Python 3.13 was officially released on . As of April 2026, it is the current stable major version, with the latest maintenance update, Python 3.13.13 , released on April 8, 2025 .
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This is the most significant news. Python has historically been limited by the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), preventing it from using multiple CPU cores effectively for a single process. with the latest maintenance update