v1.29.0 Release Preparation (#2742)

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HISTORY.md

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 # Release Notes
 
+## v1.29.0 - 2025-11-14
+
+### New Features
+
+* Prevent users from accidentally overriding the source or README files - Issue [#2686](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2686) by @fealho
+* Ensure that the source/readme files can only be downloaded in `txt` format - Issue [#2685](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2685) by @fealho
+* If a source or readme does not exist for a dataset, show a warning - Issue [#2684](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2684) by @fealho
+* Add get_source and get_readme functions for demo datasets - Issue [#2663](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2663) by @fealho
+* Update the download_demo  and get_available_demos functions - Issue [#2661](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2661) by @fealho
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+* PARSynthesizer crashes if context columns are listed in a different order than the data - Issue [#2719](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2719) by @sarahmish
+* HMASynthesizer - Cap displayed column count in PerformanceAlert Message - Issue [#2716](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2716) by @fealho
+* HMA sampling raises a pandas FutureWarning: Downcasting object dtype arrays - Issue [#2711](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2711) by @frances-h
+* download_demo errors if the dataset_name in the metainfo does not match the dataset name in the folder - Issue [#2691](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2691) by @fealho
+* download_demo should ignore non-csv files in data.zip - Issue [#2690](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2690) by @fealho
+* Improve error message when no csv file are found for a dataset when using download_demo - Issue [#2689](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2689) by @fealho
+* `download_demo` may fail for some `data.zip` files - Issue [#2688](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2688) by @fealho
+* `download_demo` failing when `output_folder_path` is set - Issue [#2687](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2687) by @fealho
+
+### Internal
+
+* HMASynthesizer - model child tables with norm distribution - Issue [#2665](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2665) by @rwedge
+
+### Maintenance
+
+* Remove support for Python 3.8 - Issue [#2681](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2681) by @fealho
+
 ## v1.28.0 - 2025-10-17
 
 ### New Features

static_code_analysis.txt

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-Run started:2025-10-17 19:38:52.414320
+Run started:2025-11-14 21:11:19.372743
 
 Test results:
 >> Issue: [B110:try_except_pass] Try, Except, Pass detected.
@@ -31,6 +31,39 @@ Test results:
 17	    assert path.exists(), 'The expected file was not found.'
 18	    module_path = path.parent
 
+--------------------------------------------------
+>> Issue: [B112:try_except_continue] Try, Except, Continue detected.
+   Severity: Low   Confidence: High
+   CWE: CWE-703 (https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/703.html)
+   More Info: https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.7/plugins/b112_try_except_continue.html
+   Location: ./sdv/datasets/demo.py:97:8
+96	                matches.append(key)
+97	        except Exception:
+98	            continue
+99	
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+>> Issue: [B112:try_except_continue] Try, Except, Continue detected.
+   Severity: Low   Confidence: High
+   CWE: CWE-703 (https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/703.html)
+   More Info: https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.7/plugins/b112_try_except_continue.html
+   Location: ./sdv/datasets/demo.py:158:8
+157	
+158	        except Exception:
+159	            continue
+160	
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+>> Issue: [B112:try_except_continue] Try, Except, Continue detected.
+   Severity: Low   Confidence: High
+   CWE: CWE-703 (https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/703.html)
+   More Info: https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.7/plugins/b112_try_except_continue.html
+   Location: ./sdv/datasets/demo.py:437:8
+436	
+437	        except Exception:
+438	            continue
+439	
+
 --------------------------------------------------
 >> Issue: [B306:blacklist] Use of insecure and deprecated function (mktemp).
    Severity: Medium   Confidence: High
@@ -67,12 +100,12 @@ Test results:
    Severity: Low   Confidence: High
    CWE: CWE-703 (https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/703.html)
    More Info: https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.7/plugins/b110_try_except_pass.html
-   Location: ./sdv/multi_table/hma.py:365:12
-364	                    index.append(foreign_key_value)
-365	            except Exception:
-366	                # Skip children rows subsets that fail
-367	                pass
-368	
+   Location: ./sdv/multi_table/hma.py:401:12
+400	                    index.append(foreign_key_value)
+401	            except Exception:
+402	                # Skip children rows subsets that fail
+403	                pass
+404	
 
 --------------------------------------------------
 >> Issue: [B110:try_except_pass] Try, Except, Pass detected.
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 Code scanned:
-	Total lines of code: 16761
+	Total lines of code: 17119
 	Total lines skipped (#nosec): 0
 	Total potential issues skipped due to specifically being disabled (e.g., #nosec BXXX): 0
 
 Run metrics:
 	Total issues (by severity):
 		Undefined: 0
-		Low: 7
+		Low: 10
 		Medium: 1
 		High: 0
 	Total issues (by confidence):
 		Undefined: 0
 		Low: 0
 		Medium: 2
-		High: 6
+		High: 9
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