[thodson-usgs]

Summary

USGS added method_category to the latest-continuous collection between the 10/28 and 10/29 nightly runs, on both v0 and v1. Three live monitors failed on it (upstream run, fork run). get_continuous has taken the same column since #423; this does the same for get_latest_continuous.

 def get_latest_continuous(
     ...
     max_rows: int | None = None,
+    *,
+    method_category: str | Iterable[str] | None = None,
     **queryables: Any,
 )

• Docstring: method_category added to the properties list and documented with the same text as get_continuous.
• tests/data/waterdata_queryables.json: regenerated from v1; the only change is the one line for latest-continuous.
• tests/data/waterdata_ogc_fixtures.json: the latest-continuous fixture is re-captured for the same two time series. It now carries method_category: UNKWN for 00065 and null for 00060.
• NEWS.md: entry dated 10/29/2026.

Evidence

• Before: pytest -m live on main:

  FAILED test_every_schema_column_is_a_named_parameter[latest-continuous]  missing named parameter ['method_category']
  FAILED test_documented_columns_match_the_collection_schema[latest-continuous]  missing=['method_category']
  FAILED test_queryables_match_snapshot[latest-continuous]  added=['method_category']
  

  After: pytest -m live tests/waterdata_properties_test.py tests/waterdata_queryables_test.py: 29 passed. Offline suite: 1758 passed, coverage 99.08% (gate 98.9).
• Live probe of latest-continuous (v0 and v1 identical): the field is in /queryables and /schema. Filtering on UNKWN, STNRD or LMTUS returns rows; EXPER and an invalid code return 0 rows; an unknown parameter still returns 400.
• The getter against the live service, USGS-05427718 (5 series, 2 categorized):

  get_latest_continuous(..., method_category="UNKWN")            -> ['00065', '63160']   (GET)
  get_latest_continuous(..., method_category=["UNKWN", "STNRD"]) -> ['00065', '63160']   (CQL2 POST)
  

Merge Danger

Door: two-way

Blast Radius: none

The parameter is keyword-only, so every existing call sends the same request as before. Before this change, method_category could already be passed through **queryables.

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