v5.31.0

Features

• Adds "bench completions" command that creates Bash or Zsh tab-completion scripts in one step. This replaces the old completion.sh, making command-line completion quicker and simpler to install. (#1707)
• Adds bench socketio command that automatically picks the Node or Python engine for live updates, removing the need to edit configuration when you change backends. Updates Procfile, Supervisor, and Systemd templates to use this command so the realtime service starts correctly even if Node is absent. (#1716)

Bug Fixes

• Bench now updates only the app you are adding instead of upgrading every shared library, so installing a new app no longer risks breaking previously installed ones. (#1721)

New Contributors

• @tanmoysrt made their first contribution in #1716

Authors: @ankush, @tanmoysrt, @netchampfaris

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