Bump version to 3.6.1 and update changelog

Add configurable GZip compression via `gzip` parameter on API().

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and
 this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v3.6.1] - 2026-04-12
+
+### Added
+
+- Configurable GZip compression via `gzip` parameter on `API()` (defaults to `True`)
+
 ## [v3.6.0] - 2026-03-24
 
 ### Added
@@ -491,6 +497,7 @@ this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 - Conception!
 
+[v3.6.1]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/responder/compare/v3.6.0..v3.6.1
 [v3.6.0]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/responder/compare/v3.5.0..v3.6.0
 [v3.5.0]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/responder/compare/v3.4.0..v3.5.0
 [v3.4.0]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/responder/compare/v3.3.0..v3.4.0

responder/__version__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.6.0"
+__version__ = "3.6.1"

responder/api.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class API:
     :param templates_dir: The directory to use for templates. Will be created for you if it doesn't already exist.
     :param auto_escape: If ``True``, HTML and XML templates will automatically be escaped.
     :param enable_hsts: If ``True``, send all responses to HTTPS URLs.
+    :param gzip: If ``True`` (the default), compress responses with GZip.
     :param openapi_theme: OpenAPI documentation theme, must be one of ``elements``, ``rapidoc``, ``redoc``, ``swagger_ui``
     """  # noqa: E501
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class API:
         allowed_hosts=None,
         openapi_theme=DEFAULT_OPENAPI_THEME,
         lifespan=None,
+        gzip=True,
         request_id=False,
         enable_logging=False,
     ):
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ class API:
         :param allowed_hosts: List of allowed hostnames (e.g. ``["example.com"]``). Defaults to ``["*"]``.
         :param openapi_theme: Documentation UI theme: ``"swagger_ui"``, ``"redoc"``, ``"rapidoc"``, or ``"elements"``.
         :param lifespan: An async context manager for startup/shutdown logic.
+        :param gzip: If ``True`` (the default), compress responses with GZip.
         :param request_id: If ``True``, add ``X-Request-ID`` headers to all responses.
         :param enable_logging: If ``True``, enable structured logging with per-request context (request ID, method, path, client IP).
         """  # noqa: E501
@@ -122,7 +125,9 @@ class API:
 
         self.default_endpoint = None
         self.app = ExceptionMiddleware(self.router, debug=debug)
-        self.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware)
+
+        if gzip:
+            self.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware)
 
         if self.hsts_enabled:
             self.add_middleware(HTTPSRedirectMiddleware)