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Cpython v3.12.8

Cpython: v3.12.8 Release

Release date:
May 15, 2025
Previous version:
v3.12.7 (released October 1, 2024)
Magnitude:
14,594 Diff Delta
Contributors:
101 total committers
Data confidence:
Commits:
510 impacting commits

365 Features Released with v3.12.8

[3.12] gh-125289: Update sample code in asyncio-task.rst (GH-125292)
#125375
[3.12] gh-125041: test_zlib: For s390x HW acceleration, only skip checking the compressed bytes (GH-125042)
#125526
[3.12] Doc: Update CVE URL (GH-125489)
#125504
[3.13] gh-125625: Check for `py -3.13` in PCbuild/find_python.bat (GH-125626)
#125650
[3.12] gh-125625: Check for `py -3.13` in PCbuild/find_python.bat (GH-125626)
#125649
[3.13] gh-95836: Add custom type converter examples to argparse tutorial (GH-125376)
#125643
[3.13] GH-125277: Increase minimum supported Sphinx to 7.2.6 (GH-125368)
#125720
[3.13] gh-125620: Skip check_resource_tracker_death on NetBSD due to long wait for SIGKILL process termination (GH-125621)
#125672
[3.12] Doc: C API: Move `tp_dealloc` paragraph to `tp_dealloc` section (GH-125737)
#125799
[3.13] Doc: C API: Move `tp_dealloc` paragraph to `tp_dealloc` section (GH-125737)
#125798
[3.13] gh-125766: Docs: minor rewording of installation on Linux section (GH-125743)
#125793
[3.12] gh-124448: Update Windows builds to use Tcl/Tk 8.6.15
#125796
[3.13] gh-99030: Added documentation links for types and exceptions (GH-123857)
#125764
[3.12] gh-125783: Add tests to prevent regressions with the combination of `ctypes` and metaclasses. (GH-125881)
#125988
[3.12] gh-120313: amend documentation regarding `ctypes._CFuncPtr` (GH-120989)
#125978
[3.13] gh-84545: Clarify the 'extend' action documentation in argparse (GH-125870)
#125964
[3.12] gh-118950: Fix SSLProtocol.connection_lost not being called when OSError is thrown (GH-118960)
#125932
gh-126035: add missing whitespace to `*Py_EnterRecursiveCall` messages
#126036
[3.13] gh-125966: fix use-after-free on `fut->fut_callback0` due to an evil callback's `__eq__` in asyncio (GH-125967)
#126047
[3.12] gh-126106: Fix `NULL` possible derefrence in `Modules/_ssl.c` (GH-126111)
#126117
[3.12] gh-89762: Document strftime %G, %V, and %u format specifiers (GH-124572)
#126095
docs: restore an anchor to for/else
#126154
[3.12] docs: restore an anchor to for/else (GH-126154)
#126158
[3.12] gh-118633: Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of eval and exec (GH-118437)
#126162
[3.12] Doc: Note that pydoc uses and prefers ``MANPAGER`` (GH-125362)
#126153
[3.12] gh-125818: Fix incorrect signature of argument `skip_file_prefixes` in warnings docs (GH-125823)
#126217
[3.12] gh-125315: Avoid crashing in _wmimodule due to slow WMI calls on some Windows machines (GH-126141)
#126203
[3.12] gh-85583: Add f-string index in tutorial/inputoutput.rst (GH-21681)
#126192
[3.12] gh-126071: Improve formatting of the argparse documentation (GH-126073)
#126174
[3.12] gh-122767: document "new style" formatting for complexes (GH-122848)
#126129

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