Proposal: Add dependent: :delete_async for associations

wowinter13 · October 27, 2024, 12:39am

Hello Rails team

Offer dependent: :destroy_async for associations

rails:master ← adrianna-chang-shopify:dependent-destroy-async

opened 08:56PM - 01 Sep 20 UTC

Revised version of https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/36912, https://github.com…/rails/rails/pull/39149 ### Summary Allows associations taking the `dependent` key to specify `dependent: :destroy_async`, which will enqueue a job to destroy associations asynchronously. cc @rafaelfranca - I've removed `ActiveRecord::Base.destroy_later` from this PR, so it only contains the implementation of the asynchronous association deletion. Will rebase + squash if it looks okay to you.

I wanted to start implementing this functionality immediately after seeing that I’m not the only one who needs something faster than destroy_async (see comments in Offer dependent: :destroy_async for associations by adrianna-chang-shopify · Pull Request #40157 · rails/rails · GitHub and Offer dependent: :destroy_async for associations by adrianna-chang-shopify · Pull Request #40157 · rails/rails · GitHub).

However, I decided to discuss this first to save implementation time. What are your thoughts on this functionality? Would it help mitigate pain points for a significant portion of the community (even if just a fraction)?

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:dependent => :delete_all not working rubyonrails-talk	3	115	April 18, 2007
dependent support for has_many through? rubyonrails-core	10	287	July 15, 2010
Associations are not consistent in honoring :dependent => destroy (db is fill with orphaned objects) rubyonrails-core	4	325	February 20, 2011
has_many :through - deletion and destruction rubyonrails-core	0	173	December 19, 2010
before_destroy not called rubyonrails-talk	2	461	August 18, 2007

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