Migrate queued metric from processes to threads

util/analytics.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import json
 import logging
 
-from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
+from Queue import Queue
+from threading import Thread
 from mixpanel import Consumer, Mixpanel
 
 
@@ -17,24 +18,23 @@ class MixpanelQueingConsumer(object):
     self._mp_queue.put(json.dumps([endpoint, json_message]))
 
 
-class SendToMixpanel(Process):
+class SendToMixpanel(Thread):
   def __init__(self, request_queue):
-    Process.__init__(self)
+    Thread.__init__(self)
+    self.daemon = True
 
     self._mp_queue = request_queue
     self._consumer = Consumer()
-    self.daemon = True
 
   def run(self):
     logger.debug('Starting mixpanel sender process.')
     while True:
       mp_request = self._mp_queue.get()
-      logger.debug('Got queued mixpanel reqeust.')
+      logger.debug('Got queued mixpanel request.')
       try:
         self._consumer.send(*json.loads(mp_request))
       except:
-        # Make sure we don't crash if Mixpanel request fails.
-        pass
+        logger.exception('Failed to send Mixpanel request.')
 
 
 class FakeMixpanel(object):