fix: configure app to work without Redis on Railway

Author: Bulletdev

app/modules/authentication/controllers/auth_controller.rb

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def register
             user_agent: request.user_agent
           )
 
-          UserMailer.welcome(user).deliver_later
+          deliver_email(UserMailer.welcome(user))
 
           render_created(
             {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def forgot_password
             user_agent: request.user_agent
           )
 
-          UserMailer.password_reset(user, reset_token).deliver_later
+          deliver_email(UserMailer.password_reset(user, reset_token))
 
           AuditLog.create!(
             organization: user.organization,
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def reset_password
 
           reset_token.mark_as_used!
 
-          UserMailer.password_reset_confirmation(user).deliver_later
+          deliver_email(UserMailer.password_reset_confirmation(user))
 
           AuditLog.create!(
             organization: user.organization,
@@ -306,6 +306,15 @@ def me
 
       private
 
+      # Deliver email using async queue if Redis available, otherwise deliver synchronously
+      def deliver_email(mailer)
+        if ENV['REDIS_URL'].present?
+          mailer.deliver_later
+        else
+          mailer.deliver_now
+        end
+      end
+
       def create_organization!
         Organization.create!(organization_params)
       end

config/environments/production.rb

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
                          :memory_store
                        end
 
-  config.active_job.queue_adapter = :sidekiq
+  # Use Sidekiq if Redis is available, otherwise use inline (synchronous)
+  config.active_job.queue_adapter = ENV['REDIS_URL'].present? ? :sidekiq : :inline
 
   config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
 

config/initializers/sidekiq.rb

@@ -3,21 +3,26 @@
 require 'sidekiq'
 require 'sidekiq-scheduler'
 
-Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
-  config.redis = { url: ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0') }
+# Only configure Sidekiq if Redis is available
+if ENV['REDIS_URL'].present?
+  Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+    config.redis = { url: ENV['REDIS_URL'] }
 
-  config.on(:startup) do
-    schedule_file = Rails.root.join('config', 'sidekiq.yml')
-    if File.exist?(schedule_file)
-      schedule = YAML.load_file(schedule_file)
-      if schedule && schedule[:schedule]
-        Sidekiq.schedule = schedule[:schedule]
-        SidekiqScheduler::Scheduler.instance.reload_schedule!
+    config.on(:startup) do
+      schedule_file = Rails.root.join('config', 'sidekiq.yml')
+      if File.exist?(schedule_file)
+        schedule = YAML.load_file(schedule_file)
+        if schedule && schedule[:schedule]
+          Sidekiq.schedule = schedule[:schedule]
+          SidekiqScheduler::Scheduler.instance.reload_schedule!
+        end
       end
     end
   end
-end
 
-Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
-  config.redis = { url: ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0') }
+  Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
+    config.redis = { url: ENV['REDIS_URL'] }
+  end
+else
+  Rails.logger.warn "Redis not configured - Sidekiq will not be available. Background jobs will fail."
 end