# Starlette 1.1.0 — Version 1.1.0

- Product: Starlette (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/starlette)
- Vendor: Encode
- Date: 2026-05-23
- Version: 1.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/1.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/starlette/releases/1.1.0

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- **changed** — Use "application/octet-stream" as the FileResponse media type fallback
- **changed** — Only dispatch standard HTTP verbs in HTTPEndpoint
- **fixed** — Reject absolute paths in StaticFiles.lookup_path

##### What's Changed
* Use `"application/octet-stream"` as the `FileResponse` media type fallback by @ATOM00blue in https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3283
* Only dispatch standard HTTP verbs in `HTTPEndpoint` by @Kludex in https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3286
* Reject absolute paths in `StaticFiles.lookup_path` by @Kludex in https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3287

##### New Contributors
* @ATOM00blue made their first contribution in https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3283

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/compare/1.0.1...1.1.0