release: 0.16.0

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Automated Release PR

0.16.0 (2026-02-06)

Full Changelog: v0.15.0...v0.16.0

Features

• api: api update (6efa7c6)
• api: api update (39bf149)
• client: add custom JSON encoder for extended type support (9c37892)
• client: add support for binary request streaming (173f4bc)

Bug Fixes

• types: allow pyright to infer TypedDict types within SequenceNotStr (941b1cc)
• use async_to_httpx_files in patch method (4d5f789)

Chores

• add missing docstrings (f16212d)
• ci: upgrade actions/github-script (a950e2a)
• internal: add --fix argument to lint script (ed11e7a)
• internal: add missing files argument to base client (92b8e72)
• internal: codegen related update (fa9cdd1)
• internal: update actions/checkout version (f226fef)
• speedup initial import (cb228f5)

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🧪 Testing

To try out this version of the SDK, run:

pip install 'https://pkg.stainless.com/s/steel-python/6efa7c68d1783cf007c2854e095aaaa29cf70bde/steel_sdk-0.15.0-py3-none-any.whl'

Expires at: Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:10:15 GMT
Updated at: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:10:15 GMT

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🤖 Release is at https://github.com/steel-dev/steel-python/releases/tag/v0.16.0 🌻