3.12.0 schedule

Note: the dates below use a 17-month development period that resultsin a 12-month release cadence between feature versions, as defined byPEP 602.

Actual:

• 3.12 development begins: Sunday, 2022-05-08
• 3.12.0 alpha 1: Monday, 2022-10-24
• 3.12.0 alpha 2: Monday, 2022-11-14
• 3.12.0 alpha 3: Tuesday, 2022-12-06
• 3.12.0 alpha 4: Tuesday, 2023-01-10
• 3.12.0 alpha 5: Tuesday, 2023-02-07
• 3.12.0 alpha 6: Tuesday, 2023-03-07
• 3.12.0 alpha 7: Tuesday, 2023-04-04
• 3.12.0 beta 1: Monday, 2023-05-22(No new features beyond this point.)
• 3.12.0 beta 2: Tuesday, 2023-06-06
• 3.12.0 beta 3: Monday, 2023-06-19
• 3.12.0 beta 4: Tuesday, 2023-07-11
• 3.12.0 candidate 1: Sunday, 2023-08-06
• 3.12.0 candidate 2: Wednesday, 2023-09-06
• 3.12.0 candidate 3: Tuesday, 2023-09-19
• 3.12.0 final: Monday, 2023-10-02

Bugfix releases

Actual:

• 3.12.1: Thursday, 2023-12-07
• 3.12.2: Tuesday, 2024-02-06
• 3.12.3: Tuesday, 2024-04-09
• 3.12.4: Thursday, 2024-06-06
• 3.12.5: Tuesday, 2024-08-06
• 3.12.6: Friday, 2024-09-06
• 3.12.7: Tuesday, 2024-10-01
• 3.12.8: Tuesday, 2024-12-03
• 3.12.9: Tuesday, 2025-02-04
• 3.12.10: Tuesday, 2025-04-08(Final regular bugfix release with binary installers)

Source-only security fix releases

Provided irregularly on an as-needed basis until October 2028.

• 3.12.11: Tuesday, 2025-06-03
• 3.12.12: Thursday, 2025-10-09

3.12 Lifespan

3.12 received bugfix updates approximately every 2 months forapproximately 18 months. Some time after the release of 3.13.0 final,the tenth and final 3.12 bugfix update was released. After that,it is expected that security updates (source only) will be releaseduntil 5 years after the release of 3.12.0 final, so until approximatelyOctober 2028.