chore(deps): update apprise to 1.9.8

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
apprise	==1.9.7 → ==1.9.8

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Release Notes

caronc/apprise (apprise)

v1.9.8

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What's Changed

It's been a few months now; Apprise is due for a release containing all of the issues that have been resolved. I feel the big highlights of this release are IRC, Fluxer, and the return of XMPP support!

Continue to refer to https://AppriseIt.com for your documentation needs.

📣 New Notification Services:

• Viber Bot Support in #​1501
• IRC Support (includes support for ZNC Bouncer) in #​1503
• XMPP support restored using Slixmpp in #​1505
  • also followup improvements in #​1507, #​1509, and #​1526
• jellyfin:// support (Emby alias) added for convenience in #​1518
• Fluxer support in #​1536
• Support for Slack rotation OAuth Bot Support in #​1534

🐞 Bugfixes

n/a

💡 Features

• Add Mattermost icon override support by @​CWSpear in #​1504
• GMX Email Template added in #​1517
• Added mattermost:// bot support in #​1522
• bark:// ?format=markdown support for Markdown rendering by @​HerbertGao in #​1513
• matrix:// homeserver not requred by default in #​1514

❤️ Life-Cycle Support

• Standardize linting by enabling Ruff preview rules and updating code base in #​1510
• Remove unnecessary pytest rpm dependencies in #​1515
• CLI test cases compatible now with Python v3.15 in #​1516
• Updated copyright notices to reflect 2026 in #​1540

Installation

Apprise is available on PyPI through pip:

# Install Apprise v1.9.8 from PyPI
pip install apprise==1.9.8

New Contributors

• @​CWSpear made their first contribution in #​1504

Full Changelog: caronc/apprise@v1.9.7...v1.9.8

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