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How to check if the lock has expired? #313

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const redlock = new Redlock([ioClient], {
    retryCount: -1,
});


const LOCK_TTL = 1_000; 

const lock = await redlock.acquire(["someKey"], LOCK_TTL)

await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 5_000));

await lock.release();

// It never reaches here if the lock has expired

doSomethingElse()

If the lock expires, the code is stuck on release() function.

  • Is this behavior expected? I suspect it retries release() forever based onretryCount, but can I have different retryCount for acquiring and releasing?
  • How do I check if the lock has expired, so I can skip the release() call?

I am connecting to a single Redis node

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