7.1.3

7.1.3 - 2026-08-28

Summary

This patch release fixes loading of the bare exa SQLAlchemy entry point, expands the User Guide with connection pooling, pool events, and session reset guidance, and adds test coverage for connection pooling and UDF creation.

Security Issues

This release fixes vulnerabilities by updating dependencies:

Dependency	Vulnerability	Affected	Fixed in
cryptography	PYSEC-2026-3552	49.0.0	50.0.0
gitpython	GHSA-9rj7-rf2p-w77r	3.1.57	3.1.58
gitpython	GHSA-4gmw-gg2m-w46p	3.1.57	3.1.58
gitpython	CVE-2026-76217	3.1.57	3.1.58
gitpython	GHSA-wvpp-8hx9-p66j	3.1.57	3.1.58
gitpython	GHSA-jm78-9fvv-mhgr	3.1.57	3.1.58
pip	PYSEC-2026-3721	26.1.2	26.2

Bugfixes

• #801: Corrected the bare exa
  SQLAlchemy entry point to load the default websocket dialect class directly. This
  keeps entry-point consumers such as Apache Superset working while preserving both
  exa:// and exa+websocket:// engine URLs.

Documentation

• #781: Added Connection Pooling to the User Guide
• #797: Enhanced example and added documentation for listening to pool events
• #799: Added session reset to user guide section on Connection Pooling

Refactorings

• #782: Added an integration test for creating a UDF incl. an example in the User Guide
• #784: Added test for exception to not reveal the password for connection pool
• #786: Added test for n+1 connect() to block
• #788: Enabled mypy type checks for tests
• #792: Added test to verify connections are reused by the connection pool
• #794: Added test to verify recycle timeout

Dependency Updates

main

• Updated dependency packaging:26.2 to 26.3
• Updated dependency pyexasol:2.3.0 to 2.3.1
• Updated dependency sqlalchemy:2.0.51 to 2.0.52

dev

• Updated dependency exasol-integration-test-docker-environment:6.4.1 to 6.5.1
• Updated dependency nox:2026.7.11 to 2026.8.10
• Updated dependency pydantic-settings:2.14.2 to 2.15.0
• Updated dependency pytest:9.0.3 to 9.1.1