Poll dispatch_due in the worker so scheduled posts fire.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

site/core/management/commands/dispatch_due.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import time
+
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils import timezone
 
@@ -10,10 +12,37 @@ from social.tasks import publish_social_post
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = (
         "Enqueue due scheduled campaign messages and social posts. "
-        "Optional when the task backend supports run_after defer; useful as a safety net."
+        "Pass --loop to poll until stopped (worker entrypoint)."
     )
 
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--loop",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Poll forever until SIGINT/SIGTERM.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--interval",
+            type=int,
+            default=15,
+            help="Seconds between polls when --loop is set (default 15).",
+        )
+
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        self.verbosity = int(options.get("verbosity", 1))
+        if options["loop"]:
+            interval = max(1, int(options["interval"] or 15))
+            self.stdout.write(f"Polling due scheduled work every {interval}s.")
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    self._dispatch_once()
+                    time.sleep(interval)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                self.stdout.write("dispatch_due loop stopped.")
+                return
+        self._dispatch_once()
+
+    def _dispatch_once(self):
         now = timezone.now()
         enqueued = 0
 
@@ -35,4 +64,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             publish_social_post.enqueue(post_id=str(post.pk))
             enqueued += 1
 
-        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Enqueued {enqueued} due item(s)."))
+        if enqueued:
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Enqueued {enqueued} due item(s)."))
+        elif self.verbosity >= 2:
+            self.stdout.write("No due items.")

site/core/tests.py

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+from io import StringIO
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.test import Client, TestCase, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+from social.models import SocialPost
 
 
 class HealthzTests(TestCase):
@@ -27,3 +35,43 @@ class PublicSmokeTests(TestCase):
         client = Client()
         self.assertEqual(client.get(reverse("public:about")).status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(client.get(reverse("public:contact")).status_code, 200)
+
+
+class DispatchDueTests(TestCase):
+    def test_enqueues_past_scheduled_social_post(self):
+        post = SocialPost.objects.create(
+            body="Open house",
+            status=SocialPost.Status.SCHEDULED,
+            scheduled_for=timezone.now() - timedelta(minutes=5),
+        )
+        mock_task = patch(
+            "core.management.commands.dispatch_due.publish_social_post"
+        ).start()
+        self.addCleanup(patch.stopall)
+        out = StringIO()
+        call_command("dispatch_due", stdout=out)
+        post.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(post.status, SocialPost.Status.QUEUED)
+        mock_task.enqueue.assert_called_once_with(post_id=str(post.pk))
+        self.assertIn("Enqueued 1 due item(s).", out.getvalue())
+
+    def test_skips_future_scheduled_social_post(self):
+        post = SocialPost.objects.create(
+            body="Later",
+            status=SocialPost.Status.SCHEDULED,
+            scheduled_for=timezone.now() + timedelta(hours=1),
+        )
+        mock_task = patch(
+            "core.management.commands.dispatch_due.publish_social_post"
+        ).start()
+        self.addCleanup(patch.stopall)
+        call_command("dispatch_due", stdout=StringIO())
+        post.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(post.status, SocialPost.Status.SCHEDULED)
+        mock_task.enqueue.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_quiet_when_nothing_due(self):
+        out = StringIO()
+        call_command("dispatch_due", stdout=out)
+        self.assertEqual(out.getvalue(), "")
+