As noted in the whatsnew-2.5 guide, the setting should be enabled by default.
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ Decides if publishing task messages will be retried in the case
of connection loss or other connection errors.
See also :setting:`CELERY_TASK_PUBLISH_RETRY_POLICY`.
-Disabled by default.
+Enabled by default.
.. setting:: CELERY_TASK_PUBLISH_RETRY_POLICY