Release 3.29.6: changelog, version and documentation

Author: dkropachev

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+3.29.6
+======
+November 27, 2025
+
+* Rename connection_metadata to client_routes (#608)
+* TokenAwarePolicy: enable shuffling by default (#478)
+* Add support of LWT flag for BatchStatement (#606)
+* Add support of CONNECTION_METADATA_CHANGE event (#601)
+* Add LWT support (#584)
+* Add support for Python 3.14 (#566)
+* Fix dict handling in pool and metrics (#595)
+* Remove serverless code (#590)
+* tests: drop `sure` package (#592)
+* compression: better handle configuration problems (#585)
+
 3.29.5
 ======
 November 5, 2025

cassandra/__init__.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def emit(self, record):
 
 logging.getLogger('cassandra').addHandler(NullHandler())
 
-__version_info__ = (3, 29, 5)
+__version_info__ = (3, 29, 6)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
 
 

docs/conf.py

@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
     '3.29.3-scylla',
     '3.29.4-scylla',
     '3.29.5-scylla',
+    '3.29.6-scylla',
 ]
 BRANCHES = ['master']
 # Set the latest version.
-LATEST_VERSION = '3.29.5-scylla'
+LATEST_VERSION = '3.29.6-scylla'
 # Set which versions are not released yet.
 UNSTABLE_VERSIONS = ['master']
 # Set which versions are deprecated

docs/installation.rst

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ To check if the installation was successful, you can run::
 
     python -c 'import cassandra; print(cassandra.__version__)'
 
-It should print something like "3.29.5".
+It should print something like "3.29.6".
 
 (*Optional*) Compression Support
 --------------------------------
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ through `Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_. For example, on Mac OS X::
 
     $ brew install libev
 
-The libev extension can now be built for Windows as of Python driver version 3.29.5.  You can
+The libev extension can now be built for Windows as of Python driver version 3.29.6.  You can
 install libev using any Windows package manager.  For example, to install using `vcpkg <https://vcpkg.io>`_:
 
     $ vcpkg install libev