chore(deps): bump the all group with 9 updates

[dependabot]

Bumps the all group with 9 updates:

Package	From	To
click	8.1.8	8.2.1
copier	9.7.1	9.9.1
algokit-utils	4.1.0	4.2.0
requests	2.32.4	2.32.5
pyinstaller	6.14.2	6.15.0
ruff	0.12.2	0.12.10
mypy	1.16.1	1.17.1
poethepoet	0.36.0	0.37.0
pytest-sugar	1.0.0	1.1.1

Updates click from 8.1.8 to 8.2.1

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8.2.1

This is the Click 8.2.1 fix release, which fixes bugs but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes compared to the latest feature release.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/click/8.2.1/ Changes: https://click.palletsprojects.com/page/changes/#version-8-2-1 Milestone: https://github.com/pallets/click/milestone/24?closed=1

• Fix flag value handling for flag options with a provided type. #2894 #2897
• Fix shell completion for nested groups. #2906
• Flush sys.stderr at the end of CliRunner.invoke. #2682
• Fix EOF handling for stdin input in CliRunner. #2787

8.2.0

This is the Click 8.2.0 feature release. A feature release may include new features, remove previously deprecated code, add new deprecation, or introduce potentially breaking changes.

We encourage everyone to upgrade. You can read more about our Version Support Policy on our website.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/click/8.2.0/ Changes: https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/changes/ Milestone https://github.com/pallets/click/milestone/15

• Drop support for Python 3.7, 3.8,and 3.9. #2588, #2893
• Use modern packaging metadata with pyproject.toml instead of setup.cfg. #2438
• Use flit_core instead of setuptools as build backend. #2543
• Deprecate the __version__ attribute. Use feature detection, or importlib.metadata.version("click"), instead. #2598
• BaseCommand is deprecated. Command is the base class for all commands. #2589
• MultiCommand is deprecated. Group is the base class for all group commands. #2590
• The current parser and related classes and methods, are deprecated. #2205
  • OptionParser and the parser module, which is a modified copy of optparse in the standard library.
  • Context.protected_args is unneeded. Context.args contains any remaining arguments while parsing.
  • Parameter.add_to_parser (on both Argument and Option) is unneeded. Parsing works directly without building a separate parser.
  • split_arg_string is moved from parser to shell_completion.
• Enable deferred evaluation of annotations with from __future__ import annotations. #2270
• When generating a command's name from a decorated function's name, the suffixes _command, _cmd, _group, and _grp are removed. #2322
• Show the types.ParamType.name for types.Choice options within --help message if show_choices=False is specified. #2356
• Do not display default values in prompts when Option.show_default is False. #2509
• Add get_help_extra method on Option to fetch the generated extra items used in get_help_record to render help text. #2516 #2517
• Keep stdout and stderr streams independent in CliRunner. Always collect stderr output and never raise an exception. Add a new output stream to simulate what the user sees in its terminal. Removes the mix_stderr parameter in CliRunner. #2522 #2523
• Option.show_envvar now also shows environment variable in error messages. #2695 #2696
• Context.close will be called on exit. This results in all Context.call_on_close callbacks and context managers added via Context.with_resource to be closed on exit as well. #2680
• Add ProgressBar(hidden: bool) to allow hiding the progressbar. #2609
• A UserWarning will be shown when multiple parameters attempt to use the same name. #2396
• When using Option.envvar with Option.flag_value, the flag_value will always be used instead of the value of the environment variable. #2746 #2788
• Add Choice.get_invalid_choice_message method for customizing the invalid choice message. #2621 #2622
• If help is shown because no_args_is_help is enabled (defaults to True for groups, False for commands), the exit code is 2 instead of 0. #1489 #1489
• Contexts created during shell completion are closed properly, fixing a ResourceWarning when using click.File. #2644 #2800 #2767
• click.edit(filename) now supports passing an iterable of filenames in case the editor supports editing multiple files at once. Its return type is now also typed: AnyStr if text is passed, otherwise None. #2067 #2068

