fix: add lazyConnect to Redis client to prevent build-time connection errors

After #5600 merged tasks/websocket into the Next.js process,
`createRedisConnection()` returns `null` because `CI=true` is baked into
the bundle at build time. This causes `TypeError: Cannot read properties
of null` on every `.publish()` / `.get()` call during cron job startup.

- Remove the CI/DISABLE_REDIS_LOGS null guard from createRedisConnection
- Lazy-init all Redis clients to avoid build-time evaluation
- Add a Redis readiness retry loop before starting cron jobs

apps/tasks/src/main.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { handshakeAsync } from "@homarr/redis";
+
+import { waitForRedisAsync } from "./main";
+
+const { mockLogger } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  mockLogger: {
+    info: vi.fn(),
+    warn: vi.fn(),
+    error: vi.fn(),
+    debug: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./overrides", () => ({}));
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs", () => ({
+  createLogger: () => mockLogger,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/redis", () => ({
+  handshakeAsync: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/cron-jobs", () => ({
+  jobGroup: {
+    initializeAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    startAllAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./on-start", () => ({
+  onStartAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+describe("waitForRedisAsync", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  test("succeeds on first attempt", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(handshakeAsync).mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+
+    await waitForRedisAsync();
+
+    expect(handshakeAsync).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(mockLogger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Redis connection established");
+  });
+
+  test("retries on failure then succeeds", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(handshakeAsync)
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("ECONNREFUSED"))
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("ECONNREFUSED"))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+
+    const promise = waitForRedisAsync();
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(500);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(500);
+    await promise;
+
+    expect(handshakeAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(mockLogger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(mockLogger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Redis connection established");
+  });
+
+  test("logs error and proceeds after max retries exhausted", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(handshakeAsync).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ECONNREFUSED"));
+
+    const promise = waitForRedisAsync();
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(500);
+    }
+    await promise;
+
+    expect(handshakeAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(10);
+    expect(mockLogger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Redis did not become ready after retries, proceeding anyway");
+    expect(mockLogger.info).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test("warns with attempt count on each retry", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(handshakeAsync).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("fail")).mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+
+    const promise = waitForRedisAsync();
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(500);
+    await promise;
+
+    expect(mockLogger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Redis not ready, retrying (1/10)...");
+  });
+
+  test("does not retry after success", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(handshakeAsync).mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+
+    await waitForRedisAsync();
+
+    expect(handshakeAsync).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(mockLogger.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockLogger.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

apps/tasks/src/main.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
 // This import has to be the first import in the file so that the agent is overridden before any other modules are imported.
 import "./overrides";
 
+import { createLogger } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs";
 import { jobGroup } from "@homarr/cron-jobs";
+import { handshakeAsync } from "@homarr/redis";
 
 import { onStartAsync } from "./on-start";
 
+const logger = createLogger({ module: "tasks" });
+
+const MAX_RETRIES = 10;
+const RETRY_DELAY_MS = 500;
+
+export const waitForRedisAsync = async () => {
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= MAX_RETRIES; attempt++) {
+    try {
+      await handshakeAsync();
+      logger.info("Redis connection established");
+      return;
+    } catch {
+      logger.warn(`Redis not ready, retrying (${attempt}/${MAX_RETRIES})...`);
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, RETRY_DELAY_MS));
+    }
+  }
+  logger.error("Redis did not become ready after retries, proceeding anyway");
+};
+
 void (async () => {
+  await waitForRedisAsync();
   await onStartAsync();
   await jobGroup.initializeAsync();
   await jobGroup.startAllAsync();

packages/core/src/infrastructure/redis/client.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { redisEnv } from "./env";
 
 const defaultRedisOptions = {
   connectionName: "homarr",
+  lazyConnect: true,
 } satisfies RedisOptions;
 
 export type { Redis as RedisClient } from "ioredis";

