Fix email send crash when worker lacks staticfiles manifest.

Fall back to an unhashed logo URL if ManifestStaticFilesStorage misses, and run collectstatic in the worker entrypoint.

scripts/worker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -42,5 +42,10 @@ wait_for_database
 
 uv run python manage.py migrate --noinput
 
+# Email branding (and anything else that resolves static URLs) needs the
+# ManifestStaticFilesStorage map. Web entrypoint already collectstatics;
+# worker must too or hashed lookups raise ValueError.
+uv run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+
 # dj-queue supervisor (workers + dispatcher + scheduler). Run on ONE host only.
 exec uv run python manage.py dj_queue

site/public/email_branding.py

@@ -3,13 +3,40 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import html
+import logging
 import re
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _URL_RE = re.compile(r"(https?://[^\s<]+)")
+_LOGO_STATIC_PATH = "brand/exit_logo.png"
+
+
+def _absolute_static_url(site_url: str, relative: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Build an absolute URL for a static asset.
+
+    Prefer the hashed Manifest URL when available. Fall back to the stable
+    path when the manifest is missing (dj-queue worker does not run
+    collectstatic) so sending mail never crashes.
+    """
+    try:
+        path = staticfiles_storage.url(relative)
+    except ValueError:
+        logger.debug(
+            "staticfiles manifest miss for %s; using unhashed URL", relative
+        )
+        static_prefix = settings.STATIC_URL or "/static/"
+        path = f"{static_prefix}{relative.lstrip('/')}"
+
+    if path.startswith("http://") or path.startswith("https://"):
+        return path
+    if not path.startswith("/"):
+        path = f"/{path}"
+    return f"{site_url}{path}"
 
 
 def email_brand_context(**extra):
@@ -17,11 +44,7 @@ def email_brand_context(**extra):
     if not site_url:
         site_url = "https://mkdrealtor.com"
 
-    logo_path = staticfiles_storage.url("brand/exit_logo.png")
+    logo_url = _absolute_static_url(site_url, _LOGO_STATIC_PATH)
-    if logo_path.startswith("http://") or logo_path.startswith("https://"):
-        logo_url = logo_path
-    else:
-        logo_url = f"{site_url}{logo_path}"
 
     brand_name = getattr(settings, "SITE_NAME", None) or "Monica Dhillon"
     brand_legal = getattr(settings, "CREDIT_NAME", None) or brand_name