diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 6579bdb08b3b40..6dea1dd4486bec 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        11
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        8
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        9
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.11.8+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.11.9"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index d43b5c6b19efaa..cec9b8b8183f72 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Tue Feb  6 21:21:08 2024
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Tue Apr  2 09:24:48 2024
 # as part of the release process.
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
@@ -792,9 +792,9 @@
                      '\n'
                      'object.__dir__(self)\n'
                      '\n'
-                     '   Called when "dir()" is called on the object. A '
-                     'sequence must be\n'
-                     '   returned. "dir()" converts the returned sequence to a '
+                     '   Called when "dir()" is called on the object. An '
+                     'iterable must be\n'
+                     '   returned. "dir()" converts the returned iterable to a '
                      'list and\n'
                      '   sorts it.\n'
                      '\n'
@@ -821,8 +821,8 @@
                      'returned.\n'
                      '\n'
                      'The "__dir__" function should accept no arguments, and '
-                     'return a\n'
-                     'sequence of strings that represents the names accessible '
+                     'return an\n'
+                     'iterable of strings that represents the names accessible '
                      'on module. If\n'
                      'present, this function overrides the standard "dir()" '
                      'search on a\n'
@@ -4492,7 +4492,7 @@
                   'reflection,\n'
                   '   and "__eq__()" and "__ne__()" are their own reflection. '
                   'If the\n'
-                  '   operands are of different types, and right operand’s '
+                  '   operands are of different types, and the right operand’s '
                   'type is a\n'
                   '   direct or indirect subclass of the left operand’s type, '
                   'the\n'
@@ -4502,6 +4502,11 @@
                   'is not\n'
                   '   considered.\n'
                   '\n'
+                  '   When no appropriate method returns any value other than\n'
+                  '   "NotImplemented", the "==" and "!=" operators will fall '
+                  'back to\n'
+                  '   "is" and "is not", respectively.\n'
+                  '\n'
                   'object.__hash__(self)\n'
                   '\n'
                   '   Called by built-in function "hash()" and for operations '
@@ -4957,22 +4962,23 @@
              'the\n'
              'current directory, it is read with "\'utf-8\'" encoding and '
              'executed as\n'
-             'if it had been typed at the debugger prompt.  This is '
-             'particularly\n'
-             'useful for aliases.  If both files exist, the one in the home\n'
-             'directory is read first and aliases defined there can be '
-             'overridden by\n'
-             'the local file.\n'
-             '\n'
-             'Changed in version 3.11: ".pdbrc" is now read with "\'utf-8\'" '
-             'encoding.\n'
-             'Previously, it was read with the system locale encoding.\n'
+             'if it had been typed at the debugger prompt, with the exception '
+             'that\n'
+             'empty lines and lines starting with "#" are ignored.  This is\n'
+             'particularly useful for aliases.  If both files exist, the one '
+             'in the\n'
+             'home directory is read first and aliases defined there can be\n'
+             'overridden by the local file.\n'
              '\n'
              'Changed in version 3.2: ".pdbrc" can now contain commands that\n'
              'continue debugging, such as "continue" or "next".  Previously, '
              'these\n'
              'commands had no effect.\n'
              '\n'
+             'Changed in version 3.11: ".pdbrc" is now read with "\'utf-8\'" '
+             'encoding.\n'
+             'Previously, it was read with the system locale encoding.\n'
+             '\n'
              'h(elp) [command]\n'
              '\n'
              '   Without argument, print the list of available commands.  With '
@@ -8110,7 +8116,7 @@
                   '"__rsub__()"\n'
                   '   method, "type(y).__rsub__(y, x)" is called if '
                   '"type(x).__sub__(x,\n'
-                  '   y)" returns *NotImplemented*.\n'
+                  '   y)" returns "NotImplemented".\n'
                   '\n'
                   '   Note that ternary "pow()" will not try calling '
                   '"__rpow__()" (the\n'
@@ -8153,14 +8159,18 @@
                   'the result\n'
                   '   (which could be, but does not have to be, *self*).  If a '
                   'specific\n'
-                  '   method is not defined, the augmented assignment falls '
-                  'back to the\n'
-                  '   normal methods.  For instance, if *x* is an instance of '
-                  'a class\n'
-                  '   with an "__iadd__()" method, "x += y" is equivalent to '
-                  '"x =\n'
-                  '   x.__iadd__(y)" . Otherwise, "x.__add__(y)" and '
-                  '"y.__radd__(x)" are\n'
+                  '   method is not defined, or if that method returns '
+                  '"NotImplemented",\n'
+                  '   the augmented assignment falls back to the normal '
+                  'methods.  For\n'
+                  '   instance, if *x* is an instance of a class with an '
+                  '"__iadd__()"\n'
+                  '   method, "x += y" is equivalent to "x = x.__iadd__(y)" . '
+                  'If\n'
+                  '   "__iadd__()" does not exist, or if "x.__iadd__(y)" '
+                  'returns\n'
+                  '   "NotImplemented", "x.__add__(y)" and "y.__radd__(x)" '
+                  'are\n'
                   '   considered, as with the evaluation of "x + y". In '
                   'certain\n'
                   '   situations, augmented assignment can result in '
@@ -8241,7 +8251,7 @@
             'Every object has an identity, a type and a value.  An object’s\n'
             '*identity* never changes once it has been created; you may think '
             'of it\n'
-            'as the object’s address in memory.  The ‘"is"’ operator compares '
+            'as the object’s address in memory.  The "is" operator compares '
             'the\n'
             'identity of two objects; the "id()" function returns an integer\n'
             'representing its identity.\n'
@@ -8306,7 +8316,7 @@
             'Note that the use of the implementation’s tracing or debugging\n'
             'facilities may keep objects alive that would normally be '
             'collectable.\n'
-            'Also note that catching an exception with a ‘"try"…"except"’ '
+            'Also note that catching an exception with a "try"…"except" '
             'statement\n'
             'may keep objects alive.\n'
             '\n'
@@ -8321,8 +8331,9 @@
             'release the external resource, usually a "close()" method. '
             'Programs\n'
             'are strongly recommended to explicitly close such objects.  The\n'
-            '‘"try"…"finally"’ statement and the ‘"with"’ statement provide\n'
-            'convenient ways to do this.\n'
+            '"try"…"finally" statement and the "with" statement provide '
+            'convenient\n'
+            'ways to do this.\n'
             '\n'
             'Some objects contain references to other objects; these are '
             'called\n'
@@ -8699,10 +8710,7 @@
           'The try statement.\n'
           '\n'
           'Changed in version 3.3: "None" is now permitted as "Y" in "raise X\n'
-          'from Y".\n'
-          '\n'
-          'New in version 3.3: The "__suppress_context__" attribute to '
-          'suppress\n'
+          'from Y".Added the "__suppress_context__" attribute to suppress\n'
           'automatic display of the exception context.\n'
           '\n'
           'Changed in version 3.11: If the traceback of the active exception '
@@ -9479,8 +9487,8 @@
                  'reflection,\n'
                  '   and "__eq__()" and "__ne__()" are their own reflection. '
                  'If the\n'
-                 '   operands are of different types, and right operand’s type '
-                 'is a\n'
+                 '   operands are of different types, and the right operand’s '
+                 'type is a\n'
                  '   direct or indirect subclass of the left operand’s type, '
                  'the\n'
                  '   reflected method of the right operand has priority, '
@@ -9489,6 +9497,11 @@
