A quick release cycle sees python-oracledb 3.2 introduce: - Support for Instance Principal Authentication, see [No More Credentials: Connect to Oracle Autonomous Database Using Instance Principals in python-oracledb 3.2](https://medium.com/@vignan.v/no-more-credentials-connect-to-oracle-autonomous-database-using-instance-principals-in-e213e1f40c44) - Advanced Queueing Recipient Lists in python-oracledb Thin mode - Dataframe query support for the VECTOR and NCHAR/NVARCHAR/NCLOB data types - A new parameter `pool_name` in connection and pool creation methods to support Oracle Database 23ai multi-pool [Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP)](https://github.com/oracle/python-oracledb/issues/user_guide/connection_handling.html#drcp). - And there are plenty of bug fixes. The full release notes are [here](https://python-oracledb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes.html#oracledb-3-2-0-june-2025). My brief blog announcement is [here](https://medium.com/@cjones-oracle/python-oracledb-3-2-supports-instance-principal-authentication-71e390f2ca4e). We're going to push for an even shorter release cycle for python-oracledb 3.3, so stay tuned !