Just use solid_queue in development

So you won't rip your hair out because async is thread local

Gemfile

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ gem "jbuilder"
 # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production
 # gem "redis", ">= 4.0.1"
 
+gem "solid_cable"
 gem "solid_cache"
 gem "solid_queue"
 

Gemfile.lock

@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ GEM
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 3.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
+    solid_cable (3.0.5)
+      actioncable (>= 7.2)
+      activejob (>= 7.2)
+      activerecord (>= 7.2)
+      railties (>= 7.2)
     solid_cache (1.0.6)
       activejob (>= 7.2)
       activerecord (>= 7.2)
@@ -327,6 +332,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails!
   rubocop-rails-omakase
   selenium-webdriver
+  solid_cable
   solid_cache
   solid_queue
   sqlite3 (>= 1.4)

config/cable.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
+# Async adapter only works within the same process, so for manually triggering cable updates from a console,
+# and seeing results in the browser, you must do so from the web console (running inside the dev process),
+# not a terminal started via bin/rails console! Add "console" to any action or any ERB template view
+# to make the web console appear.
 development:
-  adapter: async
+  adapter: solid_cable
+  connects_to:
+    database:
+      writing: cable
+  polling_interval: 0.1.seconds
+  message_retention: 1.day
 
 test:
   adapter: test
 
 production:
-  adapter: redis
-  url: <%= ENV.fetch("REDIS_URL") { "redis://localhost:6379/1" } %>
-  channel_prefix: family_budget_production
+  adapter: solid_cable
+  connects_to:
+    database:
+      writing: cable
+  polling_interval: 0.1.seconds
+  message_retention: 1.day

config/database.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ development:
     <<: *default
     database: storage/development_queue.sqlite3
     migrations_paths: db/queue_migrate
+  cable:
+    <<: *default
+    database: storage/development_cable.sqlite3
+    migrations_paths: db/cable_migrate
 
 
 # Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
@@ -42,3 +46,7 @@ production:
     <<: *default
     database: storage/production_queue.sqlite3
     migrations_paths: db/queue_migrate
+  cable:
+    <<: *default
+    database: storage/production_cable.sqlite3
+    migrations_paths: db/cable_migrate

db/cable_schema.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 1) do
+  create_table "solid_cable_messages", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.binary "channel", limit: 1024, null: false
+    t.binary "payload", limit: 536870912, null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.integer "channel_hash", limit: 8, null: false
+    t.index ["channel"], name: "index_solid_cable_messages_on_channel"
+    t.index ["channel_hash"], name: "index_solid_cable_messages_on_channel_hash"
+    t.index ["created_at"], name: "index_solid_cable_messages_on_created_at"
+  end
+end