Set packages' minimum Python version to 3.9 per README #44386

akx · 2025-12-11T11:31:02Z

Description

#40587 updated the README for the repo to note that Python 3.9 is the minimum supported version.

This PR updates setup.py and pyproject.toml files to reflect that too.

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The pull request does not introduce [breaking changes]
- It certainly shouldn't – but with this, Python package installers will likely refuse to install these packages on Python 3.8 (which is really a good thing).
CHANGELOG is updated for new features, bug fixes or other significant changes.
- This has already been announced previously, just not correctly enforced.
I have read the contribution guidelines.

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github-actions · 2025-12-11T11:31:31Z

Thank you for your contribution @akx! We will review the pull request and get back to you soon.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the minimum supported Python version from 3.8 (and in some cases 3.7) to 3.9 across the Azure SDK for Python repository, aligning with PR #40587 which updated the README. The changes systematically update python_requires constraints and remove obsolete Python version classifiers from package metadata.

Key Changes

Updated python_requires from >=3.7 or >=3.8 to >=3.9 in approximately 300+ setup.py files
Removed Python 3.7 and 3.8 classifier entries from setup.py files
Updated documentation files to reflect the new minimum version (README, tests.md, packaging.md, dev_setup.md, sphinx docs)

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Copilot reviewed 210 out of 210 changed files in this pull request and generated 16 comments.

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File	Description
sdk/*/setup.py (300+ files)	Updated python_requires to >=3.9 and removed Python 3.7/3.8 classifiers
sdk/ml/azure-ai-ml/README.md	Updated tested Python versions list to start with 3.9
sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/README.md	Updated prerequisites to reference Python 3.9
doc/sphinx/index.rst	Updated supported Python versions documentation
doc/dev/tests.md	Updated development environment setup instructions
doc/dev/packaging.md	Updated packaging guidelines and examples
doc/dev/dev_setup.md	Updated virtual environment creation examples

Critical Issue: Many setup.py files contain conditional dependencies like typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' which are now obsolete since the minimum Python version is 3.9. These conditions will never evaluate to true and should be removed or updated. This affects approximately 100+ files across the repository.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:31Z

sdk/healthinsights/azure-healthinsights-clinicalmatching/setup.py

        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",
    ],


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is obsolete since the minimum Python version is now 3.9. This condition will never be true and should be removed or updated.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:32Z

sdk/purview/azure-purview-workflow/setup.py

    install_requires=[
        "isodate<1.0.0,>=0.6.1",
        "azure-core<2.0.0,>=1.28.0",
        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is now obsolete since the minimum Python version is 3.9. This condition will never be true and should either be removed entirely or updated if typing-extensions is still needed.

Yep, already have a commit that would do that – figured I'd do a follow-up PR for it for atomicity, but can add it here too.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:32Z

sdk/videoanalyzer/azure-mgmt-videoanalyzer/setup.py

        "isodate<1.0.0,>=0.6.1",
        "azure-common~=1.1",
        "azure-mgmt-core>=1.3.2,<2.0.0",
        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is obsolete since the minimum Python version is now 3.9. This condition will never be true and should be removed or updated.

Yep: #44386 (comment)

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:32Z

sdk/trafficmanager/azure-mgmt-trafficmanager/setup.py

        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",
    ],
-    python_requires=">=3.7"
+    python_requires=">=3.9"


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is obsolete since the minimum Python version is now 3.9. This condition will never be true and should be removed or updated.

Yep: #44386 (comment)

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:32Z

doc/dev/tests.md

 easier to debug PRs locally.

- Python 3.8+: Use the [python website](https://www.python.org/downloads/) or the one-click experience from the Windows store ([3.8](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-38/9mssztt1n39l), [3.9](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-39/9p7qfqmjrfp7), [3.10](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-310/9pjpw5ldxlz5), [3.11](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nrwmjp3717k?hl=en-us&gl=US), [3.12](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ncvdn91xzqp?hl=en-us&gl=US)) (Windows only).
+- Python 3.9+: Use the [python website](https://www.python.org/downloads/) or the one-click experience from the Windows store [3.9](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-39/9p7qfqmjrfp7), [3.10](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-310/9pjpw5ldxlz5), [3.11](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nrwmjp3717k?hl=en-us&gl=US), [3.12](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ncvdn91xzqp?hl=en-us&gl=US)) (Windows only).


The link reference to Python 3.8 in the Windows store should be removed since Python 3.8 is no longer supported. The link list should start with Python 3.9.

Suggested change

- Python 3.9+: Use the [python website](https://www.python.org/downloads/) or the one-click experience from the Windows store [3.9](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-39/9p7qfqmjrfp7), [3.10](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-310/9pjpw5ldxlz5), [3.11](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nrwmjp3717k?hl=en-us&gl=US), [3.12](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ncvdn91xzqp?hl=en-us&gl=US)) (Windows only).

- Python 3.9+: Use the [python website](https://www.python.org/downloads/) or the one-click experience from the Windows store [3.9](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-39/9p7qfqmjrfp7), [3.10](https://www.microsoft.com/p/python-310/9pjpw5ldxlz5), [3.11](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nrwmjp3717k?hl=en-us&gl=US), [3.12](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ncvdn91xzqp?hl=en-us&gl=US) (Windows only).

Yes, indeed, that's... what this change does. Copilot, I think you were reading the diff wrong.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:34Z

sdk/workloads/azure-mgmt-workloads/setup.py

        "msrest>=0.7.1",
        "azure-common~=1.1",
        "azure-mgmt-core>=1.3.2,<2.0.0",
        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is now obsolete since the minimum Python version is 3.9. This condition will never be true and should either be removed entirely or updated to reflect the new minimum version constraint if typing-extensions is still needed for specific Python versions.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:34Z

sdk/resourcemover/azure-mgmt-resourcemover/setup.py

        "isodate<1.0.0,>=0.6.1",
        "azure-common~=1.1",
        "azure-mgmt-core>=1.3.2,<2.0.0",
        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is obsolete since the minimum Python version is now 3.9. This condition will never be true and should be removed or updated.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:34Z

sdk/managednetworkfabric/azure-mgmt-managednetworkfabric/setup.py

        "isodate<1.0.0,>=0.6.1",
        "azure-common~=1.1",
        "azure-mgmt-core>=1.3.2,<2.0.0",
        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is obsolete since the minimum Python version is now 3.9. This condition will never be true and should be removed or updated.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:35Z

sdk/contentsafety/azure-ai-contentsafety/setup.py

        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",
    ],


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is obsolete since the minimum Python version is now 3.9. This condition will never be true and should be removed or updated.

Copilot · 2025-12-11T11:42:35Z

sdk/signalr/azure-mgmt-signalr/setup.py

        "isodate<1.0.0,>=0.6.1",
        "azure-common~=1.1",
        "azure-mgmt-core>=1.3.2,<2.0.0",
        "typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0'",


The conditional dependency typing-extensions>=4.3.0; python_version<'3.8.0' is obsolete since the minimum Python version is now 3.9. This condition will never be true and should be removed or updated.

akx added 2 commits December 11, 2025 13:16

Set minimum Python version to 3.9 per README

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Update documentation about minimum Python version

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