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Version 8.2.1

Released 2025-05-20

• Fix flag value handling for flag options with a provided type. :issue:2894 :issue:2897 :pr:2930
• Fix shell completion for nested groups. :issue:2906 :pr:2907
• Flush sys.stderr at the end of CliRunner.invoke. :issue:2682
• Fix EOF handling for stdin input in CliRunner. :issue:2787

Version 8.2.0

Released 2025-05-10

• Drop support for Python 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9. :pr:2588 :pr:2893

• Use modern packaging metadata with pyproject.toml instead of setup.cfg. :pr:2438

• Use flit_core instead of setuptools as build backend. :pr:2543

• Deprecate the __version__ attribute. Use feature detection, or importlib.metadata.version("click"), instead. :issue:2598

• BaseCommand is deprecated. Command is the base class for all commands. :issue:2589

• MultiCommand is deprecated. Group is the base class for all group commands. :issue:2590

• The current parser and related classes and methods, are deprecated. :issue:2205

  • OptionParser and the parser module, which is a modified copy of optparse in the standard library.
  • Context.protected_args is unneeded. Context.args contains any remaining arguments while parsing.
  • Parameter.add_to_parser (on both Argument and Option) is unneeded. Parsing works directly without building a separate parser.
  • split_arg_string is moved from parser to shell_completion.

• Enable deferred evaluation of annotations with from __future__ import annotations. :pr:2270

• When generating a command's name from a decorated function's name, the suffixes _command, _cmd, _group, and _grp are removed. :issue:2322

• Show the types.ParamType.name for types.Choice options within --help message if show_choices=False is specified. :issue:2356

• Do not display default values in prompts when Option.show_default is False. :pr:2509

• Add get_help_extra method on Option to fetch the generated extra items used in get_help_record to render help text. :issue:2516 :pr:2517

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Commits

• fd183b2 release version 8.2.1
• 262bdf0 Raise an exception on end of input in CliRunner (#2934)
• 80efdf6 Raise an exception on end of input in CliRunner
• cfa6f4a Flush sys.stderr when CliRunner finalizes (#2933)
• f3a4363 flush sys.stderr when CliRunner.invoke finalizes
• b7cf069 fix shell completion for nested groups (#2935)
• 7c575d6 parametrize test
• ac6a2ac Fix shell completion for nested groups
• 884af5c Fix flag value set when is_flag=True and type is provided (#2930)
• 4fd2fea Fix condition for setting flag value when type is provided
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Updates copier from 9.7.1 to 9.9.1

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v9.9.1 (2025-08-18)

Security

• disallow render paths outside destination directory
• cast Jinja context path variables to pathlib.PurePath

v9.9.0 (2025-08-01)

Feat

• add support for prompting filesystem paths (#2210)

Fix

• updating: disable secret question validator when replaying old copy
• vcs: fix cloning local dirty template repo when core.fsmonitor=true (#2151)

v9.8.0 (2025-07-07)

Feat

• add support for providing serialized answers to multiselect choice questions
• updating: add VCS ref sentinel :current: for referring to the current template ref

Fix

• avoid infinite recursion when accessing _copier_conf.answers_file via Jinja context hook
• validate default answers
• correct git stage order on merge conflicts

Changelog

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v9.9.1 (2025-08-18)

Security

• disallow render paths outside destination directory
• cast Jinja context path variables to pathlib.PurePath

v9.9.0 (2025-08-01)

Feat

• add support for prompting filesystem paths (#2210)

Fix

• updating: disable secret question validator when replaying old copy
• vcs: fix cloning local dirty template repo when core.fsmonitor=true (#2151)

v9.8.0 (2025-07-07)

Feat

• add support for providing serialized answers to multiselect choice questions
• updating: add VCS ref sentinel :current: for referring to the current template ref

