From 4ae487d0b2e1c7756ac4a82f84c019a08f7c5457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Tiemann <btman@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:33:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add stronger deprecation warning on use of housekeeping
 management command

---
 netbox/extras/management/commands/housekeeping.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/netbox/extras/management/commands/housekeeping.py b/netbox/extras/management/commands/housekeeping.py
index 0d8a7e0b9..1eaba74e4 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/management/commands/housekeeping.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/management/commands/housekeeping.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         self.stdout.write(
+            "DEPRECATION WARNING\n"
             "Running this command is no longer necessary: All housekeeping tasks\n"
             "are addressed automatically via NetBox's built-in job scheduler. It\n"
             "will be removed in a future release.",