++++++++ client side
oot@zuul:~# telnet 10.171.201.108 4730
Trying 10.171.201.108...
Connected to 10.171.201.108.
Escape character is '^]'.
status
executor:execute	0	0	1
executor:stop:zuul	0	0	1
merger:cat	0	0	2
merger:refstate	0	0	2
zuul:tenant_list	2	0	0
merger:merge	0	0	2
merger:fileschanges	0	0	2
.
workers
Connection closed by foreign host.


+++++++++ tail -f of the gearman-debug.log
2018-09-20 20:31:28,104 INFO gear.Server: Received admin request <gear.AdminRequest 0x7f94f9126f28 command: b'status\r'>
2018-09-20 20:31:28,105 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'executor:execute\t0\t0\t1\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,105 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'executor:stop:zuul\t0\t0\t1\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,105 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'merger:cat\t0\t0\t2\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,106 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'merger:refstate\t0\t0\t2\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,106 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'zuul:tenant_list\t2\t0\t0\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,106 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'merger:merge\t0\t0\t2\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,106 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'merger:fileschanges\t0\t0\t2\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,107 DEBUG gear.ServerConnection: Queuing data to <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>: b'.\n'
2018-09-20 20:31:28,107 DEBUG gear.Server: Finished handling admin request <gear.AdminRequest 0x7f94f9126f28 command: b'status\r'>
2018-09-20 20:31:28,107 DEBUG gear.Server: Processing input on <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>
2018-09-20 20:31:28,108 DEBUG gear.Server: Processing output on <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>
2018-09-20 20:31:28,108 DEBUG gear.Server: Polling 7 connections
2018-09-20 20:31:38,505 DEBUG gear.Server: Processing input on <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>
2018-09-20 20:31:38,505 INFO gear.Server: Received admin request <gear.AdminRequest 0x7f94f9126f28 command: b'workers\r'>
2018-09-20 20:31:38,505 ERROR gear.Server: Exception reading or writing from <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/venvs/zuul/lib/python3.5/site-packages/gear/__init__.py", line 2875, in _processPollEvent
    self.readFromConnection(conn)
  File "/opt/venvs/zuul/lib/python3.5/site-packages/gear/__init__.py", line 2854, in readFromConnection
    self.handleAdminRequest(p)
  File "/opt/venvs/zuul/lib/python3.5/site-packages/gear/__init__.py", line 3076, in handleAdminRequest
    self.handleWorkers(request)
  File "/opt/venvs/zuul/lib/python3.5/site-packages/gear/__init__.py", line 3249, in handleWorkers
    (fd, ip, client_id.decode('utf8'),
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
2018-09-20 20:31:38,506 INFO gear.Server: Marking <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684> as disconnected
2018-09-20 20:31:38,506 DEBUG gear.Server: Unregistering <gear.ServerConnection 0x7f94f9134160 name: None host: 10.171.201.108 port: 33684>
2018-09-20 20:31:38,506 DEBUG gear.Server: Polling 6 connections