- New features added to support engine/pool plugins with advanced
functionality. Added a new "soft invalidate" feature to the
connection pool at the level of the checked out connection wrapper
as well as the :class:`._ConnectionRecord`. This works similarly
to a modern pool invalidation in that connections aren't actively
closed, but are recycled only on next checkout; this is essentially
a per-connection version of that feature. A new event
:class:`.PoolEvents.soft_invalidate` is added to complement it.
fixes #3379
- Added new flag
:attr:`.ExceptionContext.invalidate_pool_on_disconnect`.
Allows an error handler within :meth:`.ConnectionEvents.handle_error`
to maintain a "disconnect" condition, but to handle calling invalidate
on individual connections in a specific manner within the event.
- Added new event :class:`.DialectEvents.do_connect`, which allows
interception / replacement of when the :meth:`.Dialect.connect`
hook is called to create a DBAPI connection. Also added
dialect plugin hooks :meth:`.Dialect.get_dialect_cls` and
:meth:`.Dialect.engine_created` which allow external plugins to
add events to existing dialects using entry points.
fixes #3355