release: bump version to 0.3.0

- Refactor Redis backend connection handling and pool management
- Update algorithm implementations with improved type annotations
- Enhance config loader validation with stricter Pydantic schemas
- Improve decorator and middleware error handling
- Expand example scripts with better docstrings and usage patterns
- Add new 00_basic_usage.py example for quick start
- Reorganize examples directory structure
- Fix type annotation inconsistencies across core modules
- Update dependencies in pyproject.toml

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,9 +5,36 @@ All notable changes to fastapi-traffic will be documented here.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.3.0] - 2026-03-17
+
+### Added
+
+- Expanded example scripts with improved docstrings and usage patterns
+- New `00_basic_usage.py` example for getting started quickly
+
+### Changed
+
+- Refactored Redis backend connection handling for improved reliability
+- Updated algorithm implementations with cleaner type annotations
+- Improved config loader validation with stricter Pydantic schemas
+- Enhanced decorator and middleware error handling
+- Reorganized examples directory structure (removed legacy `basic_usage.py`)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Redis backend connection pool management edge cases
+- Type annotation inconsistencies across core modules
+
+## [0.2.1] - 2026-03-12
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Test assertion bug in `test_load_rate_limit_config_from_env_missing_limit` test case within `test_config_loader.py`.
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2026-02-04
 
 ### Added
+
 - **Configuration Loader** - Load rate limiting configuration from external files:
   - `ConfigLoader` class for loading `RateLimitConfig` and `GlobalConfig`
   - Support for `.env` files with `FASTAPI_TRAFFIC_*` prefixed variables
@@ -28,6 +55,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `httpx` and `pytest-asyncio` as dev dependencies for testing
 
 ### Changed
+
 - Improved documentation in README.md and DEVELOPMENT.md
 - Added `asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope` config for pytest-asyncio compatibility
 
@@ -36,6 +64,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 Initial release.
 
 ### Added
+
 - Core rate limiting with `@rate_limit` decorator
 - Five algorithms: Token Bucket, Sliding Window, Fixed Window, Leaky Bucket, Sliding Window Counter
 - Three storage backends: Memory (default), SQLite (persistent), Redis (distributed)