# What’s New In Python 3.13

Release

  3.13.0a0

Date

  May 23, 2023

This article explains the new features in Python 3.13, compared to 3.12.

For full details, see the changelog.

Note

Prerelease users should be aware that this document is currently in draft form. It will be updated substantially as Python 3.13 moves towards release, so it’s worth checking back even after reading earlier versions.

## Summary – Release highlights

## New Features

## Other Language Changes

## New Modules

- None yet.

## Improved Modules

## Optimizations

## Deprecated

## Removed

- PEP 594: Remove the `telnetlib` module, deprecated in Python 3.11: use the projects telnetlib3 or Exscript instead. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in gh-104773.)

- Namespaces `typing.io` and `typing.re`, deprecated in Python 3.8, are now removed. The items in those namespaces can be imported directly from `typing`. (Contributed by Sebastian Rittau in gh-92871.)

## Porting to Python 3.13

This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes that may require changes to your code.

## Build Changes

## C API Changes

### New Features

### Porting to Python 3.13

### Deprecated

### Removed