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📡 Core Dispatch #7 is out! 🐍 3.15 beta 3 shipped; beta 4 lands Jul 18 🏎 PEP 836 "JIT Go Brrr" charts the JIT's path to a supported feature 🎉 Pieter Eendebak is now a core dev 🎥 PyCon US core team talks are landing on YouTube ...and more in this edition! coredispatch.xyz/editions/7

Core Dispatch #7

Welcome back to Core Dispatch! This edition covers June 19 through July 5, 2026. Python 3.15.0 beta 3 landed on June 23, and beta 4 is up next on July 18,…

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📡 Core Dispatch #6 is out! 🐍 3.14.6 & 3.13.14 shipped; 3.15 beta 3 lands Jun 23 🏎 SC updates on the path forward for the JIT and a thread to share your take 🎉 Security DiR Seth Larson is now a core dev 🔒 A CVE fix ...and more in this edition! coredispatch.xyz/editions/6

Core Dispatch #6

Welcome back to Core Dispatch! This edition covers June 4 through 19, 2026. Python 3.14.6 and 3.13.14 landed on June 10, and the next milestone is 3.15.0 beta…

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📰 Now that we're on the tail end of #PyConUS, Core Dispatch #4 is out! 3.15.0 beta 1 shipped, the main branch is open for 3.16, PEP 788 landed, free-threaded builds picked up thread-safe iterator support, and more. Catch up on the last two weeks in CPython 👇 coredispatch.xyz/editions/4

Core Dispatch #4

Welcome back to Core Dispatch! This edition covers April 30 through May 18, 2026. Python 3.15.0 beta 1 is officially here, which means CPython's `main` branch…

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The SC accepted a PEP that establishes a new Packaging Council, the incremental GC is being reverted, Łukasz Langa is stepping down as Developer in Residence, Rust for CPython has a new progress update, four new PEPs — all this and more in this edition of Core Dispatch. coredispatch.xyz/editions/2

Core Dispatch #2

Welcome back to Core Dispatch! This edition covers April 4–16, 2026, and there's a lot going on. As expected, new releases are out for 3.13, 3.14, and 3.15.…

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Core Dispatch

A regular digest of what's happening in CPython — from merged PRs and PEP decisions to community discussions and upcoming events.

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