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• xlswriter 2.0.0 (stable) 2026-05-16
  - Refactor: replaced libxlsxio dependency with the in-tree libxlsxreader (PHP-agnostic C library, lives under library/libxlsxreader/).
  - Reader: shared-strings table now supports both FULL and STREAMING modes; FSM-driven worksheet parser with 64KB XML buffer; honors 1900 vs 1904 date systems via workbook.xml.
  - Reader: PHP API (openFile/openSheet/nextRow/nextCellCallback/getSheetData/setType/setGl ...
• swoole 6.2.1 (stable) 2026-05-15
  - Fix timeout configuration error: Fixed an issue where the write timeout incorrectly reused the read timeout when `max_idle_time` was set.
  - Fix async reload warning: Eliminated invalid warnings triggered by the exit of old processes during asynchronous reloads.
  - Refactor process management: Refactored the server process management logic.
  - Optimize fork failure handling: Improved the handling m ...
• parallel 1.2.13 (stable) 2026-05-13
  - improve PHP compatibility (#376, thanks @arshidkv12)
  - fix cache key collision (#370, thanks @nono303)
• rdkafka 7.0.0alpha1 (alpha) 2026-05-07
  ## Other Changes
  - Drop unsupported php versions and old librdkafka versions (#559, @arnaud-lb)
  - Fix types (#560, @arnaud-lb)
  - Cleanup php 7 compatibility code (#564, @arnaud-lb)
  - Run workflows on Ubuntu 24 (#583, @arnaud-lb)
  - SASL_SSL OAUTHBEARER support for high level consumer (#581, @Rastusik)
  - Docker environment for local development, fix tests so artifacts and helpers don't get deleted ( ...
• protobuf 5.35.0RC2 (beta) 2026-05-06
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v35.0-rc2 for release notes.

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