feat: Implement a new notifications application, add admin API views for dashboard metrics, introduce scheduled tasks, and update API routing and project configurations.

backend/config/celery.py

@@ -66,6 +66,31 @@ app.conf.update(
             "task": "rides.check_overdue_closings",
             "schedule": 86400.0,  # Daily at midnight
         },
+        # ====== New scheduled tasks ======
+        "process-scheduled-deletions": {
+            "task": "core.process_scheduled_deletions",
+            "schedule": 86400.0,  # Daily
+        },
+        "process-closing-entities": {
+            "task": "core.process_closing_entities",
+            "schedule": 86400.0,  # Daily
+        },
+        "process-expired-bans": {
+            "task": "core.process_expired_bans",
+            "schedule": 3600.0,  # Hourly
+        },
+        "cleanup-orphaned-images": {
+            "task": "core.cleanup_orphaned_images",
+            "schedule": 604800.0,  # Weekly
+        },
+        "cleanup-old-versions": {
+            "task": "core.cleanup_old_versions",
+            "schedule": 2592000.0,  # Monthly (30 days)
+        },
+        "data-retention-cleanup": {
+            "task": "core.data_retention_cleanup",
+            "schedule": 86400.0,  # Daily
+        },
     },
     # Task result settings
     result_expires=3600,  # 1 hour

backend/config/django/base.py

@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ THIRD_PARTY_APPS = [
     "rest_framework.authtoken",
     "rest_framework_simplejwt",  # JWT authentication
     "rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist",  # JWT token blacklist
-    "dj_rest_auth",  # REST authentication with JWT support
-    "dj_rest_auth.registration",  # REST registration support
+    # Note: dj_rest_auth removed - using custom auth views in apps.api.v1.auth
     "drf_spectacular",  # OpenAPI 3.0 documentation
     "corsheaders",  # CORS headers for API
     "pghistory",  # django-pghistory
@@ -102,6 +101,8 @@ THIRD_PARTY_APPS = [
     "django_celery_beat",  # Celery beat scheduler
     "django_celery_results",  # Celery result backend
     "django_extensions",  # Django Extensions for enhanced development tools
+    # Note: django-notifications-hq is installed but not in INSTALLED_APPS
+    # to avoid app label conflict. We use a custom implementation instead.
 ]
 
 LOCAL_APPS = [
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ LOCAL_APPS = [
     "apps.media",
     "apps.blog",
     "apps.support",
+    "apps.notifications",  # Notification service
 ]
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = DJANGO_APPS + THIRD_PARTY_APPS + LOCAL_APPS

backend/config/settings/third_party.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ACCOUNT_LOGIN_METHODS = {"email", "username"}
 
 # Email verification settings
 ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = config("ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION", default="mandatory")
-ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
+# Note: ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED is handled by ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_FIELDS above (email* = required)
 ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION_SUPPORTS_CHANGE = True
 ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION_SUPPORTS_RESEND = True