diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/util/management/commands/dump_settings.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/util/management/commands/dump_settings.py
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+"""
+Dump the current Django settings to JSON, using special @@PYREF sentinel dicts to represent
+anything that's not a JSON-friendly int/float/bool/dict/list.
+"""
+import inspect
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import timedelta
+from importlib.resources import files
+from path import Path
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+
+SETTING_NAME_REGEX = re.compile(r'^[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*$')
+
+PYREF_NAME_KEY = "@@PYREF"
+PYREF_ARGS_KEY = "@@ARGS"
+PYREF_KWARGS_KEY = "@@KWARGS"
+
+import json
+
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    TODO
+    """
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        TODO
+        """
+        print(json.dumps(_get_settings_dict(settings), indent=4))
+
+
+def _get_settings_dict(settings_object) -> dict[str, object]:
+    """
+    TODO
+    """
+    return {
+        name: _settings_value_to_json(getattr(settings, name))
+        for name in dir(settings)
+        if SETTING_NAME_REGEX.match(name)
+    }
+
+
+def _settings_value_to_json(value: object) -> object:
+    """
+    TODO
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, (type(None), bool, int, float, str)):
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, Path):
+        return _json_pyref("path.Path", str(value), None)
+    if isinstance(value, timedelta):
+        return _json_pyref("datetime.timedelta", None, {
+            "seconds": value.total_seconds(),
+            "microseconds": value.microseconds,
+        })
+    if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+        return [_settings_value_to_json(element) for element in value]
+    if isinstance(value, set):
+        return _json_pyref("set", [sorted(_settings_value_to_json(element) for element in value)], None)
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        for subkey in value.keys():
+            if not isinstance(subkey, (str, int)):
+                raise ValueError(f"Unexpected dict key {subkey} of type {type(subkey)}")
+        return {subkey: _settings_value_to_json(subval) for subkey, subval in value.items()}
+    if proxy_args := getattr(value, "_proxy____args", None):
+        # Handle strings which are wrapped in gettext_lazy
+        if len(proxy_args) == 1:
+            if isinstance(proxy_args[0], str):
+                return _json_pyref("django.contrib.translation.utils.gettext_lazy", [proxy_args[0]], None)
+        raise ValueError(f"Mysterious proxy object arguments: {proxy_args}")
+    if value is sys.stderr:
+        return _json_pyref("sys.stderr", None, None)
+    try:
+        ref_module = value.__module__
+        ref_qualname = value.__qualname__
+    except AttributeError:
+        breakpoint()
+        raise ValueError(f"Cannot handle setting value {value!r} of type {type(value)}")
+    if ref_qualname == "<lambda>":
+        # TODO
+        return _json_pyref("<lambda>", None, {"hint": inspect.getsource(value).strip()})
+    return _json_pyref(f"{ref_module}.{ref_qualname}", None, None)
+
+
+def _json_pyref(qualname: str, args: tuple | None, kwargs: dict | None) -> dict:
+    """
+    """
+    return {
+        PYREF_NAME_KEY: qualname,
+        **({} if args is None else {PYREF_ARGS_KEY: list(args)}),
+        **({} if kwargs is None else {PYREF_KWARGS_KEY: kwargs}),
+    }
+