Bump version: v4.2.0

docs/changelog.md

@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ ref: changelog
 
 # Changelog
 
+### v4.2.0
+
+_4 August 2026_
+
+- 🌟 CPython 3.15 wheels are now built by default - without the `"cpython-prerelease"` [`enable`](https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io/en/stable/options/#enable) set. It's time to build and upload these wheels to PyPI! This release includes CPython 3.15.0rc1, which is guaranteed to be ABI compatible with the final release. (#2944)
+- ✨ Adds Pyodide 3.15 support with the `cp315-pyodide_wasm32` build identifier, using Pyodide 315.0.0a2. These are also stable wrt. the final release. (#2958)
+- 🐛 Retries a failed download six times with exponential backoff, so short network outages no longer stop a build. A `4xx` response is still reported at once. (#2953)
+- 🐛 Accepts `default` as a [`build-frontend`](https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io/en/stable/options/#build-frontend) value on Pyodide, and accepts `pyodide-build` in the top-level table and in overrides (#2951)
+- 🛠 Holds pip back on GraalPy, where newer pip breaks the build (#2955)
+- 🛠 Updates Pyodide to 314.0.4 (#2949, #2952)
+- 🛠 Updates dependencies and container pins (#2952, #2960)
+- 💼 Updates CI action pins (#2948, #2954)
+- 🧪 Uses pp311 for the abi3 test, and deletes `test_overridden_pip_constraint`, which is not necessary since #2583 (#2956, #2957)
+
 ### v4.1.1
 
 _24 July 2026_

docs/faq.md

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ There are two suggested methods for keeping cibuildwheel up to date that instead
 If you use GitHub Actions for builds, you can use cibuildwheel as an action:
 
 ```yaml
-uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v4.1.1
+uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v4.2.0
 ```
 
 This is a composite step that just runs cibuildwheel using pipx. You can set command-line options as `with:` parameters, and use `env:` as normal.
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ The second option, and the only one that supports other CI systems, is using a `
 
 ```bash
 # requirements-cibw.txt
-cibuildwheel==4.1.1
+cibuildwheel==4.2.0
 ```
 
 Then your install step would have `python -m pip install -r requirements-cibw.txt` in it. Your `.github/dependabot.yml` file could look like this:
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ Solutions to this vary, but the simplest is to use pipx:
 # most runners have pipx preinstalled, but in case you don't
 python3 -m pip install pipx
 
-pipx run cibuildwheel==4.1.1 --output-dir wheelhouse
+pipx run cibuildwheel==4.2.0 --output-dir wheelhouse
 pipx run twine upload wheelhouse/*.whl
 ```