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Release Notes - Version 0.13.1

Bug Fixes

Access Token Issue (EntraID Auth) (#285)
What changed: Fixed authentication token handling to resolve connection failures with Microsoft Entra ID
Who benefits: Applications using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) authentication
Impact: Restored reliable authentication for EntraID-based connections

Fixes #286
Timezone Preservation in DATETIMEOFFSET (#281)
What changed: Removed forced UTC conversion when reading datetimeoffset values, preserving original timezone information in Python datetime objects
Who benefits: Applications working with timezone-aware data across multiple time zones
Impact: Accurate timezone representation without data loss from UTC conversion

Fixes #213
Connection Pooling Resource Cleanup (#268)
What changed: Added shutdown tracking to prevent multiple pool cleanup operations and resource leaks, ensuring cleanup executes only once
Who benefits: Applications using connection pooling, especially long-running services
Impact: Improved pool shutdown reliability and prevention of resource leaks

Fixes #267
UUID String Mapping Removal (#274)
What changed: Removed automatic string-to-UUID conversion logic in parameter binding, treating UUID strings as regular strings
Who benefits: Applications passing UUID strings that should be handled as text rather than binary GUIDs
Impact: More predictable string parameter handling without automatic type coercion

Fixes #241

Infrastructure

Enhanced Pooling Test Coverage (#268)
What changed: Added comprehensive test suite for connection pooling with 421 new test lines and testing utilities for reliable test isolation
Who benefits: Contributors and maintainers
Impact: Improved quality assurance for connection pooling functionality

This hotfix release addresses critical authentication, timezone handling, and resource management issues discovered in v0.13.0, ensuring production stability for enterprise deployments.