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[fix] Configured django-channels without Redis timeouts - #681

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Configures the Channels Redis host with socket_timeout: None to preserve blocking channel-layer reads with redis-py 8.

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The Redis channel layer now defines its host with an address field and sets socket_timeout to None. A dashboard test reads the configured host through Django and verifies the Redis URL and unlimited socket timeout.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7f0ef

This change preserves blocking channel-layer reads but also allows Redis operations to wait indefinitely during a half-open connection, which can leave application work stuck. The accompanying test depends on a fixed Redis port and may fail in environments using a different port; these issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title uses the required [fix] prefix and clearly describes the Redis timeout configuration change.
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Ui Changes, Regression Test, Docs ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes Django Channels Redis configuration only; the diff contains no UI templates or frontend assets, so screenshots are not required. It adds `test_dashboard_channels_redis_s…
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PASS. The pull request changes Django Channels Redis configuration only; the diff contains no UI templates or frontend assets, so screenshots are not required. It adds test_dashboard_channels_redis_socket_timeout, which checks the changed configuration through Django. This is a bug fix, not a new feature. The existing CHANNEL_REDIS_URL documentation remains accurate because the URL and default are unchanged, and no documented behavior is contradicted.

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In `@images/common/openwisp/settings.py`:
- Line 234: Update the Redis channel configuration around the CHANNEL_REDIS_HOST
connection options so non-receive operations use a finite socket timeout instead
of None. Set it longer than the blocking receive interval, while preserving
appropriate behavior for blocking receives and the existing channel
configuration.

In `@tests/runtests.py`:
- Line 69: Update the Redis URL setup in the test flow around channel_redis_url
to obtain the host and port from the repository’s existing test configuration or
fixture instead of hard-coding 6379, preserving the current database selection.
- Around line 70-77: The test should validate the effective Redis configuration
rather than only the raw CHANNEL_LAYERS host entry. In the Django shell command,
instantiate the configured channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer and assert its
pool connection options contain socket_timeout set to None, while preserving the
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- Around line 236-238: Update the comment near the explicit timeout removal to
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