Release 3.12.8 (#11133)

Author: bdraco

CHANGES.rst

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 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.12.8 (2025-06-04)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Added preemptive digest authentication to :class:`~aiohttp.DigestAuthMiddleware` -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+  The middleware now reuses authentication credentials for subsequent requests to the same
+  protection space, improving efficiency by avoiding extra authentication round trips.
+  This behavior matches how web browsers handle digest authentication and follows
+  :rfc:`7616#section-3.6`.
+
+  Preemptive authentication is enabled by default but can be disabled by passing
+  ``preemptive=False`` to the middleware constructor.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`11128`, :issue:`11129`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.12.7 (2025-06-02)
 ===================
 

CHANGES/11128.feature.rst

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-__version__ = "3.12.8.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.12.8"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple