feat: Implement core support ticket system backend and WebSocket notifications

smoothschedule/config/asgi.py

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+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+# Fetch Django's ASGI application early to ensure the AppRegistry is populated
+# before importing code that may import ORM models.
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.local") # Use local settings for ASGI
+django_asgi_app = get_asgi_application()
+
+from channels.auth import AuthMiddlewareStack
+from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter, URLRouter
+
+from smoothschedule.tickets import routing as tickets_routing # Assuming we'll have tickets routing
+
+
+application = ProtocolTypeRouter(
+    {
+        "http": django_asgi_app,
+        # Just HTTP for now. (We can add other protocols later.)
+        "websocket": AuthMiddlewareStack(
+            URLRouter(
+                tickets_routing.websocket_urlpatterns # Include ticket-specific WebSocket routes
+            )
+        ),
+    }
+)