chore(main): release 9.18.1 (#536)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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##
[9.18.1](9.18.0...9.18.1)
(2026-10-06)


### Bug Fixes

* Reuse an in-flight big segment status poll instead of always querying
twice
([#535](#535))
([66013b5](66013b5))

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> [!NOTE]
> **Overview**
> This **Release Please** PR cuts **9.18.1** by bumping the package
version everywhere it is declared (`.release-please-manifest.json`,
`pyproject.toml`, `ldclient/version.py`, and the `SDK_VERSION` example
in `PROVENANCE.md`).
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> `CHANGELOG.md` documents the patch contents: a **bug fix**
([#535](#535))
that **reuses an in-flight big segment status poll** instead of issuing
duplicate store queries when status is requested while a poll is already
running.
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.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.18.0"
+  ".": "9.18.1"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Python SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [9.18.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.18.0...9.18.1) (2026-10-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Reuse an in-flight big segment status poll instead of always querying twice ([#535](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/535)) ([66013b5](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/66013b520f448cf6cda3d6377cde93d8bb31b19c))
+
 ## [9.18.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.17.0...9.18.0) (2026-09-25)
 
 

PROVENANCE.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify build provenance attestations, we recommend using the [GitHub CLI `att
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-SDK_VERSION=9.18.0
+SDK_VERSION=9.18.1
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 

ldclient/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "9.18.0"  # x-release-please-version
+VERSION = "9.18.1"  # x-release-please-version

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "launchdarkly-server-sdk"
-version = "9.18.0"
+version = "9.18.1"
 description = "LaunchDarkly SDK for Python"
 authors = [
     {name = "LaunchDarkly", email = "dev@launchdarkly.com"}