fix celery warnings (#1491, #1493)

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Unreleased
 Added
 -----
 
+- **General**
+    - ``python3.*-gdbm`` dependency (#1491)
 - **Projectroles**
     - ``get_user_by_uuid()`` common template tag (#1478)
     - ``ProjectInvite.get_url()`` helper (#1485)
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ Added
 Changed
 -------
 
+- **General**
+    - Upgrade minimum Django version to v4.2.16 (#1481)
 - **Projectroles**
     - Truncate app setting values in ``remoteproject_sync.html`` (#1474)
     - JSON app setting value rendering in ``remoteproject_sync.html`` (#1472)
@@ -31,7 +35,8 @@ Fixed
 -----
 
 - **General**
-    - Upgrade minimum Django version to v4.2.16 (#1481)
+    - Celery process raising ``dbm.error`` (#1491)
+    - Celery process raising ``broker_connection_retry`` warning (#1493)
 - **Bgjobs**
     - Non-migrated changes reported by squashed migrations (#1475)
 - **Projectroles**

config/settings/base.py

@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@
 CELERYD_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = 5 * 60
 # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#task-soft-time-limit
 CELERYD_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = 60
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#broker-connection-retry-on-startup
+CELERY_BROKER_CONNECTION_RETRY_ON_STARTUP = False
 
 
 # Django REST framework

docs/source/major_changes.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Release Highlights
 - Update app setting rendering in remote sync UI
 - Fix project sidebar and dropdown app plugin link order
 - Fix remote sync crash on updating user with additional email
+- Fix Celery process issues
 - General bug fixes and minor updates
 
 Breaking Changes
@@ -27,7 +28,12 @@ Breaking Changes
 System Prerequisites
 --------------------
 
-The minimum Django version has been bumped to v4.2.16.
+Django Version
+    The minimum Django version has been bumped to v4.2.16.
+Celery Support
+    It is recommended to install the ``python3.11-gdbm`` package (or equivalent
+    for the Python version in use) to ensure full compatibility of the current
+    Celery implementation.
 
 
 v1.0.1 (2024-08-08)

utility/install_python.sh

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ echo "Installing Python 3.11"
 echo "***********************************************"
 add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
 apt-get -y update
-apt-get -y install python3.11 python3.11-dev python3.11-venv
+apt-get -y install python3.11 python3.11-dev python3.11-venv python3.11-gdbm
 curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo -H python3.11