- Require Ruby version >= 3.4 for compatibility
- Update faraday dependencies for improved functionality
- Replace specific middleware dependencies with core faraday packages
- Adjust json and yajl-ruby dependencies to broader ranges

- Aligns project with Ruby 3.4 for improved performance and support
- Ensures compatibility with latest libraries and features

- Remove version constraints on development gems
- Ensure consistency and flexibility for dependency updates

- Remove outdated ignore patterns
- Add new patterns for common Rails and Ruby files
- Standardise gitignore using generator

- Introduces initial lock file for dependency management
- Ensures consistent gem versions across environments
- Facilitates future updates and dependency resolution

- Streamlines exception handling in HTTP requests
- Refines retry strategy with custom options
- Integrates logger configuration for Rails environments

- Upgrade minitest to version 5.25.5
- Upgrade minitest-rg to version 5.3.0
- Ensure compatibility with the latest library features
- Aim to improve test framework support

- Bumps rake version from 13.0.6 to 13.3.0
- Ensures compatibility with the latest libraries
- Enhances potential performance and security

- Bumps simplecov to version 0.22.0 for improved compatibility
- Ensures better reporting features with latest updates

- Enhances compatibility with latest dependencies
- Fixes potential issues with outdated webmock version

- Update excon gem dependency for improved compatibility
- Introduce logger dependency to maintain functionality

- Upgrades mocha dependency to version 2.7.1 for improved performance and compatibility
- Adds ruby2_keywords as a new dependency to support mocha requirements

- Replace deprecated middleware with updated components
- Add encoding, redirect, and retry features for improved HTTP handling

- Rename 'instrumenter' to 'mock_notifier' for better clarity
- Enhance code readability with consistent naming
- Prepare for easier debugging by adding breakpoints

- Adjusts URL construction to properly handle secure protocols
- Uses URI library for consistent URL generation
- Ensures APIs with improper schemes are defaulted to a base URL

- Replaces direct Rails check with helper method to enhance readability
- Preserves logger response configuration outside Rails environment

- Replaces throw with raising a custom exception for clearer error reporting
- Changes json slicing to ensure handling of non-string input

- Moves logger setup to improve configuration readability
- Retains functionality within a Rails environment

- Allow parsing non-string inputs by converting to JSON
- Improve parsing logic for better complexity management

- Adds Faraday::TimeoutError to rescue block
- Improves error handling for network timeouts

- Adjusts wording to enhance clarity of log message
- Corrects pluralisation for row count output

- Add checks for query methods and terms type
- Ensure non-nil response with expected size

- Change log check from first to last for duration
- Simplify duration validation by directly checking as float

- Add handling for resource not found exceptions
- Update retry logic to include new exception
- Adjust tests for updated error handling

- Update VCR files with new API responses and recorded details
- Update HTTP interactions reflecting server response headers
- Add new VCR cassette for handling API service exception
- Remove old duplicate API exception handling file
- Address inconsistencies in recorded VCR requests

Relates to improvements in API test coverage and reliability

- Moves the byebug gem to be required conditionally
- Ensures byebug loads only in development and testing

- Bumps minor version from 1.5.4 to 1.6.0
- Freezes version string for immutability

- Update TargetRubyVersion to 3.4 for compatibility
- Refresh dependencies for better stability
- Refactor logging and error handling for clarity
- Enhance JSON parsing reliability
- Revise VCR setups with new HTTP client
- Expand .gitignore to cover more files
- Include Gemfile.lock for consistent dependencies

- Replace ignored patterns with allowed patterns
- Enhance consistency in pattern usage
- No change in ignored file paths

- Simplifies code logic for response key transformation
- Refines operation string assignment method
- Removes unnecessary linting suppressions in JSON parsing function