Version 1.0 Release Candidate 1

Major Features

• Multi-Database Support: Added support for multiple database endpoints with automatic load balancing

  • Configure multiple database hosts in configuration
  • Connections automatically distributed across available endpoints

• Threading Models: Support for both threaded and non-threaded deployment scenarios

  • threaded mode (default): Thread-safe connection handling with locks for traditional multi-threaded web servers
  • non-threaded mode: Removes locking overhead for single-threaded applications, eliminating GIL contention
  • Configurable threading model via configuration

• FalconAS Compatibility: Full compatibility with FalconAS Python Application Server

  • 1 Process == 1 Python Interpreter (threading-less) model
  • Effectively solves GIL issues through non-threaded configuration mode
  • Optimized for process-per-request architectures

Architecture & Performance

• Configuration Enhancements:
  • Threading model configuration

Documentation & Development

• Documentation: Complete rewrite of documentation to reflect new features

  • Comprehensive Sphinx-based documentation
  • Configuration guides and examples

• API Improvements: Better error handling and connection management

  • Enhanced exception handling with specific error classes
  • Improved connection iteration and management
  • Improved threading-model stability / thread locking