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2026.02.16

🚀 Features

• (mypy plugin) Supports ElementDefaultClassLookup
• Supports type checking and runtime testing under PyPy 3.11
• Stub is error-free for ty type checker

🐛 Bug Fixes

• HtmlElement.head and .body can be None
• [breaking] Convert ElementDefaultClassLookup into Generic class
• Extend the list of unusable content-only elem methods
• Resolver methods args mostly position only
• [breaking] Remove _ResolverRegistry.copy()

🚜 Refactor

• Retire some unused type aliases
• (mypy plugin) Determine class lookup names more systematically

📚 Documentation

• Existing old docstring layout converted to new one
• New docstrings for some etree classes and funcs
• Add CHANGELOG.md to help searching among past changes

🧪 Testing

• Remove some signature tests already covered by mypy.stubtest
• Retire type checker "if KEYWORD:" usage
• Compat fix for pyright 1.1.408+ and basedpyright 1.37.1+
• Compat fix for pyright 1.1.406 and basedpyright 1.31.6
• Split mypy.stubtest as standalone tests
• More static tests migrated to runtime:
  • HtmlElement sequence tests, DocInfo, Resolver
  • "backport" some HtmlElement sequence tests to _Element
  • Partially migrate Element factory annotation test

☑️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Introduce pre-commit usage to help running actionlint
• Drop pytest-mypy-plugin from [dev] extras
• Add config for git-cliff

⚙️ CI/CD Tasks

• Enable Bandit security scanner in workflow
• Add ty to compat checks, and add more versions
• Use ubuntu-slim GitHub runner for lightweight workflows

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• 8454d91 ci: Fix release workflow token permissions
• d241569 docs: Prepare for new release
• c3d29a9 docs: Add CHANGELOG.md
• 704c735 test: test_registry_remove_bad fix for PyPy
• fd27499 test(mypy): exclude Resolver related names due to method sig change
• 52f7421 ci: Don't run stub test for worker supposed to run runtime test only
• 451c1af chore: Add config for git-cliff
• 711183d test: Migrate Resolver tests to runtime
• cbdad52 fix(stub)!: Remove _ResolverRegistry.copy()
• d8d5e13 fix(stub): Resolver methods args mostly position only
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