macOS Tahoe 26.2 ships with an outdated version of Python 3.9.6

6•Gabrielfair•14h ago

Not only is 3.9 reached end-of-life, the last release was 3.9.25

% python3 Python 3.9.6 (default, Dec 2 2025, 07:27:58) [Clang 17.0.0 (clang-1700.6.3.2)] on darwin

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Gabrielfair•13h ago

Python 3.9.6 reached end-of-life on 2025-10-31. It is no longer supported and does not receive security updates

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-396/

frou_dh•13h ago

AFAIK macOS does not ship any version of Python in the normal installation, and it's Xcode / Xcode-CommandLineTools that bundles a Python.

altairprime•8h ago

Formally announced all the way back in whatever year 10.15 was:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-note...

Scripting Language Runtimes Deprecations

> Scripting language runtimes such as Python, Ruby, and Perl are included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software. Future versions of macOS won’t include scripting language runtimes by default, and might require you to install additional packages. If your software depends on scripting languages, it’s recommended that you bundle the runtime within the app. (49764202)

frou_dh•3h ago

The strange thing is that they never did manage to get it done for Ruby.

raw_anon_1111•10h ago

Why does it matter? Tye first thing I do when getting a Mac is install the newest version of everything I need.

runjake•9h ago

macOS Tahoe doesn't ship with Python. It comes with the Developer Tools as an internal dependency.

It is not intended nor supported for end users. It's only purpose is as a dependency for Apple's developer tools.

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macOS Tahoe 26.2 ships with an outdated version of Python 3.9.6

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