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Python experimental support for free threading
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Python support for free threading
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Starting with the 3.13 release, CPython has experimental support for a build of
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Starting with the 3.13 release, CPython has support for a build of
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Python called :term:`free threading` where the :term:`global interpreter lock`
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(GIL) is disabled. Free-threaded execution allows for full utilization of the
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available processing power by running threads in parallel on available CPU cores.
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While not all software will benefit from this automatically, programs
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designed with threading in mind will run faster on multi-core hardware.
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**The free-threaded mode is experimental** and work is ongoing to improve it:
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expect some bugs and a substantial single-threaded performance hit.
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The free-threaded mode is working and continues to be improved:
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expect some bugs and a substantial performance hit in single-threaded workloads.
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This document describes the implications of free threading
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for Python code. See :ref:`freethreading-extensions-howto` for information on
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To check if the current interpreter supports free-threading, :option:`python -VV <-V>`
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and :data:`sys.version` contain "experimental free-threading build".
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and :data:`sys.version` contain "free-threading build".
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The new :func:`sys._is_gil_enabled` function can be used to check whether
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the GIL is actually disabled in the running process.
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