Enhancements

• Set __win version and enable CONDA_OVERRIDE_WIN usage. (#14443 via #14450)

Bug fixes

• Merge overlapping glob build specs instead of raising Incompatible component merge. (#11612)
• Fix a bug when invalid values are being passed to conda shell.posix command (#14398)
• Sort suggested subcommands when an incorrect subcommand is provided in the CLI. (#13332 via 14402)
• Fix a bug where the setting denylist_channels was not being recognized in certain cases. (#14405)
• Do not use native platform version to set __osx or __linux version if the underlying OS is not macOS or Linux, respectively. (#14448 via #14449)
• Report real macOS version (11+ instead of 10.16) even if the Python interpreter was linked against SDK 10.15 or earlier. This applies to the __osx virtual package and the user agent info. (#13178, #13832 via #14449)
• Accept %-encoded URLs as a valid MatchSpec. (#14481)
• Retry failed downloads one time on ChecksumMismatchError as caused by bad
  partial downloads. Use r+b or w+b instead of "append" mode. Improve test
  coverage. (#13488)

Docs

• Use the correct parameter name, handler, in the CondaAuthHandler example (#14428).

Other

• Require conda-libmamba-solver >=24.11.0 for libmamba 2.x compatibility. (#11612)
• Added new PYTHONPATH autoused fixture in conda.testing to ensure development conda is used across all tests. The fixture doesn't apply if PYTHONPATH is already set in the environment. (#14475)

Contributors

• @conda-bot
• @dbast
• @dholth
• @jaimergp
• @jezdez
• @jjhelmus
• @kenodegard
• @ForgottenProgramme
• @minrk
• @travishathaway
• @dependabot[bot]
• @pre-commit-ci[bot]

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