool: NewWorkerPool(handle, config.WorkerPoolConfiguration),
 		queue:      internal,
 		exemplar:   exemplar,
 		closed:     make(chan struct{}),
@@ -80,7 +62,7 @@ func NewLevelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error)
 		workers:    config.Workers,
 		name:       config.Name,
 	}
-	queue.pool.qid = GetManager().Add(queue, LevelQueueType, config, exemplar, queue.pool)
+	queue.qid = GetManager().Add(queue, LevelQueueType, config, exemplar)
 	return queue, nil
 }
 
@@ -88,9 +70,10 @@ func NewLevelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error)
 func (l *LevelQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func())) {
 	atShutdown(context.Background(), l.Shutdown)
 	atTerminate(context.Background(), l.Terminate)
+	log.Debug("LevelQueue: %s Starting", l.name)
 
 	go func() {
-		_ = l.pool.AddWorkers(l.workers, 0)
+		_ = l.AddWorkers(l.workers, 0)
 	}()
 
 	go l.readToChan()
@@ -99,12 +82,12 @@ func (l *LevelQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func()))
 	<-l.closed
 
 	log.Trace("LevelQueue: %s Waiting til done", l.name)
-	l.pool.Wait()
+	l.Wait()
 
 	log.Trace("LevelQueue: %s Waiting til cleaned", l.name)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	atTerminate(ctx, cancel)
-	l.pool.CleanUp(ctx)
+	l.CleanUp(ctx)
 	cancel()
 	log.Trace("LevelQueue: %s Cleaned", l.name)
 
@@ -115,56 +98,45 @@ func (l *LevelQueue) readToChan() {
 		select {
 		case <-l.closed:
 			// tell the pool to shutdown.
-			l.pool.cancel()
+			l.cancel()
 			return
 		default:
+			atomic.AddInt64(&l.numInQueue, 1)
 			bs, err := l.queue.RPop()
 			if err != nil {
 				if err != levelqueue.ErrNotFound {
 					log.Error("LevelQueue: %s Error on RPop: %v", l.name, err)
 				}
+				atomic.AddInt64(&l.numInQueue, -1)
 				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			if len(bs) == 0 {
+				atomic.AddInt64(&l.numInQueue, -1)
 				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
 				continue
 			}
 
-			var data Data
-			if l.exemplar != nil {
-				t := reflect.TypeOf(l.exemplar)
-				n := reflect.New(t)
-				ne := n.Elem()
-				err = json.Unmarshal(bs, ne.Addr().Interface())
-				data = ne.Interface().(Data)
-			} else {
-				err = json.Unmarshal(bs, &data)
-			}
+			data, err := unmarshalAs(bs, l.exemplar)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error("LevelQueue: %s Failed to unmarshal with error: %v", l.name, err)
+				atomic.AddInt64(&l.numInQueue, -1)
 				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			log.Trace("LevelQueue %s: Task found: %#v", l.name, data)
-			l.pool.Push(data)
-
+			l.WorkerPool.Push(data)
+			atomic.AddInt64(&l.numInQueue, -1)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 // Push will push the indexer data to queue
 func (l *LevelQueue) Push(data Data) error {
-	if l.exemplar != nil {
-		// Assert data is of same type as r.exemplar
-		value := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-		t := value.Type()
-		exemplarType := reflect.ValueOf(l.exemplar).Type()
-		if !t.AssignableTo(exemplarType) || data == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in %s", data, l.exemplar, l.name)
-		}
+	if !assignableTo(data, l.exemplar) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in %s", data, l.exemplar, l.name)
 	}
 	bs, err := json.Marshal(data)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -173,16 +145,25 @@ func (l *LevelQueue) Push(data Data) error {
 	return l.queue.LPush(bs)
 }
 
+// IsEmpty checks whether the queue is empty
+func (l *LevelQueue) IsEmpty() bool {
+	if !l.WorkerPool.IsEmpty() {
+		return false
+	}
+	return l.queue.Len() == 0
+}
+
 // Shutdown this queue and stop processing
 func (l *LevelQueue) Shutdown() {
 	l.lock.Lock()
 	defer l.lock.Unlock()
-	log.Trace("LevelQueue: %s Shutdown", l.name)
+	log.Trace("LevelQueue: %s Shutting down", l.name)
 	select {
 	case <-l.closed:
 	default:
 		close(l.closed)
 	}
+	log.Debug("LevelQueue: %s Shutdown", l.name)
 }
 
 // Terminate this queue and close the queue
@@ -196,11 +177,15 @@ func (l *LevelQueue) Terminate() {
 	default:
 		close(l.terminated)
 		l.lock.Unlock()
+		if log.IsDebug() {
+			log.Debug("LevelQueue: %s Closing with %d tasks left in queue", l.name, l.queue.Len())
+		}
 		if err := l.queue.Close(); err != nil && err.Error() != "leveldb: closed" {
 			log.Error("Error whilst closing internal queue in %s: %v", l.name, err)
 		}
 
 	}
+	log.Debug("LevelQueue: %s Terminated", l.name)
 }
 
 // Name returns the name of this queue
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_disk_channel.go b/modules/queue/queue_disk_channel.go
index 6bb5a1be97..961187ab0d 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_disk_channel.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_disk_channel.go
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ package queue
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -31,8 +33,10 @@ type PersistableChannelQueueConfiguration struct {
 }
 
 // PersistableChannelQueue wraps a channel queue and level queue together
+// The disk level queue will be used to store data at shutdown and terminate - and will be restored
+// on start up.
 type PersistableChannelQueue struct {
-	*ChannelQueue
+	channelQueue *ChannelQueue
 	delayedStarter
 	lock   sync.Mutex
 	closed chan struct{}
@@ -48,14 +52,16 @@ func NewPersistableChannelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (
 	config := configInterface.(PersistableChannelQueueConfiguration)
 
 	channelQueue, err := NewChannelQueue(handle, ChannelQueueConfiguration{
-		QueueLength:  config.QueueLength,
-		BatchLength:  config.BatchLength,
-		Workers:      config.Workers,
-		MaxWorkers:   config.MaxWorkers,
-		BlockTimeout: config.BlockTimeout,
-		BoostTimeout: config.BoostTimeout,
-		BoostWorkers: config.BoostWorkers,
-		Name:         config.Name + "-channel",
+		WorkerPoolConfiguration: WorkerPoolConfiguration{
+			QueueLength:  config.QueueLength,
+			BatchLength:  config.BatchLength,
+			BlockTimeout: config.BlockTimeout,
+			BoostTimeout: config.BoostTimeout,
+			BoostWorkers: config.BoostWorkers,
+			MaxWorkers:   config.MaxWorkers,
+		},
+		Workers: config.Workers,
+		Name:    config.Name + "-channel",
 	}, exemplar)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -63,28 +69,30 @@ func NewPersistableChannelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (
 
