Hazelcast-python-client

This document includes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues since version [5.4.0](https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-python-client/releases/tag/v5.4.0).

Hazelcast Python Client v5.5.0 requires Python 3.7 or higher.

New Features

- [VectorCollection](https://docs.hazelcast.com/hazelcast/latest/data-structures/vector-collections) data structure that enables vector search.

Enhancements

- None.

Fixes

- Fixed Paging Predicate serialization for Hazelcast v5.4.0.

Breaking Changes

- None.

Known Issues

- None.

This document includes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues for the Hazelcast Python Client 5.4.0 release.

New Features

- None.

Enhancements

- The client works with Python 3.12
- Hazelcast Cloud branding

Fixes

- None.

Breaking Changes

- None.

Known Issues

- None.

This document includes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues for the Hazelcast Python Client 5.3.0 release.

New Features

- None.

Enhancements

- The client is tested against Python 3.11 631
- Server version used in tests bumped to 5.3.0 629

Fixes

- None.

Breaking Changes

- None.

Known Issues

- None.

This document includes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues for the Hazelcast Python Client 5.2.0 release.

New Features

- **General Availability of Compact Serialization**: The Compact serialization reached GA status after introducing the necessary API and safety changes. Starting from this release, it will have the same compatibility and stability guarantees as any other Hazelcast API. It will also be possible to use Compact serialized objects with APIs offered by Hazelcast without any limitations. 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 615, 617, 618, 619
- **DBAPI Support**: The client now implements the [DBAPI](https://peps.python.org/pep-0249/) interface on top of the SQL service to be compatible with various libraries and tools. #586, 626
- **Programmatic Configuration API**: It is now possible to use programmatic API with type hints to configure the client as an alternative method of keyword arguments to the client constructor. 521

Enhancements

- Missing `multi_map.put_all` API is implemented. 600
- Missing `topic.publish_all` API is implemented. 570
- Missing APIs to read and write `decimal`, `time`, `date`, `datetime`, `timestamp`, and their arrays are added to the Portable reader and writer classes. 569
- Missing `map.remove_all` API is implemented. 566

Fixes

- The client now correctly accounts for the super-class serializers of the types used with a custom serializer. 603
- A more descriptive error is thrown when there is no Compact serializer registered for the nested Compact classes. 574

Breaking Changes

- The Compact serialization reached the GA status, and it doesn't have compatibility with the BETA implementation in the 5.1 version of the client. Specifically:
- The ids of the field kinds are changed. Also, the FieldKind API has moved to the `hazelcast.serialization.api` module. 609
- It is not allowed to override default serializers with Compact serializers anymore. 610
- It is not allowed to have duplicate field names in the Compact serializers anymore. 610
- It is not allowed to have different types of classes in Compact array fields anymore. 612
- The generic type variable for Compact serializers is renamed to `CompactSerializableType`. 620
- The client now uses Hazelcast Viridian to fetch cluster members, instead of Hazelcast cloud. 594, 622

Known Issues

- None.

This document includes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues for the Hazelcast Python Client 5.1 release.

New Features

- [SQL 5.1 (JSON) support](https://hazelcast.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using_python_client_with_hazelcast.html#querying-json-objects)
- [Compact serialization (BETA)](https://hazelcast.readthedocs.io/en/latest/serialization.html?#compact-serialization)
- A new configuration item was added to enable hostname verification. [Documentation](https://hazelcast.readthedocs.io/en/latest/securing_client_connection.html#checking-hostname)

Enhancements

- All public API classses and methods use type hints for improved intellisense and enables catching type related bugs earlier.

Fixes

- None

Breaking Changes

- We removed support for Python 2.x and older 3.x versions in this release. Python 3.6 and better are supported.

Known Issues

- Compact serialization (BETA) does not work with lazy deserialization. We will lift that restriction in a future version.

This document includes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues for the Hazelcast Python Client 5.0.1 release.

New Features

- None

Enhancements

- Client now sends metrics for `tcp.bytesReceived` and `tcp.bytesSend` that represent the total amount of bytes received/sent for the lifetime of the client across all member connections, which can be tracked with Prometheus Exporter using the Management Center. 500

Fixes

- Client no longer sends an extra 6 bytes in the initial frames of the client messages due to a miscalculation. 499

Breaking Changes

- None.

Known Issues

- None.