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LLM 0.28. I released a new version of my LLM Python library and CLI tool for interacting with Large Language Models. Highlights from the release notes:

• New OpenAI models: gpt-5.1, gpt-5.1-chat-latest, gpt-5.2 and gpt-5.2-chat-latest. #1300, #1317
• When fetching URLs as fragments using llm -f URL, the request now includes a custom user-agent header: llm/VERSION (https://llm.datasette.io/). #1309
• Fixed a bug where fragments were not correctly registered with their source when using llm chat. Thanks, Giuseppe Rota. #1316
• Fixed some file descriptor leak warnings. Thanks, Eric Bloch. #1313
• Type annotations for the OpenAI Chat, AsyncChat and Completion execute() methods. Thanks, Arjan Mossel. #1315
• The project now uses uv and dependency groups for development. See the updated contributing documentation. #1318

That last bullet point about uv relates to the dependency groups pattern I wrote about in a recent TIL. I'm currently working through applying it to my other projects - the net result is that running the test suite is as simple as doing:

git clone https://github.com/simonw/llm
cd llm
uv run pytest

The new dev dependency group defined in pyproject.toml is automatically installed by uv run in a new virtual environment which means everything needed to run pytest is available without needing to add any extra commands.

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