a ton of fun happened, refactored alot

plugins/utility/celery.py

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+# plugins/utility/celery.py
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+# 1) Create Celery instance at import time so tasks can import celery_app
+#    Include your plugin's tasks module and leave room to add more as you go.
+celery_app = Celery(
+    __name__,
+    include=[
+        'plugins.utility.tasks',
+        # 'plugins.backup.tasks',
+        # 'plugins.cleanup.tasks',
+        # …add other plugin.task modules here
+    ]
+)
+
+def init_celery(app):
+    """
+    Configure the global celery_app with Flask settings and
+    ensure tasks run inside the Flask application context.
+    """
+    # Pull broker/backend from Flask config
+    celery_app.conf.broker_url = app.config['CELERY_BROKER_URL']
+    celery_app.conf.result_backend = app.config.get(
+        'CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND',
+        app.config['CELERY_BROKER_URL']
+    )
+    celery_app.conf.update(app.config)
+
+    # Wrap all tasks in Flask app context
+    TaskBase = celery_app.Task
+    class ContextTask(TaskBase):
+        def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            with app.app_context():
+                return super().__call__(*args, **kwargs)
+    celery_app.Task = ContextTask
+
+    # And auto-discover any other tasks modules you add under the plugins/ namespace
+    celery_app.autodiscover_tasks([
+        'plugins.utility',
+        # 'plugins.backup',
+        # 'plugins.cleanup',
+        # …your other plugins here
+    ], force=True)
+
+    return celery_app