PEP-0619 Python 3.10 Release Schedule

See also

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https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0619/

Release Manager and Crew

  • 3.10 Release Manager: Pablo Galindo Salgado

  • Windows installers: Steve Dower

  • Mac installers: Ned Deily

  • Documentation: Julien Palard

3.10.0 schedule

Note: the dates below use a 17-month development period that results in a 12-month release cadence between major versions, as defined by PEP 602.

Actual

  • 3.10 development begins: Monday, 2020-05-18

Expected:

  • 3.10.0 alpha 1: Monday, 2020-10-05

  • 3.10.0 alpha 2: Monday, 2020-11-02

  • 3.10.0 alpha 3: Monday, 2020-12-07

  • 3.10.0 alpha 4: Monday, 2021-01-04

  • 3.10.0 alpha 5: Monday, 2021-02-01

  • 3.10.0 alpha 6: Monday, 2021-03-01

  • 3.10.0 alpha 7: Monday, 2021-04-05

  • 3.10.0 beta 1: Monday, 2021-05-03 (No new features beyond this point.)

  • 3.10.0 beta 2: Tuesday, 2021-05-25

  • 3.10.0 beta 3: Thursday, 2021-06-17

  • 3.10.0 beta 4: Saturday, 2021-07-10

  • 3.10.0 candidate 1: Monday, 2021-08-02

  • 3.10.0 candidate 2: Monday, 2021-09-06 (if necessary)

  • 3.10.0 final: Monday, 2021-10-04

Subsequent bugfix releases at a monthly cadence.

3.10 Lifespan

3.10 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 2 months for approximately 18 months.

Some time after the release of 3.11.0 final, the ninth and final 3.10 bugfix update will be released.

After that, it is expected that security updates (source only) will be released until 5 years after the release of 3.10 final, so until approximately October 2026.