Security-phase Python releases are source only
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- Kind
- Lifecycle
- Statement
- PEP 602: after the bugfix period, a version receives security updates for three years through source-only releases made as needed, with no fixed cadence. Organizations that deploy python.org Windows or macOS installers stop receiving new official installers once a version enters the security phase, even though the version is still supported.
- Applies when
- Patching Python on Windows and macOS after a version leaves bugfix status.
- Applies to
- CPython 3.9 and later.