Play around with AI avatars - nothing serious yet

config.py

@@ -296,6 +296,33 @@ TRUSTED_DEFAULT_URLS = list(map(map_legacy_config, TRUSTED_DEFAULT_URLS))
 BLUESKY_IDENTIFIER = os.environ.get("BLUESKY_IDENTIFIER", None)
 BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD", None)
 
+# Celery Configuration
+# Try Redis first, fallback to memory broker for development
+try:
+    import redis
+
+    redis.Redis(host="localhost", port=6379, db=0).ping()
+    CELERY_BROKER_URL = "redis://localhost:6379/0"
+except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+    # Fallback to memory broker for development
+    CELERY_BROKER_URL = "memory://"
+    print("Warning: Redis not available, using memory broker for development")
+
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "django-db"
+CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ["json"]
+CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = "json"
+CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = "json"
+CELERY_TIMEZONE = "UTC"
+CELERY_TASK_TRACK_STARTED = True
+CELERY_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = 300  # 5 minutes
+CELERY_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = 240  # 4 minutes
+CELERY_WORKER_PREFETCH_MULTIPLIER = 1
+CELERY_TASK_ACKS_LATE = True
+CELERY_RESULT_EXPIRES = 3600  # 1 hour
+CELERY_WORKER_CONCURRENCY = (
+    1  # Max 1 parallel avatar generation task for local development
+)
+
 # This MUST BE THE LAST!
 if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "config_local.py")):
     from config_local import *  # noqa # flake8: noqa # NOQA # pragma: no cover