fix test

* Suppress ImproperlyConfigured within Conf, allowing the exception to be raised specifically during the 'qcluster' command instead.

This ensures build scripts and workflows can freely execute other Django commands (e.g., 'python manage.py collectstatic') without failing due to a missing/empty secret key.

* Closes #279

Co-authored-by: Tug of Peas <19413623+tugofpeas@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
+
+env:
+  MONGO_HOST: "127.0.0.1"
+  REDIS_HOST: "127.0.0.1"
+  AWS_ENDPOINT_URL: http://localhost:4566
+  AWS_REGION: "us-east-1"
+  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "test"
+  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "test"
+  AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: "us-east-1"
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -35,12 +45,18 @@ jobs:
         django:
         - "5.2"
         - "6.0"
+        - "6.1"
         exclude:
           # django 6.0 does not support earlier than 3.12
           - python-version: "3.10"
             django: "6.0"
           - python-version: "3.11"
             django: "6.0"
+          # django 6.1 does not support earlier than 3.12
+          - python-version: "3.10"
+            django: "6.1"
+          - python-version: "3.11"
+            django: "6.1"
 
     services:
       mongodb:
@@ -62,6 +78,18 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 6379:6379
         options: --entrypoint redis-server
+      aws:
+        image: ministackorg/ministack:1.4.16
+        env:
+          SERVICES: sqs
+          MINISTACK_HOST: aws
+        # options: >-
+        #   --health-cmd "wget -qO- http://localhost:4566/_ministack/ready || exit 1"
+        #   --health-interval 2s
+        #   --health-retries 15
+        #   --health-timeout 5s
+        ports:
+          - 4566:4566
     steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -73,12 +101,11 @@ jobs:
             python -m pip install uv==0.12.1
             uv sync --extra testing --python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
             uv pip install "django~=${{ matrix.django }}a1"
+        - name: Create SQS queue
+          run: aws sqs create-queue --queue-name testing
         - name: Run Tests
           run: |
             uv run pytest --cov=./django_q --cov-report=xml
-          env:
-            MONGO_HOST: "127.0.0.1"
-            REDIS_HOST: "127.0.0.1"
         - name: Upload to coveralls
           run: |
             python -m pip install coveralls

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v1.11.0](https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/tree/v1.11.0) (2026-08-10)
+
+- AttributeError when start_event is None, and guard process faster stop (#305) https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/305
+- Add croniter as optional extra. (#336) https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/336
+- Migrate poetry to uv (#337) https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/337
+- Add support for python 3.13 and 3.14 (#338) https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/338
+- Add django 6.1 support (#340) https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/340
+- Postpone SECRET_KEY evaluation to the qcluster command execution (#332) https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/332
+
+
 ## [v1.10.0](https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/tree/v1.10.0) (2026-05-01)
 
 - fix: Fix incorrect signal import (#308) https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/308

README.rst

@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ See the `changelog <https://github.com/GDay/django-q2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>`
 Requirements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
--  `Django <https://www.djangoproject.com>`__ 5.2 and 6.0
+-  `Django <https://www.djangoproject.com>`__ 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1
 -  `Django-picklefield <https://github.com/gintas/django-picklefield>`__
 
 Tested with:
 
 * Python 3.10 to 3.14.
-* Django 5.2 and 6.0.
+* Django 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1.
 
