# Connector/Python 1.0.6 Release Notes

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**Release date:** 24 Feb 2021

This is a [***Stable (GA)***](https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria) release of MariaDB Connector/Python.

MariaDB Connector/Python enables python programs to access MariaDB and MySQL databases, using an API which is compliant with the Python DB API 2.0 (PEP-249). It is written in C and uses MariaDB Connector/C client library for client server communication.

## Bugs Fixed

* [CONC-142](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-142): Fixed memory leak in connection class (server\_version\_info)
* [CONC-138](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-138), [CONC-141](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-141): When using binary protocol, convert data to binary object only if the character set is BINARY (63), not if the flag was set and character set is a non binary character set.
* Various build and travis related corrections/fixes.

## Changelog

For a list of changes made in this release, with links to detailed information\
on each push, see the [changelog](https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/connectors/python/changelogs/1.0/1.0.6).

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