 	// the level backend only needs temporary workers to catch up with the previously dropped work
 	levelCfg := LevelQueueConfiguration{
-		DataDir:      config.DataDir,
-		QueueLength:  config.QueueLength,
-		BatchLength:  config.BatchLength,
-		Workers:      1,
-		MaxWorkers:   6,
-		BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
-		BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
-		BoostWorkers: 5,
-		Name:         config.Name + "-level",
+		WorkerPoolConfiguration: WorkerPoolConfiguration{
+			QueueLength:  config.QueueLength,
+			BatchLength:  config.BatchLength,
+			BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+			BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+			BoostWorkers: 5,
+			MaxWorkers:   6,
+		},
+		DataDir: config.DataDir,
+		Workers: 1,
+		Name:    config.Name + "-level",
 	}
 
 	levelQueue, err := NewLevelQueue(handle, levelCfg, exemplar)
 	if err == nil {
 		queue := &PersistableChannelQueue{
-			ChannelQueue: channelQueue.(*ChannelQueue),
+			channelQueue: channelQueue.(*ChannelQueue),
 			delayedStarter: delayedStarter{
 				internal: levelQueue.(*LevelQueue),
 				name:     config.Name,
 			},
 			closed: make(chan struct{}),
 		}
-		_ = GetManager().Add(queue, PersistableChannelQueueType, config, exemplar, nil)
+		_ = GetManager().Add(queue, PersistableChannelQueueType, config, exemplar)
 		return queue, nil
 	}
 	if IsErrInvalidConfiguration(err) {
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ func NewPersistableChannelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (
 	}
 
 	queue := &PersistableChannelQueue{
-		ChannelQueue: channelQueue.(*ChannelQueue),
+		channelQueue: channelQueue.(*ChannelQueue),
 		delayedStarter: delayedStarter{
 			cfg:         levelCfg,
 			underlying:  LevelQueueType,
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ func NewPersistableChannelQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (
 		},
 		closed: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
-	_ = GetManager().Add(queue, PersistableChannelQueueType, config, exemplar, nil)
+	_ = GetManager().Add(queue, PersistableChannelQueueType, config, exemplar)
 	return queue, nil
 }
 
@@ -118,15 +126,17 @@ func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) Push(data Data) error {
 	case <-p.closed:
 		return p.internal.Push(data)
 	default:
-		return p.ChannelQueue.Push(data)
+		return p.channelQueue.Push(data)
 	}
 }
 
 // Run starts to run the queue
 func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func())) {
+	log.Debug("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Starting", p.delayedStarter.name)
+
 	p.lock.Lock()
 	if p.internal == nil {
-		err := p.setInternal(atShutdown, p.ChannelQueue.pool.handle, p.exemplar)
+		err := p.setInternal(atShutdown, p.channelQueue.handle, p.channelQueue.exemplar)
 		p.lock.Unlock()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("Unable to create internal queue for %s Error: %v", p.Name(), err)
@@ -142,31 +152,83 @@ func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Conte
 	go p.internal.Run(func(_ context.Context, _ func()) {}, func(_ context.Context, _ func()) {})
 
 	go func() {
-		_ = p.ChannelQueue.pool.AddWorkers(p.workers, 0)
+		_ = p.channelQueue.AddWorkers(p.channelQueue.workers, 0)
 	}()
 
 	log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Waiting til closed", p.delayedStarter.name)
 	<-p.closed
 	log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Cancelling pools", p.delayedStarter.name)
-	p.ChannelQueue.pool.cancel()
-	p.internal.(*LevelQueue).pool.cancel()
+	p.channelQueue.cancel()
+	p.internal.(*LevelQueue).cancel()
 	log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Waiting til done", p.delayedStarter.name)
-	p.ChannelQueue.pool.Wait()
-	p.internal.(*LevelQueue).pool.Wait()
+	p.channelQueue.Wait()
+	p.internal.(*LevelQueue).Wait()
 	// Redirect all remaining data in the chan to the internal channel
 	go func() {
 		log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Redirecting remaining data", p.delayedStarter.name)
-		for data := range p.ChannelQueue.pool.dataChan {
+		for data := range p.channelQueue.dataChan {
 			_ = p.internal.Push(data)
+			atomic.AddInt64(&p.channelQueue.numInQueue, -1)
 		}
 		log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Done Redirecting remaining data", p.delayedStarter.name)
 	}()
 	log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Done main loop", p.delayedStarter.name)
 }
 
+// Flush flushes the queue and blocks till the queue is empty
+func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) Flush(timeout time.Duration) error {
+	var ctx context.Context
+	var cancel context.CancelFunc
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
+	} else {
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	}
+	defer cancel()
+	return p.FlushWithContext(ctx)
+}
+
+// FlushWithContext flushes the queue and blocks till the queue is empty
+func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) FlushWithContext(ctx context.Context) error {
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		errChan <- p.channelQueue.FlushWithContext(ctx)
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		p.lock.Lock()
+		if p.internal == nil {
+			p.lock.Unlock()
+			errChan <- fmt.Errorf("not ready to flush internal queue %s yet", p.Name())
+			return
+		}
+		p.lock.Unlock()
+		errChan <- p.internal.FlushWithContext(ctx)
+	}()
+	err1 := <-errChan
+	err2 := <-errChan
+
+	if err1 != nil {
+		return err1
+	}
+	return err2
+}
+
+// IsEmpty checks if a queue is empty
+func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) IsEmpty() bool {
+	if !p.channelQueue.IsEmpty() {
+		return false
+	}
+	p.lock.Lock()
+	defer p.lock.Unlock()
+	if p.internal == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return p.internal.IsEmpty()
+}
+
 // Shutdown processing this queue
 func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) Shutdown() {
-	log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Shutdown", p.delayedStarter.name)
+	log.Trace("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Shutting down", p.delayedStarter.name)
 	select {
 	case <-p.closed:
 	default:
@@ -177,6 +239,7 @@ func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) Shutdown() {
 		}
 		close(p.closed)
 	}
+	log.Debug("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Shutdown", p.delayedStarter.name)
 }
 
