4 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af36c00cfa..9bb5bdd647 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ _trial_temp*/
/.python-version
/*.signing.key
/env/
+/.venv*/
/homeserver*.yaml
/logs
/media_store/
diff --git a/changelog.d/8544.feature b/changelog.d/8544.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..542993110b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8544.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow running background tasks in a separate worker process.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8566.misc b/changelog.d/8566.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..453cf48ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8566.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add virtualenv-generated folders to `.gitignore`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
index ff150f0be7..0ad9a19b3d 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
db_conn, "events", "stream_ordering", step=-1
)
- if not hs.config.worker.worker_app:
+ if hs.config.run_background_tasks:
# We periodically clean out old transaction ID mappings
self._clock.looping_call(
run_as_background_process,
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