v18.10.0

18.10.0 (2026-03-26)

Enhancements

• data types: add support for importing svg files (DEV-5966) (#2217) (f5e15cc)

Maintenance

• ci: bump versions of github actions (#2222) (7360a8d)
• create script to automate version bumping (#2236) (34a7373)
• exceptions: add KeyboardInterrupt handler to entry point (DEV-6165) (#2232) (3b23150)
• exceptions: do not call InternalError or UserError directly (#2226) (0071a32)
• exceptions: finalize error guideline document (DEV-5833) (#2225) (bb6bb95)
• exceptions: make InternalError and UserError the only allowed subclasses of BaseError (#2224) (0667e86)
• exceptions: reclassify XmllibInternalError as InternalError (DEV-6169) (#2230) (e8af3c3)
• exceptions: replace bare BaseError raises with specific subclasses (DEV-6164) (#2233) (2522599)
• fix small errors (#2239) (12c5336)
• remove PermanentTimeOutError class (DEV-6168) (#2231) (669e26e)
• remove redundant "ERROR:" prefix from exception messages (#2229) (bd57cb6)
• start-stack: bump version to 2026.03.04 (#2242) (4e09289)
• workflows: fix permission handling in automated bump versions (#2238) (bfa1fe1)

Documentation

• rename Contributing to Documentation section heading (#2227) (c4e394e)