                  'is not\n'
                  '   considered.\n'
                  '\n'
+                 '   When no appropriate method returns any value other than\n'
+                 '   "NotImplemented", the "==" and "!=" operators will fall '
+                 'back to\n'
+                 '   "is" and "is not", respectively.\n'
+                 '\n'
                  'object.__hash__(self)\n'
                  '\n'
                  '   Called by built-in function "hash()" and for operations '
@@ -9730,9 +9743,9 @@
                  '\n'
                  'object.__dir__(self)\n'
                  '\n'
-                 '   Called when "dir()" is called on the object. A sequence '
+                 '   Called when "dir()" is called on the object. An iterable '
                  'must be\n'
-                 '   returned. "dir()" converts the returned sequence to a '
+                 '   returned. "dir()" converts the returned iterable to a '
                  'list and\n'
                  '   sorts it.\n'
                  '\n'
@@ -9759,8 +9772,8 @@
                  'returned.\n'
                  '\n'
                  'The "__dir__" function should accept no arguments, and '
-                 'return a\n'
-                 'sequence of strings that represents the names accessible on '
+                 'return an\n'
+                 'iterable of strings that represents the names accessible on '
                  'module. If\n'
                  'present, this function overrides the standard "dir()" search '
                  'on a\n'
@@ -11023,7 +11036,7 @@
                  '"__rsub__()"\n'
                  '   method, "type(y).__rsub__(y, x)" is called if '
                  '"type(x).__sub__(x,\n'
-                 '   y)" returns *NotImplemented*.\n'
+                 '   y)" returns "NotImplemented".\n'
                  '\n'
                  '   Note that ternary "pow()" will not try calling '
                  '"__rpow__()" (the\n'
@@ -11066,14 +11079,17 @@
                  'the result\n'
                  '   (which could be, but does not have to be, *self*).  If a '
                  'specific\n'
-                 '   method is not defined, the augmented assignment falls '
-                 'back to the\n'
-                 '   normal methods.  For instance, if *x* is an instance of a '
-                 'class\n'
-                 '   with an "__iadd__()" method, "x += y" is equivalent to "x '
-                 '=\n'
-                 '   x.__iadd__(y)" . Otherwise, "x.__add__(y)" and '
-                 '"y.__radd__(x)" are\n'
+                 '   method is not defined, or if that method returns '
+                 '"NotImplemented",\n'
+                 '   the augmented assignment falls back to the normal '
+                 'methods.  For\n'
+                 '   instance, if *x* is an instance of a class with an '
+                 '"__iadd__()"\n'
+                 '   method, "x += y" is equivalent to "x = x.__iadd__(y)" . '
+                 'If\n'
+                 '   "__iadd__()" does not exist, or if "x.__iadd__(y)" '
+                 'returns\n'
+                 '   "NotImplemented", "x.__add__(y)" and "y.__radd__(x)" are\n'
                  '   considered, as with the evaluation of "x + y". In '
                  'certain\n'
                  '   situations, augmented assignment can result in unexpected '
@@ -12356,9 +12372,8 @@
             '\n'
             'New in version 3.3: The "\'rb\'" prefix of raw bytes literals has '
             'been\n'
-            'added as a synonym of "\'br\'".\n'
-            '\n'
-            'New in version 3.3: Support for the unicode legacy literal\n'
+            'added as a synonym of "\'br\'".Support for the unicode legacy '
+            'literal\n'
             '("u\'value\'") was reintroduced to simplify the maintenance of '
             'dual\n'
             'Python 2.x and 3.x codebases. See **PEP 414** for more '
@@ -13065,14 +13080,18 @@
           'contains\n'
           'the numbers 0, 1, …, *n*-1.  Item *i* of sequence *a* is selected '
           'by\n'
-          '"a[i]".\n'
+          '"a[i]". Some sequences, including built-in sequences, interpret\n'
+          'negative subscripts by adding the sequence length. For example,\n'
+          '"a[-2]" equals "a[n-2]", the second to last item of sequence a '
+          'with\n'
+          'length "n".\n'
           '\n'
           'Sequences also support slicing: "a[i:j]" selects all items with '
           'index\n'
           '*k* such that *i* "<=" *k* "<" *j*.  When used as an expression, a\n'
-          'slice is a sequence of the same type.  This implies that the index '
-          'set\n'
-          'is renumbered so that it starts at 0.\n'
+          'slice is a sequence of the same type. The comment above about '
+          'negative\n'
+          'indexes also applies to negative slice positions.\n'
           '\n'
           'Some sequences also support “extended slicing” with a third “step”\n'
           'parameter: "a[i:j:k]" selects all items of *a* with index *x* where '
@@ -13809,7 +13828,9 @@
           'name                                  |\n'
           '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
           '| codeobject.co_qualname                             | The fully '
-          'qualified function name                  |\n'
+          'qualified function name  New in version  |\n'
+          '|                                                    | '
+          '3.11.                                              |\n'
           '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
           '| codeobject.co_argcount                             | The total '
           'number of positional *parameters*        |\n'
@@ -14025,6 +14046,14 @@
           'tools.\n'
           '        The PEP that introduced the "co_lines()" method.\n'
           '\n'
+          'codeobject.replace(**kwargs)\n'
+          '\n'
+          '   Return a copy of the code object with new values for the '
+          'specified\n'
+          '   fields.\n'
+          '\n'
+          '   New in version 3.8.\n'
+          '\n'
           '\n'
           'Frame objects\n'
           '-------------\n'
@@ -15570,9 +15599,8 @@
              'objects\n'
              'based on the sequence of values they define (instead of '
              'comparing\n'
-             'based on object identity).\n'
-             '\n'
-             'New in version 3.3: The "start", "stop" and "step" attributes.\n'
+             'based on object identity).Added the "start", "stop" and "step"\n'
+             'attributes.\n'
              '\n'
              'See also:\n'
              '\n'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..93c45ab86b0730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,902 @@
+.. date: 2024-02-18-03-14-40
+.. gh-issue: 115398
+.. nonce: tzvxH8
+.. release date: 2024-04-02
+.. section: Security
+
+Allow controlling Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral (CVE-2023-52425) by adding
+five new methods:
+
+* :meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser.flush`
+* :meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLPullParser.flush`
+* :meth:`xml.parsers.expat.xmlparser.GetReparseDeferralEnabled`
+* :meth:`xml.parsers.expat.xmlparser.SetReparseDeferralEnabled`
+* :meth:`xml.sax.expatreader.ExpatParser.flush`
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-13-15-14-39
+.. gh-issue: 115399
+.. nonce: xT-scP
+.. section: Security
+
+Update bundled libexpat to 2.6.0
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-12-00-33-01
+.. gh-issue: 115243
+.. nonce: e1oGX8
+.. section: Security
+
+Fix possible crashes in :meth:`collections.deque.index` when the deque is
+concurrently modified.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-01-26-22-14-09
+.. gh-issue: 114572
+.. nonce: t1QMQD
+.. section: Security
+
+:meth:`ssl.SSLContext.cert_store_stats` and
+:meth:`ssl.SSLContext.get_ca_certs` now correctly lock access to the
+certificate store, when the :class:`ssl.SSLContext` is shared across
+multiple threads.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-04-10-19-51
+.. gh-issue: 116296
+.. nonce: gvtxyU
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix possible refleak in :meth:`!object.__reduce__` internal error handling.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-28-17-25-19
+.. gh-issue: 116034
+.. nonce: -Uu9tf
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix location of the error on a failed assertion.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-22-16-17-53
+.. gh-issue: 115823
+.. nonce: c1TreJ
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Properly calculate error ranges in the parser when raising
+:exc:`SyntaxError` exceptions caused by invalid byte sequences. Patch by
+Pablo Galindo
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-14-23-50-55
+.. gh-issue: 112087
+.. nonce: H_4W_v
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+For an empty reverse iterator for list will be reduced to :func:`reversed`.
