apps/api/src/translations/translations.service.ts

@@ -290,8 +290,9 @@ export class TranslationsService {
       await this.translationQueue.add(
         "translate",
         { terms: chunk },
-        // jobId hashes the chunk so identical retries collapse
-        { jobId: `tr:${Buffer.from(chunk.sort().join("|")).toString("base64").slice(0, 32)}` },
+        // jobId hashes the chunk so identical retries collapse.
+        // Prefix uses "-" not ":" — BullMQ rejects custom job IDs containing ":".
+        { jobId: `tr-${Buffer.from(chunk.sort().join("|")).toString("base64").slice(0, 32)}` },
       );
     }
     this.logger.debug(`Enqueued ${fresh.length} term(s) for async translation`);