 Brokers
 ~~~~~~~

containers/localstack/init.sh

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Note that this file needs to have the executable bit set for it to work with later localstack implementations.
-
-export DEFAULT_REGION=us-west-2
-
-create_sqs() {
-    QUEUE_NAME="$1"
-    TIMEOUT=${2:-60}
-    DL_QUEUE_URL=$(awslocal sqs create-queue --queue-name "dl-$QUEUE_NAME" --query QueueUrl --output text)
-    echo ">>> Created $DL_QUEUE_URL queue!"
-    DL_QUEUE_ARN=$(awslocal sqs get-queue-attributes --queue-url "$DL_QUEUE_URL" --attribute-names QueueArn --query Attributes.QueueArn --output text)
-    awslocal sqs create-queue --queue-name "$QUEUE_NAME" --attributes '{
-        "RedrivePolicy": "{\"deadLetterTargetArn\": \"'"$DL_QUEUE_ARN"'\",\"maxReceiveCount\":\"3\"}",
-        "VisibilityTimeout": "'"$TIMEOUT"'"
-    }'
-}
-
-# Create SQS queues
-create_sqs testing

containers/ministack/ready.d/01-create-resources.sh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aws sqs create-queue --queue-name testing

django_q/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (1, 10, 0)
+VERSION = (1, 11, 0)
 
 __all__ = ["conf", "cluster", "models", "tasks"]

django_q/conf.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 from warnings import warn
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from django_q.queues import Queue
@@ -211,7 +212,12 @@ class Conf:
 
     # Use the secret key for package signing
     # Django itself should raise an error if it's not configured
-    SECRET_KEY = settings.SECRET_KEY
+    # but suppress the exception early to allow other parts of the app to still run.
+    # For example any "python manage.py ..." command still runs even if SECRET_KEY is not set.
+    try:
+        SECRET_KEY = settings.SECRET_KEY
+    except ImproperlyConfigured:
+        SECRET_KEY = None
 
     # The redis stats key
     Q_STAT = f"django_q:{PREFIX}:cluster"

django_q/management/commands/qcluster.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         )
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        # Ensure that the cluster starts only if the SECRET_KEY is set, as it is required for signing.
+        settings.SECRET_KEY
         # Set alternative cluster_name before creating the cluster (cluster_name is broker's queue_name, too)
         cluster_name = options.get("cluster_name")
         if cluster_name:

django_q/tests/test_brokers.py

@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ def test_ironmq(monkeypatch):
     broker.delete_queue()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    not os.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), reason="requires AWS credentials"
-)
 def test_sqs(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         Conf,
@@ -188,6 +185,7 @@ def test_sqs(monkeypatch):
     )
     # check broker
     broker = get_broker(list_key="testing")
+    broker.purge_queue()
     assert "receive_message_wait_time_seconds" in Conf.SQS
     assert "aws_region" in Conf.SQS
     assert broker.ping() is True
@@ -224,8 +222,9 @@ def test_sqs(monkeypatch):
     assert broker.dequeue() is None
     # fail
     broker.enqueue("test")
+    task = None
     while task is None:
-        task = broker.dequeue()[0]
+        task = broker.dequeue()
     broker.fail(task[0][0])
     # bulk test
     for _ in range(10):
@@ -235,8 +234,6 @@ def test_sqs(monkeypatch):
     for task in tasks:
         assert task is not None
         broker.acknowledge(task[0])
-    # duplicate acknowledge
-    broker.acknowledge(task[0])
     assert broker.lock_size() == 0
     # delete queue
     broker.enqueue("test")

docs/conf.py

@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ author = "Ilan Steemers, Stan Triepels"
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "1.10"
+version = "1.11"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "1.10.0"
+release = "1.11.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/index.rst

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Features
 -  Rollbar and Sentry support
 
 
-Django Q2 is tested with: Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12. Works with Django 4.2.x, 5.x and 6.0.x
+Django Q2 is tested with: python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14. Works with Django 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1
 
 Currently available in English, German and French.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "django-q2"
-version = "1.10.0"
+version = "1.11.0"
 packages = [
     { include = "django_q" },
 ]
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: MacOS",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
     "Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",

test-services-docker-compose.yaml

@@ -15,20 +15,18 @@ services:
 
   aws:
     container_name: aws
-    image: localstack/localstack:3.4.0
+    image: ministackorg/ministack:1.4.16
     ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:4566:4566"            # LocalStack Gateway
-      - "127.0.0.1:4510-4559:4510-4559"  # External services port range
+      - "127.0.0.1:4566:4566"
     environment:
-      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:-us-west-2}
-      DEFAULT_REGION: ${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:-us-west-2}
-      SQS_ENDPOINT_STRATEGY: path
+      MINISTACK_HOST: aws
       SERVICES: sqs
-      LOCALSTACK_HOST: aws
-      DEBUG: 1
-      LS_LOG: trace
     volumes:
-      - ./containers/localstack:/etc/localstack/init/ready.d
+      - ./containers/ministack:/docker-entrypoint-initaws.d
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO-", "http://localhost:4566/_ministack/ready"]
+      interval: 2s
+      retries: 15
     networks:
       - main
 
@@ -38,10 +36,10 @@ services:
       context: .
     environment:
       AWS_ENDPOINT_URL: http://aws:4566
-      AWS_REGION: ${AWS_REGION:-us-west-2}
+      AWS_REGION: ${AWS_REGION:-us-east-1}
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:-test}
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:-test}
-      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:-us-west-2}
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:-us-east-1}
     volumes:
       - .:/app
     depends_on: