Database-backed Periodic Tasks Files

This release adds support for Django v5.0 and Python 3.12.

What's Changed

• Avoid crash when can not get human readable description by @nijel in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/648
• Update codeql-analysis.yml by @auvipy in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/653
• Fix CI: Change assert self.app.timezone.zone to assert self.app.timezone.key by @stasfilin in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/664
• drop django 4.0 from CI to avoid security issues by @auvipy in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/662
• Fix Issue [#388]: Celery Beat scheduled tasks may be executed repeatedly by @BaiJiangJie in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/660
• Update README.rst by @math-a3k in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/670
• Update runtime.txt to include Django 5.0 by @auvipy in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/681
• Replace case.patching fixture with mockeypatch + MagicMock by @foarsitter in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/692
• Update README.rst - Crontab effect description by @AlexanderNeilson in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/689
• Update supported Python & Django version in setup.py by @auvipy in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/672
• Add Python 3.12 to test matrix and add classifier by @foarsitter in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/690
• Django v5.0: django.utils.timezone.utc alias --> datetime.timezone.utc by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/703
• Upgrade GitHub Actions and PyPy 3.10 and Django 5.0 by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/699
• Testing Django v5.0 on pypy-3.10-v7.3.14 passes by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/705
• Prepare for release v2.6.0 to support Py3.12 and Dj5.0 by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/712
• GitHub Actions: Do not hardcode an out-of-date version of PyPy by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/715
• Use the same order in the admin as in the cron schedule expression by @kviktor in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/716
• Upgrade pip and GitHub Actions dependencies with dependabot by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/721
• Bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/722
• Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/723
• Update pytest requirement from <8.0,>=6.2.5 to >=6.2.5,<9.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/724
• Remove requirements/test-djangoXY.txt by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/728
• Remove code for unsupported django.VERSION < (3, 2) by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/729
• added sphinxcontrib-django to extensions by @mfosterw in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/736
• Update Changelog for v2.6.0 by @cclauss in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/739

New Contributors

• @stasfilin made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/664
• @BaiJiangJie made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/660
• @math-a3k made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/670
• @foarsitter made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/692
• @AlexanderNeilson made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/689
• @cclauss made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/703
• @kviktor made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/716
• @dependabot made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/722
• @mfosterw made their first contribution in https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/pull/736

Full Changelog: https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0