i dont know why im manually freeing stuff. ohh i know why. because i copypastad

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: all build release run test clean fmt help install
+.PHONY: all build release run test clean fmt help install sdk_test
 
 # Project configuration
 PROJECT_NAME := jormundb
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ CXX := g++
 AR  := ar
 CXXFLAGS := -O2 -fPIC -std=c++20 $(INCLUDE_PATH)
 
+# name of the docker compose file for the python tests
+SDK_TEST_COMPOSE := docker-compose-python-sdk-test.yaml
 
 # RocksDB and compression libraries
 ROCKSDB_LIBS := -lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lsnappy -llz4 -lzstd -lz -lbz2
@@ -174,6 +176,13 @@ aws-test: run &
 		--table-name TestTable
 	@echo "\n$(GREEN)✓ AWS CLI test complete$(NC)"
 
+# Python SDK integration tests (requires JormunDB running on localhost)
+sdk_test:
+	@echo "$(BLUE)Running Python SDK tests against localhost:$(PORT)...$(NC)"
+	@docker compose -f $(SDK_TEST_COMPOSE) down --remove-orphans 2>/dev/null || true
+	@JORMUN_PORT=$(PORT) docker compose -f $(SDK_TEST_COMPOSE) run --rm --build sdk-test
+	@docker compose -f $(SDK_TEST_COMPOSE) down --remove-orphans 2>/dev/null || true
+
 # Development workflow
 dev: clean build run
 
@@ -199,6 +208,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "$(GREEN)Test Commands:$(NC)"
 	@echo "  make test           - Run unit tests"
 	@echo "  make aws-test       - Test with AWS CLI commands"
+	@echo "  make sdk_test       - Run Python SDK integration tests (requires running server)"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "$(GREEN)Utility Commands:$(NC)"
 	@echo "  make fmt            - Format source code"