 // Terminate this queue and close the queue
@@ -188,6 +251,7 @@ func (p *PersistableChannelQueue) Terminate() {
 	if p.internal != nil {
 		p.internal.(*LevelQueue).Terminate()
 	}
+	log.Debug("PersistableChannelQueue: %s Terminated", p.delayedStarter.name)
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_disk_test.go b/modules/queue/queue_disk_test.go
index c5959d606f..8600b8d868 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_disk_test.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_disk_test.go
@@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ func TestLevelQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	queue, err := NewLevelQueue(handle, LevelQueueConfiguration{
-		DataDir:      tmpDir,
-		BatchLength:  2,
-		Workers:      1,
-		MaxWorkers:   10,
-		QueueLength:  20,
-		BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
-		BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
-		BoostWorkers: 5,
+		WorkerPoolConfiguration: WorkerPoolConfiguration{
+			QueueLength:  20,
+			BatchLength:  2,
+			BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+			BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+			BoostWorkers: 5,
+			MaxWorkers:   10,
+		},
+		DataDir: tmpDir,
+		Workers: 1,
 	}, &testData{})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -92,14 +94,16 @@ func TestLevelQueue(t *testing.T) {
 		WrappedQueueConfiguration{
 			Underlying: LevelQueueType,
 			Config: LevelQueueConfiguration{
-				DataDir:      tmpDir,
-				BatchLength:  2,
-				Workers:      1,
-				MaxWorkers:   10,
-				QueueLength:  20,
-				BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
-				BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
-				BoostWorkers: 5,
+				WorkerPoolConfiguration: WorkerPoolConfiguration{
+					QueueLength:  20,
+					BatchLength:  2,
+					BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+					BoostTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+					BoostWorkers: 5,
+					MaxWorkers:   10,
+				},
+				DataDir: tmpDir,
+				Workers: 1,
 			},
 		}, &testData{})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_redis.go b/modules/queue/queue_redis.go
index 7d3efb9cff..0167c1ec49 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_redis.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_redis.go
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ const RedisQueueType Type = "redis"
 type redisClient interface {
 	RPush(key string, args ...interface{}) *redis.IntCmd
 	LPop(key string) *redis.StringCmd
+	LLen(key string) *redis.IntCmd
 	Ping() *redis.StatusCmd
 	Close() error
 }
 
 // RedisQueue redis queue
 type RedisQueue struct {
-	pool       *WorkerPool
+	*WorkerPool
 	client     redisClient
 	queueName  string
 	closed     chan struct{}
@@ -44,19 +45,14 @@ type RedisQueue struct {
 
 // RedisQueueConfiguration is the configuration for the redis queue
 type RedisQueueConfiguration struct {
-	Network      string
-	Addresses    string
-	Password     string
-	DBIndex      int
-	BatchLength  int
-	QueueLength  int
-	QueueName    string
-	Workers      int
-	MaxWorkers   int
-	BlockTimeout time.Duration
-	BoostTimeout time.Duration
-	BoostWorkers int
-	Name         string
+	WorkerPoolConfiguration
+	Network   string
+	Addresses string
+	Password  string
+	DBIndex   int
+	QueueName string
+	Workers   int
+	Name      string
 }
 
 // NewRedisQueue creates single redis or cluster redis queue
@@ -69,21 +65,8 @@ func NewRedisQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error)
 
 	dbs := strings.Split(config.Addresses, ",")
 
-	dataChan := make(chan Data, config.QueueLength)
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-
 	var queue = &RedisQueue{
-		pool: &WorkerPool{
-			baseCtx:            ctx,
-			cancel:             cancel,
-			batchLength:        config.BatchLength,
-			handle:             handle,
-			dataChan:           dataChan,
-			blockTimeout:       config.BlockTimeout,
-			boostTimeout:       config.BoostTimeout,
-			boostWorkers:       config.BoostWorkers,
-			maxNumberOfWorkers: config.MaxWorkers,
-		},
+		WorkerPool: NewWorkerPool(handle, config.WorkerPoolConfiguration),
 		queueName:  config.QueueName,
 		exemplar:   exemplar,
 		closed:     make(chan struct{}),
@@ -108,7 +91,7 @@ func NewRedisQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error)
 	if err := queue.client.Ping().Err(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	queue.pool.qid = GetManager().Add(queue, RedisQueueType, config, exemplar, queue.pool)
+	queue.qid = GetManager().Add(queue, RedisQueueType, config, exemplar)
 
 	return queue, nil
 }
@@ -117,9 +100,10 @@ func NewRedisQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, error)
 func (r *RedisQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func())) {
 	atShutdown(context.Background(), r.Shutdown)
 	atTerminate(context.Background(), r.Terminate)
+	log.Debug("RedisQueue: %s Starting", r.name)
 
 	go func() {
-		_ = r.pool.AddWorkers(r.workers, 0)
+		_ = r.AddWorkers(r.workers, 0)
 	}()
 
 	go r.readToChan()
@@ -127,12 +111,12 @@ func (r *RedisQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func()))
 	log.Trace("RedisQueue: %s Waiting til closed", r.name)
 	<-r.closed
 	log.Trace("RedisQueue: %s Waiting til done", r.name)
-	r.pool.Wait()
+	r.Wait()
 
 	log.Trace("RedisQueue: %s Waiting til cleaned", r.name)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	atTerminate(ctx, cancel)
-	r.pool.CleanUp(ctx)
+	r.CleanUp(ctx)
 	cancel()
 }
 
@@ -141,53 +125,43 @@ func (r *RedisQueue) readToChan() {
 		select {
 		case <-r.closed:
 			// tell the pool to shutdown
-			r.pool.cancel()
+			r.cancel()
 			return
 		default:
+			atomic.AddInt64(&r.numInQueue, 1)
 			bs, err := r.client.LPop(r.queueName).Bytes()
 			if err != nil && err != redis.Nil {
 				log.Error("RedisQueue: %s Error on LPop: %v", r.name, err)
+				atomic.AddInt64(&r.numInQueue, -1)
 				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			if len(bs) == 0 {
+				atomic.AddInt64(&r.numInQueue, -1)
 				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
 				continue
 			}
 
