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sqlite-utils 4.2.1

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  • sqlite-utils 4.2.1 was released to fix a crashing bug in version 4.2, caused by a missing runtime dependency.
  • The bug stemmed from typing-extensions not being listed as a direct dependency; it was implicitly installed via a development dependency group, leading to crashes when sqlite-utils was installed directly without dev dependencies.
  • Simon Willison developed a new smoke test using uv run --isolated --no-default-groups sqlite-utils --help to ensure the CLI tool functions correctly in an isolated environment, preventing similar dependency issues in the future.