packages/redis/src/lib/channel-subscription-tracker.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { ChannelSubscriptionTracker } from "./channel-subscription-tracker";
+import { createRedisConnection } from "./connection";
+
+const mockRedisClient = {
+  subscribe: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("OK"),
+  unsubscribe: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("OK"),
+  on: vi.fn(),
+};
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs", () => ({
+  createLogger: () => ({ debug: vi.fn(), warn: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./connection", () => ({
+  createRedisConnection: vi.fn(() => mockRedisClient),
+}));
+
+describe("ChannelSubscriptionTracker", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    // Reset static state between tests
+    // @ts-expect-error accessing private static for test reset
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscriptions = new Map();
+    // @ts-expect-error accessing private static for test reset
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker._redis = undefined;
+    // @ts-expect-error accessing private static for test reset
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.listenerActive = false;
+  });
+
+  test("redis client is lazily created on first subscribe", () => {
+    vi.mocked(createRedisConnection).mockClear();
+
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("channel-1", vi.fn());
+
+    expect(createRedisConnection).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  test("redis client is reused across multiple subscribes", () => {
+    vi.mocked(createRedisConnection).mockClear();
+
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("channel-1", vi.fn());
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("channel-2", vi.fn());
+
+    expect(createRedisConnection).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  test("subscribes to redis channel on first callback for a channel", () => {
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("test-channel", vi.fn());
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.subscribe).toHaveBeenCalledWith("test-channel");
+  });
+
+  test("does not re-subscribe when adding second callback to same channel", () => {
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("test-channel", vi.fn());
+    mockRedisClient.subscribe.mockClear();
+
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("test-channel", vi.fn());
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.subscribe).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test("unsubscribe function removes the callback", () => {
+    const unsubscribe = ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("test-channel", vi.fn());
+
+    unsubscribe();
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.unsubscribe).toHaveBeenCalledWith("test-channel");
+  });
+
+  test("does not unsubscribe from redis if other callbacks remain", () => {
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("test-channel", vi.fn());
+    const unsubscribe = ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("test-channel", vi.fn());
+
+    unsubscribe();
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.unsubscribe).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test("activates message listener only once", () => {
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("ch-1", vi.fn());
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("ch-2", vi.fn());
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.on).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRedisClient.on).toHaveBeenCalledWith("message", expect.any(Function));
+  });
+
+  test("message listener dispatches to correct channel callbacks", () => {
+    const callback1 = vi.fn();
+    const callback2 = vi.fn();
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("channel-a", callback1);
+    ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe("channel-b", callback2);
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
+    const messageHandler = mockRedisClient.on.mock.calls[0]![1] as (channel: string, message: string) => void;
+    messageHandler("channel-a", "test-message");
+
+    expect(callback1).toHaveBeenCalledWith("test-message");
+    expect(callback2).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

packages/redis/src/lib/channel-subscription-tracker.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
 
 import type { MaybePromise } from "@homarr/common/types";
 import { createLogger } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs";
+import type { RedisClient } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/redis";
 
 import { createRedisConnection } from "./connection";
 
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@ type SubscriptionCallback = (message: string) => MaybePromise<void>;
  */
 export class ChannelSubscriptionTracker {
   private static subscriptions = new Map<string, Map<string, SubscriptionCallback>>();
-  private static redis = createRedisConnection();
+  private static _redis: RedisClient | undefined;
+  private static get redis() {
+    return (this._redis ??= createRedisConnection());
+  }
   private static listenerActive = false;
 
