1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tasks/sidekiq.rake b/lib/tasks/sidekiq.rake
index dd9ce86f7ca..cb9f4c751ed 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/sidekiq.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/sidekiq.rake
@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
 namespace :sidekiq do
-  desc "GitLab | Stop sidekiq"
+  def deprecation_warning!
+    warn <<~WARNING
+      This task is deprecated and will be removed in 13.0 as it is thought to be unused.
+
+      If you are using this task, please comment on the below issue:
+        https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/196731
+    WARNING
+  end
+
+  desc "[DEPRECATED] GitLab | Stop sidekiq"
   task :stop do
+    deprecation_warning!
+
     system(*%w(bin/background_jobs stop))
   end
 
-  desc "GitLab | Start sidekiq"
+  desc "[DEPRECATED] GitLab | Start sidekiq"
   task :start do
+    deprecation_warning!
+
     system(*%w(bin/background_jobs start))
   end
 
-  desc 'GitLab | Restart sidekiq'
+  desc '[DEPRECATED] GitLab | Restart sidekiq'
   task :restart do
+    deprecation_warning!
+
     system(*%w(bin/background_jobs restart))
   end
 
-  desc "GitLab | Start sidekiq with launchd on Mac OS X"
+  desc "[DEPRECATED] GitLab | Start sidekiq with launchd on Mac OS X"
   task :launchd do
+    deprecation_warning!
+
     system(*%w(bin/background_jobs start_no_deamonize))
   end
 end