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Thanks for the explanation and time is needed in order to digest it... I guess one might start with the simple "status" field approach ;)

>>edwiny+(OP)
The status doesn't help if the worker died during processing. If you've got something that's been "in progress" for 20 minutes of a job that takes 2, your job might not be getting done. That's what expired is for.

>>Dangit+Ht
I see now! So the 'expired' field is for checking died/incompleted workers.