The free-threaded future is coming. The JIT is coming. But today, we got a quieter gift: a Python that crashes less, pastes correctly, and respects your terminal.
Questions? Spotted a bug in 3.13.1 already? Drop a comment or ping me on Mastodon. And yes — I'll update this post if any critical CVEs emerge in the next 72 hours. python 3.13.1 released today
December 6, 2024 — Just when you thought the Python world would wind down for the holidays, the core development team has dropped Python 3.13.1 , a maintenance release that's anything but routine. The free-threaded future is coming