+Patch by Donghee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-05-12-40-26
+.. gh-issue: 115011
+.. nonce: L1AKF5
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Setters for members with an unsigned integer type now support the same range
+of valid values for objects that has a :meth:`~object.__index__` method as
+for :class:`int`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2022-09-04-16-51-56
+.. gh-issue: 96497
+.. nonce: HTBuIL
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix incorrect resolution of mangled class variables used in assignment
+expressions in comprehensions.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-27-21-05-52
+.. gh-issue: 117310
+.. nonce: Bt2wox
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed an unlikely early & extra ``Py_DECREF`` triggered crash in :mod:`ssl`
+when creating a new ``_ssl._SSLContext`` if CPython was built implausibly
+such that the default cipher list is empty **or** the SSL library it was
+linked against reports a failure from its C ``SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list()``
+API.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-23-14-26-18
+.. gh-issue: 117178
+.. nonce: vTisTG
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix regression in lazy loading of self-referential modules, introduced in
+gh-114781.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-21-17-07-38
+.. gh-issue: 117084
+.. nonce: w1mTpT
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :mod:`zipfile` extraction for directory entries with the name containing
+backslashes on Windows.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-21-07-27-36
+.. gh-issue: 117110
+.. nonce: 9K1InX
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a bug that prevents subclasses of :class:`typing.Any` to be instantiated
+with arguments. Patch by Chris Fu.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-19-11-08-26
+.. gh-issue: 90872
+.. nonce: ghys95
+.. section: Library
+
+On Windows, :meth:`subprocess.Popen.wait` no longer calls
+``WaitForSingleObject()`` with a negative timeout: pass ``0`` ms if the
+timeout is negative. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-18-14-36-50
+.. gh-issue: 116957
+.. nonce: dTCs4f
+.. section: Library
+
+configparser: Don't leave ConfigParser values in an invalid state (stored as
+a list instead of a str) after an earlier read raised DuplicateSectionError
+or DuplicateOptionError.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-14-20-59-28
+.. gh-issue: 90095
+.. nonce: 7UaJ1U
+.. section: Library
+
+Ignore empty lines and comments in ``.pdbrc``
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-14-14-01-46
+.. gh-issue: 116764
+.. nonce: moB3Lc
+.. section: Library
+
+Restore support of ``None`` and other false values in :mod:`urllib.parse`
+functions :func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qs` and
+:func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Also, they now raise a TypeError for
+non-zero integers and non-empty sequences.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-14-10-01-23
+.. gh-issue: 116811
+.. nonce: _h5iKP
+.. section: Library
+
+In ``PathFinder.invalidate_caches``, delegate to
+``MetadataPathFinder.invalidate_caches``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-11-12-11-10
+.. gh-issue: 116600
+.. nonce: FcNBy_
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :func:`repr` for global :class:`~enum.Flag` members.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-08-11-31-49
+.. gh-issue: 116484
+.. nonce: VMAsU7
+.. section: Library
+
+Change automatically generated :class:`tkinter.Checkbutton` widget names to
+avoid collisions with automatically generated
+:class:`tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton` widget names within the same parent widget.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-06-18-30-37
+.. gh-issue: 116401
+.. nonce: 3Wcda2
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix blocking :func:`os.fwalk` and :func:`shutil.rmtree` on opening named
+pipe.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-05-20-53-34
+.. gh-issue: 116143
+.. nonce: sww6Zl
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a race in pydoc ``_start_server``, eliminating a window in which
+``_start_server`` can return a thread that is "serving" but without a
+``docserver`` set.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-05-02-09-18
+.. gh-issue: 116325
+.. nonce: FmlBYv
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`typing`: raise :exc:`SyntaxError` instead of :exc:`AttributeError` on
+forward references as empty strings.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-01-20-23-57
+.. gh-issue: 90535
+.. nonce: wXm-jC
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix support of *interval* values > 1 in
+:class:`logging.TimedRotatingFileHandler` for ``when='MIDNIGHT'`` and
+``when='Wx'``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-01-14-22-08
+.. gh-issue: 115978
+.. nonce: r2ePTo
+.. section: Library
+
+Disable preadv(), readv(), pwritev(), and writev() on WASI.
+
+Under wasmtime for WASI 0.2, these functions don't pass test_posix
+(https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/issues/7830).
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-01-11-57-32
+.. gh-issue: 88352
+.. nonce: bZ68rw
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix the computation of the next rollover time in the
+:class:`logging.TimedRotatingFileHandler` handler. :meth:`!computeRollover`
+now always returns a timestamp larger than the specified time and works
+correctly during the DST change. :meth:`!doRollover` no longer overwrite the
+already rolled over file, saving from data loss when run at midnight or
+during repeated time at the DST change.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-29-20-06-06
+.. gh-issue: 87115
+.. nonce: FVMiOR
+.. section: Library
+
+Set ``__main__.__spec__`` to ``None`` when running a script with :mod:`pdb`
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-29-17-06-54
+.. gh-issue: 76511
+.. nonce: WqjRLP
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix UnicodeEncodeError in :meth:`email.Message.as_string` that results when
+a message that claims to be in the ascii character set actually has
+non-ascii characters. Non-ascii characters are now replaced with the U+FFFD
+replacement character, like in the ``replace`` error handler.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-27-13-05-51
+.. gh-issue: 75988
+.. nonce: In6LlB
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed :func:`unittest.mock.create_autospec` to pass the call through to the
+wrapped object to return the real result.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-25-19-20-05
+.. gh-issue: 115881
+.. nonce: ro_Kuw
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix issue where :func:`ast.parse` would incorrectly flag conditional context
+managers (such as ``with (x() if y else z()): ...``) as invalid syntax if
+``feature_version=(3, 8)`` was passed. This reverts changes to the grammar
+made as part of gh-94949.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-24-18-48-14
+.. gh-issue: 115886
+.. nonce: rgM6AF
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix silent truncation of the name with an embedded null character in
+:class:`multiprocessing.shared_memory.SharedMemory`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-22-11-29-27
+.. gh-issue: 115809
+.. nonce: 9H1DhB
+.. section: Library
+
+Improve algorithm for computing which rolled-over log files to delete in
+:class:`logging.TimedRotatingFileHandler`. It is now reliable for handlers
+without ``namer`` and with arbitrary deterministic ``namer`` that leaves the
+datetime part in the file name unmodified.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-21-17-54-59
+.. gh-issue: 74668
+.. nonce: JT-Q8W
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`urllib.parse` functions :func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qs` and
+:func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qsl` now support bytes arguments containing raw
+and percent-encoded non-ASCII data.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-20-22-02-34
+.. gh-issue: 67044
+.. nonce: QF9_Ru
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`csv.writer` now always quotes or escapes ``'\r'`` and ``'\n'``,
+regardless of *lineterminator* value.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-20-16-42-54
+.. gh-issue: 115712
+.. nonce: EXVMXw
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`csv.writer()` now quotes empty fields if delimiter is a space and
+skipinitialspace is true and raises exception if quoting is not possible.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-17-18-47-12
+.. gh-issue: 115618
+.. nonce: napiNp
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix improper decreasing the reference count for ``None`` argument in
