REQUEST: Maintainer role for @CasperGN in dapr/python-sdk #734

I would like to propose @CasperGN as a Maintainer of the dapr/python-sdk repository.

@CasperGN has been a dapr/python-sdk approver since February 2026 (#700) and active in the repo since October 2025. Casper is also a maintainer of dapr/dapr-agents and an approver on dapr/docs. dapr-agents is built on dapr, dapr-ext-workflow and dapr-ext-fastapi, so Casper works against the SDK surface every day and brings that consumer view into reviews.

Reviews

• 75 PRs reviewed, from both the core maintainers and community contributors, including first-time contributors.
• All reviews: https://github.com/dapr/python-sdk/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3ACasperGN+-author%3ACasperGN

Merged contributions

• Feat/ext langgraph checkpoint python-sdk#868: dapr-ext-langgraph checkpointer: put, put_writes and get_tuple aligned with LangGraph's RedisSaver, plus an example
• Fix/ext pkgs typed python-sdk#869: py.typed markers for each dapr.ext.* package, so type checkers find the types
• fix: ensure response format passed in aio. Ensure reconnecting ratherthan breaking. Correctly bubble up workflow name if set python-sdk#951: reconnect on RST_STREAM instead of failing, aio response format, and the workflow name when set
• fix(bug): workflow client missing close function to pass to durable task python-sdk#889, Fix workflow client close python-sdk#891: workflow client close() passed through to durabletask
• fix(1023): enable setting DAPR_GRPC_MAX_INBOUND_MESSAGE_SIZE_BYTES through environment variable python-sdk#1024: DAPR_GRPC_MAX_INBOUND_MESSAGE_SIZE_BYTES configurable through the environment
• fix(test): correct metadata testcase for release 1.17 python-sdk#878: metadata test fix for the 1.17 release
• chore(deps): bump durabletask-dapr python-sdk#905, chore(deps): update dependabot config to cooldown 7 days + skip patch versions python-sdk#1104: durabletask-dapr bump and Dependabot cooldown config
• All PRs: https://github.com/dapr/python-sdk/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3ACasperGN

Current work

Open PRs cover repo health and correctness: a CI timeout for hung unit-test runs (dapr/python-sdk#1240), a flaky Kafka binding example test (dapr/python-sdk#1236), streaming subscription reconnects (dapr/python-sdk#1231, dapr/python-sdk#1235) and the actor state tracker (dapr/python-sdk#1237, dapr/python-sdk#1238, dapr/python-sdk#1239).

Requesting binding votes from the dapr/python-sdk maintainers: @sicoyle @acroca.

cc: @yaron2