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AA-Turner

opened on May 8, 2025

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Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

See PEP 686

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

No response given

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

PEP 686, approved for Python 3.15.

Linked PRs

• GH-133711: Enable UTF-8 mode by default (PEP 686) #133712
• gh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 #134839
• gh-133711: Log Windows OEM code page in test.pythoninfo #134840
• gh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode #134841
• [3.14] gh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (GH-134839) #134842
• [3.13] gh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (GH-134839) #134843
• [3.14] gh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode (GH-134841) #134851
• [3.13] gh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode (GH-134841) #134852

Reacted by Mickaël Schoentgen and Antonio

Reacted by Nils-Hero Lindemann and Petr Stodůlka

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1. AA-Turner

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   on May 8, 2025
2. picnixz

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3. serhiy-storchaka commented on May 11, 2025

   

   serhiy-storchaka

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   Please wait until we fix all errors in the tests and the stdlib when running in a non-UTF-8 locale (see #133677). Then ensure that all tests are still passed in a non-UTF-8 locale after this change.

   Reacted by Adam Turner
4. vstinner

   added 5 commits that reference this issue on May 28, 2025

   pythongh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1

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   pythongh-133711: Log Windows OEM code page in test.pythoninfo

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   pythongh-133711: Log Windows OEM code page in test.pythoninfo

   0b48096

   pythongh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode

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   gh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (#134839)

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5. miss-islington

   added 2 commits that reference this issue on May 28, 2025

   pythongh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (pythonGH-134839)

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   pythongh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (pythonGH-134839)

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6. vstinner

   added 2 commits that reference this issue on May 28, 2025

   gh-133711: Log Windows OEM code page in test.pythoninfo (#134840)

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   gh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode (#134841)

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7. miss-islington

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8. vstinner

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   [3.13] gh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (GH-134839) (#13…

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10. Pranjal095

    added a commit that references this issue on Jul 12, 2025

    pythongh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode (py…

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11. AA-Turner

    added a commit that references this issue on Jul 15, 2025

    GH-133711: Enable UTF-8 mode by default (PEP 686) (#133712)

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12. taegyunkim

    added 4 commits that reference this issue on Aug 4, 2025

    pythongh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (python#134839)

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    pythongh-133711: Log Windows OEM code page in test.pythoninfo (python…

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    pythongh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode (py…

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    pythonGH-133711: Enable UTF-8 mode by default (PEP 686) (python#133712)

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13. Agent-Hellboy

    added a commit that references this issue on Aug 19, 2025

    pythonGH-133711: Enable UTF-8 mode by default (PEP 686) (python#133712)

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14. StanFromIreland commented on Sep 17, 2025

    

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    Is there anything left to do here?
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16. AA-Turner

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17. hugovk commented on Jan 15, 2026

    

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    Is there anything left to do here?

    Update the PEP from Accepted to Finished?

    https://peps.python.org/pep-0686/
18. vstinner commented on Jan 16, 2026

    

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    I wrote python/peps#4785 to set PEP 686 Status to Final.

    Reacted by Hugo van Kemenade
19. gostak-dd

    added 3 commits that reference this issue on Jun 2, 2026

    pythongh-133711: Fix test_regrtest for PYTHONUTF8=1 (python#134839)

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    pythongh-133711: Log Windows OEM code page in test.pythoninfo (python…

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    pythongh-133711: Fix test_readline.test_nonascii() for UTF-8 Mode (py…

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