bump minimum sqlalchemy to 1.4.23

Fixed regression caused by 🎫`1669` which requires SQLAlchemy objects
to support generic type subscripting; for the older SQLAlchemy 1.4 series,
this requires version 1.4.23.  Changed the minimum requirements in to be
for 1.4.23 rather than 1.4.0.

Fixes: #1788
Change-Id: I7996ae9cc613208a6ceded6d71afe33d11083034

Author: zzzeek

docs/build/changelog.rst

@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ Changelog
     :version: 1.18.2
     :released: January 28, 2026
 
-    .. change::
-        :tags: change, platforms
-
-        For release 1.18.2, if still using the SQLAlchemy 1.4 series, **version
-        1.4.23 at minimum is required**.  It's strongly recommended to be on
-        the latest (and final) release in the 1.4 series which is version
-        1.4.54.
-
     .. change::
         :tags: usecase, operations
         :tickets: 1232

docs/build/unreleased/1788.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. change::
+    :tags: bug, general
+    :tickets: 1788
+
+    Fixed regression caused by :ticket:`1669` which requires SQLAlchemy objects
+    to support generic type subscripting; for the older SQLAlchemy 1.4 series,
+    this requires version 1.4.23.  Changed the minimum requirements in to be
+    for 1.4.23 rather than 1.4.0.
+
+

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "SQLAlchemy>=1.4.0",
+    "SQLAlchemy>=1.4.23",
     "Mako",
     "typing-extensions>=4.12",
     "tomli;python_version<'3.11'",