---
title: "Workers: Phaser AE API 3.0.0-1"
package: "@phaser-ae/kernel"
version: 3.0.0-1
released: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-17
description: "the worker pool and its job protocol"
url: https://phaser.io/kernel/docs/3.0.0-1/workers
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# Workers

the worker pool and its job protocol. Kernel 3.0.0-1, from `engine/kernel/src/workers.ts`.

## Types

### `JobSpec`

```ts
interface JobSpec<In, Out>
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

One job to run on a worker thread.

- `readonly kind: string` — `<packId>/<jobName>` — resolved to the pack's bundled worker module.
- `readonly input: In` — The job's input, structured-cloned to the worker.
- `readonly transfer?: ReadonlyArray<Transferable>` — Buffers to move rather than copy; they are unusable on this side afterwards.
- `readonly signal?: AbortSignal` — Cancels queued or running work; the promise rejects. Cancelling a running job terminates its worker.
- `readonly __out?: Out` — Type carrier only, never set: the result type `Out`.

### `WorkerLike`

```ts
interface WorkerLike
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

The transport a pool thread needs: a module `Worker` in a browser, or a stand-in a test supplies through `create`.

- `onmessage: ((event: MessageEvent<unknown>) => void) | null` — Response messages from the module worker.
- `onerror: ((event: ErrorEvent) => void) | null` — Fatal worker errors; the pool fails the running job and retires the thread.
- `postMessage(message: unknown, transfer: Transferable[]): void` — Send a structured-cloned job and transfer ownership of listed buffers.
- `terminate(): void` — Immediately stop this thread.

### `WorkerPool`

```ts
interface WorkerPool
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

The pool. Threads are made lazily, one job kind per thread, up to `size`; an idle thread of another kind is retired
to make room. Results settle in submission order at frame boundaries, so a later job never overtakes an earlier one.

- `run<In, Out>(job: JobSpec<In, Out>): Promise<Out>` — Run a job. Resolves with the worker's result at a frame boundary, so results merge deterministically; the game must be running for it to settle. Rejects for an unknown kind, a full queue, an abort, a worker error, or a destroyed pool.
- `has(kind: string): boolean` — Does the pool have an entry for this job kind (is its pack composed with that job)?
- `readonly size: number` — Threads alive now.
- `readonly queued: number` — Jobs waiting for a thread.

### `WorkerPoolOptions`

```ts
interface WorkerPoolOptions
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

The pool's configuration, from the bake; game code calls the composed pack's async API instead.

- `entries?: Readonly<Record<string, string | URL>>` — Composed job kinds mapped to their bundled module URLs.
- `size?: number` — Most threads at once. Default 2.
- `maxQueued?: number` — Most jobs waiting for a thread, beyond those running. Default 64; one more is rejected.
- `create?: (url: string | URL) => WorkerLike` — Make a thread for a module URL. Default: `new Worker(url, { type: 'module' })`.

---

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