v8.8.0

8.8.0

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Enhancements made

• Added kernel_protocol_version to kernelspec #1097 (@JohanMabille, @SylvainCorlay)
• Faster message serialization #1064 (@fleming79, @Carreau, @henryiii, @krassowski, @minrk, @rgbkrk)
• Path resolution by kernel manager and providers #1005 (@krassowski, @rgbkrk)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• chore: update some parts of the pre-commit #1093 (@henryiii, @minrk, @rgbkrk)
• Fix flaky client tests by waiting for first request's reply #1091 (@rgbkrk)
• Re-enable qtconsole in downstream checks #1090 (@rgbkrk)
• Fix channel cleanup by closing streams before stopping ioloop thread #1089 (@rgbkrk)
• Fix downstream workflow #1087 (@rgbkrk)
• Skip mypy on PyPy to avoid librt compilation issues #1086 (@rgbkrk)

Documentation improvements

• Upgrade to version 5.5 #1096 (@JohanMabille, @SylvainCorlay)
• Update messaging spec #1095 (@JohanMabille, @minrk, @rgbkrk)

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@Carreau (activity) | @ccordoba12 (activity) | @fleming79 (activity) | @henryiii (activity) | @JohanMabille (activity) | @krassowski (activity) | @minrk (activity) | @rgbkrk (activity) | @SylvainCorlay (activity)

v8.7.0

8.7.0

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Enhancements made

• allow configuring client_class and client_factory #1081 (@rgbkrk)
• Support date serialization in messages #1060 (@sebwills)
• feat: added --missing flag to list and remove subcommands #1056 (@wpk-nist-gov)
• Set protocol version to 5.4 #1054 (@JamesWrigley)

Bugs fixed

• don't include link-local addresses (169.254) in public_ips #1040 (@minrk)
• jupyter-run: avoid traceback for NoSuchKernel #994 (@minrk)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• upgrade pypy #1082 (@rgbkrk)
• Some tests import anyio (depending on ipykernel version). #1078 (@Carreau)
• Drop 3.9, Start testing on 3.14 and 3.14-free-threaded, get tests passing again #1076 (@Carreau)
• Attempt to fix CI #1068 (@ianthomas23)
• Revert test changes of PR 1034 #1067 (@ianthomas23)
• Drop Python 3.8, update Python versions in tests #1044 (@davidbrochart)

Documentation improvements

• [Docs] Use extension:filetype mapping in sphinx configuration #1075 (@Carreau)
• Update _load_ips_psutil() docstring #1050 (@cben)
• Add messaging docs for optional features and kernel subshells #1045 (@ianthomas23)
• Clean changelog heading #965 (@krassowski)

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@blink1073 | @Carreau | @cben | @davidbrochart | @ianthomas23 | @JamesWrigley | @kevin-bates | @krassowski | @minrk | @rgbkrk | @sebwills | @takluyver | @tmaxwell-anthropic | @wpk-nist-gov

v8.6.3

8.6.3

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Enhancements made

• Support psutil for finding network addresses #1033 (@juliangilbey)

Bugs fixed

• use simpler isoparse from dateutil to parse ISO-8601 timestamps #1032 (@minrk)
• Avoid a DeprecationWarning on Python 3.13+ #1027 (@hroncok)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Fix docs check #1038 (@minrk)
• fix invocation of pip for nbconvert downstream #1037 (@minrk)
• test on python 3.13-dev #1036 (@andife)
• Support ipykernel's use of anyio in test_signal_kernel_subprocesses #1034 (@ianthomas23)

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@andife | @hroncok | @ianthomas23 | @juliangilbey | @minrk

v8.6.2

8.6.2

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Bugs fixed

• Use non-blocking zmq Poller #1023 (@fcollonval)

Documentation improvements

• use https url #1021 (@Carreau)

Contributors to this release

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@Carreau | @fcollonval

v8.6.1

8.6.1

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Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Update Release Scripts #1016 (@blink1073)
• chore: update pre-commit hooks #1008 (@pre-commit-ci)
• chore: update pre-commit hooks #1002 (@pre-commit-ci)
• Bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 #1000 (@dependabot)
• chore: update pre-commit hooks #999 (@pre-commit-ci)
• Bump conda-incubator/setup-miniconda from 2 to 3 #998 (@dependabot)
• chore: update pre-commit hooks #996 (@pre-commit-ci)

Documentation improvements

• Fix docs reference #1017 (@blink1073)
• Add docs about packaging kernels #1013 (@blink1073)
• Clarify what a restart means #966 (@mlucool)

Contributors to this release

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@blink1073 | @dependabot | @mlucool | @pre-commit-ci | @Zsailer

v8.6.0

8.6.0

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Bugs fixed

• Fix possibly not defined tracker #991 (@davidbrochart)
• BUG: Fix Kwarg only in update_env #989 (@Carreau)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Update typing for traitlets 5.13 #995 (@blink1073)
• Use ruff format #992 (@blink1073)
• Unused *args in KernelManager's __init__ #986 (@Carreau)

Contributors to this release

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@blink1073 | @Carreau | @davidbrochart

v8.5.0

8.5.0

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Enhancements made

• Allow to update kernels env in between restart. #987 (@Carreau)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Enable strict typing #984 (@blink1073)
• Update typings for mypy 1.6 #983 (@blink1073)

Contributors to this release

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@blink1073 | @Carreau

v8.4.0

8.4.0

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Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Test on python 3.12 #978 (@blink1073)
• Update typing for traitlets 5.11 #977 (@blink1073)
• chore: update pre-commit hooks #975 (@pre-commit-ci)
• Update typings for traitlets 5.10.1 #974 (@blink1073)
• Do not use datetime.utcnow() that is deprecated in Python 3.12 #972 (@ellert)
• Use sp-repo-review #971 (@blink1073)
• Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 #968 (@dependabot)

Contributors to this release

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@blink1073 | @dependabot | @ellert | @pre-commit-ci

v8.3.1

8.3.1

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Enhancements made

• Support external kernels #961 (@davidbrochart)

Bugs fixed

• Make cache_ports configurable with default value of False. #956 (@jkitchin)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

Contributors to this release

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@blink1073 | @davidbrochart | @jkitchin | @kevin-bates | @pre-commit-ci | @tmaxwell-anthropic

v8.3.0

8.3.0

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Enhancements made

• Allow kwargs when writting connection_file #953 (@fecet)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

Contributors to this release

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@fecet | @pre-commit-ci