Removing old redisProtocol string - it is causing confusion and should not be necessary.

packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import BullQueue, { QueueOptions } from "bull"
 import { addListeners, StalledFn } from "./listeners"
 import { Duration } from "../utils"
 import * as timers from "../timers"
-import * as Redis from "ioredis"
 
 // the queue lock is held for 5 minutes
 const QUEUE_LOCK_MS = Duration.fromMinutes(5).toMs()
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@ export function createQueue<T>(
   jobQueue: JobQueue,
   opts: { removeStalledCb?: StalledFn } = {}
 ): BullQueue.Queue<T> {
-  const { opts: redisOpts, redisProtocolUrl } = getRedisOptions()
+  const { opts: redisOpts } = getRedisOptions()
   const queueConfig: QueueOptions = {
-    redis: redisProtocolUrl! || (redisOpts as Redis.RedisOptions),
+    redis: redisOpts,
     settings: {
       maxStalledCount: 0,
       lockDuration: QUEUE_LOCK_MS,

packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts

@@ -91,12 +91,10 @@ function init(selectDb = DEFAULT_SELECT_DB) {
   if (client) {
     client.disconnect()
   }
-  const { redisProtocolUrl, opts, host, port } = getRedisOptions()
+  const { opts, host, port } = getRedisOptions()
 
   if (CLUSTERED) {
     client = new RedisCore.Cluster([{ host, port }], opts)
-  } else if (redisProtocolUrl) {
-    client = new RedisCore(redisProtocolUrl)
   } else {
     client = new RedisCore(opts)
   }

packages/backend-core/src/redis/utils.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import env from "../environment"
+import * as Redis from "ioredis"
 
 const SLOT_REFRESH_MS = 2000
 const CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS = 10000
@@ -74,28 +75,29 @@ export function getRedisOptions() {
   }
   const [host, port] = url.split(":")
 
-  let redisProtocolUrl
+  let redisOpts: Redis.RedisOptions = {
-
-  // fully qualified redis URL
-  if (/rediss?:\/\//.test(env.REDIS_URL)) {
-    redisProtocolUrl = env.REDIS_URL
-  }
-
-  const opts: any = {
     connectTimeout: CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    port: parseInt(port),
+    host,
+    password,
   }
+  let opts: Redis.ClusterOptions | Redis.RedisOptions = redisOpts
   if (env.REDIS_CLUSTERED) {
-    opts.redisOptions = {}
+    opts = {
-    opts.redisOptions.tls = {}
+      connectTimeout: CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS,
-    opts.redisOptions.password = password
+      redisOptions: {
-    opts.slotsRefreshTimeout = SLOT_REFRESH_MS
+        ...redisOpts,
-    opts.dnsLookup = (address: string, callback: any) => callback(null, address)
+        tls: {},
-  } else {
+      },
-    opts.host = host
+      slotsRefreshTimeout: SLOT_REFRESH_MS,
-    opts.port = port
+      dnsLookup: (address: string, callback: any) => callback(null, address),
-    opts.password = password
+    } as Redis.ClusterOptions
+  }
+  return {
+    opts,
+    host,
+    port: parseInt(port),
   }
-  return { opts, host, port: parseInt(port), redisProtocolUrl }
 }
 
 export function addDbPrefix(db: string, key: string) {