2.18.0

Various fixes & improvements

• Add LaunchDarkly and OpenFeature integration (#3648) by @cmanallen
• Correct typo in a comment (#3726) by @szokeasaurusrex
• End http.client span on timeout (#3723) by @Zylphrex
• Check for h2 existence in HTTP/2 transport (#3690) by @BYK
• Use type() instead when extracting frames (#3716) by @Zylphrex
• Prefer python_multipart import over multipart (#3710) by @musicinmybrain
• Update active thread for asgi (#3669) by @Zylphrex
• Only enable HTTP2 when DSN is HTTPS (#3678) by @BYK
• Prepare for upstream Strawberry extension removal (#3649) by @DoctorJohn
• Enhance README with improved clarity and developer-friendly examples (#3667) by @UTSAVS26
• Run license compliance action on all PRs (#3699) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Run CodeQL action on all PRs (#3698) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Fix UTC assuming test (#3722) by @BYK
• Exclude fakeredis 2.26.0 on py3.6 and 3.7 (#3695) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Unpin pytest for tornado-latest tests (#3714) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Install pytest-asyncio for redis tests (Python 3.12-13) (#3706) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Clarify that only pinned tests are required (#3713) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Remove accidentally-committed print (#3712) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Disable broken RQ test in newly-released RQ 2.0 (#3708) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Unpin pytest for celery tests (#3701) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Unpin pytest on Python 3.8+ gevent tests (#3700) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Unpin pytest for Python 3.8+ common tests (#3697) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Remove pytest pin in requirements-devenv.txt (#3696) by @szokeasaurusrex
• Test with Falcon 4.0 (#3684) by @sentrivana