diff --git a/modules/queue/queue_channel.go b/modules/queue/queue_channel.go
index 431f48390c8..6f75b8357ea 100644
--- a/modules/queue/queue_channel.go
+++ b/modules/queue/queue_channel.go
@@ -109,32 +109,6 @@ func (q *ChannelQueue) Flush(timeout time.Duration) error {
 	return q.FlushWithContext(ctx)
 }
 
-// FlushWithContext is very similar to CleanUp but it will return as soon as the dataChan is empty
-func (q *ChannelQueue) FlushWithContext(ctx context.Context) error {
-	log.Trace("ChannelQueue: %d Flush", q.qid)
-	paused, _ := q.IsPausedIsResumed()
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-paused:
-			return nil
-		case data, ok := <-q.dataChan:
-			if !ok {
-				return nil
-			}
-			if unhandled := q.handle(data); unhandled != nil {
-				log.Error("Unhandled Data whilst flushing queue %d", q.qid)
-			}
-			atomic.AddInt64(&q.numInQueue, -1)
-		case <-q.baseCtx.Done():
-			return q.baseCtx.Err()
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ctx.Err()
-		default:
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // Shutdown processing from this queue
 func (q *ChannelQueue) Shutdown() {
 	q.lock.Lock()
diff --git a/modules/queue/unique_queue_channel.go b/modules/queue/unique_queue_channel.go
index f2d3dbdc970..c43bd1db3f7 100644
--- a/modules/queue/unique_queue_channel.go
+++ b/modules/queue/unique_queue_channel.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/container"
@@ -167,35 +166,6 @@ func (q *ChannelUniqueQueue) Flush(timeout time.Duration) error {
 	return q.FlushWithContext(ctx)
 }
 
-// FlushWithContext is very similar to CleanUp but it will return as soon as the dataChan is empty
-func (q *ChannelUniqueQueue) FlushWithContext(ctx context.Context) error {
-	log.Trace("ChannelUniqueQueue: %d Flush", q.qid)
-	paused, _ := q.IsPausedIsResumed()
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-paused:
-			return nil
-		default:
-		}
-		select {
-		case data, ok := <-q.dataChan:
-			if !ok {
-				return nil
-			}
-			if unhandled := q.handle(data); unhandled != nil {
-				log.Error("Unhandled Data whilst flushing queue %d", q.qid)
-			}
-			atomic.AddInt64(&q.numInQueue, -1)
-		case <-q.baseCtx.Done():
-			return q.baseCtx.Err()
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ctx.Err()
-		default:
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // Shutdown processing from this queue
 func (q *ChannelUniqueQueue) Shutdown() {
 	log.Trace("ChannelUniqueQueue: %s Shutting down", q.name)
diff --git a/modules/queue/workerpool.go b/modules/queue/workerpool.go
index 244927880e9..b32128cb821 100644
--- a/modules/queue/workerpool.go
+++ b/modules/queue/workerpool.go
@@ -463,13 +463,43 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) IsEmpty() bool {
 	return atomic.LoadInt64(&p.numInQueue) == 0
 }
 
+// contextError returns either ctx.Done(), the base context's error or nil
+func (p *WorkerPool) contextError(ctx context.Context) error {
+	select {
+	case <-p.baseCtx.Done():
+		return p.baseCtx.Err()
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	default:
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // FlushWithContext is very similar to CleanUp but it will return as soon as the dataChan is empty
 // NB: The worker will not be registered with the manager.
 func (p *WorkerPool) FlushWithContext(ctx context.Context) error {
 	log.Trace("WorkerPool: %d Flush", p.qid)
+	paused, _ := p.IsPausedIsResumed()
 	for {
+		// Because select will return any case that is satisified at random we precheck here before looking at dataChan.
+		select {
+		case <-paused:
+			// Ensure that even if paused that the cancelled error is still sent
+			return p.contextError(ctx)
+		case <-p.baseCtx.Done():
+			return p.baseCtx.Err()
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		default:
+		}
+
 		select {
-		case data := <-p.dataChan:
+		case <-paused:
+			return p.contextError(ctx)
+		case data, ok := <-p.dataChan:
+			if !ok {
+				return nil
+			}
 			if unhandled := p.handle(data); unhandled != nil {
 				log.Error("Unhandled Data whilst flushing queue %d", p.qid)
 			}
@@ -495,6 +525,7 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 	paused, _ := p.IsPausedIsResumed()
 	data := make([]Data, 0, p.batchLength)
 	for {
+		// Because select will return any case that is satisified at random we precheck here before looking at dataChan.
 		select {
 		case <-paused:
 			log.Trace("Worker for Queue %d Pausing", p.qid)
@@ -515,8 +546,19 @@ func (p *WorkerPool) doWork(ctx context.Context) {
 				log.Trace("Worker shutting down")
 				return
 			}
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			if len(data) > 0 {
+				log.Trace("Handling: %d data, %v", len(data), data)
+				if unhandled := p.handle(data...); unhandled != nil {
+					log.Error("Unhandled Data in queue %d", p.qid)
+				}
+				atomic.AddInt64(&p.numInQueue, -1*int64(len(data)))
+			}
+			log.Trace("Worker shutting down")
+			return
 		default:
 		}
+
 		select {
 		case <-paused:
 			// go back around