-			var data Data
-			if r.exemplar != nil {
-				t := reflect.TypeOf(r.exemplar)
-				n := reflect.New(t)
-				ne := n.Elem()
-				err = json.Unmarshal(bs, ne.Addr().Interface())
-				data = ne.Interface().(Data)
-			} else {
-				err = json.Unmarshal(bs, &data)
-			}
+			data, err := unmarshalAs(bs, r.exemplar)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error("RedisQueue: %s Error on Unmarshal: %v", r.name, err)
+				atomic.AddInt64(&r.numInQueue, -1)
 				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			log.Trace("RedisQueue: %s Task found: %#v", r.name, data)
-			r.pool.Push(data)
+			r.WorkerPool.Push(data)
+			atomic.AddInt64(&r.numInQueue, -1)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 // Push implements Queue
 func (r *RedisQueue) Push(data Data) error {
-	if r.exemplar != nil {
-		// Assert data is of same type as r.exemplar
-		value := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-		t := value.Type()
-		exemplarType := reflect.ValueOf(r.exemplar).Type()
-		if !t.AssignableTo(exemplarType) || data == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in %s", data, r.exemplar, r.name)
-		}
+	if !assignableTo(data, r.exemplar) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in %s", data, r.exemplar, r.name)
 	}
 	bs, err := json.Marshal(data)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -196,9 +170,22 @@ func (r *RedisQueue) Push(data Data) error {
 	return r.client.RPush(r.queueName, bs).Err()
 }
 
+// IsEmpty checks if the queue is empty
+func (r *RedisQueue) IsEmpty() bool {
+	if !r.WorkerPool.IsEmpty() {
+		return false
+	}
+	length, err := r.client.LLen(r.queueName).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Error whilst getting queue length for %s: Error: %v", r.name, err)
+		return false
+	}
+	return length == 0
+}
+
 // Shutdown processing from this queue
 func (r *RedisQueue) Shutdown() {
-	log.Trace("Shutdown: %s", r.name)
+	log.Trace("RedisQueue: %s Shutting down", r.name)
 	r.lock.Lock()
 	select {
 	case <-r.closed:
@@ -206,11 +193,12 @@ func (r *RedisQueue) Shutdown() {
 		close(r.closed)
 	}
 	r.lock.Unlock()
+	log.Debug("RedisQueue: %s Shutdown", r.name)
 }
 
 // Terminate this queue and close the queue
 func (r *RedisQueue) Terminate() {
-	log.Trace("Terminating: %s", r.name)
+	log.Trace("RedisQueue: %s Terminating", r.name)
 	r.Shutdown()
 	r.lock.Lock()
 	select {
@@ -219,10 +207,14 @@ func (r *RedisQueue) Terminate() {
 	default:
 		close(r.terminated)
 		r.lock.Unlock()
+		if log.IsDebug() {
+			log.Debug("RedisQueue: %s Closing with %d tasks left in queue", r.name, r.client.LLen(r.queueName))
+		}
 		if err := r.client.Close(); err != nil {
 			log.Error("Error whilst closing internal redis client in %s: %v", r.name, err)
 		}
 	}
+	log.Debug("RedisQueue: %s Terminated", r.name)
 }
 
 // Name returns the name of this queue
diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_wrapped.go b/modules/queue/queue_wrapped.go
index c52e6e4673..ef90d18608 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_wrapped.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_wrapped.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ package queue
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (q *delayedStarter) setInternal(atShutdown func(context.Context, func()), h
 	for q.internal == nil {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return fmt.Errorf("Timedout creating queue %v with cfg %v in %s", q.underlying, q.cfg, q.name)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Timedout creating queue %v with cfg %s in %s", q.underlying, q.cfg, q.name)
 		default:
 			queue, err := NewQueue(q.underlying, handle, q.cfg, exemplar)
 			if err == nil {
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ func (q *delayedStarter) setInternal(atShutdown func(context.Context, func()), h
 				break
 			}
 			if err.Error() != "resource temporarily unavailable" {
-				log.Warn("[Attempt: %d] Failed to create queue: %v for %s cfg: %v error: %v", i, q.underlying, q.name, q.cfg, err)
+				log.Warn("[Attempt: %d] Failed to create queue: %v for %s cfg: %s error: %v", i, q.underlying, q.name, q.cfg, err)
 			}
 			i++
 			if q.maxAttempts > 0 && i > q.maxAttempts {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create queue %v for %s with cfg %v by max attempts: error: %v", q.underlying, q.name, q.cfg, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create queue %v for %s with cfg %s by max attempts: error: %v", q.underlying, q.name, q.cfg, err)
 			}
 			sleepTime := 100 * time.Millisecond
 			if q.timeout > 0 && q.maxAttempts > 0 {
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ func (q *delayedStarter) setInternal(atShutdown func(context.Context, func()), h
 // WrappedQueue wraps a delayed starting queue
 type WrappedQueue struct {
 	delayedStarter
-	lock     sync.Mutex
-	handle   HandlerFunc
-	exemplar interface{}
-	channel  chan Data
+	lock       sync.Mutex
+	handle     HandlerFunc
+	exemplar   interface{}
+	channel    chan Data
+	numInQueue int64
 }
 
 // NewWrappedQueue will attempt to create a queue of the provided type,
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ func NewWrappedQueue(handle HandlerFunc, cfg, exemplar interface{}) (Queue, erro
 			name:        config.Name,
 		},
 	}
-	_ = GetManager().Add(queue, WrappedQueueType, config, exemplar, nil)
+	_ = GetManager().Add(queue, WrappedQueueType, config, exemplar)
 	return queue, nil
 }
 
