# Ansible-core devel: adds support for Python 3.14, drops support for Python 3.8; also AZP's azure-pipelines-test-container got updated

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-devel-adds-support-for-python-3-14-drops-support-for-python-3-8-also-azps-azure-pipelines-test-container-got-updated/44168>\
**Category:** Collection Development\
**Tags:** news-for-maintainers, azure, python, ansible-test, azp, ci, ansible-devel, ansible-core\
**Created:** [July 29, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-devel-adds-support-for-python-3-14-drops-support-for-python-3-8-also-azps-azure-pipelines-test-container-got-updated/44168 "2025-07-29T18:58:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-devel-adds-support-for-python-3-14-drops-support-for-python-3-8-also-azps-azure-pipelines-test-container-got-updated/44168/1 "2025-07-29T18:58:17Z")

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Some PRs have been merged to ansible-core’s devel branch that affect collection CI:

- ansible-core now supports Python 3.14, and no longer supports Python 3.8: [Add support for Python 3.14 and drop Python 3.8 by mattclay · Pull Request #85576 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85576)
- If your collection uses AZP for CI, note that there’s a new azure-pipelines-test-container (see `resources` in `.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml`): [Update azure-pipelines-test-container by mattclay · Pull Request #85578 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85578)

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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-devel-adds-support-for-python-3-14-drops-support-for-python-3-8-also-azps-azure-pipelines-test-container-got-updated/44168/2 "2025-07-30T04:12:53Z")

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See also [Azure Pipelines Test Container Update](https://forum.ansible.com/t/44171).