chore: repo cleanup, bump actions, fix gitignore, drop empty init (v0.7.28)

Author: boxlinknet

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
         with:
           languages: python
           queries: security-extended
 
       - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v4
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
         with:
           category: "/language:python"

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 

.gitignore

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ __pycache__/
 .venv/
 .python-version
 
+# Test cache
+.pytest_cache/
+
 # Build output
 dist/
 build/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ Versioning: [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
 
 ---
 
+## [0.7.28] - 2026-03-06
+
+### Changed
+- GitHub Actions: bumped `actions/checkout` to v6, `actions/setup-python` to v6, `github/codeql-action` to v4 across all workflows
+
+### Fixed
+- `.gitignore`: added `.pytest_cache/` exclusion
+- Removed empty `tests/__init__.py` (not required by pytest)
+- `uv.lock`: synced to match declared dev dependencies
+
+---
+
 ## [0.7.27] - 2026-03-06
 
 ### Added

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "kwtsms"
-version = "0.7.27"
+version = "0.7.28"
 description = "Python client for kwtSMS, the Kuwait SMS gateway trusted by top businesses to deliver messages worldwide, with private Sender ID, free API testing, and non-expiring credits."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"

src/kwtsms/__init__.py

@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 
 __all__ = ["KwtSMS", "AsyncKwtSMS", "normalize_phone", "clean_message",
            "validate_phone_input", "parse_webhook"]
-__version__ = "0.7.27"
+__version__ = "0.7.28"