[mnriem]

Automated release of 1.2.6.

This PR was created by the Release Trigger workflow. The git tag v1.2.6 has already been pushed and the release artifacts are being built.

Merging this PR will set main to 1.2.7.dev0 so that development installs are clearly marked as pre-release.

[Copilot]

🟢 Approval recommended

The supplied review evidence identifies no active issues, with changes limited to version metadata and generated release notes.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

This release pull request records version 1.2.6 and begins the 1.2.7 development cycle by setting the project version to 1.2.7.dev0.

Changes:

• Updates the package version in pyproject.toml to 1.2.7.dev0.
• Adds the generated 1.2.6 release notes to CHANGELOG.md, dated 2026-11-02.

File	Description
pyproject.toml	Advances the package development version to 1.2.7.dev0.
CHANGELOG.md	Records the generated release notes for version 1.2.6.

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