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Datasette Releases Version 1.0a40 with Background Task Support and Security Fixes

Datasette has released version 1.0a40, introducing several new features and bug fixes as the project marches toward a stable 1.0 release. A key addition is the new datasette.addbackgroundtask() method, contributed by Alex Garcia, which allows plugins to launch and manage background tasks.

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  • Datasette 1.0a40 introduces background task management for plugins via a new API method.
  • The project has migrated to httpx2 to power internal client requests.
  • Numerous bug fixes have been resolved as part of triaging for the stable 1.0 release.

Additionally, the release migrates Datasette's internal client to httpx2 for features like datasette.client.get(). The update also includes the same security fix found in version 0.65.5, alongside numerous bug fixes resulting from a recent effort to triage issues for the upcoming stable milestone.

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datasette 1.0a40

Simon Willison · 16 September 2026

16th September 2026

Same security fix as 0.65.5, plus some neat new features and bug fixes:

  • Plugins can now launch and manage background tasks using the new datasette.add_background_task() method. Thanks, Alex Garcia.
  • I've migrated Datasette to httpx2 for features like the internal datasette.client.get() method.
  • A whole lot of bug fixes, many of them stemming from a recent effort to triage issues for a 1.0 stable release.

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