   /**

packages/redis/src/lib/channel.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  createCacheChannel,
+  createGetSetChannel,
+  createListChannel,
+  createSubPubChannel,
+  handshakeAsync,
+} from "./channel";
+import { createRedisConnection } from "./connection";
+
+const mockRedisClient = {
+  get: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+  set: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("OK"),
+  del: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(1),
+  publish: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(1),
+  lrange: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  lrem: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(0),
+  lpush: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(1),
+  ltrim: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("OK"),
+  llen: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(0),
+  hello: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+  subscribe: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("OK"),
+  on: vi.fn(),
+};
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs", () => ({
+  createLogger: () => ({ debug: vi.fn(), warn: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn(), info: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./connection", () => ({
+  createRedisConnection: vi.fn(() => mockRedisClient),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./channel-subscription-tracker", () => ({
+  ChannelSubscriptionTracker: {
+    subscribe: vi.fn(() => vi.fn()),
+  },
+}));
+
+describe("channel lazy initialization", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.mocked(createRedisConnection).mockClear();
+  });
+
+  test("getSetClient is lazily created on first channel operation", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(createRedisConnection).mockClear();
+
+    const channel = createGetSetChannel<string>("test-lazy");
+    expect(createRedisConnection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    await channel.getAsync();
+
+    expect(createRedisConnection).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test("publisher is lazily created on first publish", async () => {
+    const channel = createSubPubChannel<string>("test-pub", { persist: false });
+
+    const callsBefore = vi.mocked(createRedisConnection).mock.calls.length;
+    await channel.publishAsync("hello");
+
+    expect(vi.mocked(createRedisConnection).mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(callsBefore);
+  });
+
+  test("handshakeAsync creates a client and calls hello", async () => {
+    await handshakeAsync();
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.hello).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createSubPubChannel", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  test("publishAsync persists data and publishes", async () => {
+    const channel = createSubPubChannel<{ value: number }>("test-channel");
+
+    await channel.publishAsync({ value: 42 });
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.set).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(mockRedisClient.publish).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  test("publishAsync with persist:false skips set", async () => {
+    const channel = createSubPubChannel<string>("no-persist", { persist: false });
+
+    await channel.publishAsync("data");
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockRedisClient.publish).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  test("getLastDataAsync returns null when no data", async () => {
+    const channel = createSubPubChannel<string>("empty");
+
+    const result = await channel.getLastDataAsync();
+
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createListChannel", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  test("addAsync pushes to list", async () => {
+    const channel = createListChannel<string>("test-list");
+
+    await channel.addAsync("item1");
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.lpush).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  test("clearAsync deletes the list", async () => {
+    const channel = createListChannel<string>("test-list");
+
+    await channel.clearAsync();
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.del).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createCacheChannel", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  test("invalidateAsync deletes the cache key", async () => {
+    const channel = createCacheChannel<string>("test-cache");
+
+    await channel.invalidateAsync();
+
+    expect(mockRedisClient.del).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache:test-cache");
+  });
+
+  test("getAsync returns null when no cached data", async () => {
+    const channel = createCacheChannel<string>("test-cache");
+
+    const result = await channel.getAsync();
+
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+});

packages/redis/src/lib/channel.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import superjson from "superjson";
 
 import { createId, hashObjectBase64 } from "@homarr/common";
 import { createLogger } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs";
+import type { RedisClient } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/redis";
 import type { WidgetKind } from "@homarr/definitions";
 
 import { ChannelSubscriptionTracker } from "./channel-subscription-tracker";
@@ -9,8 +10,11 @@ import { createRedisConnection } from "./connection";
 
 const logger = createLogger({ module: "redisChannel" });
 
-const publisher = createRedisConnection();
-const lastDataClient = createRedisConnection();
+let _publisher: RedisClient | undefined;
+const getPublisher = () => (_publisher ??= createRedisConnection());
+
+let _lastDataClient: RedisClient | undefined;
+const getLastDataClient = () => (_lastDataClient ??= createRedisConnection());
 
 /**
  * Creates a new pub/sub channel.
@@ -27,34 +31,33 @@ export const createSubPubChannel = <TData>(name: string, { persist }: { persist:
      */
     subscribe: (callback: (data: TData) => void) => {
       if (persist) {
-        void lastDataClient.get(lastChannelName).then((data) => {
-          if (data) {
-            callback(superjson.parse(data));
-          }
-        });
+        void getLastDataClient()
+          .get(lastChannelName)
+          .then((data) => {
+            if (data) {
+              callback(superjson.parse(data));
+            }
+          });
       }
       return ChannelSubscriptionTracker.subscribe(channelName, (message) => {
         callback(superjson.parse(message));
       });
     },
-    /**
-     * Publish data to the channel with last data saved.
-     * @param data data to be published
-     */
     publishAsync: async (data: TData) => {
       if (persist) {
-        await lastDataClient.set(lastChannelName, superjson.stringify(data));
+        await getLastDataClient().set(lastChannelName, superjson.stringify(data));
       }
-      await publisher.publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
+      await getPublisher().publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
     },
     getLastDataAsync: async () => {
-      const data = await lastDataClient.get(lastChannelName);
+      const data = await getLastDataClient().get(lastChannelName);
       return data ? superjson.parse<TData>(data) : null;
     },
   };
 };
 
