v1.2.0

1.2.0 (2026-05-27)

Features

• add connection_init_payload for GraphQL subscriptions (8334cff), closes #217
• add GraphQL codec layer (988f6ab), closes #236
• add GraphQLSession type alias for native session types (3dc58ba)
• add HttpxTransport (e994d50)
• add optional pydantic support for encoding and decoding (be20413)
• add retry mechanism for transport errors (31198e3)
• add transport abstraction (e572ae1)
• allow disabling validation (50870b7), closes #238
• auto-detect transport (7bee013)
• client: add TTL logic for expiring schemas (578ab3f)
• custom JSON serialization support (273a8fc), closes #232
• extend test server with authentication, add population to city model (35b6d95)
• session and client ownership model with lazy initialization (c246e54)
• support for custom subscription transport (ccf578b)
• support optional transport dependencies and lazy loading (99ef56f)
• support websockets as an alternative subscription transport (376fb4c)

Bug Fixes

• correct Python version check in aiohttp transport (c0348b5)
• correctly pass aiohttp session to subscription transport when using non-aiohttp transport (534ba2d)
• ensure ws_connect uses correct websocket protocol (c969226)
• resolve deadlock in subscriptions by increasing aiohttp connection limit (3aef468)
• resolve transport-specific issues and improve environment compatibility (c53e340)
• tests: import async generator for strawberry server (f347bc0)
• update transport installation instructions to reference httpx instead of websockets (0c726ad)

Performance Improvements

• codec: cache get_type_hints during decoding (284db4c)
• codec: unbound type hints cache to avoid eviction thrash (d565b87)
• error: optimize GraphQLError.load performance (a6f04e1)

Documentation

• add "Data Models" section, update transport abd setup instructions (f50dd06)
• add authentication recipes (51e22c8)
• add changelog and update release notes (7d65b89)
• add comprehensive local development and testing guide (f1bb30c)
• add errors and exceptions guide (d5bf31a)
• add production guide (35b2756)
• add scenario-based example scripts for common use cases (b7b46a6)
• clarify transport options and installation instructions (abe567b)
• correct WebsocketSubscriptionTransport name (5963faf)
• fix usage example in transport documentation (01f671c)
• improve documentation and update examples (1b85f02)
• rebuild documentation site with Shibuya theme and modern Sphinx stack (7870abf)
• refresh contributing guide and document release process (398ec33)
• remove duplicate retry mechanism entry from changelog (434295c)
• suppress SyntaxWarning from css_html_js_minify and update docs build environment (c48a229)
• update Sphinx theme options with custom labels for TOC and search (f911e77)
• use release-please generated CHANGELOG.md in Sphinx docs (ee80ea8)