Increase DB versions (#613)

* Increase DB versions to cover 8.x and 2025.1

* Add PR checklist

* Drop support for Python 3.9 and bump DB versions again

Author: ArBridgeman

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Checklist
+
+Note: If any of the items in the checklist are not relevant to your PR, leave the box unchecked.
+
+## For any Pull Request
+
+Is the following correct:
+* [ ] the title of the Pull Request?
+* [ ] the title of the corresponding issue?
+* [ ] there are no other open [Pull Requests](../../../../pulls) for the same update/change? <!-- markdown-link-check-disable-line -->
+* [ ] that the issue which this Pull Request fixes ("Fixes...") is mentioned?
+
+## When Changes Were Made
+
+Did you:
+* [ ] update the changelog?
+* [ ] update the implementation?
+* [ ] check coverage and add tests: unit tests and, if relevant, integration tests?
+* [ ] update the User Guide & other documentation?
+* [ ] resolve any failing CI criteria (incl. Sonar quality gate)?
+
+## When Preparing a Release
+
+Have you:
+* [ ] thought about version number (major, minor, patch)?
+* [ ] checked Exasol packages for updates and resolved open vulnerabilities, if easily possible?

.github/workflows/slow-checks.yml

@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload Artifacts
         uses: actions/[email protected]
         with:
-          name: coverage-python${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{matrix.connector}}-slow
+          name: coverage-python${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{matrix.connector}}-exasol${{ matrix.exasol-version }}slow
           path: .coverage
           include-hidden-files: true

doc/changes/unreleased.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+Due to an EOL for [Python 3.9 in 2025-10](https://devguide.python.org/versions/), we dropped support for it.
+This allows us to use the latest dependencies, which do not have open vulnerabilities.
+
+## Feature
+
+- #612: Updated CI tests to run against Exasol DB versions 7.1.30, 8.34.0, and 2025.1.0. Dropped support for Python 3.9.
+
 ## 🧰 Internal
 
 - #558 Updated to poetry 2.1.2 & relocked dependencies to resolve CVE-2025-27516

noxconfig.py

@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class Config:
     db_port = 8563
     bucketfs_port = 2580
     connectors = ["pyodbc", "turbodbc", "websocket"]
-    python_versions = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-    exasol_versions = ["7.1.17"]
+    python_versions = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    exasol_versions = ["7.1.30", "8.34.0", "2025.1.0"]
 
     plugins = [StartDB, StopDB]