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53 changes: 36 additions & 17 deletions .github/workflows/ci.yml
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matrix:
# We try to test on the earliest available bugfix release of each
# Python version, because typing sometimes changed between bugfix releases.
# For some of these versions, setup-python only provides these builds
# on older versions of Ubuntu.
# For available versions, see:
# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/actions/python-versions/main/versions-manifest.json
python-version:
- "3.9"
- "3.9.12"
- "3.10"
- "3.10.4"
- "3.11"
- "3.11.0"
- "3.12"
- "3.12.0"
- "3.13"
- "3.13.0"
- "3.14"
- "pypy3.9"
- "pypy3.10"
- "pypy3.11"

runs-on: ubuntu-latest
include:
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "3.10"
- os: ubuntu-24.04
python-version: "3.10.4"
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "3.11"
- os: ubuntu-24.04
python-version: "3.11.0"
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "3.12"
- os: ubuntu-24.04
python-version: "3.12.0"
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "3.13"
- os: ubuntu-24.04
python-version: "3.13.0"
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "3.14"
- os: ubuntu-24.04
python-version: "3.14.0"
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "3.15"
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "3.15.0"
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3.14.0, 3.15 and 3.15.0 are all new here; all the other entries in the matrix are the same (except that 3.9 is also removed)

- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "pypy3.10"
- os: ubuntu-latest
python-version: "pypy3.11"

runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

permissions:
contents: read
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with:
python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
allow-prereleases: true
# Test the latest patch release for entries like "3.11", even when
# the runner has an older patch release cached.
check-latest: true

- name: Install coverage
run: |
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# Unreleased

- Drop support for Python 3.9.

# Release 4.16.0 (July 2, 2026)

No user-facing changes since 4.16.0rc2.
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The `typing_extensions` module serves two related purposes:

- Enable use of new type system features on older Python versions. For example,
`typing.TypeGuard` is new in Python 3.10, but `typing_extensions` allows
`typing.TypeIs` is new in Python 3.13, but `typing_extensions` allows
users on previous Python versions to use it too.
- Enable experimentation with new type system PEPs before they are accepted and
added to the `typing` module.
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PEPs. The module serves two related purposes:

- Enable use of new type system features on older Python versions. For example,
:py:data:`typing.TypeGuard` is new in Python 3.10, but ``typing_extensions`` allows
:py:data:`typing.TypeIs` is new in Python 3.13, but ``typing_extensions`` allows
users on previous Python versions to use it too.
- Enable experimentation with type system features proposed in new PEPs before they are accepted and
added to the :py:mod:`typing` module.
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Python version support
----------------------

``typing_extensions`` currently supports Python versions 3.9 and higher. In the future,
``typing_extensions`` currently supports Python versions 3.10 and higher. In the future,
support for older Python versions will be dropped some time after that version
reaches end of life.

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[project]
name = "typing_extensions"
version = "4.16.1.dev0"
description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.9+"
description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.10+"
readme = "README.md"
requires-python = ">=3.9"
requires-python = ">=3.10"
license = "PSF-2.0"
license-files = ["LICENSE"]
keywords = [
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"Operating System :: OS Independent",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
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