iamalwaysuncomfortable · Oct 23, 2026 · Oct 23, 2026
diff --git a/bridge-sdk/pyproject.toml b/bridge-sdk/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "aleo-bridge-sdk"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Bridge Aleo, Ethereum, Arc, Base, Arbitrum and Solana assets with Hyperlane, Circle xReserve and CCTP"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"

diff --git a/bridge-sdk/python/aleo_bridge/__init__.py b/bridge-sdk/python/aleo_bridge/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
 _ALEO_SDK_MINIMUM = "0.7.0"
 
 

diff --git a/bridge-sdk/tests/test_client_lifecycle.py b/bridge-sdk/tests/test_client_lifecycle.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def test_public_exports_pin_pre_existing_set_and_add_lifecycle_names():
         assert hasattr(aleo_bridge, name), name
     assert set(PRE_EXISTING_EXPORTS) <= set(aleo_bridge.__all__)
     assert set(NEW_EXPORTS) <= set(aleo_bridge.__all__)
-    assert aleo_bridge.__version__ == "0.7.0"
+    assert aleo_bridge.__version__ == "0.8.0"
     assert aleo_bridge.lifecycle is lifecycle
     assert aleo_bridge.prepare is lifecycle.prepare
     assert aleo_bridge.bridge_tools is agent.bridge_tools

diff --git a/bridge-sdk/tests/test_package.py b/bridge-sdk/tests/test_package.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 def test_version_is_pinned_in_lockstep():
     pyproject = tomllib.loads((ROOT / "pyproject.toml").read_text())
-    assert pyproject["project"]["version"] == "0.7.0" == aleo_bridge.__version__
+    assert pyproject["project"]["version"] == "0.8.0" == aleo_bridge.__version__
     assert pyproject["project"]["name"] == "aleo-bridge-sdk"
     deps = pyproject["project"]["dependencies"]
     for base in ("aleo-sdk", "pynacl", "web3", "eth-account", "solders", "solana", "privy-client", "dynamic-wallet-sdk"):
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def test_import_without_optional_extras(monkeypatch):
             monkeypatch.delitem(sys.modules, name)  # reverted at teardown — a fresh reimport below must not
                                                      # leak new module/class objects into tests that run after this one
     pkg = importlib.import_module("aleo_bridge")
-    assert pkg.__version__ == "0.7.0"
+    assert pkg.__version__ == "0.8.0"
     assert issubclass(pkg.RouteNotFoundError, pkg.BridgeError)
 
 

diff --git a/sdk-abi/Cargo.lock b/sdk-abi/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/sdk-abi/Cargo.toml b/sdk-abi/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "aleo-abi"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 description = "Python bindings for ABI generation from Aleo bytecode (via Leo's leo-abi crate)"

diff --git a/sdk-abi/pyproject.toml b/sdk-abi/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "aleo-contract-abi-generator"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Python bindings for ABI generation from Aleo bytecode"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "GPL-3.0-or-later"}

diff --git a/sdk/Cargo.lock b/sdk/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "aleo"
 authors = ["Konstantin Pandl", "Mike Turner", "Roman Proskuryakov"]
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "A Python sdk for zero-knowledge cryptography based on Aleo"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"

diff --git a/sdk/docs/source/conf.py b/sdk/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 copyright = '2019-2026, Provable Inc.'
 author = 'kpp'
 
-version = '0.7.0'
+version = '0.8.0'
 
 # -- General configuration
 

diff --git a/sdk/pyproject.toml b/sdk/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "aleo-sdk"
 description = "Python SDK for building zero-knowledge apps and DeFi on the Aleo network"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 readme = "Readme.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE.md"}
 authors = [

diff --git a/shield-swap-sdk/README.md b/shield-swap-sdk/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pip install -e "shield-swap-sdk[async]"        # + AsyncShieldSwap (httpx)
 pip install -e "shield-swap-sdk[mcp]"          # + the MCP server
 ```
 
-Requires `aleo-sdk>=0.5.1` (this repo's SDK; imports as `aleo`) and Python 3.10+.
+Requires `aleo-sdk>=0.8.0` (this repo's SDK; imports as `aleo`) and Python 3.10+.
 
 ## First swap example
 

diff --git a/shield-swap-sdk/pyproject.toml b/shield-swap-sdk/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [project]
 name = "shield-swap-sdk"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Python SDK for the shield swap AMM Dex on Aleo"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-dependencies = ["aleo-sdk>=0.7.0", "requests>=2"]   # 0.7.0: aleo.compliance (freeze-list proofs)
+dependencies = ["aleo-sdk>=0.8.0", "requests>=2"]   # 0.8.0: aleo.inventory (record management)
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 async = ["httpx>=0.27"]

diff --git a/shield-swap-sdk/python/aleo_shield_swap/__init__.py b/shield-swap-sdk/python/aleo_shield_swap/__init__.py
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
                       amount_in=10**9).delegate()
     out = dex.claim_swap_output(handle).delegate()
 """
-_ALEO_SDK_MINIMUM = "0.7.0"
+_ALEO_SDK_MINIMUM = "0.8.0"
 
 
 def _require_aleo_sdk() -> None:
-    """Fail at import, naming the fix, when the installed aleo-sdk predates ``aleo.compliance``.
+    """Fail at import, naming the fix, when the installed aleo-sdk predates ``aleo.inventory``.
 
-    Freeze-list proofs come from ``aleo.compliance``, which first shipped in aleo-sdk 0.7.0. An
-    older install would otherwise fail on the first import of the client with a bare
-    ``ModuleNotFoundError``.
+    Record management comes from ``aleo.inventory``, which first shipped in aleo-sdk 0.8.0
+    (freeze-list proofs, from ``aleo.compliance``, arrived in 0.7.0). An older install would
+    otherwise fail on the first import of the client with a bare ``ModuleNotFoundError``.
     """
     try:
-        import aleo.compliance  # noqa: F401
+        import aleo.inventory  # noqa: F401
     except ImportError as exc:
         from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
         try:
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def agent_guide() -> str:
     return files(__name__).joinpath("AGENTS.md").read_text()
 
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "ShieldSwap", "AsyncShieldSwap", "ApiClient", "AsyncApiClient",

diff --git a/shield-swap-sdk/tests/test_package.py b/shield-swap-sdk/tests/test_package.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 def test_version():
-    assert aleo_shield_swap.__version__ == "0.7.0"
+    assert aleo_shield_swap.__version__ == "0.8.0"
 
 
 def test_lifecycle_exports():
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_import_guard_names_the_aleo_sdk_upgrade(monkeypatch):
     import pytest
 
     import aleo_shield_swap
-    aleo_shield_swap._require_aleo_sdk()                               # the installed sdk has aleo.compliance
-    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "aleo.compliance", None)          # simulate an aleo-sdk without it
-    with pytest.raises(ImportError, match=r'needs aleo-sdk>=0\.7\.0 \(found .*\); run: pip install -U "aleo-sdk>=0\.7\.0"'):
+    aleo_shield_swap._require_aleo_sdk()                               # the installed sdk has aleo.inventory
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "aleo.inventory", None)           # simulate an aleo-sdk without it
+    with pytest.raises(ImportError, match=r'needs aleo-sdk>=0\.8\.0 \(found .*\); run: pip install -U "aleo-sdk>=0\.8\.0"'):
         aleo_shield_swap._require_aleo_sdk()