v4.13.0

Highlights

• sync_to_synapse / sync_from_synapse to enable bulk upload/download operations on OOP Project and Folder models.
• Enabling programmatic Grid collaboration through CSV import/export to Grid sessions, and Grid session to CurationTask linking for Curator.
• Object-oriented DownloadList, storage locations and migration are now supported.
• Bug fixes for table queries, Recordset versioning, async messaging, and special-character handling in row stores.

Features

• [SYNPY-1802] Add DownloadList OOP model and deprecate legacy methods by @andrewelamb in #1347
• [SYNPY-1800] Add new sync_to_synapse method on StorableContainer by @andrewelamb in #1353
• [SYNPY-1799, SYNPY-1804] Add manifest generation to sync_from_synapse by @danlu1 in #1354
• [SYNPY-1809] Add generate_sync_manifest method by @andrewelamb in #1373
• [DPE-1577] Support storage locations and migration in OOP models by @BryanFauble in #1315
• [SYNPY-1781] Implement CSV import to Grid session by @linglp in #1360
• [SYNPY-1782] Implement CSV download from Grid session by @linglp in #1366
• [SYNPY-1783] Implement Grid synchronization by @linglp in #1368
• [SYNPY-1760] Add ability to link Grid to CurationTask by @andrewelamb in #1383
• [SYNPY-1841] Add fields for CurationTask search/filtering by @andrewelamb in #1384
• [SYNPY-1836] Support configurable view_type_mask in file-based metadata task by @BryanFauble in #1374

Bug Fixes

• [SYNPY-1835] Fix query() failure when a list column is all-NA by @BryanFauble in #1390
• [SYNPY-1832] Fix bug causing RecordSet to be updated to v2 by @andrewelamb in #1378
• [SYNPY-1838] Prevent create_record_based_metadata_task from creating a Grid entity by @andrewelamb in #1380
• [SYNPY-1824] Fix syn.sendMessage in async context by @linglp in #1370
• [SYNPY-1749] Allow quote, apostrophe and ellipsis in store_row_async by @danlu1 in #1316

Tech Debt

• [SYNPY-1764] Add Trivy container vulnerability scanning by @BryanFauble in #1346, #1355, #1357
• [SYNPY-1798] Update black to 26.3.1 and rerun pre-commit by @linglp in #1341
• Add validate-release workflow by @xschildw in #1361
• Fix circular dependencies by @andrewelamb in #1365
• Fix flaky integration test test_wikiAttachment by @linglp in #1363
• Fix flaky test test_get_docker_repo_by_id by @linglp in #1381
• Remove explicit default columns when creating EntityView in curation tests by @linglp in #1377
• Set higher requests version minimum by @andrewelamb in #1385

Documentation

• [SYNPY-1810] Migrate all docs to new reference style by @thomasyu888 in #1386
• [SYNPY-1508] Add tutorial for downloading files by Synapse ID concurrently by @thomasyu888 in #1337
• [SYNPY-1375] Add Activity/Provenance tutorial by @thomasyu888 in #1351
• [SYNPY-1402] Update reticulate tutorial for new OOP models/operations API by @thomasyu888 in #1352
• [SYNPY-1480] Improve documentation around configuration file by @thomasyu888 in #1350
• [SYNPY-1638] Clarify that the config file is not generated upon installation by @thomasyu888 in #1387
• Promote the usage of MCP by @thomasyu888 in #1349
• Curator documentation: add viewtype mask by @thomasyu888 in #1382
• Add missing MY_PROXY_SECRET_KEY variable in tutorials by @rxu17 in #1375
• Update project name in activity.py by @thomasyu888 in #1367

Other

• Add initial CLAUDE.md for AI-assisted development by @BryanFauble in #1342

Full Changelog: v4.12.0...v4.13.0