Core Development

Steering Council Nominations Nominations for the Python Steering Council election. C API This sub-category is for discussions specifically about the Python C API. Covers both the development of as well as the development with (usage of) the C API.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Core Development category Core Development	0	3262	March 3, 2020
Running test_hashlib, test_hmac, test_ssl with OPENSSL_FORCE_FIPS_MODE=1 on CI? Core Development ci	7	155	November 10, 2026
We're out of type flags, let's add new API for new ones C API	16	1132	November 10, 2026
Python 3.15.0 (final) is here! Core Development release	8	4512	November 10, 2026
Fixing partial write bug in TextIOWrapper, how? Core Development	10	239	November 10, 2026
Making the default CPython build more relocatable Core Development	11	466	November 10, 2026
Releasing official WASI binaries as part of releases Core Development	10	486	November 9, 2026
Hello from a new Security Developer Core Development	11	704	November 9, 2026
Making performance work easier in CPython Core Development	18	1566	November 9, 2026
Formalizing CPython in Lean: findings from a machine-checked model, and how you'd like them Core Development	0	146	November 9, 2026
Python 3.16.0 alpha 1 is now available! Core Development release	22	1662	November 9, 2026
Provide a C-API to efficently convert `dict` into `frozendict` C API	36	2327	November 8, 2026
Add a dict method to convert to a frozendict? Core Development	34	1634	November 8, 2026
Spelling suggestions in errors... there is something to be installed to have them? Or it's a compilation flag? Core Development	5	309	November 5, 2026
Why is the `__bases__` attribute of classes writeable? Core Development	2	296	November 4, 2026
Python 3.15.2, 3.14.10, 3.13.18, 3.12.16 and 3.11.18 are out Core Development release	18	3499	October 30, 2026
Pull request limits for CPython repo Core Development github , workflow	10	1126	October 29, 2026
Review request for PR #153885: fix termios reference warnings Core Development review-request	1	174	October 28, 2026
Combining the argument-conversion loops in _PyEval_Vector Core Development	5	497	October 28, 2026
Deprecate the tuple API (object[index]) of structseq objects like os.stat_result Core Development	23	1389	October 28, 2026
Updated triage guidelines and process for our AI policy Core Development	0	482	October 28, 2026
Python 3.15.1, 3.14.9 and 3.13.17 are out Core Development release	4	2645	October 27, 2026
Review request for PR #138828: Add multiprocessing queue shutdown Core Development review-request	0	140	October 26, 2026
Python on Windows ARM64 Core Development	33	3775	October 25, 2026
PEP 837: Extensible JSON serialization Core Development pep	45	2656	October 23, 2026
Introducing snake_pit, ecosystem testing for CPython Core Development	0	332	October 23, 2026
Remove __author__, __credits__ and __copyright__ from stdlib modules Core Development	18	1409	October 23, 2026
Remove SIMD support for BLAKE2 Core Development	15	632	October 23, 2026
Review request for PR #151479: clarify pathlib full_match docs Core Development review-request	3	307	October 17, 2026
Free-threaded GC improvements Core Development	1	436	October 17, 2026