@@ -138,21 +139,78 @@ func (q *WrappedQueue) Name() string {
 
 // Push will push the data to the internal channel checking it against the exemplar
 func (q *WrappedQueue) Push(data Data) error {
-	if q.exemplar != nil {
-		// Assert data is of same type as r.exemplar
-		value := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-		t := value.Type()
-		exemplarType := reflect.ValueOf(q.exemplar).Type()
-		if !t.AssignableTo(exemplarType) || data == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in %s", data, q.exemplar, q.name)
-		}
+	if !assignableTo(data, q.exemplar) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to assign data: %v to same type as exemplar: %v in %s", data, q.exemplar, q.name)
 	}
+	atomic.AddInt64(&q.numInQueue, 1)
 	q.channel <- data
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (q *WrappedQueue) flushInternalWithContext(ctx context.Context) error {
+	q.lock.Lock()
+	if q.internal == nil {
+		q.lock.Unlock()
+		return fmt.Errorf("not ready to flush wrapped queue %s yet", q.Name())
+	}
+	q.lock.Unlock()
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	default:
+	}
+	return q.internal.FlushWithContext(ctx)
+}
+
+// Flush flushes the queue and blocks till the queue is empty
+func (q *WrappedQueue) Flush(timeout time.Duration) error {
+	var ctx context.Context
+	var cancel context.CancelFunc
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
+	} else {
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	}
+	defer cancel()
+	return q.FlushWithContext(ctx)
+}
+
+// FlushWithContext implements the final part of Flushable
+func (q *WrappedQueue) FlushWithContext(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Trace("WrappedQueue: %s FlushWithContext", q.Name())
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		errChan <- q.flushInternalWithContext(ctx)
+		close(errChan)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-errChan:
+		return err
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		go func() {
+			<-errChan
+		}()
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+}
+
+// IsEmpty checks whether the queue is empty
+func (q *WrappedQueue) IsEmpty() bool {
+	if atomic.LoadInt64(&q.numInQueue) != 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	q.lock.Lock()
+	defer q.lock.Unlock()
+	if q.internal == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return q.internal.IsEmpty()
+}
+
 // Run starts to run the queue and attempts to create the internal queue
 func (q *WrappedQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func())) {
+	log.Debug("WrappedQueue: %s Starting", q.name)
 	q.lock.Lock()
 	if q.internal == nil {
 		err := q.setInternal(atShutdown, q.handle, q.exemplar)
@@ -164,6 +222,7 @@ func (q *WrappedQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func())
 		go func() {
 			for data := range q.channel {
 				_ = q.internal.Push(data)
+				atomic.AddInt64(&q.numInQueue, -1)
 			}
 		}()
 	} else {
@@ -176,7 +235,7 @@ func (q *WrappedQueue) Run(atShutdown, atTerminate func(context.Context, func())
 
 // Shutdown this queue and stop processing
 func (q *WrappedQueue) Shutdown() {
-	log.Trace("WrappedQueue: %s Shutdown", q.name)
+	log.Trace("WrappedQueue: %s Shutting down", q.name)
 	q.lock.Lock()
 	defer q.lock.Unlock()
 	if q.internal == nil {
@@ -185,6 +244,7 @@ func (q *WrappedQueue) Shutdown() {
 	if shutdownable, ok := q.internal.(Shutdownable); ok {
 		shutdownable.Shutdown()
 	}
+	log.Debug("WrappedQueue: %s Shutdown", q.name)
 }
 
 // Terminate this queue and close the queue
@@ -198,6 +258,7 @@ func (q *WrappedQueue) Terminate() {
 	if shutdownable, ok := q.internal.(Shutdownable); ok {
 		shutdownable.Terminate()
 	}
+	log.Debug("WrappedQueue: %s Terminated", q.name)
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/modules/queue/setting.go b/modules/queue/setting.go
index d5a6b41882..8760c09ae8 100644
--- a/modules/queue/setting.go
+++ b/modules/queue/setting.go
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ func validType(t string) (Type, error) {
 	return PersistableChannelQueueType, fmt.Errorf("Unknown queue type: %s defaulting to %s", t, string(PersistableChannelQueueType))
 }
 
-// CreateQueue for name with provided handler and exemplar
-func CreateQueue(name string, handle HandlerFunc, exemplar interface{}) Queue {
+func getQueueSettings(name string) (setting.QueueSettings, []byte) {
 	q := setting.GetQueueSettings(name)
 	opts := make(map[string]interface{})
 	opts["Name"] = name
@@ -43,24 +42,33 @@ func CreateQueue(name string, handle HandlerFunc, exemplar interface{}) Queue {
 	opts["BoostTimeout"] = q.BoostTimeout
 	opts["BoostWorkers"] = q.BoostWorkers
 
-	typ, err := validType(q.Type)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Invalid type %s provided for queue named %s defaulting to %s", q.Type, name, string(typ))
-	}
-
 	cfg, err := json.Marshal(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to marshall generic options: %v Error: %v", opts, err)
 		log.Error("Unable to create queue for %s", name, err)
+		return q, []byte{}
+	}
+	return q, cfg
+}
+
+// CreateQueue for name with provided handler and exemplar
+func CreateQueue(name string, handle HandlerFunc, exemplar interface{}) Queue {
+	q, cfg := getQueueSettings(name)
+	if len(cfg) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	typ, err := validType(q.Type)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Invalid type %s provided for queue named %s defaulting to %s", q.Type, name, string(typ))
+	}
+
 	returnable, err := NewQueue(typ, handle, cfg, exemplar)
 	if q.WrapIfNecessary && err != nil {
 		log.Warn("Unable to create queue for %s: %v", name, err)
 		log.Warn("Attempting to create wrapped queue")
 		returnable, err = NewQueue(WrappedQueueType, handle, WrappedQueueConfiguration{
-			Underlying:  Type(q.Type),
+			Underlying:  typ,
 			Timeout:     q.Timeout,
 			MaxAttempts: q.MaxAttempts,
 			Config:      cfg,
diff --git a/modules/queue/workerpool.go b/modules/queue/workerpool.go
index 25fc7dd644..63ec897481 100644
--- a/modules/queue/workerpool.go
+++ b/modules/queue/workerpool.go
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ package queue
 import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 )
 
-// WorkerPool takes
+// WorkerPool represent a dynamically growable worker pool for a
+// provided handler function. They have an internal channel which
+// they use to detect if there is a block and will grow and shrink in
+// response to demand as per configuration.
 type WorkerPool struct {
 	lock               sync.Mutex
 	baseCtx            context.Context
@@ -27,10 +31,42 @@ type WorkerPool struct {
 	blockTimeout       time.Duration
 	boostTimeout       time.Duration
 	boostWorkers       int
+	numInQueue         int64
+}
+
+// WorkerPoolConfiguration is the basic configuration for a WorkerPool
+type WorkerPoolConfiguration struct {
+	QueueLength  int
+	BatchLength  int
+	BlockTimeout time.Duration
+	BoostTimeout time.Duration
+	BoostWorkers int
+	MaxWorkers   int
+}
+
+// NewWorkerPool creates a new worker pool
+func NewWorkerPool(handle HandlerFunc, config WorkerPoolConfiguration) *WorkerPool {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+
+	dataChan := make(chan Data, config.QueueLength)
+	pool := &WorkerPool{
+		baseCtx:            ctx,
+		cancel:             cancel,
+		batchLength:        config.BatchLength,
+		dataChan:           dataChan,
+		handle:             handle,
+		blockTimeout:       config.BlockTimeout,
+		boostTimeout:       config.BoostTimeout,
+		boostWorkers:       config.BoostWorkers,
+		maxNumberOfWorkers: config.MaxWorkers,
+	}
+
+	return pool
 }
 
