2022

Greetings! We bring you a slew of releases this fine Saint Nicholas / Sinterklaas day. Six simultaneous releases has got to be some record. There’s one more ...

I'm pleased to announce the release of Python 3.12 alpha 2. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3120a2/ This is an early developer preview of Pyt...

As Pablo released Python 3.11.0 final earlier today, now it's my turn to release Python 3.12.0 alpha 1. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3120a...

This is the release of Python 3.11.0 Python 3.11 is finally released. In the CPython release team, we have put a lot of effort into making 3.11 the best vers...

From October 3rd to October 7th a group of Python core developers gathered for a sprint hosted at Google. The event was mainly sponsored by Google and the Py...

Déjà vu? Right, a month after the expedited releases we are doing the dance again. This coincides with the regular scheduled time for 3.10.8 but since we acc...

This is the second release candidate of Python 3.11 https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110rc2/ This release, 3.11.0rc2, is the last preview bef...

We have some security content, and plenty of regular bug fixes for 3.10. Let’s dive right in. [](https://discuss.python.org/#cve-2020-10735httpscvemitreorgcg...

This is the first release candidate of Python 3.11 https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110rc1/ This release, \\3.11.0rc1\\, is the penultimate r...

Here you have a nice package of 200 commits of bugfixes and documentation improvements freshly made for Python 3.10. Go and download it when is still hot: ht...

Here we are. The universe. The vastness of spacetime. At the edge. The last frontier. The last beta\(conditions apply) for Python 3.11. We have defied the po...

I cannot believe I am writing this, but Python 3.11.b4 is available! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110b4/ This is a beta preview of Python...

The latest bugfix drop for Python 3.10 is here: Python 3.10.5. This release packs more than 230 bugfixes and docs changes, so you surely want to update :) Yo...

Due to a known incompatibility with pytest and the previous beta release (Python 3.11.0b2) and after some deliberation, I and the rest of the release team ha...

Does anyone want bug fixes? Because we have 164 new commits fixing different things, from code to documentation. If you have reported some issue after 3.11.0...

This is the thirteenth maintenance release of Python 3.9. Get it here: Python 3.9.13 According to the release calendar specified in PEP 596, Python 3.9.13 ...

We did it, team! After quite a bumpy release process and a bunch of last-time fixes, we have reached beta 1 and feature freeze. What a ride eh? You can get t...

Brrrrr… do you feel that? That’s the chill of beta freeze coming closer. Meanwhile, your friendly CPython release team doesn’t rest and we have prepared a sh...

Did anybody say cursed releases? Well, it turns out that 3.10.3 and 3.9.11 both shipped a regression which caused those versions not to build on Red Hat Ente...

Welcome again to the exciting world of releasing new Python versions! Last time around I was complaining about cursed releases. This time around I could comp...

There are no easy releases these days! :sweat: After a week of delay due to several release blockers, buildbot problems and pandemic-related difficulties her...

We needed to tame some angry buildbots, but after a small fight, we won with just some scratches! Here you have a shiny new alpha release: Python 3.11.0a5. h...

Before we begin the usual round of release notes, please do note that the three new versions of Python released today do not contain Windows installers yet. ...