Meltano

_Happy Thursay, new releases of Meltano and the Singer SDK!_

:sparkles: :melty-bouncy: _*Meltano v4.0.0*_ :melty-bouncy::sparkles: 

The biggest theme in this major release are _structured logging,_ nicer error messages and a better default console user experience :technologist:.

Also:
• `meltano config <plugin> set <setting>` :no_good::skin-tone-2: :arrow_right: `meltano config set <plugin> <setting>`
• `meltano config test`  supports loaders
• `meltano logs` for managing job logs
• `meltano run --timeout` so gracefully terminate a job if it goes over a certain time limit
• Custom `.env` paths
• Python 3.14, released a couple of weeks ago, is supported
More details:
• <https://docs.meltano.com/changelog/2025-q4-updates-and-changes|Blog post>
• <https://docs.meltano.com/guide/v4-migration|Migration guide>
• _Full release notes: <https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.0|v4.0.0>_
The _structured logging_ improvements go hand-in-hand with the latest releases of the Singer SDK, which supports this capability since version 0.50.0!

• _<https://github.com/meltano/sdk/releases/tag/v0.50.0|v0.50.0>_
• _<https://github.com/meltano/sdk/releases/tag/v0.51.0|v0.51.0>_
• _<https://github.com/meltano/sdk/releases/tag/v0.52.0|v0.52.0>_

Being able to test loader configuration is a great addition, thanks!