1.6.0
Major features and improvements Added dataset validation: datasets can declare a validator in their catalog entry, and the DataCatalog enforces it on every load and save. Failures raise DataValidationError (a DatasetError subclass), reporting every failed check at once. Pandera is the built-in adapter, installed with the new kedro[pandera-pandas] or kedro[pandera-polars] extras; custom validator c…