TypeError: AbstractConnection.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'ssl_cert_reqs'

[Azelphur]

The example given in the README https://github.com/django/channels_redis#hosts appears to no longer work.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/handlers.py", line 101, in __call__
    return await self.application(scope, receive, send)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels/routing.py", line 62, in __call__
    return await application(scope, receive, send)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels/security/websocket.py", line 37, in __call__
    return await self.application(scope, receive, send)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/code/apps/channels/middlewares.py", line 28, in __call__
    return await self.app(scope, receive, send)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels/routing.py", line 116, in __call__
    return await application(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels/consumer.py", line 94, in app
    return await consumer(scope, receive, send)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels/consumer.py", line 46, in __call__
    self.channel_name = await self.channel_layer.new_channel()
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels_redis/pubsub.py", line 18, in _async_proxy
    return await getattr(layer, name)(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels_redis/pubsub.py", line 145, in new_channel
    await self._subscribe_to_channel(channel)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels_redis/pubsub.py", line 124, in _subscribe_to_channel
    await shard.subscribe(channel)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/channels_redis/pubsub.py", line 264, in subscribe
    await self._pubsub.subscribe(channel)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/redis/asyncio/client.py", line 929, in subscribe
    ret_val = await self.execute_command("SUBSCRIBE", *new_channels.keys())
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/redis/asyncio/client.py", line 782, in execute_command
    await self.connect()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/redis/asyncio/client.py", line 792, in connect
    self.connection = await self.connection_pool.get_connection(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/redis/asyncio/connection.py", line 1100, in get_connection
    connection = self.make_connection()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/redis/asyncio/connection.py", line 1140, in make_connection
    return self.connection_class(**self.connection_kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/redis/asyncio/connection.py", line 635, in __init__
    super().__init__(**kwargs)
TypeError: AbstractConnection.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'ssl_cert_reqs'

My CHANNEL_LAYERS setting, for reference:

CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
        "default": {
            "BACKEND": "channels_redis.pubsub.RedisPubSubChannelLayer",
            "CONFIG": {
                "hosts": [
                    {
                        "address": REDIS_URL,
                        "ssl_cert_reqs": None,
                    }
                ],
            },
            "TEST_CONFIG": {
                "expiry": 100500,
                "hosts": [REDIS_URL],
            },
        },
    }

[carltongibson]

What is REDIS_URL? Unless you're using rediss:// you shouldn't pass the SSL kwargs.

[DenizKucukozturk]

I was trying to add "ssl_cert_reqs": None, in my local and it was throwing this error. Now I am only adding it in deployed environments and it is working. Thanks a lot!