Wording was totally off in the "hanging" issue FAQ, The RabbitMQ server is

certainly not hanging. I'm blaming it on my favorite coffee place which was
closed this morning :(

FAQ

@@ -28,16 +28,11 @@ celeryd is not doing anything, just hanging
 Why is Task.delay/apply\*/celeryd just hanging?
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-**Answer:** RabbitMQ hangs if it isn't able to authenticate the current user,
-the password doesn't match or the user does not have access to the vhost
-specified.  Be sure to check your RabbitMQ logs
-(``/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit.log`` on most systems), it usually contains a
-message describing the reason.
-
-This will be fixed in the RabbitMQ 1.7 release.
-
-For more information see the relevant thread on the rabbitmq-discuss mailing
-list: http://bit.ly/iTTbD
+**Answer:** Some AMQP clients can stop hanging if it isn't able to
+authenticate the current user, the password doesn't match or the user does
+not have access to the virtual host specified. Be sure to check your broker
+logs (for RabbitMQ that is ``/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit.log`` on most systems),
+it usually contains a message describing the reason.
 
 Why won't celeryd run on FreeBSD?
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