chore!: Remove support for Python 3.9 (#2986)

Author: Lulalaby

.flake8

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
-min_python_version = 3.9
+min_python_version = 3.10
 
 # Incompatible with black see https://github.com/ambv/black/issues/315
 ignore =

.github/workflows/lib-checks.yml

@@ -120,11 +120,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-        exclude:
-          - { python-version: "3.9", os: "macos-latest" }
-        include:
-          - { python-version: "3.9", os: "macos-13" }
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}

.github/workflows/readthedocs.yml renamed to .github/workflows/readthedocs-localization.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ possible (see our [Version Guarantees] for more info).
 
 These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been released.
 
+⚠️ **This version removes support for Python 3.9.** ⚠️
+
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 
 ### Removed
 
+- ⚠️ **Removed support for Python 3.9.**
+  ([#2986](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2986))
+
 ## [2.7.0rc2] - 2025-10-22
 
 ### Added

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Pycord is a modern, easy to use, feature-rich, and async ready API wrapper for D
 Note
 ----
 
-Pycord supports Python ``3.9`` - ``3.13``
+Pycord supports Python ``3.10`` - ``3.13``
 
 Key Features
 ------------
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Key Features
 Installing
 ----------
 
-**Python 3.9 or higher is required**
+**Python 3.10 or higher is required**
 
 To install the library without full voice support, run the following command:
 

README.rst

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ in creating applications that utilise the Discord API.
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
-Pycord works with Python 3.9 or higher. Support for earlier versions of Python
+Pycord works with Python 3.10 or higher. Support for earlier versions of Python
 is not provided. Python 2.7 or lower is not supported. Python 3.8 or lower is not supported.
 
 

docs/installing.rst

@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "A Python wrapper for the Discord API"
 readme = {content-type = "text/x-rst", file = "README.rst"}
-requires-python = ">=3.9, <3.14"
+requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.14"
 license = "MIT"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ voice = {file = "requirements/voice.txt"}
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 
 [tool.black]
-target-version = ['py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312', 'py313']
+target-version = ['py310', 'py311', 'py312', 'py313']
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ extension-pkg-whitelist = [
     "pydantic",
     "ujson"
 ]
-py-version = 3.9
+py-version = 3.10
 
 [tool.pylint.messages_control]
 enable = [