Django Channels WebSocket Consumer Not Receiving Messages from Redis
I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple... I'm building a real-time chat application using Django Channels and Redis as the channel layer. My WebSocket consumer is supposed to receive messages published to a specific channel, but it seems like the messages aren't being received at all. I have the following setup in my `settings.py`: ```python CHANNEL_LAYERS = { 'default': { 'BACKEND': 'channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer', 'CONFIG': { 'hosts': [('127.0.0.1', 6379)], }, }, } ``` In my consumer, I'm using the following code to connect to the channel and listen for messages: ```python class ChatConsumer(AsyncWebsocketConsumer): async def connect(self): self.room_name = self.scope['url_route']['kwargs']['room_name'] self.room_group_name = f'chat_{self.room_name}' # Join room group await self.channel_layer.group_add( self.room_group_name, self.channel_name ) await self.accept() async def disconnect(self, close_code): # Leave room group await self.channel_layer.group_discard( self.room_group_name, self.channel_name ) async def receive(self, text_data): # This method gets called when a message is received from WebSocket pass async def chat_message(self, event): message = event['message'] await self.send(text_data=json.dumps({ 'message': message })) ``` I also have a separate function that publishes messages to the Redis channel: ```python async def send_message(room_name, message): await channels.layers.get_channel_layer().group_send( f'chat_{room_name}', { 'type': 'chat.message', 'message': message } ) ``` When I publish messages using this `send_message` function, I do not see any output in my WebSocket client, and there are no errors in my console. I have verified that Redis is running and accessible. I've tried debugging with print statements in both the consumer and the publish function, but nothing seems to trigger the `chat_message` method. Could there be an scenario with the way I'm using the channel layer, or could it be related to the version of Django Channels I'm using? I'm currently on Django 4.0 and Channels 3.0. Any troubleshooting steps or insights would be greatly appreciated! For context: I'm using Python on Ubuntu. I'd really appreciate any guidance on this. For context: I'm using Python on Linux. Has anyone else encountered this?