v0.23.9

We’ve focused on resolving edge cases and refining core behaviors to ensure smoother operation across the platform.

What's Changed

• Removed the no-preview.jpg placeholder to provide a cleaner and more predictable upload experience. (SG-41375 - PR #1093)
• Adjusted the module initialization order to prevent unexpected behavior during application startup. (SG-43219 - PR #1092)
• Fixed a race condition that could occasionally disrupt the login process. (SG-33297 - PR #1095)
• Improved how paths are interpreted to reduce mismatches and ensure more reliable behavior. (SG-37743 - #1097)
• Resolved an issue where the running API version might not be correctly identified in certain pip installation scenarios. (SG-42277 - PR #1096)

New Contributors

• @th-jyu made their first contribution in #1092
• @yungsiow made their first contribution in #1097
• @stevelittlefish made their first contribution in #1096

Full Changelog: v0.23.8...v0.23.9

v0.23.8

Fixes and improvements to context and packaging.

What's Changed

• Fixed FileNotFoundError was being raised incorrectly, improving error handling behavior (SG‑40807 – PR #1088).

• Made website‑originated context available in the FPTR menu for more seamless workflows (SG‑41800 – PR #1089).

• Introduced a new approach for handling Python third‑party dependencies, improving maintainability and consistency (SG‑37222 – PR #996).

• Fixed a missing __init__.py file in the ruamel module, ensuring proper package initialization (SG‑41902 – PR #1087).

Full Changelog: v0.23.7...v0.23.8

v0.23.7

This release delivers fixes and improvements to context and packaging.

What's Changed

• Fixed FileNotFoundError was being raised incorrectly, improving error handling behavior (SG‑40807 – #1088).

• Made website‑originated context available in the FPTR menu for more seamless workflows (SG‑41800 – PR).

• Introduced a new approach for handling Python third‑party dependencies, improving maintainability and consistency (SG‑37222 – PR).

• Fixed a missing __init__.py file in the ruamel module, ensuring proper package initialization (SG‑41902 – PR).

v0.23.6

PySide/Qt4 cleanup, VFX CY2026 support and prevent autoupdate.

What's Changed

• Removed outdated references of PySide/Qt4 (SG-39031 - PR #1079)
• Fix deprecation warnings for QTextCodec.setCodecForCStrings() (SG-41647 - PR #1083)
• Add support for VFX CY2026 - Python 3.13 - Qt 6.8 (SG-40980 - PR #1080)
• Prevent tk component autoupdate (SG-40996 - PR #1077)

Full Changelog: v0.23.5...v0.23.6

v0.23.5

This release updates shotgun python-api to v3.9.2

What's Changed

• Update shotgun python-api to v3.9.2 (SG-35561-PR)

Full Changelog: v0.23.4...v0.23.5

v0.23.4

This update fixes typing compatibility issues for Python 3.7 in util.py

What's Changed

• Fixed Python 3.7 typing compatibility in util.py (SG-41301 - PR)

Full Changelog: v0.23.3...v0.23.4

v0.23.3

This release focuses on improving reliability and modernizing version handling.

What's Changed

• Improved Git URI detection mechanism (SG-39455 - PR)
• Updated deprecation warning message regarding the end of compatibility with Python 3.7 (SG-40994 - PR)
• Bumped python-api to v3.9.1 (PR)
• Replaced legacy version parsing logic with a modern packaging.version bundled in tank_vendor and added normalize_version_format() for consistent (SG-40319 SG-41241 - PR)

Full Changelog: v0.23.2...v0.23.3

v0.23.2

This release includes improved compatibility comments and deprecation warnings.

What's Changed

• Improved comments about compatibility with fw-adminui prior to v0.8.1 (SG-40476 - PR)
• Updated Support URL (SG-40165 - PR)
• Added deprecation warnings for six.py and sgutils.py (SG-40715 - PR)
• Disabled automatic PySide imports (SG-39029 - PR)
• Added deprecation warnings for Python versions < 3.9 (SG-39039 - PR)

Full Changelog: v0.23.1...v0.23.2

v0.23.1

Fix minor regressions introduced in v0.23.0

What's Changed

• Remove excessive warning logging related to DCC version comparisons ( SG-36372 - PR #1056)
• Restore linux2 keys to fix regression with Advanced Project Setup wizard (SG-40476 - PR #1057)

v0.23.0

2025-Sep-11

What's Changed

• We copied the ensure_binary and ensure_str functions from the python-api and added a deprecation warning because these functions are going to be decommissioned soon. These functions are gone in the python-api v3.9.0. (SG-39698)
• Removed primary dependence on distutils package since it's not supported by Python 3.12. This is a preparation step for VFX 2026. We first try to use packaging.version instead and fall back to distutils for older versions of Python. (SG-36372)
• Replaced imp module with importlib since it's not supported by Python 3.12. This is a preparation step for VFX 2026. (SG-15664)
• Bump ruamel.yaml to 0.18.14. The previous version depended on the distutils package. (SG-39809)
• Bump python-api to v3.9.0. This now includes the Python 2 removal.

Full Changelog: v0.22.7...v0.23.0