diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index db0ac368..396e69c1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -371,9 +371,9 @@
       "license": "Apache-2.0"
     },
     "node_modules/bare-events": {
-      "version": "2.4.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bare-events/-/bare-events-2.4.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qMKFd2qG/36aA4GwvKq8MxnPgCQAmBWmSyLWsJcbn8v03wvIPQ/hG1Ms8bPzndZxMDoHpxez5VOS+gC9Yi24/Q==",
+      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bare-events/-/bare-events-2.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/E8dDe9dsbLyh2qrZ64PEPadOQ0F4gbl1sUJOrmph7xOiIxfY8vwab/4bFLh4Y88/Hk/ujKcrQKc+ps0mv873A==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true
     },
diff --git a/pdm.lock b/pdm.lock
index 46e09094..881e77bc 100644
--- a/pdm.lock
+++ b/pdm.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 groups = ["default", "all", "ldap", "sonic"]
 strategy = ["inherit_metadata"]
 lock_version = "4.5.0"
-content_hash = "sha256:c6898f1602f4760763b438a54b5a7e74833755c083718d56c27abcd765d7f0de"
+content_hash = "sha256:ef9c8207ee70fef37d32fa6a53458a83f34626d3c0d9a86e7b8b35a7c44b6f09"
 
 [[metadata.targets]]
 requires_python = "==3.11.*"
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bx-py-utils"
-version = "103"
+version = "104"
 requires_python = "<4,>=3.10"
 summary = "Various Python utility functions"
 groups = ["default"]
 marker = "python_version == \"3.11\""
 files = [
-    {file = "bx_py_utils-103-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:706291bdbc430655d78628ca3af037cff7dd5e2003136fd4ff4249adb3ab6228"},
-    {file = "bx_py_utils-103.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9aa162f7a1b81430811f2e7ce1a76ba4562e47d472b0e13cb8c8e055076d45d5"},
+    {file = "bx_py_utils-104-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c92ebc4fb122e3e3c228d984d0a1f5c3284c3da6aab1a1c753f7eb1f71bdab3a"},
+    {file = "bx_py_utils-104.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:508cfc1d0fa6c22298f697c4efaa913337847d488d8a53eeccfae9ee106123f6"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic-pkgr"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 requires_python = ">=3.10"
 summary = "System package manager APIs in strongly typed Python"
 groups = ["default"]
@@ -1143,8 +1143,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "typing-extensions>=4.11.0",
 ]
 files = [
-    {file = "pydantic_pkgr-0.3.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:921d42535a2562b80ca97e524f334b9e55448017621cb7d152b42b9e4f547a01"},
-    {file = "pydantic_pkgr-0.3.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:36444778d53d5cbdc261086fda0d65fb519a072105f5d1c7d88e224bd197dd1d"},
+    {file = "pydantic_pkgr-0.3.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ebe7aff450e67525020e4b167ef527fab38eaf681f72e0faff756fd7ccc8ae82"},
+    {file = "pydantic_pkgr-0.3.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:039e724f7dd92ff9c58b508b38d21ff38c571c34e163f628dabf3563b06e3fac"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b29555d0..59c9bd5b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dependencies = [
     ############# VENDORED LIBS ######################
     # these can be safely omitted when installation subsystem does not provide these as packages (e.g. apt/debian)
     # archivebox will automatically load fallback vendored copies bundled via archivebox/vendor/__init__.py
-    "pydantic-pkgr>=0.3.5",
+    "pydantic-pkgr>=0.3.6",
     "atomicwrites==1.4.1",
     "pocket@git+https://github.com/tapanpandita/pocket.git@v0.3.7",
     "django-taggit==1.3.0",
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ debug = [
     "logfire[django]>=0.51.0",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-django>=0.47b0",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3>=0.47b0",
+    "viztracer",                                     # usage: viztracer ../.venv/bin/archivebox manage check
+    # "snakeviz",                                      # usage: python -m cProfile -o flamegraph.prof ../.venv/bin/archivebox manage check
 ]
 test = [
     "pytest>=8.3.3",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d37acbe8..0438601c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.12.3; python_version == "3.11"
 brotli==1.1.0; implementation_name == "cpython" and python_version == "3.11"
 brotlicffi==1.1.0.0; implementation_name != "cpython" and python_version == "3.11"
 bx-django-utils==79; python_version == "3.11"
-bx-py-utils==103; python_version == "3.11"
+bx-py-utils==104; python_version == "3.11"
 certifi==2024.8.30; python_version == "3.11"
 cffi==1.17.1; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version == "3.11" or implementation_name != "cpython" and python_version == "3.11"
 channels[daphne]==4.1.0; python_version == "3.11"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pycparser==2.22; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version ==
 pycryptodomex==3.20.0; python_version == "3.11"
 pydantic==2.9.2; python_version == "3.11"
 pydantic-core==2.23.4; python_version == "3.11"
-pydantic-pkgr==0.3.5; python_version == "3.11"
+pydantic-pkgr==0.3.6; python_version == "3.11"
 pydantic-settings==2.5.2; python_version == "3.11"
 pygments==2.18.0; python_version == "3.11"
 pyopenssl==24.2.1; python_version == "3.11"