Python feature releases ship annually in October
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- PEP 602 (Active; applies from Python 3.9): feature versions are released every twelve months, in October. Each 3.X.0 is developed for about 17 months, with feature development of the next version starting at the previous version's beta 1. SAM teams can expect one new minor version per year and plan upgrade windows accordingly.
- Applies when
- Forecasting Python version adoption and retirement.
- Applies to
- CPython 3.9 and later.