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  def delayed_job
    begin 
      Timeout::timeout(5) do
        job = Delayed::Job.enqueue(HealthCheckJob.new)
        queued = Delayed::Job.exists?(job)
        Delayed::Worker.new.work_off if Rails.env == "test"
        while queued == true
          queued = Delayed::Job.uncached{ Delayed::Job.exists?(job) }
          return true unless queued
          sleep(1)
        end
      end
    rescue Timeout::Error
      return false
    end
    true
  end