+:class:`property` methods :meth:`~property.getter`, :meth:`~property.setter`
+and :meth:`~property.deleter`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-16-10-18-25
+.. gh-issue: 115570
+.. nonce: bI6uu3
+.. section: Library
+
+A :exc:`DeprecationWarning` is no longer omitted on access to the
+``__doc__`` attributes of the deprecated ``typing.io`` and ``typing.re``
+pseudo-modules.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-15-23-42-54
+.. gh-issue: 112006
+.. nonce: 4wxcK-
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :func:`inspect.unwrap` for types with the ``__wrapper__`` data
+descriptor.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-15-19-11-49
+.. gh-issue: 101293
+.. nonce: 898b8l
+.. section: Library
+
+Support callables with the ``__call__()`` method and types with
+``__new__()`` and ``__init__()`` methods set to class methods, static
+methods, bound methods, partial functions, and other types of methods and
+descriptors in :meth:`inspect.Signature.from_callable`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-13-18-27-03
+.. gh-issue: 115392
+.. nonce: gle5tp
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a bug in :mod:`doctest` where incorrect line numbers would be reported
+for decorated functions.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-11-20-23-36
+.. gh-issue: 114563
+.. nonce: RzxNYT
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix several :func:`format()` bugs when using the C implementation of
+:class:`~decimal.Decimal`: * memory leak in some rare cases when using the
+``z`` format option (coerce negative 0) * incorrect output when applying the
+``z`` format option to type ``F`` (fixed-point with capital ``NAN`` /
+``INF``) * incorrect output when applying the ``#`` format option (alternate
+form)
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-09-19-41-48
+.. gh-issue: 115197
+.. nonce: 20wkWH
+.. section: Library
+
+``urllib.request`` no longer resolves the hostname before checking it
+against the system's proxy bypass list on macOS and Windows.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-09-17-56-06
+.. gh-issue: 115198
+.. nonce: QKrxUQ
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix support of Docutils >= 0.19 in :mod:`distutils`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-09-07-20-16
+.. gh-issue: 115165
+.. nonce: yfJLXA
+.. section: Library
+
+Most exceptions are now ignored when attempting to set the
+``__orig_class__`` attribute on objects returned when calling :mod:`typing`
+generic aliases (including generic aliases created using
+:data:`typing.Annotated`). Previously only :exc:`AttributeError` was
+ignored. Patch by Dave Shawley.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-08-14-21-28
+.. gh-issue: 115133
+.. nonce: ycl4ko
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix tests for :class:`~xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLPullParser` with Expat
+2.6.0.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-08-13-26-14
+.. gh-issue: 115059
+.. nonce: DqP9dr
+.. section: Library
+
+:meth:`io.BufferedRandom.read1` now flushes the underlying write buffer.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-07-12-37-52
+.. gh-issue: 79382
+.. nonce: Yz_5WB
+.. section: Library
+
+Trailing ``**`` no longer allows to match files and non-existing paths in
+recursive :func:`~glob.glob`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-01-30-23-28-29
+.. gh-issue: 114763
+.. nonce: BRjKkg
+.. section: Library
+
+Protect modules loaded with :class:`importlib.util.LazyLoader` from race
+conditions when multiple threads try to access attributes before the loading
+is complete.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-01-11-15-10-53
+.. gh-issue: 97959
+.. nonce: UOj6d4
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix rendering class methods, bound methods, method and function aliases in
+:mod:`pydoc`. Class methods no longer have "method of builtins.type
+instance" note. Corresponding notes are now added for class and unbound
+methods. Method and function aliases now have references to the module or
+the class where the origin was defined if it differs from the current. Bound
+methods are now listed in the static methods section. Methods of builtin
+classes are now supported as well as methods of Python classes.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-11-20-16-15-44
+.. gh-issue: 112281
+.. nonce: gH4EVk
+.. section: Library
+
+Allow creating :ref:`union of types<types-union>` for
+:class:`typing.Annotated` with unhashable metadata.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-11-07-10-22-06
+.. gh-issue: 111775
+.. nonce: IoVxfX
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :meth:`importlib.resources.simple.ResourceHandle.open` for text mode,
+added missed ``stream`` argument.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-10-07-06-15-13
+.. gh-issue: 90095
+.. nonce: gWn1ka
+.. section: Library
+
+Make .pdbrc and -c work with any valid pdb commands.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-08-02-01-17-32
+.. gh-issue: 107155
+.. nonce: Mj1K9L
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix incorrect output of ``help(x)`` where ``x`` is a :keyword:`lambda`
+function, which has an ``__annotations__`` dictionary attribute with a
+``"return"`` key.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-06-16-19-17-06
+.. gh-issue: 105866
+.. nonce: 0NBveV
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed ``_get_slots`` bug which caused error when defining dataclasses with
+slots and a weakref_slot.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-04-02-21-20-35
+.. gh-issue: 60346
+.. nonce: 7mjgua
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix ArgumentParser inconsistent with parse_known_args.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-01-12-14-16-01
+.. gh-issue: 100985
+.. nonce: GT5Fvd
+.. section: Library
+
+Update HTTPSConnection to consistently wrap IPv6 Addresses when using a
+proxy.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-01-09-14-08-02
+.. gh-issue: 100884
+.. nonce: DcmdLl
+.. section: Library
+
+email: fix misfolding of comma in address-lists over multiple lines in
+combination with unicode encoding.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2022-11-22-23-17-43
+.. gh-issue: 95782
+.. nonce: an_and
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :func:`io.BufferedReader.tell`, :func:`io.BufferedReader.seek`,
+:func:`_pyio.BufferedReader.tell`, :func:`io.BufferedRandom.tell`,
+:func:`io.BufferedRandom.seek` and :func:`_pyio.BufferedRandom.tell` being
+able to return negative offsets.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2022-08-26-15-50-53
+.. gh-issue: 96310
+.. nonce: 0NssDh
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a traceback in :mod:`argparse` when all options in a mutually exclusive
+group are suppressed.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2022-05-25-17-49-04
+.. gh-issue: 93205
+.. nonce: DjhFVR
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed a bug in :class:`logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler` where
+multiple rotating handler instances pointing to files with the same name but
+different extensions would conflict and not delete the correct files.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 44865
+.. date: 2021-08-24-20-47-37
+.. nonce: c3BhZS
+.. section: Library
+
+Add missing call to localization function in :mod:`argparse`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43952
+.. date: 2021-05-03-11-04-12
+.. nonce: Me7fJe
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :meth:`multiprocessing.connection.Listener.accept()` to accept empty
+bytes as authkey. Not accepting empty bytes as key causes it to hang
+indefinitely.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42125
+.. date: 2020-12-15-22-30-49
+.. nonce: UGyseY
+.. section: Library
+
+linecache: get module name from ``__spec__`` if available. This allows
+getting source code for the ``__main__`` module when a custom loader is
+used.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2019-08-27-01-03-26
+.. gh-issue: 66543
+.. nonce: _TRpYr
+.. section: Library
+
+Make :func:`mimetypes.guess_type` properly parsing of URLs with only a host
+name, URLs containing fragment or query, and filenames with only a UNC
+sharepoint on Windows. Based on patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 33775
+.. date: 2019-04-06-23-50-59
+.. nonce: 0yhMDc
+.. section: Library
+
+Add 'default' and 'version' help text for localization in argparse.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-14-20-17-04
+.. gh-issue: 115399
+.. nonce: fb9a0R
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Document CVE-2023-52425 of Expat <2.6.0 under "XML vulnerabilities".
