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+"""
+Gunicorn configuration for StudSpider webhook server
+Production-ready settings for running with nginx reverse proxy
+"""
+
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+
+# Server socket
+bind = "127.0.0.1:7433"  # nginx will proxy to this
+backlog = 2048
+
+# Worker processes
+workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 2 + 1  # Recommended formula
+worker_class = "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker"  # Async worker for FastAPI
+worker_connections = 1000
+max_requests = 1000  # Restart workers after this many requests
+max_requests_jitter = 50  # Add randomness to prevent all workers restarting at once
+
+# Timeouts
+timeout = 30  # Workers silent for more than this are killed
+keepalive = 2  # Wait this long for requests on Keep-Alive connections
+
+# Logging
+accesslog = "./logs/webhook_access.log"
+errorlog = "./logs/webhook_error.log"
+loglevel = "info"
+access_log_format = '%(h)s %(l)s %(u)s %(t)s "%(r)s" %(s)s %(b)s "%(f)s" "%(a)s" %(D)s'
+
+# Process naming
+proc_name = "studspider-webhook"
+
+# Server mechanics
+daemon = False  # Run in foreground (systemd will handle daemonization)
+pidfile = "./logs/webhook.pid"
+umask = 0
+user = None  # Run as current user (systemd will set user)
+group = None
+tmp_upload_dir = None
+
+# SSL (not needed with nginx, but here for reference)
+# keyfile = None
+# certfile = None
+
+# Security
+limit_request_line = 4096
+limit_request_fields = 100
+limit_request_field_size = 8190
+
+# Debugging (disable in production)
+reload = os.getenv("GUNICORN_RELOAD", "false").lower() == "true"
+reload_engine = "auto"
+
+
+# Hooks
+def on_starting(server):
+    """Called just before the master process is initialized."""
+    print("🚀 StudSpider Webhook Server starting...")
+
+
+def on_reload(server):
+    """Called to recycle workers during a reload via SIGHUP."""
+    print("🔄 Reloading workers...")
+
+
+def when_ready(server):
+    """Called just after the server is started."""
+    print(f"✅ Server ready on {bind}")
+    print(f"📊 Workers: {workers}")
+    print(f"🔧 Worker class: {worker_class}")
+
+
+def worker_int(worker):
+    """Called just after a worker exited on SIGINT or SIGQUIT."""
+    print(f"⚠️  Worker {worker.pid} received INT or QUIT signal")
+
+
+def worker_abort(worker):
+    """Called when a worker received the SIGABRT signal."""
+    print(f"❌ Worker {worker.pid} aborted")