chore(main): release 9.18.3 (#545)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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##
[9.18.3](9.18.2...9.18.3)
(2026-10-20)


### Bug Fixes

* Require certifi 2026.10.19 or newer
([#544](#544))
([518819d](518819d))

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> [!NOTE]
> **Overview**
> **Release 9.18.3** — bumps the package version from **9.18.2** to
**9.18.3** in `pyproject.toml`, `ldclient/version.py`,
`.release-please-manifest.json`, and the `SDK_VERSION` example in
`PROVENANCE.md`.
> 
> `CHANGELOG.md` records this patch as fixing TLS trust by **requiring
`certifi>=2026.10.19`**
([#544](#544));
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.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.18.2"
+  ".": "9.18.3"
 }

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).
 
+## [9.18.3](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.18.2...9.18.3) (2026-10-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Require certifi 2026.10.19 or newer ([#544](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/544)) ([518819d](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/518819dfe176357ef9441bbdf0bebe876f6b11ee))
+
 ## [9.18.2](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.18.1...9.18.2) (2026-10-12)
 
 

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=9.18.2
+SDK_VERSION=9.18.3
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 

ldclient/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "9.18.2"  # x-release-please-version
+VERSION = "9.18.3"  # x-release-please-version

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "launchdarkly-server-sdk"
-version = "9.18.2"
+version = "9.18.3"
 description = "LaunchDarkly SDK for Python"
 authors = [
     {name = "LaunchDarkly", email = "dev@launchdarkly.com"}