Merge pull request #20226 from netbox-community/release-v4.4.0

Release v4.4.0

Author: jeremystretch

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/01-feature_request.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: NetBox version
       description: What version of NetBox are you currently running?
-      placeholder: v4.3.7
+      placeholder: v4.4.0
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: dropdown

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02-bug_report.yaml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: NetBox Version
       description: What version of NetBox are you currently running?
-      placeholder: v4.3.7
+      placeholder: v4.4.0
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: dropdown

.gitignore

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 /netbox/netbox/configuration.py
 /netbox/netbox/ldap_config.py
 /netbox/local/*
+/netbox/media
 /netbox/reports/*
 !/netbox/reports/__init__.py
 /netbox/scripts/*

base_requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Shell text coloring
+# https://github.com/tartley/colorama/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst
+colorama
+
 # The Python web framework on which NetBox is built
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/releases/
 Django==5.2.*
@@ -102,7 +106,11 @@ mkdocs-material
 
 # Introspection for embedded code
 # https://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
-mkdocstrings[python]
+mkdocstrings
+
+# Python handler for mkdocstrings
+# https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
+mkdocstrings-python
 
 # Library for manipulating IP prefixes and addresses
 # https://github.com/netaddr/netaddr/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -131,7 +139,8 @@ requests
 
 # rq
 # https://github.com/rq/rq/blob/master/CHANGES.md
-rq
+# RQ v2.5 drops support for Redis < 5.0
+rq==2.4.1
 
 # Django app for social-auth-core
 # https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -141,6 +150,10 @@ social-auth-app-django
 # https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
 social-auth-core
 
+# Image thumbnail generation
+# https://github.com/jazzband/sorl-thumbnail/blob/master/CHANGES.rst
+sorl-thumbnail
+
 # Strawberry GraphQL
 # https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
 strawberry-graphql

contrib/netbox-housekeeping.service

@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ By default, NetBox will prevent the creation of duplicate prefixes and IP addres
 
 ## EVENTS_PIPELINE
 
-!!! info "This parameter was introduced in NetBox v4.2."
-
 Default: `['extras.events.process_event_queue',]`
 
 NetBox will call dotted paths to the functions listed here for events (create, update, delete) on models as well as when custom EventRules are fired.

contrib/netbox-housekeeping.sh

@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ See the [`DATABASES`](#databases) configuration below for usage.
 
 ## DATABASES
 
-!!! info "This parameter was introduced in NetBox v4.3."
-
 NetBox requires access to a PostgreSQL 14 or later database service to store data. This service can run locally on the NetBox server or on a remote system. Databases are defined as named dictionaries:
 
 ```python