diff --git a/app/utils/workers.py b/app/utils/workers.py
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+import asyncio
+import signal
+from typing import Generic
+from typing import TypeVar
+
+from loguru import logger
+
+from app.database import AsyncSession
+from app.database import async_session
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+class Worker(Generic[T]):
+    def __init__(self, workers_count: int) -> None:
+        self._loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        self._in_flight: set[int] = set()
+        self._queue: asyncio.Queue[T] = asyncio.Queue(maxsize=1)
+        self._stop_event = asyncio.Event()
+        self._workers_count = workers_count
+
+    async def _consumer(self, db_session: AsyncSession) -> None:
+        while not self._stop_event.is_set():
+            message = await self._queue.get()
+            try:
+                await self.process_message(db_session, message)
+            finally:
+                self._in_flight.remove(message.id)  # type: ignore
+                self._queue.task_done()
+
+    async def _producer(self, db_session: AsyncSession) -> None:
+        while not self._stop_event.is_set():
+            next_message = await self.get_next_message(db_session)
+            if next_message:
+                self._in_flight.add(next_message.id)  # type: ignore
+                await self._queue.put(next_message)
+            else:
+                await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+    async def process_message(self, db_session: AsyncSession, message: T) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def get_next_message(self, db_session: AsyncSession) -> T | None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def startup(self, db_session: AsyncSession) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def in_flight_ids(self) -> set[int]:
+        return self._in_flight
+
+    async def run_forever(self) -> None:
+        signals = (signal.SIGHUP, signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIGINT)
+        for s in signals:
+            self._loop.add_signal_handler(
+                s,
+                lambda s=s: asyncio.create_task(self._shutdown(s)),
+            )
+
+        async with async_session() as db_session:
+            await self.startup(db_session)
+            self._loop.create_task(self._producer(db_session))
+            for _ in range(self._workers_count):
+                self._loop.create_task(self._consumer(db_session))
+
+            await self._stop_event.wait()
+            logger.info("Waiting for tasks to finish")
+            await self._queue.join()
+            tasks = [t for t in asyncio.all_tasks() if t is not asyncio.current_task()]
+            logger.info(f"Cancelling {len(tasks)} tasks")
+            [task.cancel() for task in tasks]
+
+        await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+
+        logger.info("stopping loop")
+
+    async def _shutdown(self, sig: signal.Signals) -> None:
+        logger.info(f"Caught {signal=}")
+        self._stop_event.set()