Release 3.18

Author: kjd

HISTORY.md

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # History
 
-## 3.18 (2026-06-XX)
+## 3.18 (2026-06-02)
 
 - When decoding a domain, add a `display` argument that will pass
-  through invalid labels rather than raising an exception, matching
-  the per-label recovery described by UTS #46 and the WHATWG URL
-  specification.
+  through invalid labels rather than raising an exception.
 
 ## 3.17 (2026-05-28)
 

README.md

@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ b'xn--knigsgchen-b4a3dun'
 
 When performing a decode operation for display purposes, `decode()`
 accepts a `display=True` argument that leaves any `xn--` label that
-fails to decode unchanged
-(per [UTS #46](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr46/#Processing) and
-[WHATWG URL](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-domain-to-unicode)).
+fails to decode unchanged. This is useful for user interface display
+where a domain is in use, the A-label form can be presented when it
+is not a valid IDN.
 
 
 ## Exceptions

idna/package_data.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.18rc0"
+__version__ = "3.18"