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-12-12-26-17
+.. gh-issue: 115233
+.. nonce: aug6r9
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Fix an example for :class:`~logging.LoggerAdapter` in the Logging Cookbook.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-25-21-31-49
+.. gh-issue: 83434
+.. nonce: U7Z8cY
+.. section: Tests
+
+Disable JUnit XML output (``--junit-xml=FILE`` command line option) in
+regrtest when hunting for reference leaks (``-R`` option). Patch by Victor
+Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-24-23-49-25
+.. gh-issue: 117187
+.. nonce: eMLT5n
+.. section: Tests
+
+Fix XML tests for vanilla Expat <2.6.0.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-13-12-06-49
+.. gh-issue: 115979
+.. nonce: zsNpQD
+.. section: Tests
+
+Update test_importlib so that it passes under WASI SDK 21.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-06-11-00-36
+.. gh-issue: 116307
+.. nonce: Uij0t_
+.. section: Tests
+
+Added import helper ``isolated_modules`` as ``CleanImport`` does not remove
+modules imported during the context.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-20-15-47-41
+.. gh-issue: 115720
+.. nonce: w8i8UG
+.. section: Tests
+
+Leak tests (``-R``, ``--huntrleaks``) now show a summary of the number of
+leaks found in each iteration.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-18-14-20-52
+.. gh-issue: 115122
+.. nonce: 3rGNo9
+.. section: Tests
+
+Add ``--bisect`` option to regrtest test runner: run failed tests with
+``test.bisect_cmd`` to identify failing tests. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-17-08-25-01
+.. gh-issue: 115596
+.. nonce: RGPCrR
+.. section: Tests
+
+Fix ``ProgramPriorityTests`` in ``test_os`` permanently changing the process
+priority.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-09-10-59-17
+.. gh-issue: 115198
+.. nonce: 1JP6LG
+.. section: Tests
+
+Fix test_check_metadata_deprecate in distutils tests with a newer Docutils.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-04-12-43-42
+.. gh-issue: 116313
+.. nonce: cLLb8S
+.. section: Build
+
+Get WASI builds to work under wasmtime 18 w/ WASI 0.2/preview2 primitives.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-08-19-36-20
+.. gh-issue: 115167
+.. nonce: LB9nDK
+.. section: Build
+
+Avoid vendoring ``vcruntime140_threads.dll`` when building with Visual
+Studio 2022 version 17.8.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-14-01-58-22
+.. gh-issue: 116773
+.. nonce: H2UldY
+.. section: Windows
+
+Fix instances of ``<_overlapped.Overlapped object at 0xXXX> still has
+pending operation at deallocation, the process may crash``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-24-23-03-43
+.. gh-issue: 91227
+.. nonce: sL4zWC
+.. section: Windows
+
+Fix the asyncio ProactorEventLoop implementation so that sending a datagram
+to an address that is not listening does not prevent receiving any more
+datagrams.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-21-23-48-59
+.. gh-issue: 115554
+.. nonce: 02mpQC
+.. section: Windows
+
+The installer now has more strict rules about updating the :ref:`launcher`.
+In general, most users only have a single launcher installed and will see no
+difference. When multiple launchers have been installed, the option to
+install the launcher is disabled until all but one have been removed.
+Downgrading the launcher (which was never allowed) is now more obviously
+blocked.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-15-23-16-31
+.. gh-issue: 115543
+.. nonce: otrWnw
+.. section: Windows
+
+:ref:`launcher` can now detect Python 3.13 when installed from the Microsoft
+Store, and will install Python 3.12 by default when
+:envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_ALLOW_INSTALL` is set.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-06-09-05-13
+.. gh-issue: 115009
+.. nonce: ShMjZs
+.. section: Windows
+
+Update Windows installer to use SQLite 3.45.1.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-12-09-11-04-26
+.. gh-issue: 88516
+.. nonce: SIIvfs
+.. section: IDLE
+
+On macOS show a proxy icon in the title bar of editor windows to match
+platform behaviour.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-02-14-15-58-13
+.. gh-issue: 113516
+.. nonce: TyIHWx
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Don't set ``LDSHARED`` when building for WASI.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-03-20-13-13-22
+.. gh-issue: 117021
+.. nonce: 0Q5jBx
+.. section: C API
+
+Fix integer overflow in :c:func:`PyLong_AsPid` on non-Windows 64-bit
+platforms.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-02-08-19-36-20.gh-issue-115167.LB9nDK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-02-08-19-36-20.gh-issue-115167.LB9nDK.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-02-08-19-36-20.gh-issue-115167.LB9nDK.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Avoid vendoring ``vcruntime140_threads.dll`` when building with Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-03-04-12-43-42.gh-issue-116313.cLLb8S.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-03-04-12-43-42.gh-issue-116313.cLLb8S.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-03-04-12-43-42.gh-issue-116313.cLLb8S.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Get WASI builds to work under wasmtime 18 w/ WASI 0.2/preview2 primitives.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-03-20-13-13-22.gh-issue-117021.0Q5jBx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-03-20-13-13-22.gh-issue-117021.0Q5jBx.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-03-20-13-13-22.gh-issue-117021.0Q5jBx.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix integer overflow in :c:func:`PyLong_AsPid` on non-Windows 64-bit
-platforms.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-09-04-16-51-56.gh-issue-96497.HTBuIL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-09-04-16-51-56.gh-issue-96497.HTBuIL.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-09-04-16-51-56.gh-issue-96497.HTBuIL.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix incorrect resolution of mangled class variables used in assignment
-expressions in comprehensions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-05-12-40-26.gh-issue-115011.L1AKF5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-05-12-40-26.gh-issue-115011.L1AKF5.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-05-12-40-26.gh-issue-115011.L1AKF5.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Setters for members with an unsigned integer type now support the same range
-of valid values for objects that has a :meth:`~object.__index__` method as
-for :class:`int`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-14-23-50-55.gh-issue-112087.H_4W_v.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-14-23-50-55.gh-issue-112087.H_4W_v.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-14-23-50-55.gh-issue-112087.H_4W_v.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-For an empty reverse iterator for list will be reduced to :func:`reversed`.
-Patch by Donghee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-22-16-17-53.gh-issue-115823.c1TreJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-22-16-17-53.gh-issue-115823.c1TreJ.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Properly calculate error ranges in the parser when raising
-:exc:`SyntaxError` exceptions caused by invalid byte sequences. Patch by
-Pablo Galindo
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-28-17-25-19.gh-issue-116034.-Uu9tf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-28-17-25-19.gh-issue-116034.-Uu9tf.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix location of the error on a failed assertion.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-03-04-10-19-51.gh-issue-116296.gvtxyU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-03-04-10-19-51.gh-issue-116296.gvtxyU.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix possible refleak in :meth:`!object.__reduce__` internal error handling.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2024-02-12-12-26-17.gh-issue-115233.aug6r9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2024-02-12-12-26-17.gh-issue-115233.aug6r9.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix an example for :class:`~logging.LoggerAdapter` in the Logging Cookbook.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2024-02-14-20-17-04.gh-issue-115399.fb9a0R.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2024-02-14-20-17-04.gh-issue-115399.fb9a0R.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Document CVE-2023-52425 of Expat <2.6.0 under "XML vulnerabilities".
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2023-12-09-11-04-26.gh-issue-88516.SIIvfs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2023-12-09-11-04-26.gh-issue-88516.SIIvfs.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-On macOS show a proxy icon in the title bar of editor windows to match
-platform behaviour.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-04-06-23-50-59.bpo-33775.0yhMDc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-04-06-23-50-59.bpo-33775.0yhMDc.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add 'default' and 'version' help text for localization in argparse.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-27-01-03-26.gh-issue-66543._TRpYr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-27-01-03-26.gh-issue-66543._TRpYr.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-27-01-03-26.gh-issue-66543._TRpYr.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Make :func:`mimetypes.guess_type` properly parsing of URLs with only a host
-name, URLs containing fragment or query, and filenames with only a UNC
-sharepoint on Windows.
