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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
- 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 `sphinx` in the docs environment [1493](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1493) ([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- Fix outdated RTC docs, clean up handling of the `collaborative` flag [1536](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/pull/1536) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))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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