# Important fixes no longer being backported to 2.16

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-fixes-no-longer-being-backported-to-2-16/45305>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** cfgmgmgtcamp, rhel, ansible-core\
**Created:** [February 9, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-fixes-no-longer-being-backported-to-2-16/45305 "2026-02-09T16:28:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-fixes-no-longer-being-backported-to-2-16/45305/3 "2026-02-09T16:33:22Z")

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Some of that info is available in [CfgMgmtCamp 2026 discussion (1/12): Supported Python versions, or: supporting older Operating Systems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtcamp-2026-discussion-1-12-supported-python-versions-or-supporting-older-operating-systems/45288)

See [Support core packaging operations against older python versions by sivel · Pull Request #86432 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/86432)

And also: [Ansible supported Python version on \_target\_ - #15 by Thulium-Drake](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-supported-python-version-on-target/44863/15)

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