 // Push pushes the data to the internal channel
 func (p *WorkerPool) Push(data Data) {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, 1)
 	p.lock.Lock()
 	if p.blockTimeout > 0 && p.boostTimeout > 0 && (p.numberOfWorkers <= p.maxNumberOfWorkers || p.maxNumberOfWorkers < 0) {
 		p.lock.Unlock()
@@ -80,7 +116,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) pushBoost(data Data) {
 				log.Warn("WorkerPool: %d (for %s) Channel blocked for %v - adding %d temporary workers for %s, block timeout now %v", p.qid, mq.Name, ourTimeout, boost, p.boostTimeout, p.blockTimeout)
 
 				start := time.Now()
-				pid := mq.RegisterWorkers(boost, start, false, start, cancel)
+				pid := mq.RegisterWorkers(boost, start, false, start, cancel, false)
 				go func() {
 					<-ctx.Done()
 					mq.RemoveWorkers(pid)
@@ -138,8 +174,8 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) BlockTimeout() time.Duration {
 	return p.blockTimeout
 }
 
-// SetSettings sets the setable boost values
-func (p *WorkerPool) SetSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers int, timeout time.Duration) {
+// SetPoolSettings sets the setable boost values
+func (p *WorkerPool) SetPoolSettings(maxNumberOfWorkers, boostWorkers int, timeout time.Duration) {
 	p.lock.Lock()
 	defer p.lock.Unlock()
 	p.maxNumberOfWorkers = maxNumberOfWorkers
@@ -156,8 +192,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) SetMaxNumberOfWorkers(newMax int) {
 	p.maxNumberOfWorkers = newMax
 }
 
-// AddWorkers adds workers to the pool - this allows the number of workers to go above the limit
-func (p *WorkerPool) AddWorkers(number int, timeout time.Duration) context.CancelFunc {
+func (p *WorkerPool) commonRegisterWorkers(number int, timeout time.Duration, isFlusher bool) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
 	var ctx context.Context
 	var cancel context.CancelFunc
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -173,7 +208,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) AddWorkers(number int, timeout time.Duration) context.Cance
 
 	mq := GetManager().GetManagedQueue(p.qid)
 	if mq != nil {
-		pid := mq.RegisterWorkers(number, start, hasTimeout, end, cancel)
+		pid := mq.RegisterWorkers(number, start, hasTimeout, end, cancel, isFlusher)
 		go func() {
 			<-ctx.Done()
 			mq.RemoveWorkers(pid)
@@ -184,6 +219,12 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) AddWorkers(number int, timeout time.Duration) context.Cance
 		log.Trace("WorkerPool: %d adding %d workers (no group id)", p.qid, number)
 
 	}
+	return ctx, cancel
+}
+
+// AddWorkers adds workers to the pool - this allows the number of workers to go above the limit
+func (p *WorkerPool) AddWorkers(number int, timeout time.Duration) context.CancelFunc {
+	ctx, cancel := p.commonRegisterWorkers(number, timeout, false)
 	p.addWorkers(ctx, number)
 	return cancel
 }
@@ -235,6 +276,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) CleanUp(ctx context.Context) {
 	close(p.dataChan)
 	for data := range p.dataChan {
 		p.handle(data)
+		atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1)
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			log.Warn("WorkerPool: %d Cleanup context closed before finishing clean-up", p.qid)
@@ -245,6 +287,37 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) CleanUp(ctx context.Context) {
 	log.Trace("WorkerPool: %d CleanUp Done", p.qid)
 }
 
+// Flush flushes the channel with a timeout - the Flush worker will be registered as a flush worker with the manager
+func (p *WorkerPool) Flush(timeout time.Duration) error {
+	ctx, cancel := p.commonRegisterWorkers(1, timeout, true)
+	defer cancel()
+	return p.FlushWithContext(ctx)
+}
+
+// IsEmpty returns if true if the worker queue is empty
+func (p *WorkerPool) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return atomic.LoadInt64(&p.numInQueue) == 0
+}
+
+// FlushWithContext is very similar to CleanUp but it will return as soon as the dataChan is empty
+// NB: The worker will not be registered with the manager.
+func (p *WorkerPool) FlushWithContext(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Trace("WorkerPool: %d Flush", p.qid)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case data := <-p.dataChan:
+			p.handle(data)
+			atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1)
+		case <-p.baseCtx.Done():
+			return p.baseCtx.Err()
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		default:
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 	delay := time.Millisecond * 300
 	var data = make([]Data, 0, p.batchLength)
@@ -254,6 +327,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 			if len(data) > 0 {
 				log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
 				p.handle(data...)
+				atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
 			}
 			log.Trace("Worker shutting down")
 			return
@@ -263,6 +337,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 				if len(data) > 0 {
 					log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
 					p.handle(data...)
+					atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
 				}
 				log.Trace("Worker shutting down")
 				return
@@ -271,6 +346,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 			if len(data) >= p.batchLength {
 				log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
 				p.handle(data...)
+				atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
 				data = make([]Data, 0, p.batchLength)
 			}
 		default:
@@ -286,6 +362,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 				if len(data) > 0 {
 					log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
 					p.handle(data...)
+					atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
 				}
 				log.Trace("Worker shutting down")
 				return
@@ -301,6 +378,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 					if len(data) > 0 {
 						log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
 						p.handle(data...)
+						atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
 					}
 					log.Trace("Worker shutting down")
 					return
@@ -309,6 +387,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 				if len(data) >= p.batchLength {
 					log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
 					p.handle(data...)
+					atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
 					data = make([]Data, 0, p.batchLength)
 				}
 			case <-timer.C:
@@ -316,6 +395,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 				if len(data) > 0 {
 					log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
 					p.handle(data...)
+					atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
 					data = make([]Data, 0, p.batchLength)
 				}
 
