v8.3.0

cx_Oracle 8.3 is now released. This release introduced official support for Python 3.10 and addressed a few small issues. See the full release notes for all of the details.

v8.2.1

cx_Oracle 8.2.1 is now released. This release addresses a couple of bugs and adds one small internal enhancement. See the full release notes for all of the details.

v8.2.0

cx_Oracle 8.2 is now released. This release introduced a number of useful changes, many around connection handling. See the full release notes for all of the details.

v8.1

cx_Oracle 8.1 is now released. This release focused on support for the new JSON data type available in Oracle Database and Client 21. See the full release notes for all of the details.

v8.0.1

cx_Oracle 8.0.1 is now released. This release addresses a few bugs and ensures that those still using Python 2.7 will not see cx_Oracle 8 when installing via pip. See the full release notes for all of the details.

v8.0

cx_Oracle 8.0 is now released. This release is the first one to only support Python 3. The default encoding for all character data is now UTF-8. A new method for initialising the Oracle Client libraries is available. A number of other smaller enhancements and bug fixes were also made. See the full release notes for all of the details.

v7.3

cx_Oracle 7.3 is now released. Support for Python 3.8 was added. The majority of the other changes are for sharding support. A number of other smaller enhancements and bug fixes were also made. See the full release notes for all of the details.

v7.2.3

This release addresses a number of issues. See the release notes for more information.

v7.2.2

This release addresses a number of issues. See the release notes for more information.

v7.2.1

This release addresses a number of issues. See the release notes for more information.