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Enhancements made
- Increase nbformat_minor to 5 in contents package [1550](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1550) ([martenrichter](https://github.com/martenrichter))
- Allow not executing code with the repl [1547](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1547) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab 4.3 and Notebook 7.3 [1514](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1514) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
Bugs fixed
- Fix handling of sessions and kernels restarts [1538](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1538) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
Maintenance and upkeep improvements
- Bump `jupyterlite-pyodide-kernel` [1546](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1546) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab 4.3.4 and Notebook 7.3.2 [1545](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1545) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump systeminformation from 5.21.8 to 5.23.14 in /ui-tests [1544](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1544) ([dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Add Zulip badge to the README [1539](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1539) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Drop Python 3.8 [1537](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1537) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump nanoid from 3.3.6 to 3.3.8 in /ui-tests [1535](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1535) ([dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Bump mamba-org/setup-micromamba from 1 to 2 in the actions group [1515](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1515) ([dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Bump `sphinx` in the docs environment [1493](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1493) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Add noscript tag [1476](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1476) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to Python 3.12 for the dev environment and CI [1462](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1462) ([EwoutH](https://github.com/EwoutH))
Documentation improvements
- Fix outdated RTC docs, clean up handling of the `collaborative` flag [1536](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1536) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
Contributors to this release
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