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PEP 619 – Python 3.10 Release Schedule
PEP 619 – Python 3.10 Release Schedule
Author
:
Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablogsal at python.org>
Status
:
Active
Type
:
Informational
Topic
:
Release
Created
:
25-May-2020
Python-Version
:
3.10
Table of Contents
This document describes the development and release schedule for
Python 3.10. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized
items.
- 3.10 Release Manager: Pablo Galindo Salgado
- Windows installers: Steve Dower
- Mac installers: Ned Deily
- Documentation: Julien Palard
Note: the dates below use a 17-month development period that results
in a 12-month release cadence between feature versions, as defined by
PEP 602.
Actual:
- 3.10 development begins: Monday, 2020-05-18
- 3.10.0 alpha 1: Monday, 2020-10-05
- 3.10.0 alpha 2: Tuesday, 2020-11-03
- 3.10.0 alpha 3: Monday, 2020-12-07
- 3.10.0 alpha 4: Monday, 2021-01-04
- 3.10.0 alpha 5: Wednesday, 2021-02-03
- 3.10.0 alpha 6: Monday, 2021-03-01
- 3.10.0 alpha 7: Tuesday, 2021-04-06
- 3.10.0 beta 1: Monday, 2021-05-03
(No new features beyond this point.)
- 3.10.0 beta 2: Monday, 2021-05-31
- 3.10.0 beta 3: Thursday, 2021-06-17
- 3.10.0 beta 4: Saturday, 2021-07-10
- 3.10.0 candidate 1: Tuesday, 2021-08-03
- 3.10.0 candidate 2: Tuesday, 2021-09-07
- 3.10.0 final: Monday, 2021-10-04
Actual:
- 3.10.1: Monday, 2021-12-06
- 3.10.2: Friday, 2022-01-14
- 3.10.3: Wednesday, 2022-03-16
- 3.10.4: Thursday, 2022-03-24
- 3.10.5: Monday, 2022-06-06
- 3.10.6: Tuesday, 2022-08-02
- 3.10.7: Tuesday, 2022-09-06
- 3.10.8: Tuesday, 2022-10-11
- 3.10.9: Tuesday, 2022-12-06
- 3.10.10: Wednesday, 2023-02-08
- 3.10.11: Wednesday, 2023-04-05
(Final regular bugfix release with binary installers)
Provided irregularly on an “as-needed” basis until October 2026.
- 3.10.12: Tuesday, 2023-06-06
- 3.10.13: Thursday, 2023-08-24
- 3.10.14: Tuesday, 2024-03-19
- 3.10.15: Saturday, 2024-09-07
- 3.10.16: Tuesday, 2024-12-03
- 3.10.17: Tuesday, 2025-04-08
- 3.10.18: Tuesday, 2025-06-03
- 3.10.19: Thursday, 2025-10-09
- 3.10.20: Tuesday, 2026-03-03
3.10 received bugfix updates approximately every 2 months for
approximately 18 months. Some time after the release of 3.11.0 final,
the 11th and final 3.10 bugfix update was released. After that,
it is expected that security updates (source only) will be released
until 5 years after the release of 3.10 final, so until approximately
October 2026.
Some of the notable features of Python 3.10 include:
- PEP 604, Allow writing union types as X | Y
- PEP 612, Parameter Specification Variables
- PEP 613, Explicit Type Aliases
- PEP 618, Add Optional Length-Checking To zip
- PEP 626, Precise line numbers for debugging and other tools
- PEP 634, PEP 635, PEP 636, Structural Pattern Matching
- PEP 644, Require OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer
- PEP 624, Remove Py_UNICODE encoder APIs
- PEP 597, Add optional EncodingWarning
This document has been placed in the public domain.
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