6.1.2 (2026-08-16)

Bug Fixes

• deps: update security patches [security] (#4566) (cb37233)

6.1.1 (2026-08-14)

Bug Fixes

• flow: allow parent opts from root parent (#4548) fixes #4547 (ab7009d)

6.1.0 (2026-08-12)

Features

• postgres: make schema migrations explicit (#4544) (ee714dc)

6.0.11 (2026-08-10)

Bug Fixes

• deps: update security patches [security] (#4539) (48c5426)

6.0.10 (2026-08-10)

Bug Fixes

• make ioredis optional (#4513) (30c2c75)

6.0.9 (2026-08-07)

Bug Fixes

• events: type completed event returnvalue as deserialized value (#4441) fixes #4147 (5910ccc)

6.0.8 (2026-08-05)

Bug Fixes

• deps: avoid deep ioredis import so postgres backend works without ioredis internals (#4437) fixes #4435 (550e446)
• postgres: fail fast when SQL loader directory cannot be resolved (#4482) (f3936a2)

6.0.7 (2026-08-04)

Bug Fixes

• worker: recover blocking reads that never settle after a reconnect fixes #4479 (#4484) (e7e9a64)

6.0.6 (2026-08-03)

Bug Fixes

• deps: update cron-parser to v5.7.0 (#4462) (a514f2d)

6.0.5 (2026-08-01)

Bug Fixes

• No Node.js changes.

6.0.4 (2026-08-01)

Bug Fixes

• deps: update security patches [security] (#4444) (c1cf328)

6.0.3 (2026-07-31)

Bug Fixes

• postgres: drop redundant bullmq_ prefix from schema objects (#4436) (elixir) (python) (067a73f)

6.0.2 (2026-07-31)

Bug Fixes

• No Node.js changes.

6.0.1 (2026-07-31)

Bug Fixes

• No Node.js changes.

6.0.0 (2026-07-30)

Features

• release BullMQ v6 with pluggable queue backends (php) (python) (elixir) (e1f86ef)
• Introduce the IQueueBackend abstraction, Redis and PostgreSQL backends, and the accompanying v6 updates across the supported language clients.

BREAKING CHANGES

• High-level classes no longer expose Redis internals. The optional Connection constructor parameter is replaced by an optional BackendFactory. Queue#client, Queue#redisVersion, Queue#databaseType, Worker#blockingClient, and FlowProducer#client are removed. Access the raw Redis client through the RedisQueueBackend returned by getBackend(). Worker#waitUntilReady() now resolves to void instead of the Redis client.
• Legacy repeatable jobs and their APIs are removed. This includes the repeat option on Queue#add and Queue#addBulk, the Repeat class, Queue#getRepeatableJobs(), Queue#removeRepeatable(), and Queue#removeRepeatableByKey(). Migrate recurring jobs to Job Schedulers.
• The minimum supported Node.js version is now 14.17.0.
• Worker#resume() is now asynchronous, returns Promise<void>, and must be awaited.
• Queue#clean() telemetry now reports the number of cleaned jobs instead of recording the complete array of job IDs.
• The deprecated TelemetryAttributes JobFinishedTimestamp and TelemetryAttributes.JobStatus members are removed. Telemetry uses JobState, and workers no longer set JobFinishedTimestamp on spans.
• Meter#createGauge() is now required for telemetry adapters.
• The deprecated debounce option and Job#debounceId property are removed. Use deduplication and Job#deduplicationId instead.
• The deprecated debounced event is removed. Listen for the deduplicated event instead.
• FlowJob now distinguishes parent and leaf nodes. Deduplication is no longer allowed on parent flow nodes.
• Job#discard() is removed from the Node.js API. Use UnrecoverableError instead.
• The legacy nextSchedulerJobId property is removed from Job and JobJson.
• ioredis is no longer installed as a direct dependency and is now an optional peer dependency. Redis users must install ioredis explicitly.
• The paused job state is removed from JobType and from the default Queue#getJobCounts() result. Jobs in a paused queue are represented as waiting.
• RepeatOptions no longer accepts the cron-parser currentDate, utc, or nthDayOfWeek options. Use tz: 'UTC' instead of utc: true.
• The public Redis implementation exports Scripts, createScripts, JobJsonRaw, and RedisJobOptions are removed. Use the backend APIs instead.