---
since: 1.1.1
---

# Package Release

The project is distributed as:

```text
authx-identity
```

## Build

```bash
make build
```

Equivalent:

```bash
python -m build
```

## Validate

```bash
make check
```

Equivalent:

```bash
twine check dist/*
```

## TestPyPI

```bash
make publish-testpypi
```

## PyPI

```bash
make publish
```

## Post-release smoke test

Microservice:

```bash
pip install --upgrade authx-identity
```

Django consumer:

```bash
pip install --upgrade "authx-identity[django]"
```

Then verify the CLI/package import and run a service health check.

## Version source

The canonical package version is in:

```text
pyproject.toml
```

The current repository release metadata is also documented in
`CHANGELOG.md`.