Fix

• avoid infinite recursion when accessing _copier_conf.answers_file via Jinja context hook
• validate default answers
• correct git stage order on merge conflicts

Commits

• 165c85a bump: version 9.9.0 → 9.9.1
• fdbc016 fix: disallow render paths outside destination directory
• 3feea3b fix: cast Jinja context path variables to pathlib.PurePath
• 0e7fb36 build(deps): update dependency editorconfig-checker to v3.4.0
• 5df77be build(deps): update dependency mkdocs-material to v9.6.17
• a0881ec build(deps): update dependency ruff to v0.12.9
• d106ea5 build(deps): update dependency poethepoet to v0.37.0
• 133d844 build(deps): update actions/checkout action to v5
• f80d1e1 test: add pytest argument --spawn-timeout (#2250)
• ae5f4ff build(deps): lock file maintenance
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Updates algokit-utils from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0

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Updates requests from 2.32.4 to 2.32.5

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v2.32.5

2.32.5 (2025-08-18)

Bugfixes

• The SSLContext caching feature originally introduced in 2.32.0 has created a new class of issues in Requests that have had negative impact across a number of use cases. The Requests team has decided to revert this feature as long term maintenance of it is proving to be unsustainable in its current iteration.

Deprecations

• Added support for Python 3.14.
• Dropped support for Python 3.8 following its end of support.

Changelog

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2.32.5 (2025-08-18)

Bugfixes

• The SSLContext caching feature originally introduced in 2.32.0 has created a new class of issues in Requests that have had negative impact across a number of use cases. The Requests team has decided to revert this feature as long term maintenance of it is proving to be unsustainable in its current iteration.

Deprecations

• Added support for Python 3.14.
• Dropped support for Python 3.8 following its end of support.

Commits

• b25c87d v2.32.5
• 131e506 Merge pull request #7010 from psf/dependabot/github_actions/actions/checkout-...
• b336cb2 Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.0 to 5.0.0
• 46e939b Update publish workflow to use artifact-id instead of name
• 4b9c546 Merge pull request #6999 from psf/dependabot/github_actions/step-security/har...
• 7618dbe Bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.12.0 to 2.13.0
• 2edca11 Add support for Python 3.14 and drop support for Python 3.8 (#6993)
• fec96cd Update Makefile rules (#6996)
• d58d8aa docs: clarify timeout parameter uses seconds in Session.request (#6994)
• 91a3eab Bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.5 to 3.29.0
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Updates pyinstaller from 6.14.2 to 6.15.0

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v6.15.0

Please see the v6.15.0 section of the changelog for a list of the changes since v6.14.2.

Changelog

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6.15.0 (2025-08-03)

Features

* Add Python 3.14 support. (:issue:`9192`)
Bugfix

* (non-Windows) Ensure that binary dependency analysis creates symbolic
  links in top-level application directory for shared libraries that are
  not resolvable during binary dependency analysis but are nevertheless
  collected due to being explicitly collected by a hook or by the user.
  (:issue:`9186`)
* Attempt to mitigate the issue with module exclusion when a top-level
  package hook excludes its own subpackage to prevent its collection
  in the absence of any external references; such exclusion rule would
  prevent collection of modules from such subpackage even when it is
  supposed to be collected due to an external reference (for example, an
  explicit import from the user's program). (:issue:`9193`)
* Fix a bug in module exclusion part of analysis codepath that would cause
  certain types of relative imports to be misinterpreted and thus fail to
  exclude them. (:issue:`9197`)
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Updates ruff from 0.12.2 to 0.12.10

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0.12.10
Release Notes
Preview features

[flake8-simplify] Implement fix for maxsplit without separator (SIM905) (#19851)
[flake8-use-pathlib] Add fixes for PTH102 and PTH103 (#19514)

Bug fixes

[isort] Handle multiple continuation lines after module docstring (I002) (#19818)
[pyupgrade] Avoid reporting __future__ features as unnecessary when they are used (UP010) (#19769)
[pyupgrade] Handle nested Optionals (UP045) (#19770)