-const getSetClient = createRedisConnection();
+let _getSetClient: RedisClient | undefined;
+const getSetClient = () => (_getSetClient ??= createRedisConnection());
 
 /**
  * Creates a new redis channel for a list
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ export const createListChannel = <TItem>(name: string) => {
      * @returns an array of all items
      */
     getAllAsync: async () => {
-      const items = await getSetClient.lrange(listChannelName, 0, -1);
+      const items = await getSetClient().lrange(listChannelName, 0, -1);
       return items.map((item) => superjson.parse<TItem>(item));
     },
     /**
@@ -77,20 +80,20 @@ export const createListChannel = <TItem>(name: string) => {
      * @param item item to remove
      */
     removeAsync: async (item: TItem) => {
-      await getSetClient.lrem(listChannelName, 0, superjson.stringify(item));
+      await getSetClient().lrem(listChannelName, 0, superjson.stringify(item));
     },
     /**
      * Clear all items from the channels list
      */
     clearAsync: async () => {
-      await getSetClient.del(listChannelName);
+      await getSetClient().del(listChannelName);
     },
     /**
      * Add an item to the channels list
      * @param item item to add
      */
     addAsync: async (item: TItem) => {
-      await getSetClient.lpush(listChannelName, superjson.stringify(item));
+      await getSetClient().lpush(listChannelName, superjson.stringify(item));
     },
   };
 };
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ export const createGetSetChannel = <TData>(name: string) => {
      * @returns data or null if not found
      */
     getAsync: async () => {
-      const data = await getSetClient.get(name);
+      const data = await getSetClient().get(name);
       return data ? superjson.parse<TData>(data) : null;
     },
     /**
@@ -114,13 +117,13 @@ export const createGetSetChannel = <TData>(name: string) => {
      * @param data data to be stored in the channel
      */
     setAsync: async (data: TData) => {
-      await getSetClient.set(name, superjson.stringify(data));
+      await getSetClient().set(name, superjson.stringify(data));
     },
     /**
      * Remove data from the channel
      */
     removeAsync: async () => {
-      await getSetClient.del(name);
+      await getSetClient().del(name);
     },
   };
 };
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ export const createCacheChannel = <TData>(name: string, cacheDurationMs: number
      * @returns data or null if not found or expired
      */
     getAsync: async () => {
-      const data = await getSetClient.get(cacheChannelName);
+      const data = await getSetClient().get(cacheChannelName);
       if (!data) return null;
 
       const parsedData = superjson.parse<{ data: TData; timestamp: Date }>(data);
@@ -156,13 +159,13 @@ export const createCacheChannel = <TData>(name: string, cacheDurationMs: number
      * @returns data or new data if not present or expired
      */
     consumeAsync: async (callback: () => Promise<TData>) => {
-      const data = await getSetClient.get(cacheChannelName);
+      const data = await getSetClient().get(cacheChannelName);
 
