June 2026 monthly summary for stytchauth/stytch-node: Focused on delivering flexible JWT authentication enhancements to improve session control and customization across the Node.js client library. Implemented session_duration_minutes and session_custom_claims in authenticateJwt to enable finer-grained session management and policy-driven claims.

April 2026 monthly summary for stytchauth/stytch-python: Implemented External Session Support for the Synchronous Client, enabling passing a custom requests.Session to the SyncClient, and added automated tests to validate external session usage and default session creation. The changes preserve backward compatibility and improve client flexibility, resource reuse, and security posture. No major bugs fixed this month; the primary focus was delivering a feature that reduces integration friction and enables better session management for Python users.

March 2026 monthly summary for stytchauth/stytch-python: Delivered Async authentication performance enhancement by refactoring authenticate_jwt_async to be non-blocking, boosting throughput and reducing latency under concurrent load. Focused on improving scalability and reliability of authentication flows. Major bug fix included: authenticate_jwt_async() is now non-blocking. Commit b7c806253df34e67e4c2f27f82b4047263c465e3 (#309); co-authored by Logan Gore.