On behalf of Twisted Matrix Laboratories, I am pleased to announce the release of Twisted 13.1. Highlights for this release include: * trial now has an --exitfirst flag which stops the test run after the first error or failure. * twisted.internet.ssl.CertificateOptions now supports chain certificates. * twisted.conch.endpoints.SSHCommandClientEndpoint is a new IStreamClientEndpoint which supports connecting a protocol to the stdio of a command running on a remote host via an SSH connection. * twisted.web.xmlrpc.QueryProtocol now generates valid Authorization headers for long user names and passwords. * twisted.internet.endpoints.connectProtocol allows connecting to a client endpoint using only a protocol instance, rather than requiring a factory. For more information, see the NEWS file here: http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Twisted/13.1/NEWS.txt Download it now from: http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/T/Twisted/Twisted-13.1.0.tar.bz2 or http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/T/Twisted/Twisted-13.1.0.win32-py2.7.msi Many thanks to Tom Prince and Thomas Hervé, whose work on release-process and answers to numerous questions made this release possible. Thanks also to the supporters of the Twisted Software Foundation and to the many contributors for this release. -Ashwini