-Based on patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-22-30-49.bpo-42125.UGyseY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-22-30-49.bpo-42125.UGyseY.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-22-30-49.bpo-42125.UGyseY.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-linecache: get module name from ``__spec__`` if available. This allows getting
-source code for the ``__main__`` module when a custom loader is used.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-05-03-11-04-12.bpo-43952.Me7fJe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-05-03-11-04-12.bpo-43952.Me7fJe.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-05-03-11-04-12.bpo-43952.Me7fJe.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix :meth:`multiprocessing.connection.Listener.accept()` to accept empty bytes
-as authkey. Not accepting empty bytes as key causes it to hang indefinitely.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-24-20-47-37.bpo-44865.c3BhZS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-24-20-47-37.bpo-44865.c3BhZS.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-24-20-47-37.bpo-44865.c3BhZS.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add missing call to localization function in :mod:`argparse`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-05-25-17-49-04.gh-issue-93205.DjhFVR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-05-25-17-49-04.gh-issue-93205.DjhFVR.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-05-25-17-49-04.gh-issue-93205.DjhFVR.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed a bug in :class:`logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler` where multiple rotating handler instances pointing to files with the same name but different extensions would conflict and not delete the correct files.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-08-26-15-50-53.gh-issue-96310.0NssDh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-08-26-15-50-53.gh-issue-96310.0NssDh.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-08-26-15-50-53.gh-issue-96310.0NssDh.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix a traceback in :mod:`argparse` when all options in a mutually exclusive
-group are suppressed.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-11-22-23-17-43.gh-issue-95782.an_and.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-11-22-23-17-43.gh-issue-95782.an_and.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-11-22-23-17-43.gh-issue-95782.an_and.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix :func:`io.BufferedReader.tell`, :func:`io.BufferedReader.seek`,
-:func:`_pyio.BufferedReader.tell`, :func:`io.BufferedRandom.tell`,
-:func:`io.BufferedRandom.seek` and :func:`_pyio.BufferedRandom.tell`
-being able to return negative offsets.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-09-14-08-02.gh-issue-100884.DcmdLl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-09-14-08-02.gh-issue-100884.DcmdLl.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-09-14-08-02.gh-issue-100884.DcmdLl.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-email: fix misfolding of comma in address-lists over multiple lines in
-combination with unicode encoding.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-12-14-16-01.gh-issue-100985.GT5Fvd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-12-14-16-01.gh-issue-100985.GT5Fvd.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-12-14-16-01.gh-issue-100985.GT5Fvd.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Update HTTPSConnection to consistently wrap IPv6 Addresses when using a
-proxy.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-02-21-20-35.gh-issue-60346.7mjgua.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-02-21-20-35.gh-issue-60346.7mjgua.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-02-21-20-35.gh-issue-60346.7mjgua.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix ArgumentParser inconsistent with parse_known_args.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-16-19-17-06.gh-issue-105866.0NBveV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-16-19-17-06.gh-issue-105866.0NBveV.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-16-19-17-06.gh-issue-105866.0NBveV.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed ``_get_slots`` bug which caused error when defining dataclasses with slots and a weakref_slot.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-02-01-17-32.gh-issue-107155.Mj1K9L.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-02-01-17-32.gh-issue-107155.Mj1K9L.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-02-01-17-32.gh-issue-107155.Mj1K9L.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix incorrect output of ``help(x)`` where ``x`` is a :keyword:`lambda`
-function, which has an ``__annotations__`` dictionary attribute with a
-``"return"`` key.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-07-06-15-13.gh-issue-90095.gWn1ka.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-07-06-15-13.gh-issue-90095.gWn1ka.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-07-06-15-13.gh-issue-90095.gWn1ka.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make .pdbrc and -c work with any valid pdb commands.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-11-07-10-22-06.gh-issue-111775.IoVxfX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-11-07-10-22-06.gh-issue-111775.IoVxfX.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-11-07-10-22-06.gh-issue-111775.IoVxfX.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix :meth:`importlib.resources.simple.ResourceHandle.open` for text mode,
-added missed ``stream`` argument.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-11-20-16-15-44.gh-issue-112281.gH4EVk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-11-20-16-15-44.gh-issue-112281.gH4EVk.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-11-20-16-15-44.gh-issue-112281.gH4EVk.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Allow creating :ref:`union of types<types-union>` for
-:class:`typing.Annotated` with unhashable metadata.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-11-15-10-53.gh-issue-97959.UOj6d4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-11-15-10-53.gh-issue-97959.UOj6d4.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-11-15-10-53.gh-issue-97959.UOj6d4.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Fix rendering class methods, bound methods, method and function aliases in
-:mod:`pydoc`. Class methods no longer have "method of builtins.type
-instance" note. Corresponding notes are now added for class and unbound
-methods. Method and function aliases now have references to the module or
-the class where the origin was defined if it differs from the current. Bound
-methods are now listed in the static methods section. Methods of builtin
-classes are now supported as well as methods of Python classes.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-30-23-28-29.gh-issue-114763.BRjKkg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-30-23-28-29.gh-issue-114763.BRjKkg.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Protect modules loaded with :class:`importlib.util.LazyLoader` from race
-conditions when multiple threads try to access attributes before the loading
-is complete.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-07-12-37-52.gh-issue-79382.Yz_5WB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-07-12-37-52.gh-issue-79382.Yz_5WB.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-07-12-37-52.gh-issue-79382.Yz_5WB.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Trailing ``**`` no longer allows to match files and non-existing paths in
-recursive :func:`~glob.glob`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-08-13-26-14.gh-issue-115059.DqP9dr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-08-13-26-14.gh-issue-115059.DqP9dr.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-:meth:`io.BufferedRandom.read1` now flushes the underlying write buffer.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-08-14-21-28.gh-issue-115133.ycl4ko.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-08-14-21-28.gh-issue-115133.ycl4ko.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix tests for :class:`~xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLPullParser` with Expat
-2.6.0.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-09-07-20-16.gh-issue-115165.yfJLXA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-09-07-20-16.gh-issue-115165.yfJLXA.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Most exceptions are now ignored when attempting to set the ``__orig_class__``
-attribute on objects returned when calling :mod:`typing` generic aliases
-(including generic aliases created using :data:`typing.Annotated`).
