make release-tag: Merge branch 'main' into stable

Author: rwedge

.github/workflows/dtypes_benchmark.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code

.github/workflows/install.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.13"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python_version }}

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

.github/workflows/minimum.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

.github/workflows/unit.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

HISTORY.md

@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # 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

latest_requirements.txt

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-cloudpickle==3.1.1
+cloudpickle==3.1.2
 copulas==0.12.3
-ctgan==0.11.0
+ctgan==0.11.1
 deepecho==0.7.0
 graphviz==0.21
-numpy==2.3.3
+numpy==2.3.4
 pandas==2.3.3
-platformdirs==4.4.0
-rdt==1.18.1
-sdmetrics==0.23.0
+platformdirs==4.5.0
+rdt==1.18.2
+sdmetrics==0.24.0
 tqdm==4.67.1

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ classifiers = [
     'License :: Free for non-commercial use',
     'Natural Language :: English',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
 keywords = ['sdv', 'synthetic-data', 'synhtetic-data-generation', 'timeseries', 'single-table', 'multi-table']
 dynamic = ['version']
 license = { text = 'BSL-1.1' }
-requires-python = '>=3.8,<3.14'
+requires-python = '>=3.9,<3.14'
 readme = 'README.md'
 dependencies = [
     'boto3>=1.28,<2.0.0',
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ namespaces = false
 version = {attr = 'sdv.__version__'}
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "1.28.0"
+current_version = "1.29.0.dev0"
 parse = '(?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<candidate>\d+))?'
 serialize = [
     '{major}.{minor}.{patch}.{release}{candidate}',

sdv/__init__.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 __author__ = 'DataCebo, Inc.'
 __email__ = '[email protected]'
-__version__ = '1.28.0'
+__version__ = '1.29.0.dev0'
 
 
 import sys