From 86149da92bfd3c5a27f963e112e6c7a68d919394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Walz <john@validmind.ai>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:21:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] 2.8.2

---
 pyproject.toml           | 2 +-
 validmind/__version__.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7eee739cd..064321742 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description = "ValidMind Library"
 license = "Commercial License"
 name = "validmind"
 readme = "README.pypi.md"
-version = "2.8.1"
+version = "2.8.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 aiohttp = {extras = ["speedups"], version = "*"}
diff --git a/validmind/__version__.py b/validmind/__version__.py
index b4066b65a..239bf2b2b 100644
--- a/validmind/__version__.py
+++ b/validmind/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.8.1"
+__version__ = "2.8.2"

From a6ef59f942687645528c2cdac5c00ceea629180b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Walz <john@validmind.ai>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:33:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] feat: add regular background check to see if notebook
 kernel needs to be restarted

---
 validmind/__init__.py | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 validmind/utils.py    | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/validmind/__init__.py b/validmind/__init__.py
index 99a3d0d2c..3099934ce 100644
--- a/validmind/__init__.py
+++ b/validmind/__init__.py
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@
 
 After you have pasted the code snippet into your development source code and executed the code, the Python Library API will register with ValidMind. You can now use the ValidMind Library to document and test your models, and to upload to the ValidMind Platform.
 """
+import threading
 import warnings
 
+import pkg_resources
+from IPython.display import HTML, display
+
 # Ignore Numba warnings. We are not requiring this package directly
 from numba.core.errors import NumbaDeprecationWarning, NumbaPendingDeprecationWarning
 
@@ -51,8 +55,46 @@
 )
 from .tests.decorator import tags, tasks, test
 from .tests.run import print_env
+from .utils import is_notebook, parse_version
 from .vm_models.result import RawData
 
+__shown = False
+
+
+def show_warning(installed, running):
+    global __shown
+
+    if __shown:
+        return
+    __shown = True
+
+    message = (
+        f"⚠️ This kernel is running an older version of validmind ({running}) "
+        f"than the latest version installed on your system ({installed}).\n\n"
+        "You may need to restart the kernel if you are experiencing issues."
+    )
+    display(HTML(f"<div style='color: red;'>{message}</div>"))
+
+
+def check_version():
+    # get the installed vs running version of validmind
+    # to make sure we are using the latest installed version
+    # in case user has updated the package but forgot to restart the kernel
+    installed = pkg_resources.get_distribution("validmind").version
+    running = __version__
+
+    if parse_version(installed) > parse_version(running):
+        show_warning(installed, running)
+
+    # Schedule the next check for 5 minutes from now
+    timer = threading.Timer(300, check_version)
+    timer.daemon = True
+    timer.start()
+
+
+if is_notebook():
+    check_version()
+
 __all__ = [  # noqa
     "__version__",
     # main library API
diff --git a/validmind/utils.py b/validmind/utils.py
index affcc31c3..ce1b5bb29 100644
--- a/validmind/utils.py
+++ b/validmind/utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import inspect
 import json
 import math
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 import warnings
@@ -60,6 +61,19 @@
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+def parse_version(version: str) -> tuple[int, ...]:
+    """
+    Parse a semver version string into a tuple of major, minor, patch integers
+
+    Args:
+        version (str): The semantic version string to parse
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple[int, ...]: A tuple of major, minor, patch integers
+    """
+    return tuple(int(x) for x in version.split(".")[:3])
+
+
 def is_notebook() -> bool:
     """
     Checks if the code is running in a Jupyter notebook or IPython shell

From b486c6249895b204dff65c6456cbd8d8ef178f41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Walz <john@validmind.ai>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:34:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: linter fix

---
 validmind/utils.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/validmind/utils.py b/validmind/utils.py
index ce1b5bb29..7393b8883 100644
--- a/validmind/utils.py
+++ b/validmind/utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import inspect
 import json
 import math
-import os
 import re
 import sys
 import warnings