A new compression.zstd module brings built-in support for the high-performance Zstandard compression algorithm. Python 3.15: The Alpha Phase Begins What's new in Python 3.14 — Python 3.14.4 documentation
The experimental "no-GIL" build from Python 3.13 is now an officially supported variant. This allows CPU-bound Python threads to run in true parallel on multi-core systems, though it currently requires a specialized installer or build flag. cpython release november 2025 new
The concurrent.interpreters module is now in the standard library, enabling isolated execution environments within a single process. This offers a new concurrency model that bypasses Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) contention without the overhead of separate processes. A new compression
Type annotations are now evaluated lazily by default. This change significantly reduces startup overhead and removes the need for from __future__ import annotations to handle forward references. The concurrent
November 2025 marks a pivotal moment for the CPython ecosystem, defined by the early-stage adoption of the newly released and the beginning of the Python 3.15 development cycle . Following the final release of Python 3.14 on October 7, 2025 , the community has transitioned into a month of intensive benchmarking, library updates, and tooling enhancements. The Arrival of Python 3.14 (Final)