[#1354] add release notes

Author: schaubh

docs/source/Support/bskKnownIssues.rst

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ Basilisk Known Issues
 
 Version |release|
 -----------------
-- When building from source on Python 3.13 using SWIG 4.4.0, a build failure may occur
-  if ``pyLimitedAPI`` is set to an ABI lower than Python 3.13 (e.g., ``0x03080000``).
-  SWIG 4.4.0 introduces a new C-API codepath for Python 3.13 that expects newer
-  definition macros which are not present when targeting older ``abi3`` compatibility. As such, when building
-  Basilisk with Python 3.13 or above, we automatically default to using the newer cp313 ABI.
+- SWIG 4.4.0 caused Basilisk build failures in some Python 3.13+ source-build configurations.
+  The development dependency range now excludes SWIG 4.4.0, and SWIG 4.4.1 has been verified to build
+  successfully. If source builds fail with SWIG 4.4.0 or emit ``builtin type swigvarlink has no __module__ attribute``
+  warnings, upgrade to SWIG 4.4.1 or newer.
+
 
 Version 2.10.0 (April 2, 2026)
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docs/source/Support/bskReleaseNotesSnippets/1354-swig-pytest-cleanup.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Updated SWIG dependency support to allow compatible latest SWIG releases while excluding SWIG 4.4.0 due to compile regressions observed during testing.  If you are getting lots of ``builtin type swigvarlink has no __module__ attribute`` warnings upgrade to SWIG 4.4.1
+- Cleaned up pytest resource handling so parallel test runs with pytest-xdist and pytest-rerunfailures no longer report unclosed socket warnings.