chore: prepare 4.0.0b2

.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yaml

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/[email protected].1
+        uses: pypa/[email protected].3
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: all
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.platform.name }}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
           tools/check_dist.py ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && format('-r {0}', github.ref) || '' }}
 
       - name: Upload sdist to release
-        uses: AButler/upload-release-assets@v2.0
+        uses: AButler/upload-release-assets@v3.0
         if: github.event_name == 'release'
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/test-wheels.yaml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/[email protected].1
+        uses: pypa/[email protected].3
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: all
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.platform.build }}

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ jobs:
           - env: py312_cython
             python-version: "3.12"
           - env: py313
-            python-version: "3.13.0-rc.3 - 3.13"
+            python-version: "3.13"
           - env: py313_cython
-            python-version: "3.13.0-rc.3 - 3.13"
+            python-version: "3.13"
           - env: py312_nocover
             os: macos-latest
             platform-label: ' (macos)'

.github/workflows/tox-sdist.yaml

@@ -26,16 +26,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        if: ${{ matrix.python-version != '3.13' }}
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.13
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.13' }}
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.13.0-rc.1 - 3.13"
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip

docs/changes/4.0.0.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog for Falcon 4.0.0
 Summary
 -------
 
-The first beta release of Falcon 4.0.0 is here!
+The second beta release of Falcon 4.0.0 is here!
 
 Falcon 4.0 is now feature-complete, and we would really be thankful if you
 could test this beta release with your apps, and
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ checker of choice without any *typeshed* extensions for Falcon, and
 :ref:`report back to us <chat>` how it went!
 
 As always, you can grab the new release
-`from PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/falcon/4.0.0b1/>`__::
+`from PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/falcon/4.0.0b2/>`__::
 
-    pip install falcon==4.0.0b1
+    pip install falcon==4.0.0b2
 
 (Alternatively, continue reading these docs for more
 :ref:`installation options <install>`.)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Changes to Supported Platforms
 - End-of-life Python 3.5, 3.6 & 3.7 are no longer supported.
   (`#2074 <https://github.com/falconry/falcon/pull/2074>`__,
   `#2273 <https://github.com/falconry/falcon/pull/2273>`__)
-- Soon end-of-life Python 3.8 is no longer actively supported, but
+- End-of-life Python 3.8 is no longer actively supported, but
   the framework should still continue to install from source and function.
 - The Falcon 4.x series is guaranteed to support CPython 3.10 and
   PyPy3.10 (v7.3.16).

docs/user/faq.rst

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ the GIL yet.
 We load-tested the WSGI flavor of the framework via
 :class:`~wsgiref.simple_server.WSGIServer` +
 :class:`~socketserver.ThreadingMixIn` on
-`free-threaded CPython 3.13.0rc1
+`free-threaded CPython 3.13.0
 <https://docs.python.org/3.13/whatsnew/3.13.html#free-threaded-cpython>`__
 (under ``PYTHON_GIL=0``), and observed no issues that would point toward
 Falcon's reliance on the GIL. Thus, we would like to think that Falcon is still

falcon/util/__init__.py

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 if 'samesite' not in _reserved_cookie_attrs:  # pragma: no cover
     _reserved_cookie_attrs['samesite'] = 'SameSite'
 # NOTE(m-mueller): Same for the 'partitioned' attribute that will
-#   probably be added in Python 3.13.
+#   probably be added in Python 3.13 or 3.14.
 if 'partitioned' not in _reserved_cookie_attrs:  # pragma: no cover
     _reserved_cookie_attrs['partitioned'] = 'Partitioned'
 

falcon/version.py

@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 """Falcon version."""
 
-__version__ = '4.0.0b1'
+__version__ = '4.0.0b2'
 """Current version of Falcon."""

tox.ini

@@ -349,9 +349,6 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements/docs
 commands =
     sphinx-build -j auto -W -E -b html docs docs/_build/html []
 
-# NOTE(vytas): importlib-resources is wreaking havoc by backporting future
-#   removals from 3.13 (3.11 being the current stable at the time of writing);
-#   hence we pin it manually here.
 [testenv:towncrier]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements/docs
         toml