Update Python support in documentation and configuration files to reflect the dropping of support for Python 3.9 and the official support for Python 3.10 and above.

Author: tboy1337

.github/workflows/run-tests.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14-dev", "pypy-3.10", "pypy-3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "pypy-3.10", "pypy-3.11"]
         os: [ubuntu-22.04, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
         # Pypy-3.11 can't install openssl-sys with rust
         # which prevents us from testing in GHA.

HISTORY.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dev
 **Deprecations**
 - Added support for Python 3.14.
 - Dropped support for Python 3.8 following its end of support.
+- Dropped support for Python 3.9 following its end of support.
 
 2.32.4 (2025-06-10)
 -------------------

README.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Requests is available on PyPI:
 $ python -m pip install requests
 ```
 
-Requests officially supports Python 3.9+.
+Requests officially supports Python 3.10+.
 
 ## Supported Features & Best–Practices
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Requests is ready for today's web.
 - Chunked Requests
 - ``.netrc`` Support
 
-Requests officially supports Python 3.9+, and runs great on PyPy.
+Requests officially supports Python 3.10+, and runs great on PyPy.
 
 
 The User Guide

setup.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 CURRENT_PYTHON = sys.version_info[:2]
-REQUIRED_PYTHON = (3, 9)
+REQUIRED_PYTHON = (3, 10)
 
 if CURRENT_PYTHON < REQUIRED_PYTHON:
     sys.stderr.write(
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     package_data={"": ["LICENSE", "NOTICE"]},
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.9",
+    python_requires=">=3.10",
     install_requires=requires,
     license=about["__license__"],
     zip_safe=False,
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{39,310,311,312,313,314}-{default, use_chardet_on_py3}
+envlist = py{310,311,312,313,314}-{default, use_chardet_on_py3}
 
 [testenv]
 deps = -rrequirements-dev.txt