Fixing celery issues.

config/requirements.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ anyjson==0.3.3
 bleach==3.2.1
 beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
 boto==2.49.0
-celery>=4.0,<5
+celery>=5,<6
 chardet==3.0.4
 cssutils==1.0.2
 django-compress==1.0.1

newsblur_web/__init__.py

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 # This will make sure the app is always imported when
 # Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
-from .celeryapp import app as celery_app
+from .celery import app as celery_app
 
 __all__ = ['celery_app']
 
 import pymysql
 
 pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
-pymysql.version_info = (1, 3, 13, "final", 0)
+pymysql.version_info = (1, 3, 13, "final", 0)

newsblur_web/celeryapp.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ app = Celery('newsblur')
 # the configuration object to child processes.
 # - namespace='CELERY' means all celery-related configuration keys
 #   should have a `CELERY_` prefix.
-app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings')
+app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings', namespace="CELERY")
 
 # Load task modules from all registered Django app configs.
 app.autodiscover_tasks(lambda: [n.name for n in apps.get_app_configs()])

newsblur_web/settings.py

@@ -708,6 +708,12 @@ CELERY_REDIS_DB_NUM = 4
 SESSION_REDIS_DB = 5
 CELERY_BROKER_URL = "redis://%s:%s/%s" % (REDIS['host'], REDIS_PORT,CELERY_REDIS_DB_NUM)
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = CELERY_BROKER_URL
+BROKER_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS = {
+    "max_retries": 3, 
+    "interval_start": 0, 
+    "interval_step": 0.2, 
+    "interval_max": 0.5
+}
 
 SESSION_REDIS = {
     'host': REDIS_SESSIONS['host'],