aiohttp 3.9.4rc0

on Python PyPI

Bug fixes

• The asynchronous internals now set the underlying causes
  when assigning exceptions to the future objects
  -- by :user:webknjaz.

  Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
  #8089.

• Treated values of Accept-Encoding header as case-insensitive when checking for gzip files -- by :user:steverep.

  Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
  #8104.

Features

• Upgraded llhttp to 9.2 -- by :user:Dreamsorcerer.

  Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
  #8146.

Contributor-facing changes

• The pull request template is now asking the contributors to
  answer a question about the long-term maintenance challenges
  they envision as a result of merging their patches
  -- by :user:webknjaz.

  Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
  #8099.

• Updated CI and documentation to use NPM clean install and upgrade node to version 18 -- by :user:steverep.

  Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
  #8116.

• A pytest fixture hello_txt was introduced to aid
  static file serving tests in
  :file:test_web_sendfile_functional.py. It dynamically
  provisions hello.txt file variants shared across the
  tests in the module.

  -- by :user:steverep

  Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
  #8136.

• Two definitions for "test_invalid_route_name" existed, only one was being run. Refactored them into a single parameterized test. Enabled lint rule to prevent regression. -- by :user:alexmac.

  Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
  #8139.