diff --git a/modules/setting/queue.go b/modules/setting/queue.go
index 8c07685855..934c5a8108 100644
--- a/modules/setting/queue.go
+++ b/modules/setting/queue.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func GetQueueSettings(name string) QueueSettings {
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(q.DataDir) {
 		q.DataDir = filepath.Join(AppDataPath, q.DataDir)
 	}
-	sec.Key("DATADIR").SetValue(q.DataDir)
+	_, _ = sec.NewKey("DATADIR", q.DataDir)
 	// The rest are...
 	q.Length = sec.Key("LENGTH").MustInt(Queue.Length)
 	q.BatchLength = sec.Key("BATCH_LENGTH").MustInt(Queue.BatchLength)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewQueueService() {
 	Queue.Length = sec.Key("LENGTH").MustInt(20)
 	Queue.BatchLength = sec.Key("BATCH_LENGTH").MustInt(20)
 	Queue.ConnectionString = sec.Key("CONN_STR").MustString(path.Join(AppDataPath, ""))
-	Queue.Type = sec.Key("TYPE").MustString("")
+	Queue.Type = sec.Key("TYPE").MustString("persistable-channel")
 	Queue.Network, Queue.Addresses, Queue.Password, Queue.DBIndex, _ = ParseQueueConnStr(Queue.ConnectionString)
 	Queue.WrapIfNecessary = sec.Key("WRAP_IF_NECESSARY").MustBool(true)
 	Queue.MaxAttempts = sec.Key("MAX_ATTEMPTS").MustInt(10)
@@ -110,27 +110,27 @@ func NewQueueService() {
 	if _, ok := sectionMap["TYPE"]; !ok {
 		switch Indexer.IssueQueueType {
 		case LevelQueueType:
-			section.Key("TYPE").SetValue("level")
+			_, _ = section.NewKey("TYPE", "level")
 		case ChannelQueueType:
-			section.Key("TYPE").SetValue("persistable-channel")
+			_, _ = section.NewKey("TYPE", "persistable-channel")
 		case RedisQueueType:
-			section.Key("TYPE").SetValue("redis")
+			_, _ = section.NewKey("TYPE", "redis")
 		default:
 			log.Fatal("Unsupported indexer queue type: %v",
 				Indexer.IssueQueueType)
 		}
 	}
 	if _, ok := sectionMap["LENGTH"]; !ok {
-		section.Key("LENGTH").SetValue(fmt.Sprintf("%d", Indexer.UpdateQueueLength))
+		_, _ = section.NewKey("LENGTH", fmt.Sprintf("%d", Indexer.UpdateQueueLength))
 	}
 	if _, ok := sectionMap["BATCH_LENGTH"]; !ok {
-		section.Key("BATCH_LENGTH").SetValue(fmt.Sprintf("%d", Indexer.IssueQueueBatchNumber))
+		_, _ = section.NewKey("BATCH_LENGTH", fmt.Sprintf("%d", Indexer.IssueQueueBatchNumber))
 	}
 	if _, ok := sectionMap["DATADIR"]; !ok {
-		section.Key("DATADIR").SetValue(Indexer.IssueQueueDir)
+		_, _ = section.NewKey("DATADIR", Indexer.IssueQueueDir)
 	}
 	if _, ok := sectionMap["CONN_STR"]; !ok {
-		section.Key("CONN_STR").SetValue(Indexer.IssueQueueConnStr)
+		_, _ = section.NewKey("CONN_STR", Indexer.IssueQueueConnStr)
 	}
 
 	// Handle the old mailer configuration
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func NewQueueService() {
 		sectionMap[key.Name()] = true
 	}
 	if _, ok := sectionMap["LENGTH"]; !ok {
-		section.Key("LENGTH").SetValue(fmt.Sprintf("%d", Cfg.Section("mailer").Key("SEND_BUFFER_LEN").MustInt(100)))
+		_, _ = section.NewKey("LENGTH", fmt.Sprintf("%d", Cfg.Section("mailer").Key("SEND_BUFFER_LEN").MustInt(100)))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index a7d8b97d3d..7eb86b140e 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -2083,6 +2083,10 @@ monitor.queue.pool.addworkers.numberworkers.placeholder = Number of Workers
 monitor.queue.pool.addworkers.timeout.placeholder = Set to 0 for no timeout
 monitor.queue.pool.addworkers.mustnumbergreaterzero = Number of Workers to add must be greater than zero
 monitor.queue.pool.addworkers.musttimeoutduration = Timeout must be a golang duration eg. 5m or be 0
+monitor.queue.pool.flush.title = Flush Queue
+monitor.queue.pool.flush.desc = Flush will add a worker that will terminate once the queue is empty, or it times out.
+monitor.queue.pool.flush.submit = Add Flush Worker
+monitor.queue.pool.flush.added = Flush Worker added for %[1]s
 
 monitor.queue.settings.title = Pool Settings
 monitor.queue.settings.desc = Pools dynamically grow with a boost in response to their worker queue blocking. These changes will not affect current worker groups.
diff --git a/routers/admin/admin.go b/routers/admin/admin.go
index 71a22e1f9e..56e5d321b3 100644
--- a/routers/admin/admin.go
+++ b/routers/admin/admin.go
@@ -404,6 +404,28 @@ func WorkerCancel(ctx *context.Context) {
 	})
 }
 
+// Flush flushes a queue
+func Flush(ctx *context.Context) {
+	qid := ctx.ParamsInt64("qid")
+	mq := queue.GetManager().GetManagedQueue(qid)
+	if mq == nil {
+		ctx.Status(404)
+		return
+	}
+	timeout, err := time.ParseDuration(ctx.Query("timeout"))
+	if err != nil {
+		timeout = -1
+	}
+	ctx.Flash.Info(ctx.Tr("admin.monitor.queue.pool.flush.added", mq.Name))
+	go func() {
+		err := mq.Flush(timeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("Flushing failure for %s: Error %v", mq.Name, err)
+		}
+	}()
+	ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + fmt.Sprintf("/admin/monitor/queue/%d", qid))
+}
+
 // AddWorkers adds workers to a worker group
 func AddWorkers(ctx *context.Context) {
 	qid := ctx.ParamsInt64("qid")
@@ -424,7 +446,7 @@ func AddWorkers(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + fmt.Sprintf("/admin/monitor/queue/%d", qid))
 		return
 	}
-	if mq.Pool == nil {
+	if _, ok := mq.Managed.(queue.ManagedPool); !ok {
 		ctx.Flash.Error(ctx.Tr("admin.monitor.queue.pool.none"))
 		ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + fmt.Sprintf("/admin/monitor/queue/%d", qid))
 		return
@@ -442,7 +464,7 @@ func SetQueueSettings(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ctx.Status(404)
 		return
 	}
-	if mq.Pool == nil {
+	if _, ok := mq.Managed.(queue.ManagedPool); !ok {
 		ctx.Flash.Error(ctx.Tr("admin.monitor.queue.pool.none"))
 		ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + fmt.Sprintf("/admin/monitor/queue/%d", qid))
 		return
@@ -488,10 +510,10 @@ func SetQueueSettings(ctx *context.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 	} else {
-		timeout = mq.Pool.BoostTimeout()
+		timeout = mq.BoostTimeout()
 	}
 