-Previously only :exc:`AttributeError` was ignored. Patch by Dave Shawley.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-09-17-56-06.gh-issue-115198.QKrxUQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-09-17-56-06.gh-issue-115198.QKrxUQ.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix support of Docutils >= 0.19 in :mod:`distutils`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-09-19-41-48.gh-issue-115197.20wkWH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-09-19-41-48.gh-issue-115197.20wkWH.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-``urllib.request`` no longer resolves the hostname before checking it
-against the system's proxy bypass list on macOS and Windows.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-11-20-23-36.gh-issue-114563.RzxNYT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-11-20-23-36.gh-issue-114563.RzxNYT.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-11-20-23-36.gh-issue-114563.RzxNYT.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix several :func:`format()` bugs when using the C implementation of :class:`~decimal.Decimal`:
-* memory leak in some rare cases when using the ``z`` format option (coerce negative 0)
-* incorrect output when applying the ``z`` format option to type ``F`` (fixed-point with capital ``NAN`` / ``INF``)
-* incorrect output when applying the ``#`` format option (alternate form)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-13-18-27-03.gh-issue-115392.gle5tp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-13-18-27-03.gh-issue-115392.gle5tp.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Fix a bug in :mod:`doctest` where incorrect line numbers would be
-reported for decorated functions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-15-19-11-49.gh-issue-101293.898b8l.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-15-19-11-49.gh-issue-101293.898b8l.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Support callables with the ``__call__()`` method and types with
-``__new__()`` and ``__init__()`` methods set to class methods, static
-methods, bound methods, partial functions, and other types of methods and
-descriptors in :meth:`inspect.Signature.from_callable`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-15-23-42-54.gh-issue-112006.4wxcK-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-15-23-42-54.gh-issue-112006.4wxcK-.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix :func:`inspect.unwrap` for types with the ``__wrapper__`` data
-descriptor.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-16-10-18-25.gh-issue-115570.bI6uu3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-16-10-18-25.gh-issue-115570.bI6uu3.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-16-10-18-25.gh-issue-115570.bI6uu3.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-A :exc:`DeprecationWarning` is no longer omitted on access to the
-``__doc__`` attributes of the deprecated ``typing.io`` and ``typing.re``
-pseudo-modules.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-17-18-47-12.gh-issue-115618.napiNp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-17-18-47-12.gh-issue-115618.napiNp.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-17-18-47-12.gh-issue-115618.napiNp.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix improper decreasing the reference count for ``None`` argument in
-:class:`property` methods :meth:`~property.getter`, :meth:`~property.setter`
-and :meth:`~property.deleter`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-20-16-42-54.gh-issue-115712.EXVMXw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-20-16-42-54.gh-issue-115712.EXVMXw.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-20-16-42-54.gh-issue-115712.EXVMXw.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-:func:`csv.writer()` now quotes empty fields if delimiter is a
-space and skipinitialspace is true and raises exception if quoting is not
-possible.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-20-22-02-34.gh-issue-67044.QF9_Ru.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-20-22-02-34.gh-issue-67044.QF9_Ru.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:func:`csv.writer` now always quotes or escapes ``'\r'`` and ``'\n'``,
-regardless of *lineterminator* value.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-21-17-54-59.gh-issue-74668.JT-Q8W.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-21-17-54-59.gh-issue-74668.JT-Q8W.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-:mod:`urllib.parse` functions :func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qs` and
-:func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qsl` now support bytes arguments containing raw
-and percent-encoded non-ASCII data.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-22-11-29-27.gh-issue-115809.9H1DhB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-22-11-29-27.gh-issue-115809.9H1DhB.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Improve algorithm for computing which rolled-over log files to delete in
-:class:`logging.TimedRotatingFileHandler`. It is now reliable for handlers
-without ``namer`` and with arbitrary deterministic ``namer`` that leaves the
-datetime part in the file name unmodified.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-24-18-48-14.gh-issue-115886.rgM6AF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-24-18-48-14.gh-issue-115886.rgM6AF.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-24-18-48-14.gh-issue-115886.rgM6AF.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix silent truncation of the name with an embedded null character in
-:class:`multiprocessing.shared_memory.SharedMemory`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-25-19-20-05.gh-issue-115881.ro_Kuw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-25-19-20-05.gh-issue-115881.ro_Kuw.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-25-19-20-05.gh-issue-115881.ro_Kuw.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue where :func:`ast.parse` would incorrectly flag conditional context
-managers (such as ``with (x() if y else z()): ...``) as invalid syntax if
-``feature_version=(3, 8)`` was passed. This reverts changes to the
-grammar made as part of gh-94949.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-27-13-05-51.gh-issue-75988.In6LlB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-27-13-05-51.gh-issue-75988.In6LlB.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-27-13-05-51.gh-issue-75988.In6LlB.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed :func:`unittest.mock.create_autospec` to pass the call through to the wrapped object to return the real result.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-17-06-54.gh-issue-76511.WqjRLP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-17-06-54.gh-issue-76511.WqjRLP.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix UnicodeEncodeError in :meth:`email.Message.as_string` that results when
-a message that claims to be in the ascii character set actually has non-ascii
-characters. Non-ascii characters are now replaced with the U+FFFD replacement
-character, like in the ``replace`` error handler.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-20-06-06.gh-issue-87115.FVMiOR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-20-06-06.gh-issue-87115.FVMiOR.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-20-06-06.gh-issue-87115.FVMiOR.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Set ``__main__.__spec__`` to ``None`` when running a script with :mod:`pdb`
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-01-11-57-32.gh-issue-88352.bZ68rw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-01-11-57-32.gh-issue-88352.bZ68rw.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-01-11-57-32.gh-issue-88352.bZ68rw.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Fix the computation of the next rollover time in the
-:class:`logging.TimedRotatingFileHandler` handler. :meth:`!computeRollover`
-now always returns a timestamp larger than the specified time and works
-correctly during the DST change. :meth:`!doRollover` no longer overwrite the
-already rolled over file, saving from data loss when run at midnight or
-during repeated time at the DST change.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-01-14-22-08.gh-issue-115978.r2ePTo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-01-14-22-08.gh-issue-115978.r2ePTo.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Disable preadv(), readv(), pwritev(), and writev() on WASI.
-
-Under wasmtime for WASI 0.2, these functions don't pass test_posix
-(https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/issues/7830).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-01-20-23-57.gh-issue-90535.wXm-jC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-01-20-23-57.gh-issue-90535.wXm-jC.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix support of *interval* values > 1 in
-:class:`logging.TimedRotatingFileHandler` for ``when='MIDNIGHT'`` and
-``when='Wx'``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-02-09-18.gh-issue-116325.FmlBYv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-02-09-18.gh-issue-116325.FmlBYv.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:mod:`typing`: raise :exc:`SyntaxError` instead of :exc:`AttributeError`
-on forward references as empty strings.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-20-53-34.gh-issue-116143.sww6Zl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-20-53-34.gh-issue-116143.sww6Zl.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-20-53-34.gh-issue-116143.sww6Zl.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a race in pydoc ``_start_server``, eliminating a window in which
-``_start_server`` can return a thread that is "serving" but without a
-``docserver`` set.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-06-18-30-37.gh-issue-116401.3Wcda2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-06-18-30-37.gh-issue-116401.3Wcda2.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-06-18-30-37.gh-issue-116401.3Wcda2.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix blocking :func:`os.fwalk` and :func:`shutil.rmtree` on opening named
-pipe.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-08-11-31-49.gh-issue-116484.VMAsU7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-08-11-31-49.gh-issue-116484.VMAsU7.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-08-11-31-49.gh-issue-116484.VMAsU7.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Change automatically generated :class:`tkinter.Checkbutton` widget names to
-avoid collisions with automatically generated
-:class:`tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton` widget names within the same parent widget.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-11-12-11-10.gh-issue-116600.FcNBy_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-11-12-11-10.gh-issue-116600.FcNBy_.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-11-12-11-10.gh-issue-116600.FcNBy_.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix :func:`repr` for global :class:`~enum.Flag` members.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-10-01-23.gh-issue-116811._h5iKP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-10-01-23.gh-issue-116811._h5iKP.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-10-01-23.gh-issue-116811._h5iKP.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-In ``PathFinder.invalidate_caches``, delegate to
-``MetadataPathFinder.invalidate_caches``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-14-01-46.gh-issue-116764.moB3Lc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-14-01-46.gh-issue-116764.moB3Lc.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-14-01-46.gh-issue-116764.moB3Lc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Restore support of ``None`` and other false values in :mod:`urllib.parse`
