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• The coverage lcov command ignored the [report] exclude_lines and
  [report] exclude_also settings (issue 1684). This is now fixed,
  thanks Jacqueline Lee <pull 1685_>.

• Sometimes SQLite will create journal files alongside the coverage.py database
  files. These are ephemeral, but could be mistakenly included when combining
  data files. Now they are always ignored, fixing issue 1605_. Thanks to
  Brad Smith for suggesting fixes and providing detailed debugging.

• On Python 3.12+, we now disable SQLite writing journal files, which should be
  a little faster.

• The new 3.12 soft keyword type is properly bolded in HTML reports.

• Removed the "fullcoverage" feature used by CPython to measure the coverage of
  early-imported standard library modules. CPython stopped using it <88054_>_ in 2021, and it stopped working completely in Python 3.13.

.. _issue 1605:https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/16055
.. _issue 1684https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/168484
.. _pull 168https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1685685
.. _880https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/880548054

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• The semantics of stars in file patterns has been clarified in the docs. A
  leading or trailing star matches any number of path components, like a double
  star would. This is different than the behavior of a star in the middle of a
  pattern. This discrepancy was identified by Sviatoslav Sydorenko <starbad_>, who provided patient detailed diagnosis <pull 1650_> and
  graciously agreed to a pragmatic resolution.

• The API docs were missing from the last version. They are now restored <apidocs_>_.

.. _apidocs: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api_coverage.html
.. _starbadhttps://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1407#issuecomment-163108520909
.. _pull 165https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1650650

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• Added a :meth:.Coverage.collect context manager to start and stop coverage
  data collection.

• Dropped support for Python 3.7.

• Fix: in unusual circumstances, SQLite cannot be set to asynchronous mode.
  Coverage.py would fail with the error Safety level may not be changed inside a transaction. This is now avoided, closing issue 1646_. Thanks
  to Michael Bell for the detailed bug report.

• Docs: examples of configuration files now include separate examples for the
  different syntaxes: .coveragerc, pyproject.toml, setup.cfg, and tox.ini.

• Fix: added nosemgrep comments to our JavaScript code so that
  semgrep-based SAST security checks won't raise false alarms about security
  problems that aren't problems.

• Added a CITATION.cff file, thanks to Ken Schackart <pull 1641_>_.

.. _pull 1641:https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/16411
.. _issue 1646https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/164646

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