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vstinner

opened on Jun 30, 2026

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Feature or enhancement

It would be useful to help debugging to detect if Python is running in a container or in a virtual machine (VM).

Linked PRs

• gh-152680: Check if running in a container/VM in test.pythoninfo #152668
• [3.13] gh-152680: Detect container/VM in test.pythoninfo (GH-152668) #152698
• [3.15] gh-152680: Detect container/VM in test.pythoninfo (GH-152668) #152699
• [3.14] gh-152680: Detect container/VM in test.pythoninfo (GH-152668) #152700
• gh-152680: Use the _wmi module in test.pythoninfo #152824
• [3.13] gh-152680: Detect virtualization on Windows in pythoninfo (GH-152824) #152888
• [3.15] gh-152680: Detect virtualization on Windows in pythoninfo (GH-152824) #152890
• [3.14] gh-152680: Detect virtualization on Windows in pythoninfo (GH-152824) #152889

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1. vstinner

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   pythongh-152680: Check if running in a container/VM in test.pythoninfo

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4. vstinner

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   gh-152680: Detect container/VM in test.pythoninfo (#152668)

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5. vstinner

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6. vstinner

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   Merge branch 'main' into maurycy/bye-abba

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8. vstinner

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   gh-152680: Detect virtualization on Windows in pythoninfo (#152824)

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   [3.13] gh-152680: Detect virtualization on Windows in pythoninfo (GH-…

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   [3.15] gh-152680: Detect virtualization on Windows in pythoninfo (GH-…

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   [3.14] gh-152680: Detect virtualization on Windows in pythoninfo (GH-…

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