       const getNewDataAsync = async () => {
         logger.debug(`Cache miss for channel '${cacheChannelName}'`);
         const newData = await callback();
         const result = { data: newData, timestamp: new Date() };
-        await getSetClient.set(cacheChannelName, superjson.stringify(result));
+        await getSetClient().set(cacheChannelName, superjson.stringify(result));
         logger.debug(`Cache updated for channel '${cacheChannelName}'`);
         return result;
       };
@@ -187,14 +190,14 @@ export const createCacheChannel = <TData>(name: string, cacheDurationMs: number
      * Invalidate the cache channels data.
      */
     invalidateAsync: async () => {
-      await getSetClient.del(cacheChannelName);
+      await getSetClient().del(cacheChannelName);
     },
     /**
      * Set the data in the cache channel.
      * @param data data to be stored in the cache channel
      */
     setAsync: async (data: TData) => {
-      await getSetClient.set(cacheChannelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
+      await getSetClient().set(cacheChannelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
     },
   };
 };
@@ -236,12 +239,12 @@ export const createChannelEventHistory = <TData>(channelName: string, maxElement
       });
     },
     pushAsync: async (data: TData, options = { publish: false }) => {
-      if (options.publish) await publisher.publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
-      await getSetClient.lpush(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
-      await getSetClient.ltrim(channelName, 0, maxElements);
+      if (options.publish) await getPublisher().publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
+      await getSetClient().lpush(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
+      await getSetClient().ltrim(channelName, 0, maxElements);
     },
     clearAsync: async () => {
-      await getSetClient.del(channelName);
+      await getSetClient().del(channelName);
     },
     /**
      * Returns a slice of the available data in the channel.
@@ -250,17 +253,17 @@ export const createChannelEventHistory = <TData>(channelName: string, maxElement
      * @param endIndex End index of the slice, negative values are counted from the end, defaults at end of range.
      */
     getSliceAsync: async (startIndex = 0, endIndex = -1) => {
-      const range = await getSetClient.lrange(channelName, startIndex, endIndex);
+      const range = await getSetClient().lrange(channelName, startIndex, endIndex);
       return range.map((item) => superjson.parse<{ data: TData; timestamp: Date }>(item));
     },
     getSliceUntilTimeAsync: async (time: Date) => {
-      const itemsInCollection = await getSetClient.lrange(channelName, 0, -1);
+      const itemsInCollection = await getSetClient().lrange(channelName, 0, -1);
       return itemsInCollection
         .map((item) => superjson.parse<{ data: TData; timestamp: Date }>(item))
         .filter((item) => item.timestamp < time);
     },
     getLengthAsync: async () => {
-      return await getSetClient.llen(channelName);
+      return await getSetClient().llen(channelName);
     },
     name: channelName,
   };
@@ -271,11 +274,11 @@ export const createChannelEventHistory = <TData>(channelName: string, maxElement
  */
 export const createChannelEventHistoryOld = <TData>(channelName: string, maxElements = 15) => {
   const popElementsOverMaxAsync = async () => {
-    const length = await getSetClient.llen(channelName);
+    const length = await getSetClient().llen(channelName);
     if (length <= maxElements) {
       return;
     }
-    await getSetClient.ltrim(channelName, 0, maxElements - 1);
+    await getSetClient().ltrim(channelName, 0, maxElements - 1);
   };
 
   return {
@@ -285,33 +288,33 @@ export const createChannelEventHistoryOld = <TData>(channelName: string, maxElem
       });
     },
     publishAndPushAsync: async (data: TData) => {
-      await publisher.publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
-      await getSetClient.lpush(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
+      await getPublisher().publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
+      await getSetClient().lpush(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
       await popElementsOverMaxAsync();
     },
     pushAsync: async (data: TData) => {
-      await getSetClient.lpush(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
+      await getSetClient().lpush(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
       await popElementsOverMaxAsync();
     },
     clearAsync: async () => {
-      await getSetClient.del(channelName);
+      await getSetClient().del(channelName);
     },
     getLastAsync: async () => {
-      const length = await getSetClient.llen(channelName);
-      const data = await getSetClient.lrange(channelName, length - 1, length);
+      const length = await getSetClient().llen(channelName);
+      const data = await getSetClient().lrange(channelName, length - 1, length);
       if (data.length !== 1) return null;
 
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
       return superjson.parse<{ data: TData; timestamp: Date }>(data[0]!);
     },
     getSliceAsync: async (startIndex: number, endIndex: number) => {
-      const range = await getSetClient.lrange(channelName, startIndex, endIndex);
+      const range = await getSetClient().lrange(channelName, startIndex, endIndex);
       return range.map((item) => superjson.parse<{ data: TData; timestamp: Date }>(item));
     },
     getSliceUntilTimeAsync: async (time: Date) => {
-      const length = await getSetClient.llen(channelName);
+      const length = await getSetClient().llen(channelName);
       const items: TData[] = [];
-      const itemsInCollection = await getSetClient.lrange(channelName, 0, length - 1);
+      const itemsInCollection = await getSetClient().lrange(channelName, 0, length - 1);
 
