RELEASE: 0.13.1

[bewithgaurav]

Work Item / Issue Reference

AB#39534

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Summary

This pull request updates the package to version 0.13.1 and introduces several reliability and stability improvements, particularly around authentication, timezone handling, connection pooling, and type processing. These changes are reflected in both the documentation and the package configuration.

Release and documentation updates:

• Updated the package version to 0.13.1 in setup.py to reflect the new release.
• Revised the "What's new" section in PyPI_Description.md to highlight the main changes and improvements in v0.13.1.

Reliability and stability improvements:

• Fixed token handling for Microsoft Entra ID authentication to ensure stable and reliable connections.
• Enhanced connection pool shutdown mechanism to prevent resource leaks and ensure reliable cleanup.

Data handling improvements:

• Removed forced UTC conversion for datetimeoffset values, preserving original timezone information in Python datetime objects.
• Refined UUID string parameter handling to prevent automatic type coercion, ensuring predictable string processing.

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Pull Request Overview

This pull request bumps the package version to 0.13.1 and updates the documentation to reflect the new release's key improvements, focusing on authentication reliability, timezone handling, connection pooling stability, and type processing enhancements.

• Updated package version from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1 in setup.py
• Revised PyPI description to highlight v0.13.1 features instead of v0.13.0

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
setup.py	Version bump from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1
PyPI_Description.md	Updated "What's new" section to describe v0.13.1 improvements

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📈 Total Lines Covered: 4186 out of 5607 📁 Project: mssql-python

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mssql_python.pybind.connection.connection.cpp: 68.3%
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mssql_python.cursor.py: 79.7%
mssql_python.connection.py: 81.7%
mssql_python.helpers.py: 84.7%
mssql_python.auth.py: 85.3%
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