[Release] DataStax Python Driver 3.29.3 for Apache Cassandra

[Bret McGuire]

Greetings!  Today we've released Python Driver 3.29.3 for Apache Cassandra!

This release is largely a bug fix release.  It's been a while since the last version was released and we have a number of fixes which were in our git repository but hadn't been included in an official release; this release aims to address that discrepancy.  Please consult the changelog for a full list of fixes in this release.

With respect to Python runtime compatibility we're diverging slightly from our normal practice of supporting all runtimes that are not EOL at time of release.  As of this writing Python 3.14 has just been released but Python 3.9 has not yet reached EOL.  We decided to not hold delivery of these fixes until Python 3.14 support could be implemented so this release will maintain the same stated compatibility as the 3.29.2 release (i.e. Python 3.9 through 3.13).  We will aim to include official support for Python 3.14 in our next release.

As usual docs will follow on the usual site shortly after this release.  In the meantime you can access the changelog (as well as the rest of our documentation) on Github.

Many thanks to all who educated fellow community members, made feature requests, contributed code, wrote documentation, and reported bugs. We encourage you to get involved too:

Discuss the driver and ask questions:
  - python-driver-user mailing list: https://groups.google.com/a/lists.datastax.com/forum/#!forum/python-driver-user
Review and contribute source code and documentation:
  - Driver for Apache Cassandra: https://github.com/datastax/python-driver
  - Report issues on JIRA: https://datastax-oss.atlassian.net/browse/PYTHON

Thanks!

   - Bret -