Rule changes

[pycodestyle] Make E731 fix unsafe instead of display-only for class assignments (#19700)
[pyflakes] Add secondary annotation showing previous definition (F811) (#19900)

Documentation

Fix description of global config file discovery strategy (#19188)
Update outdated links to https://typing.python.org/en/latest/source/stubs.html (#19992)
[flake8-annotations] Remove unused import in example (ANN401) (#20000)

Contributors

@​AlexWaygood
@​Avasam
@​BurntSushi
@​Cjkjvfnby
@​Gankra
@​IDrokin117
@​MatthewMckee4
@​MichaReiser
@​PrettyWood
@​RazerM
@​carljm
@​chirizxc
@​danparizher
@​dcreager
@​dhruvmanila
@​ericmarkmartin
@​github-actions
@​gkowzan
@​leandrobbraga
@​mtshiba
@​ntBre
@​renovate
@​sharkdp
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Changelog
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0.12.10
Preview features

[flake8-simplify] Implement fix for maxsplit without separator (SIM905) (#19851)
[flake8-use-pathlib] Add fixes for PTH102 and PTH103 (#19514)

Bug fixes

[isort] Handle multiple continuation lines after module docstring (I002) (#19818)
[pyupgrade] Avoid reporting __future__ features as unnecessary when they are used (UP010) (#19769)
[pyupgrade] Handle nested Optionals (UP045) (#19770)

Rule changes

[pycodestyle] Make E731 fix unsafe instead of display-only for class assignments (#19700)
[pyflakes] Add secondary annotation showing previous definition (F811) (#19900)

Documentation

Fix description of global config file discovery strategy (#19188)
Update outdated links to https://typing.python.org/en/latest/source/stubs.html (#19992)
[flake8-annotations] Remove unused import in example (ANN401) (#20000)

0.12.9
Preview features

[airflow] Add check for airflow.secrets.cache.SecretCache (AIR301) (#17707)
[ruff] Offer a safe fix for multi-digit zeros (RUF064) (#19847)

Bug fixes

[flake8-blind-except] Fix BLE001 false-positive on raise ... from None (#19755)
[flake8-comprehensions] Fix false positive for C420 with attribute, subscript, or slice assignment targets (#19513)
[flake8-simplify] Fix handling of U+001C..U+001F whitespace (SIM905) (#19849)

Rule changes

[pylint] Use lowercase hex characters to match the formatter (PLE2513) (#19808)

Documentation

Fix lint.future-annotations link (#19876)

Other changes


Build riscv64 binaries for release (#19819)


Add rule code to error description in GitLab output (#19896)




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Commits

c68ff8d Bump 0.12.10 (#20025)
5931a52 [ty] Stop running every mdtest twice
692be72 Move diff rendering to ruff_db (#20006)
14fe122 [ty] Perform assignability etc checks using new Constraints trait (#19838)
045cba3 [ty] Use dedent in cursor tests (#20019)
a5cbca1 Fix rust feature activation (#20012)
d43a3d3 [ty] Avoid unnecessary argument type expansion (#19999)
9911196 [ty] Add link for namespaces being partial (#20015)
859475f [ty] add docstrings to completions based on type (#20008)
7b75aee [pyupgrade] Avoid reporting __future__ features as unnecessary when they ...
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Updates mypy from 1.16.1 to 1.17.1

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Mypy 1.17.1

Retain None as constraints bottom if no bottoms were provided (Stanislav Terliakov, PR 19485)
Fix "ignored exception in hasattr" in dmypy (Stanislav Terliakov, PR 19428)
Prevent a crash when InitVar is redefined with a method in a subclass (Stanislav Terliakov, PR 19453)

Acknowledgements
Thanks to all mypy contributors who contributed to this release:

Alexey Makridenko
Brian Schubert
Chad Dombrova
Chainfire
Charlie Denton
Charulata
Christoph Tyralla
CoolCat467
Donal Burns
Guy Wilson
Ivan Levkivskyi
johnthagen
Jukka Lehtosalo
Łukasz Kwieciński
Marc Mueller
Michael J. Sullivan
Mikhail Golubev
Sebastian Rittau
Shantanu
Stanislav Terliakov
wyattscarpenter

I’d also like to thank my employer, Dropbox, for supporting mypy development.
Mypy 1.16
We’ve just uploaded mypy 1.16 to the Python Package Index (PyPI).
Mypy is a static type checker for Python. This release includes new features and bug fixes.
You can install it as follows:
python3 -m pip install -U mypy

You can read the full documentation for this release on Read the Docs.
Different Property Getter and Setter Types
Mypy now supports using different types for a property getter and setter:
class A:
    _value: int
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Commits

acb2983 Bump version to 1.17.1
933c913 Retain None as constraints bottom if no bottoms were provided (#19485)
5f4428f Fix "ignored exception in hasattr" in dmypy (#19428)
88fdeaa Prevent a crash when InitVar is redefined with a method in a subclass (#19453)
e44d14f Bump version to 1.17.1+dev
0260991 Update version string
3901aa2 Updates to 1.17 changelog (#19436)
7d13396 Initial changelog for 1.17 release (#19427)
a182dec Combine the revealed types of multiple iteration steps in a more robust manne...
ab4fd57 Improve the handling of "iteration dependent" errors and notes in finally cla...
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Updates poethepoet from 0.36.0 to 0.37.0

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0.37.0
Enhancements

Support configuring task level verbosity by @​nat-n in nat-n/poethepoet#304
Direct most non-task output to stderr by @​nat-n in nat-n/poethepoet#304

Full Changelog: https://github.com/nat-n/poethepoet/compare/v0.36.0...v0.37.0



Commits

9c582c8 Bump version to 0.37.0
6eb522f feat: Support task level verbosity config and use stderr for most non-task ou...
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Updates pytest-sugar from 1.0.0 to 1.1.1

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pytest-sugar 1.1.1
Adjust signature of SugarTerminalReporter to avoid conflicts with other pytest plugins (#297 by @​TolstochenkoDaniil)
pytest-sugar 1.1.0
Add Playwright trace file detection and display support for failed tests (#296 by @​kiebak3r)
This enhancement automatically detects and displays Playwright trace.zip files with viewing commands when tests fail, making debugging easier for Playwright users.

New command-line options:

--sugar-trace-dir: Configure the directory name for Playwright trace files (default: test-results)
--sugar-no-trace: Disable Playwright trace file detection and display




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1.1.1 - 2025-08-23
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Adjust signature of SugarTerminalReporter to avoid conflicts with other pytest plugins
Contributed by Daniil via [PR #297](Teemu/pytest-sugar#297)
1.1.0 - 2025-08-16
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Add Playwright trace file detection and display support for failed tests. This enhancement automatically detects and displays Playwright trace.zip files with viewing commands when tests fail, making debugging easier for Playwright users.

New command-line options:

--sugar-trace-dir: Configure the directory name for Playwright trace files (default: test-results)
--sugar-no-trace: Disable Playwright trace file detection and display

Contributed by kie via [PR #296](Teemu/pytest-sugar#296)



Commits

8133503 Release pytest-sugar 1.1.1
6798042 Fix conflict with other Pytest plugins (#297)
43bbdd0 Release pytest-sugar 1.1.0
855d661 Feature - Playwright Support for Trace Zip Mapping (#296)
2a5862a Merge pull request #293 from cgoldberg/add-py313
ca26d98 Add support for Python 3.13
69989eb Clarify license as BSD 3-Clause License
3c86a5c Merge pull request #289 from deronnax/remove-packaging-dep
c123be0 remove 'packaging' package
efafd9c Merge pull request #282 from penguinpee/main
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