Merge origin/master into 1.1.x for release 1.1.0

Author: DylanWelzel

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-v1.0.3 (2026/05/21)
+v1.1.0 (2026/05/27)
     Highlights:
         - Added Python 3.14 support and dropped Python 3.8 support.
         - Reworked biothings CLI configuration, pathing, and dataplugin command organization.
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ v1.0.1 (2025/08/21)
     Bugfixes:
         - Fixed parameter validation conflict by requiring handler classes with `kwargs` to define a unique `name` attribute. ([#412](https://github.com/biothings/biothings.api/pull/412))
         - Fix missing dependencies for building sphinx docs
+
 v1.0.0 (2025/07/29)
     Highlights:
         - Support sqlite3 for the MergerStorage backend, e.g. used in CLI ([#348](https://github.com/biothings/biothings.api/pull/348))

biothings/__init__.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class _version_info(NamedTuple):
     micro: int
 
 
-version_info = _version_info(1, 0, 3)
+version_info = _version_info(1, 1, 0)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))