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+# Copyright 2012-2016 Camptocamp
+# License LGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+
+
+class BaseQueueJobError(Exception):
+    """Base queue job error"""
+
+
+class JobError(BaseQueueJobError):
+    """A job had an error"""
+
+
+class NoSuchJobError(JobError):
+    """The job does not exist."""
+
+
+class FailedJobError(JobError):
+    """A job had an error having to be resolved."""
+
+
+class RetryableJobError(JobError):
+    """A job had an error but can be retried.
+
+    The job will be retried after the given number of seconds.  If seconds is
+    empty, it will be retried according to the ``retry_pattern`` of the job or
+    by :const:`odoo.addons.queue_job.job.RETRY_INTERVAL` if nothing is defined.
+
+    If ``ignore_retry`` is True, the retry counter will not be increased.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, msg, seconds=None, ignore_retry=False):
+        super().__init__(msg)
+        self.seconds = seconds
+        self.ignore_retry = ignore_retry
+
+
+# TODO: remove support of NothingToDo: too dangerous
+class NothingToDoJob(JobError):
+    """The Job has nothing to do."""
+
+
+class ChannelNotFound(BaseQueueJobError):
+    """A channel could not be found"""