-	mq.SetSettings(maxNumber, number, timeout)
+	mq.SetPoolSettings(maxNumber, number, timeout)
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("admin.monitor.queue.settings.changed"))
 	ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + fmt.Sprintf("/admin/monitor/queue/%d", qid))
 }
diff --git a/routers/private/internal.go b/routers/private/internal.go
index 913a52e404..b68a96c641 100644
--- a/routers/private/internal.go
+++ b/routers/private/internal.go
@@ -89,5 +89,9 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 		m.Post("/hook/set-default-branch/:owner/:repo/:branch", SetDefaultBranch)
 		m.Get("/serv/none/:keyid", ServNoCommand)
 		m.Get("/serv/command/:keyid/:owner/:repo", ServCommand)
+		m.Post("/manager/shutdown", Shutdown)
+		m.Post("/manager/restart", Restart)
+		m.Post("/manager/flush-queues", bind(private.FlushOptions{}), FlushQueues)
+
 	}, CheckInternalToken)
 }
diff --git a/routers/private/manager.go b/routers/private/manager.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1238ff2d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/private/manager.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package private
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/private"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/queue"
+
+	"gitea.com/macaron/macaron"
+)
+
+// FlushQueues flushes all the Queues
+func FlushQueues(ctx *macaron.Context, opts private.FlushOptions) {
+	if opts.NonBlocking {
+		// Save the hammer ctx here - as a new one is created each time you call this.
+		baseCtx := graceful.GetManager().HammerContext()
+		go func() {
+			err := queue.GetManager().FlushAll(baseCtx, opts.Timeout)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Flushing request timed-out with error: %v", err)
+			}
+		}()
+		ctx.JSON(http.StatusAccepted, map[string]interface{}{
+			"err": "Flushing",
+		})
+		return
+	}
+	err := queue.GetManager().FlushAll(ctx.Req.Request.Context(), opts.Timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.JSON(http.StatusRequestTimeout, map[string]interface{}{
+			"err": err,
+		})
+	}
+	ctx.PlainText(http.StatusOK, []byte("success"))
+}
diff --git a/routers/private/manager_unix.go b/routers/private/manager_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec5e976059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/private/manager_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package private
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
+
+	"gitea.com/macaron/macaron"
+)
+
+// Restart causes the server to perform a graceful restart
+func Restart(ctx *macaron.Context) {
+	graceful.GetManager().DoGracefulRestart()
+	ctx.PlainText(http.StatusOK, []byte("success"))
+
+}
+
+// Shutdown causes the server to perform a graceful shutdown
+func Shutdown(ctx *macaron.Context) {
+	graceful.GetManager().DoGracefulShutdown()
+	ctx.PlainText(http.StatusOK, []byte("success"))
+}
diff --git a/routers/private/manager_windows.go b/routers/private/manager_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac840a9d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/private/manager_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// +build windows
+
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package private
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
+
+	"gitea.com/macaron/macaron"
+)
+
+// Restart is not implemented for Windows based servers as they can't fork
+func Restart(ctx *macaron.Context) {
+	ctx.JSON(http.StatusNotImplemented, map[string]interface{}{
+		"err": "windows servers cannot be gracefully restarted - shutdown and restart manually",
+	})
+}
+
+// Shutdown causes the server to perform a graceful shutdown
+func Shutdown(ctx *macaron.Context) {
+	graceful.GetManager().DoGracefulShutdown()
+	ctx.PlainText(http.StatusOK, []byte("success"))
+}
diff --git a/routers/routes/routes.go b/routers/routes/routes.go
index 815d78bb2f..693f33fddb 100644
--- a/routers/routes/routes.go
+++ b/routers/routes/routes.go
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 				m.Post("/set", admin.SetQueueSettings)
 				m.Post("/add", admin.AddWorkers)
 				m.Post("/cancel/:pid", admin.WorkerCancel)
+				m.Post("/flush", admin.Flush)
 			})
 		})
 
diff --git a/templates/admin/queue.tmpl b/templates/admin/queue.tmpl
index 4f422210e7..567e72e03c 100644
--- a/templates/admin/queue.tmpl
+++ b/templates/admin/queue.tmpl
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@
 			</form>
 		</div>
 		<h4 class="ui top attached header">
+			{{.i18n.Tr "admin.monitor.queue.pool.flush.title"}}
+		</h4>
+		<div class="ui attached segment">
+			<p>{{.i18n.Tr "admin.monitor.queue.pool.flush.desc"}}</p>
+			<form method="POST" action="{{.Link}}/flush">
+				{{$.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+				<div class="ui form">
+					<div class="fields">
+						<div class="field">
+							<label>{{.i18n.Tr "admin.monitor.queue.pool.timeout"}}</label>
+							<input name="timeout" type="text" placeholder="{{.i18n.Tr "admin.monitor.queue.pool.addworkers.timeout.placeholder"}}">
+						</div>
+					</div>
+					<button class="ui submit button">{{.i18n.Tr "admin.monitor.queue.pool.flush.submit"}}</button>
+				</div>
+			</form>
+		</div>
+		<h4 class="ui top attached header">
 			{{.i18n.Tr "admin.monitor.queue.pool.workers.title"}}
 		</h4>
 		<div class="ui attached table segment">
@@ -108,7 +126,7 @@
 				<tbody>
 					{{range .Queue.Workers}}
 					<tr>
-						<td>{{.Workers}}</td>
+						<td>{{.Workers}}{{if .IsFlusher}}<i class="icon sync-alternate" title="{{.i18n.Tr "admin.monitor.queue.flush"}}"></i>{{end}}</td>
 						<td>{{DateFmtLong .Start}}</td>
 						<td>{{if .HasTimeout}}{{DateFmtLong .Timeout}}{{else}}-{{end}}</td>
 						<td>