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📄 Article Python 3.16.0 alpha 2 is now available

The second developer preview of Python 3.16 is ready for testing.

📄 Article Python 3.15.2, 3.14.10, 3.13.18, 3.12.16 and 3.11.18 are out

Five expedited security releases to distrust the compromised eMudhra intermediate CA keys.

📄 Article Python 3.15.1, 3.14.9 and 3.13.17 are out

Three certified security releases for 3.15, 3.14 and 3.13.

📄 Article Python 3.16.0 alpha 1 is now available

The first developer preview of Python 3.16 is ready for testing.

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 (final) is here!

A brand new Python here for you to enjoy!

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 candidate 3 is here!

Following tradition, a surprise rc3!

📄 Article Python 3.10.22, 3.11.17, 3.12.15, 3.13.16 and 3.14.8 are now available!

Security updates across Python 3.10–3.14, the final maintenance release of 3.13, and a farewell to Python 3.10.

📄 Article Python Language Summit 2026

The 2026 Python Language Summit was hosted in Kraków, Poland as part of EuroPython 2026. There were 15 talks covering free-threading, Rust, garbage collection, type annotations, and more.

📄 Article Lightning Talks (Python Language Summit 2026)

Lightning talks on a one-time ABI break, safer interruptions, EktuPy (Scratch but Python), an AGENTS.md file for CPython, and a call to read PEP 836.

📄 Article PEP 827: Type Manipulation (Python Language Summit 2026)

Michael J. Sullivan presents PEP 827 and discusses a key design decision: how to store type annotations?

📄 Article Free-Threaded Python Post-Era (Python Language Summit 2026)

Tobias Wrigstad, Fridtjof Stoldt, and Donghee Na propose a safe and performant, high-level concurrency model for free-threaded Python

📄 Article Developer-in-Residence Update & Future (Python Language Summit 2026)

Petr Viktorin gives an update on the Developer-in-Residence role and asks Python core developers for projects to prioritize

📄 Article Spicycrab (Python Language Summit 2026)

Kushal Das shows off Spicycrab, a Python-to-Rust transpiler for Python users who need performance without learning Rust or leaving Python

📄 Article Rust for CPython (Python Language Summit 2026)

David Hewitt shares a status update, first module, and potential acceptance criteria for the Rust for CPython project

📄 Article Memory Snapshots for CPython (Python Language Summit 2026)

Hood Chatham proposes memory snapshots and an initialization phase for speedier Python startups

📄 Article Memory Buffer Protocol (Python Language Summit 2026)

Nathan Goldbaum proposes safe concurrent access through buffer leases and custom data types for the Python Buffer Protocol.

📄 Article Garbage Collection: Generational? Incremental? Both! (Python Language Summit 2026)

Mark Shannon proposes a future garbage collection strategy for Python following the revert of the incremental garbage collector in Python 3.14

📄 Article macOS and Python (Python Language Summit 2026)

Ned Deily weighs whether Python should continue shipping macOS installers

📄 Article One namespace to namespace them all (Python Language Summit 2026)

Pablo Galindo Salgado proposes a top-level `std` namespace for the Python standard library to prevent module shadowing and free up module names.

📄 Article The Python documentation is now available in German

You can now read the Python documentation online in German!

📄 Article The Python documentation is now available in Persian

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 candidate 2 is here!

Last chance to test before the big day!

📄 Article RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython!

I’m happy to announce that RISC-V platforms are now officially supported by CPython. 🎉 🚀

📄 Article The Python documentation is now available in Russian!

📄 Article Announcing the Packaging Council Election Candidates for 2026!

Announcing the 17 nominees for the inaugural Python Packaging Council election, and how to vote in the election.

📄 Article Python 3.12.14, 3.11.16 and 3.10.21 are now available!

[Python Releases Eclipse Your Security!](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-12-14-3-11-16-and-3-10-21-are-now-available/108537) New security releases for 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 are now available.

📄 Article Python 3.14.7 and 3.13.15 are now available!

A pair of bug fix releases await your upgrade.

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 candidate 1 is here!

Get those wheels rolling!

📄 Article Get Ready: 2026 Python Packaging Council Nominations Opening Soon!

The inaugural Python Packaging Council election nomination period opens on Tuesday, July 28th, 2:00 pm UTC and closes on Tuesday, August 11th, 2:00 pm UTC.

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 beta 4 is here!

The final 3.15 beta is out!

📄 Article Packaging Council Inaugural Election Dates

A new Python Packaging Council (PPC) is being established, with their election of the inaugural PPC will be held in parallel to the 2026 PSF Board election.

📄 Article Mitigated API authentication bypass for python.org download metadata

Vulnerability mitigated in python.org with follow-up third-party audit from Trail of Bits

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 beta 3 is here!

The penultimate 3.15 beta is out!

📄 Article Python 3.14.6 and 3.13.14 are now available!

A pair of bug fix releases await your upgrade.

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 beta 2 is here!

The antepenultimate 3.15 beta is out!

📄 Article Python 3.14.5 is out!

A special release with a new (old) garbage collector.

📄 Article Python 3.15.0 beta 1 is here!

The propreantepenultimate 3.15 beta is out!

📄 Article Python 3.14.5 release candidate

A special release candidate with a new (old) garbage collector.

📄 Article Rust for CPython Progress Update April 2026

Rust for CPython project status update April 2026

📄 Article Python 3.15.0a8, 3.14.4 and 3.13.13 are out!

A final alpha and two bug fixes are awaiting your upgrade.