From 2898c1a40522f6af7fa51c148bc1e0de81461cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pact-foundation[bot]"
 <289648111+pact-foundation[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:38:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): pact-python v3.4.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecf5b0046..64395fe1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,35 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 <!-- markdownlint-disable emph-style -->
 <!-- markdownlint-disable strong-style -->
 
+## [pact-python/3.4.1] _2026-09-17_
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+-   Pass http transport first to ffi
+-   Report message handler failures instead of transport errors
+-   Report unserialisable messages instead of transport errors
+-   Properly handle three character date time format codes.
+-   Avoid index error on trailing datetime fmt
+
+### 🧪 Testing
+
+-   Add failing three-character datetime test
+
+### 🛠️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+-   _(ci)_ Handle version degeneracy nicely
+-   Set user agent
+-   _(ci)_ Use GitHub App token
+-   Replace deprecated codecov action
+-   _(tests)_ Narrow message producer before accessing its handler
+-   _(renovate)_ Rebase PRs only when conflicted
+
+### Contributors
+
+-   @JP-Ellis
+-   @kaos
+-   @Endika
+
 ## [pact-python/3.4.0] _2026-05-04_
 
 ### 🚀 Features
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9bbd2b255..1dee9a9b0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [project]
 name = "pact-python"
-version = "3.4.0"
+version = "3.4.1"
 description = "Tool for creating and verifying consumer-driven contracts using the Pact framework."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }