Tested with python3.14 updated hogger header fixed udp tests

setup.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='hio',
-    version='0.7.14',  #  also change in src/hio/__init__.py
+    version='0.7.16',  #  also change in src/hio/__init__.py
     license='Apache Software License 2.0',
     description='Hierarchical Concurrency with Async IO',
     long_description=("HIO Hierarchical Concurrency and Asynchronous IO Library. "
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
                "structured concurrency",
         # eg: 'keyword1', 'keyword2', 'keyword3',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.13.2',
+    python_requires='>=3.13.7',
     install_requires=[
-        'lmdb>=1.6.2',
-        'msgpack>=1.1.0',
-        'cbor2>=5.6.5',
-        'multidict>=6.4.3',
-        'falcon>=4.0.2',
+        'lmdb>=1.7.5',
+        'msgpack>=1.1.2',
+        'cbor2>=5.7.1',
+        'multidict>=6.7.0',
+        'falcon>=4.2.0',
         'ordered-set>=4.1.0',
     ],
     extras_require={
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
         #   ':python_version=="2.6"': ['argparse'],
     },
     tests_require=[
-                    'coverage>=7.8.0',
-                    'pytest>=8.3.5',
+                    'coverage>=7.12.0',
+                    'pytest>=9.0.1',
                   ],
     setup_requires=[
     ],

src/hio/__init__.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 hio package
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.7.14'  # also change in setup.py
+__version__ = '0.7.16'  # also change in setup.py
 
 from .hioing import (Mixin, HioError, SizeError, ValidationError, VersionError,
                      HierError)

src/hio/base/hier/hogging.py

@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ def act(self, **iops):
                 # hog id uuid for this run (not iteration)
                 # create B64 version of uuid with stripped trailing pad bytes
                 uid = encodeB64(bytes.fromhex(uuid.uuid1().hex))[:-2].decode()
-                self.rid = self.name + "_" + uid
+                #self.rid = self.name + "_" + uid
+                self.rid = "0A" + uid  # same as CESR salt
             self.stamp = timing.nowIso8601()  # current real datetime as ISO8601 string
 
             metaLine = (f"rid\tbase\tname\tstamp\trule\tcount\n")