Robot Framework 7.3 rc 1 has been released! 🎉

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The release notes cover new features and fixes in more detail, but I’d like to highlight some of them already here.

:rocket: The most important enhancement in Robot Framework 7.3 is variable type conversion. It can be used, for example, like this:

*** Variables ***
${VERSION: float}    7.3

*** Keywords ***
Example
    [Arguments]    ${count: int}    ${critical: bool}=True
    ...

:beetle: There are various high priority bug fixes, including a fix that prevents output files being corrupted if a timeout occurs in a certain situation. These fixes make upgrading a good idea even if you weren’t interested in variable conversion or other new features!

Robot Framework 7.3 final release is planned for next Thursday. I hope many of you can test the release candidate in your environment and report possible problems. All other feedback related to the release is appreciated as well!

Big thanks to Robot Framework Foundation for their continued support, to contributors, and to everyone else who has tested preview releases, submitted bug reports, proposed enhancements, debugged problems, or otherwise helped with Robot Framework 7.3 development.

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