v1.18.0

Fixed

• fix: correct typing on signal handler by @igor47 in #664
• fix: make sure RabbitMQ broker’s enqueue() attempts the correct number of preset retries by @jenstroeger in https://github.com/
• fix: message can be covariant in result type by @alecbarber in #685 #669
• Fix flushing of RabbitMQ queues by @olii in #687
• Fix TypeError when using decorator on a module-less function by @bartvanandel in #695
• Ignore FileClosedNoWriteEvent events in file watcher by @LincolnPuzey in #696
• fix: join_queue implementation for compatibility with gevent 25.4.1 by @synweap15 in #699
• Close write_pipe after forking by @dansimko in #707

Added

• Add repr to MessageProxy by @karolinepauls in #690
• Adjust worker startup timeout with new command-line argument by @guedesfelipe in #706
• feature: log warning when middleware of a given type is added twice by @synweap15 in #709

Changed

• Extend redis package support to v6 by @dbowring in #711

Removed

• Drop official support for Python 3.8 (end of life) by @amureki in #662

Documentation

• Add Podcatcher sponsor.
• Add dramatiq-workflow link by @pencil in #667
• Update sentry integration docs to refernece sentry-sdk by @DHUKK in #675

Project Maintenance

• Fix changelog entry for dramatiq_queue_prefetch by @LincolnPuzey in #674
• Update CI to use ubuntu 24.04 by @LincolnPuzey in #697
• fix: occasional test_message_contains_requeue_time_after_retry fails by @synweap15 in #700
• Update issue templates by @LincolnPuzey in #705
• Prepare for release 1.18.0 by @LincolnPuzey in #713

New Contributors

• @igor47 made their first contribution in #664
• @pencil made their first contribution in #667
• @DHUKK made their first contribution in #675
• @alecbarber made their first contribution in #685
• @LincolnPuzey made their first contribution in #674
• @olii made their first contribution in #687
• @karolinepauls made their first contribution in #690
• @bartvanandel made their first contribution in #695
• @dansimko made their first contribution in #707
• @guedesfelipe made their first contribution in #706

Full Changelog: v1.17.1...v1.18.0

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

v1.17.1

Fixed

• TimeLimit middleware support for Python 3.13. (#656, #659, @amureki)

Added

• The Retries middleware now supports an on_retries_exhausted target actor to execute when retries on a message have been exhausted. (#630, @dbowring)

Changed

• The actor decorator now checks for duplicate actor names. (#640, #641, @z0z0r4)
• The Retries middleware now tracks when a message was last requeued on retry. (#629, @kuba-lilz)

v1.17.0

Added

• Middleware hooks for after consumer & worker thread boot. (#619, @kamalmarhubi)
• Type hints for awaitable actors. (#621, @DABND19)

Changed

• The watch extras now require Watchdog version 4.0+.

Fixed

• The python_requires version in setup.py. (#606, @Niccodemus)
• The result middleware now takes message options into account. (#612, @huwylphimet)

v1.16.0

Fixed

• The CurrentMessage middleware now works under AsyncIO. (#586, #593, @pahrohfit)
• Improved logging behavior under different buffer modes. (#596, @5tefan)

Added

• CLI watcher now supports setting include and exclude patterns (#594, @nhairs)

v1.15.0

Fixed

• The global_broker variable is now type hinted. (@jenstroeger)
• Pipeline result retrieval works with non-default brokers. (#563, #564, @DiegoPomares)

Added

• Asyncio support. (#536, @caspervdw)
• Timedelta support for delay arguments. (#569, @h3nnn4n)

Changed

• Filesystem watcher no longer reloads dramatiq on file open events. (#552, @seanpile)
• The version bound on redis-py has been increased to include version 5.0. (#567, @scott-8)

v1.14.2

Fixed

• Restored namedtuple instance methods on Message. (#538)

v1.14.1

Fixed

• Added missing py.typed file to distributions. (#531)

v1.14.0

Note: this version was released on 2023-02-05. I am just now backfilling a GitHub Release for it.

Removed

• Dropped Python 3.6 support as it reached end-of-life.

Changed

• Added Python 3.11 support to CI builds. (#511, @FinnLidbetter)
• Improved typing support. Message is now a dataclass, but it should be compatible with the previous namedtuple-based implementation. (#512, #513, #515, #516, @orsinium)

v1.13.0

Note: this version was released on 2022-04-02. I am just now backfilling a GitHub Release for it.

Fixed

• A race condition in the Redis broker’s join method. (#480, #481, @CaselIT)
• Skipped messages and messages failed due to AgeLimit now store results more consistently. (#440, #449, @FinnLidbetter)

Changed

• Typing support has been improved. (#482, @staticdev)
• The default broker now falls back to Redis if the RabbitMQ extras are not installed, in an attempt to make the getting started process easier. (#483, #486, @kurtmckee)

v1.12.3

Fixed

• An issue where signals remained blocked after worker process boot. (#465, #466, @FinnLidbetter)