       for (let i = 0; i < length - 1; i++) {
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
@@ -324,7 +327,7 @@ export const createChannelEventHistoryOld = <TData>(channelName: string, maxElem
       return items;
     },
     getLengthAsync: async () => {
-      return await getSetClient.llen(channelName);
+      return await getSetClient().llen(channelName);
     },
     name: channelName,
   };
@@ -338,14 +341,14 @@ export const createChannelWithLatestAndEvents = <TData>(channelName: string) =>
       });
     },
     publishAndUpdateLastStateAsync: async (data: TData) => {
-      await publisher.publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
-      await getSetClient.set(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
+      await getPublisher().publish(channelName, superjson.stringify(data));
+      await getSetClient().set(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
     },
     setAsync: async (data: TData) => {
-      await getSetClient.set(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
+      await getSetClient().set(channelName, superjson.stringify({ data, timestamp: new Date() }));
     },
     getAsync: async () => {
-      const data = await getSetClient.get(channelName);
+      const data = await getSetClient().get(channelName);
       if (!data) return null;
 
       return superjson.parse<{ data: TData; timestamp: Date }>(data);
@@ -354,7 +357,8 @@ export const createChannelWithLatestAndEvents = <TData>(channelName: string) =>
   };
 };
 
-const queueClient = createRedisConnection();
+let _queueClient: RedisClient | undefined;
+const getQueueClient = () => (_queueClient ??= createRedisConnection());
 
 type WithId<TItem> = TItem & { _id: string };
 
@@ -366,11 +370,11 @@ type WithId<TItem> = TItem & { _id: string };
 export const createQueueChannel = <TItem>(name: string) => {
   const queueChannelName = `queue:${name}`;
   const getDataAsync = async () => {
-    const data = await queueClient.get(queueChannelName);
+    const data = await getQueueClient().get(queueChannelName);
     return data ? superjson.parse<WithId<TItem>[]>(data) : [];
   };
   const setDataAsync = async (data: WithId<TItem>[]) => {
-    await queueClient.set(queueChannelName, superjson.stringify(data));
+    await getQueueClient().set(queueChannelName, superjson.stringify(data));
   };
 
   return {
@@ -417,5 +421,5 @@ export const createQueueChannel = <TItem>(name: string) => {
 };
 
 export const handshakeAsync = async () => {
-  await getSetClient.hello();
+  await getSetClient().hello();
 };

packages/redis/src/lib/connection.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { createRedisClient } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/redis";
+
+import { createRedisConnection } from "./connection";
+
+const mockRedisInstance = { ping: vi.fn() };
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/redis", () => ({
+  createRedisClient: vi.fn(() => mockRedisInstance),
+}));
+
+describe("createRedisConnection", () => {
+  test("returns a redis client regardless of CI env", () => {
+    const original = process.env.CI;
+    process.env.CI = "true";
+
+    const client = createRedisConnection();
+
+    expect(client).toBe(mockRedisInstance);
+    expect(client).not.toBeNull();
+
+    process.env.CI = original;
+  });
+
+  test("returns a redis client when DISABLE_REDIS_LOGS is set", () => {
+    const original = process.env.DISABLE_REDIS_LOGS;
+    process.env.DISABLE_REDIS_LOGS = "true";
+
+    const client = createRedisConnection();
+
+    expect(client).toBe(mockRedisInstance);
+    expect(client).not.toBeNull();
+
+    process.env.DISABLE_REDIS_LOGS = original;
+  });
+
+  test("always delegates to createRedisClient", () => {
+    vi.mocked(createRedisClient).mockClear();
+
+    createRedisConnection();
+
+    expect(createRedisClient).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});

packages/redis/src/lib/connection.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-import type { RedisClient } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/redis";
 import { createRedisClient } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/redis";
 
-/**
- * Creates a new Redis connection
- * @returns redis client
- */
-export const createRedisConnection = () => {
-  if (Boolean(process.env.CI) || Boolean(process.env.DISABLE_REDIS_LOGS)) {
-    // Return null if we are in CI as we don't want to connect to Redis
-    return null as unknown as RedisClient;
-  }
-
-  return createRedisClient();
-};
+export const createRedisConnection = () => createRedisClient();