Add django 6.1 support

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 # 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

django_q/__init__.py

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

django_q/conf.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ 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
@@ -212,12 +211,7 @@ class Conf:
 
     # Use the secret key for package signing
     # Django itself should raise an error if it's not configured
-    # but suppress the exception early to allow other parts of the app to still run.
+    SECRET_KEY = settings.SECRET_KEY
-    # 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

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ 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:

docs/conf.py

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

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "django-q2"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.10.0"
 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",