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From: "pact-foundation[bot]"
 <289648111+pact-foundation[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:42:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): pact-python v4.2.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7139124d..f896c2d55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,58 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 <!-- markdownlint-disable emph-style -->
 <!-- markdownlint-disable strong-style -->
 
+## [pact-python/4.2.0] _2026-10-23_
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+-   Route Pact library and plugin logs through logging
+-   Initialise Pact logging from Pact and Verifier
+-   Set the default Pact log forwarding level
+-   Replace pact_ffi logger set-up with a warning
+-   Name Pact library loggers with dotted module paths
+-   Scope the Pact test run ID to each pytest test
+-   Add a unittest mixin for Pact logs
+-   Expose buffered plugin log entries
+-   _(ffi)_ Build abi3t wheels for free-threaded Python
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+-   Forward the Pact library at the level of pact.ffi alone
+-   Restore the pytest run ID after a unittest test case
+-   _(ci)_ Tag the merged release commit
+-   _(ci)_ Keep PR merge runs out of the main release group
+
+### ⚡️ Performance
+
+-   Defer loading the Pact FFI until Pact is used
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+-   Describe logging through the standard logging module
+-   Describe log_id during provider verification
+-   Describe the pytest plugin and unittest mixin
+-   Colour terminal output in code blocks
+-   Add a blog post on Pact logs in test output
+
+### 🧪 Testing
+
+-   Cover Pact library log forwarding end to end
+-   Cover plugin log forwarding end to end
+-   Cover forwarding alongside an externally applied logger
+-   Cover the lazy attributes of pact
+-   Run the suites on free-threaded Python 3.15
+-   Import testcontainers only when starting a broker
+
+### 🛠️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+-   _(ffi)_ Download pact_ffi from the dist-built release
+-   Require pact-python-ffi 0.5.12
+-   _(ci)_ Stop release runs on main being dropped
+
+### Contributors
+
+-   @JP-Ellis
+
 ## [pact-python/4.1.0] _2026-10-16_
 
 ### 🚀 Features
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 559d6a783..cccf656ea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [project]
 name = "pact-python"
-version = "4.1.0"
+version = "4.2.0"
 description = "Tool for creating and verifying consumer-driven contracts using the Pact framework."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }