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2024-02-06 • `full history <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/compare/v3.0.0...v4.0.0>`__
- Drop support for Python 3.7.
- Add support for Python 3.12.
- [snapshot] Add typing to ``dirsnapshot`` (`1012 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1012>`__)
- [snapshot] Added ``DirectorySnapshotDiff.ContextManager`` (`1011 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1011>`__)
- [events] ``FileSystemEvent``, and subclasses, are now ``dataclass``es, and their ``repr()`` has changed
- [windows] ``WinAPINativeEvent`` is now a ``dataclass``, and its ``repr()`` has changed
- [events] Log ``FileOpenedEvent``, and ``FileClosedEvent``, events in ``LoggingEventHandler``
- [tests] Improve ``FileSystemEvent`` coverage
- [watchmedo] Log all events in ``LoggerTrick``
- [windows] The ``observers.read_directory_changes.WATCHDOG_TRAVERSE_MOVED_DIR_DELAY`` hack was removed. The constant will be kept to prevent breaking other softwares.
- Thanks to our beloved contributors: BoboTiG, msabramo