Issue 1:
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for similar or identical bug reports.

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for existing proposed fixes.

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Related Issues and Possible Duplicates

Related Issues

#6266

Possible Duplicates

None

Description

Since we migrated to Click, user options are now using Click's API.

Previously, the used argparse's API.

This breaking change was not properly documented.

Suggestions

We should update our extending user guide and use the correct APIs.

Issue 2:
Thanks for maintaining Celery!

I had a hard time getting my CELERY_BROKER_URL to work, and finally realized I had entered an invalid password. This has also been addressed here in the Google group.

The password I had entered was #qahrKscbW#3!HkMJg#jFcyaOR7HtK%j08Jt$yY2.

The problem is that a failed password fails silently, making it very difficult to debug. Would a PR be welcome either to validate passwords so that they don't contain # characters, or to update the documentation with an alert stating that certain characters will not work as a broker password?

Checklist

I have verified that the issue exists against the master branch of Celery.

This has already been asked to the discussion group first.

I have read the relevant section in the

contribution guide

on reporting bugs.

I have checked the issues list

for similar or identical bug reports.

I have checked the pull requests list

for existing proposed fixes.

I have checked the commit log

to find out if the bug was already fixed in the master branch.

I have included all related issues and possible duplicate issues

in this issue (If there are none, check this box anyway).

Mandatory Debugging Information

I have included the output of celery -A proj report in the issue.

(if you are not able to do this, then at least specify the Celery

version affected).

I have verified that the issue exists against the master branch of Celery.

I have included the contents of pip freeze in the issue.

I have included all the versions of all the external dependencies required

to reproduce this bug.

Optional Debugging Information

I have tried reproducing the issue on more than one Python version

and/or implementation.

I have tried reproducing the issue on more than one message broker and/or

result backend.

I have tried reproducing the issue on more than one version of the message

broker and/or result backend.

I have tried reproducing the issue on more than one operating system.

I have tried reproducing the issue on more than one workers pool.

I have tried reproducing the issue with autoscaling, retries,

ETA/Countdown & rate limits disabled.

I have tried reproducing the issue after downgrading

and/or upgrading Celery and its dependencies.

Related Issues and Possible Duplicates

Related Issues

None

Possible Duplicates

None

Environment & Settings

Celery version:

celery report Output:

Steps to Reproduce

Required Dependencies

Minimal Python Version: N/A or Unknown

Minimal Celery Version: N/A or Unknown

Minimal Kombu Version: N/A or Unknown

Minimal Broker Version: N/A or Unknown

Minimal Result Backend Version: N/A or Unknown

Minimal OS and/or Kernel Version: N/A or Unknown

Minimal Broker Client Version: N/A or Unknown

Minimal Result Backend Client Version: N/A or Unknown

Python Packages

pip freeze Output:

Other Dependencies

N/A

Minimally Reproducible Test Case

Expected Behavior

Actual Behavior