-functions :func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qs` and
-:func:`~urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Also, they now raise a TypeError for
-non-zero integers and non-empty sequences.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-20-59-28.gh-issue-90095.7UaJ1U.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-20-59-28.gh-issue-90095.7UaJ1U.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-20-59-28.gh-issue-90095.7UaJ1U.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Ignore empty lines and comments in ``.pdbrc``
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-18-14-36-50.gh-issue-116957.dTCs4f.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-18-14-36-50.gh-issue-116957.dTCs4f.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-18-14-36-50.gh-issue-116957.dTCs4f.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-configparser: Don't leave ConfigParser values in an invalid state (stored as
-a list instead of a str) after an earlier read raised DuplicateSectionError
-or DuplicateOptionError.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-19-11-08-26.gh-issue-90872.ghys95.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-19-11-08-26.gh-issue-90872.ghys95.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-19-11-08-26.gh-issue-90872.ghys95.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-On Windows, :meth:`subprocess.Popen.wait` no longer calls
-``WaitForSingleObject()`` with a negative timeout: pass ``0`` ms if the
-timeout is negative. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-21-07-27-36.gh-issue-117110.9K1InX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-21-07-27-36.gh-issue-117110.9K1InX.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-21-07-27-36.gh-issue-117110.9K1InX.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug that prevents subclasses of :class:`typing.Any` to be instantiated with arguments. Patch by Chris Fu.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-21-17-07-38.gh-issue-117084.w1mTpT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-21-17-07-38.gh-issue-117084.w1mTpT.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-21-17-07-38.gh-issue-117084.w1mTpT.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix :mod:`zipfile` extraction for directory entries with the name containing
-backslashes on Windows.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-23-14-26-18.gh-issue-117178.vTisTG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-23-14-26-18.gh-issue-117178.vTisTG.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-23-14-26-18.gh-issue-117178.vTisTG.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix regression in lazy loading of self-referential modules, introduced in
-gh-114781.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-27-21-05-52.gh-issue-117310.Bt2wox.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-27-21-05-52.gh-issue-117310.Bt2wox.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-27-21-05-52.gh-issue-117310.Bt2wox.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fixed an unlikely early & extra ``Py_DECREF`` triggered crash in :mod:`ssl`
-when creating a new ``_ssl._SSLContext`` if CPython was built implausibly such
-that the default cipher list is empty **or** the SSL library it was linked
-against reports a failure from its C ``SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list()`` API.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-01-26-22-14-09.gh-issue-114572.t1QMQD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-01-26-22-14-09.gh-issue-114572.t1QMQD.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-01-26-22-14-09.gh-issue-114572.t1QMQD.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-:meth:`ssl.SSLContext.cert_store_stats` and
-:meth:`ssl.SSLContext.get_ca_certs` now correctly lock access to the
-certificate store, when the :class:`ssl.SSLContext` is shared across
-multiple threads.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-12-00-33-01.gh-issue-115243.e1oGX8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-12-00-33-01.gh-issue-115243.e1oGX8.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-12-00-33-01.gh-issue-115243.e1oGX8.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix possible crashes in :meth:`collections.deque.index` when the deque is concurrently modified.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-13-15-14-39.gh-issue-115399.xT-scP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-13-15-14-39.gh-issue-115399.xT-scP.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-13-15-14-39.gh-issue-115399.xT-scP.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update bundled libexpat to 2.6.0
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-18-03-14-40.gh-issue-115398.tzvxH8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-18-03-14-40.gh-issue-115398.tzvxH8.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-02-18-03-14-40.gh-issue-115398.tzvxH8.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Allow controlling Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral (CVE-2023-52425) by adding
-five new methods:
-
-* :meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser.flush`
-* :meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLPullParser.flush`
-* :meth:`xml.parsers.expat.xmlparser.GetReparseDeferralEnabled`
-* :meth:`xml.parsers.expat.xmlparser.SetReparseDeferralEnabled`
-* :meth:`xml.sax.expatreader.ExpatParser.flush`
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-09-10-59-17.gh-issue-115198.1JP6LG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-09-10-59-17.gh-issue-115198.1JP6LG.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-09-10-59-17.gh-issue-115198.1JP6LG.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix test_check_metadata_deprecate in distutils tests with a newer Docutils.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-17-08-25-01.gh-issue-115596.RGPCrR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-17-08-25-01.gh-issue-115596.RGPCrR.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-17-08-25-01.gh-issue-115596.RGPCrR.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix ``ProgramPriorityTests`` in ``test_os`` permanently changing the process
-priority.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-18-14-20-52.gh-issue-115122.3rGNo9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-18-14-20-52.gh-issue-115122.3rGNo9.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-18-14-20-52.gh-issue-115122.3rGNo9.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add ``--bisect`` option to regrtest test runner: run failed tests with
-``test.bisect_cmd`` to identify failing tests. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-20-15-47-41.gh-issue-115720.w8i8UG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-20-15-47-41.gh-issue-115720.w8i8UG.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-02-20-15-47-41.gh-issue-115720.w8i8UG.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Leak tests (``-R``, ``--huntrleaks``) now show a summary of the number of
-leaks found in each iteration.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-06-11-00-36.gh-issue-116307.Uij0t_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-06-11-00-36.gh-issue-116307.Uij0t_.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-06-11-00-36.gh-issue-116307.Uij0t_.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Added import helper ``isolated_modules`` as ``CleanImport`` does not remove
-modules imported during the context.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-13-12-06-49.gh-issue-115979.zsNpQD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-13-12-06-49.gh-issue-115979.zsNpQD.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-13-12-06-49.gh-issue-115979.zsNpQD.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update test_importlib so that it passes under WASI SDK 21.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-24-23-49-25.gh-issue-117187.eMLT5n.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-24-23-49-25.gh-issue-117187.eMLT5n.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-24-23-49-25.gh-issue-117187.eMLT5n.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix XML tests for vanilla Expat <2.6.0.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-25-21-31-49.gh-issue-83434.U7Z8cY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-25-21-31-49.gh-issue-83434.U7Z8cY.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-25-21-31-49.gh-issue-83434.U7Z8cY.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Disable JUnit XML output (``--junit-xml=FILE`` command line option) in
-regrtest when hunting for reference leaks (``-R`` option). Patch by Victor
-Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2024-02-14-15-58-13.gh-issue-113516.TyIHWx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2024-02-14-15-58-13.gh-issue-113516.TyIHWx.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2024-02-14-15-58-13.gh-issue-113516.TyIHWx.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Don't set ``LDSHARED`` when building for WASI.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-06-09-05-13.gh-issue-115009.ShMjZs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-06-09-05-13.gh-issue-115009.ShMjZs.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-06-09-05-13.gh-issue-115009.ShMjZs.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update Windows installer to use SQLite 3.45.1.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-15-23-16-31.gh-issue-115543.otrWnw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-15-23-16-31.gh-issue-115543.otrWnw.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-15-23-16-31.gh-issue-115543.otrWnw.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-:ref:`launcher` can now detect Python 3.13 when installed from the Microsoft
-Store, and will install Python 3.12 by default when
-:envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_ALLOW_INSTALL` is set.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-21-23-48-59.gh-issue-115554.02mpQC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-21-23-48-59.gh-issue-115554.02mpQC.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-The installer now has more strict rules about updating the :ref:`launcher`.
-In general, most users only have a single launcher installed and will see no
-difference. When multiple launchers have been installed, the option to
-install the launcher is disabled until all but one have been removed.
-Downgrading the launcher (which was never allowed) is now more obviously
-blocked.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-24-23-03-43.gh-issue-91227.sL4zWC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-02-24-23-03-43.gh-issue-91227.sL4zWC.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Fix the asyncio ProactorEventLoop implementation so that sending a datagram to an address that is not listening does not prevent receiving any more datagrams.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-03-14-01-58-22.gh-issue-116773.H2UldY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-03-14-01-58-22.gh-issue-116773.H2UldY.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-03-14-01-58-22.gh-issue-116773.H2UldY.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix instances of ``<_overlapped.Overlapped object at 0xXXX> still has pending operation at deallocation, the process may crash``.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2f44de8f82ecf9..ffa409a54c565a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.11.8
+This is Python version 3.11.9
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