celery 5.3.0rc1

v5.3.0rc1

on Python PyPI

We are pleased to present the first release candidate for Celery 5.3 (5.3.0rc1)!
This release signifies a significant step towards enhancing the quality and stability of Celery.

Key Highlights:

• Quality Improvements and Stability Enhancements: Celery 5.3 focuses on elevating the overall quality and stability of the project. We have dedicated significant efforts to address various bugs, enhance performance, and make improvements based on valuable user feedback.
• Better Compatibility and Upgrade Confidence: Our goal with Celery 5.3 is to instill confidence in users who are currently using Celery 4 or older versions. We want to assure you that upgrading to Celery 5.3 will provide a more robust and reliable experience.

Known Issues:

• Canvas stamping has issues in a hybrid Celery 4.x.x & Celery 5.3.x environment and is not safe for production use at the moment.

What's Changed

• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #8079
• fix functiom name by @cuishuang in #8087
• Update CELERY_TASK_EAGER setting in user guide by @thebalaa in #8085
• Stamping documentation fixes & cleanups by @Nusnus in #8092
• switch to maintained pyro5 by @auvipy in #8093
• udate dependencies of tests by @auvipy in #8095
• cryptography==39.0.1 by @auvipy in #8096
• Annotate celery/security/certificate.py by @Kludex in #7398
• Deprecate parse_iso8601 in favor of fromisoformat by @stumpylog in #8098
• pytest==7.2.2 by @auvipy in #8106
• Type annotations for celery/utils/text.py by @max-muoto in #8107
• Update web framework URLs by @sblondon in #8112
• Fix contribution URL by @sblondon in #8111
• Trying to clarify CERT_REQUIRED by @pamelafox in #8113
• Fix potential AttributeError on 'stamps' by @Darkheir in #8115
• Type annotations for celery/apps/beat.py by @max-muoto in #8108
• Fixed bug where retrying a task loses its stamps by @Nusnus in #8120
• Type hints for celery/schedules.py by @max-muoto in #8114
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #8122
• Reference Gopher Celery in README by @marselester in #8131
• Update sqlalchemy.txt by @auvipy in #8136
• azure-storage-blob 12.15.0 by @auvipy in #8137
• test kombu 5.3.0b3 by @auvipy in #8138
• fix: add expire string parse. by @Bidaya0 in #8134
• Fix worker crash on un-pickleable exceptions by @youtux in #8133
• CLI help output: avoid text rewrapping by click by @woutdenolf in #8152
• Warn when an unnamed periodic task override another one. by @iurisilvio in #8143
• Fix Task.handle_ignore not wrapping exceptions properly by @youtux in #8149
• Hotfix for (#8120) - Stamping bug with retry by @Nusnus in #8158
• Fix integration test by @youtux in #8156
• Fixed bug in revoke_by_stamped_headers where impl did not match doc by @Nusnus in #8162
• Align revoke and revoke_by_stamped_headers return values (terminate=True) by @Nusnus in #8163
• Update & simplify GHA pip caching by @stumpylog in #8164
• Update auth.txt by @auvipy in #8167
• Update test.txt versions by @auvipy in #8173
• remove extra = from test.txt by @auvipy in #8179
• Update sqs.txt kombu[sqs]>=5.3.0b3 by @auvipy in #8174
• Added signal triggered before fork by @jaroslawporada in #8177
• Update documentation on SQLAlchemy by @max-muoto in #8188
• Deprecate pytz and use zoneinfo by @max-muoto in #8159
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #8191
• Update dev.txt by @auvipy in #8192
• Update test.txt by @auvipy in #8193
• Update test-integration.txt by @auvipy in #8194
• Update zstd.txt by @auvipy in #8195
• Update s3.txt by @auvipy in #8196
• Update msgpack.txt by @auvipy in #8199
• Update solar.txt by @auvipy in #8198
• Add Semgrep to CI by @Nusnus in #8201
• Added semgrep to README.rst by @Nusnus in #8202
• Update django.txt by @auvipy in #8197
• Update redis.txt 4.3.6 by @auvipy in #8161
• start removing codecov from pypi by @auvipy in #8206
• Update test.txt dependencies by @auvipy in #8205
• Improved doc for: worker_deduplicate_successful_tasks by @Nusnus in #8209
• Renamed revoked_headers to revoked_stamps by @Nusnus in #8210
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #8223
• Ensure argument for map is JSON serializable by @candleindark in #8229
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #8239

New Contributors

• @cuishuang made their first contribution in #8087
• @thebalaa made their first contribution in #8085
• @stumpylog made their first contribution in #8098
• @max-muoto made their first contribution in #8107
• @sblondon made their first contribution in #8112
• @pamelafox made their first contribution in #8113
• @marselester made their first contribution in #8131
• @Bidaya0 made their first contribution in #8134
• @youtux made their first contribution in #8133
• @iurisilvio made their first contribution in #8143
• @jaroslawporada made their first contribution in #8177
• @candleindark made their first contribution in #8229

Full Changelog: v5.3.0b2...v5.3.0rc1