python-v0.8.0

qgis-sdk 0.8.0

Runtime, tools and the kit at 0.8.0. Since 0.7.0 (63 commits):

• The explicitly hosted, authenticated loopback plugin HTTP API: allowlisted
  plugin actions and SSE streams for clients outside QGIS, with the tools-side
  PluginClient and the qgis-sdk plugin describe|call|stream commands.
• qgis-sdk mcp on the official MCP package, behind the new [mcp] extra:
  developer commands only, developer mode by default, the read-only list
  derived from it. This is the first release whose extra resolves on install.
• UI snapshots: a structured tree plus a screenshot of the plugin's own
  surfaces (dev.ui.*, the ui_snapshot fixture, qgis-sdk ui snapshot).
• qgis_sdk.console with ConsoleSession and PluginHandle: the QGIS Python
  console reaches the curated services and running plugins.
• Declared externals with a startup probe, pure-Python vendoring in build,
  DEP003/DEP004 and the check import buckets.
• Processing output safety: one local vector destination, or an SDK-owned one.
• Plugin authoring is an instantiated application (module:app); the public
  class API is gone and the class lowering stays private.

The tools' tested runtime range is >=0.8.0,<0.9; the runtime still declares
no dependencies. Paired with the bridge at 0.6.0: the wire is unchanged
(HOST_FINGERPRINT sha256:16790dc8..., HOST_SCHEMA_VERSION 1,
BRIDGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION 1), so a 0.5 host needs no migration.

Gate and evidence: doc-14 '0.8.0 release gate (2026-10-29)', 'Stamp and
artifacts' and '0.8.0 rehearsal (2026-10-29)'. Rehearsed as
python-v0.8.0-rc.1 (run 40972199140).