Drop support for Python 3.9 (EOL since October 2025)

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            toxfactor: py3.9
-            ignore-typecheck-outcome: false
-            ignore-test-outcome: false
           - python-version: "3.10"
             toxfactor: py3.10
             ignore-typecheck-outcome: false

.gitignore

@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ cover/
 
 #PyCharm
 /.idea
+
+# Generated by the tox mypy env (poetry export)
+/requirements.txt

CHANGES.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Deprecated
 
 Removed
 +++++++
+* Dropped support for python 3.9 (end-of-life, and its locked dev dependencies had unfixable security alerts). Supported python versions: 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14.
 * The following private attributes are not available anymore (`#658 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/658>`_):
   * ``_pytest.reports.TestReport.scenario``; replaced by ``pytest_bdd.reporting.test_report_context`` WeakKeyDictionary (internal use)
   * ``__scenario__`` attribute of test functions generated by the ``@scenario`` (and ``@scenarios``) decorator; replaced by ``pytest_bdd.scenario.scenario_wrapper_template_registry`` WeakKeyDictionary (internal use)

pyproject.toml

@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
     "Topic :: Utilities",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "Mako",
     "parse",
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
-target-version = "py39"
 lint.select = [
     "B",     # flake8-bugbear
     "BLE",   # flake8-blind-except

src/pytest_bdd/parser.py

@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ def as_contexts(self) -> Generator[dict[str, str]]:
             dict[str, str]: A dictionary mapping parameter names to their values for each example row.
         """
         for row in self.examples:
-            assert len(self.example_params) == len(row)
-            yield dict(zip(self.example_params, row))
+            yield dict(zip(self.example_params, row, strict=True))
 
     def __bool__(self) -> bool:
         """Check if there are any examples.

src/pytest_bdd/plugin.py

@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, TypeVar, cast
+from collections.abc import Callable, Generator
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ParamSpec, TypeVar, cast
 
 import pytest
-from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
 from . import cucumber_json, generation, gherkin_terminal_reporter, given, reporting, then, when
 from .utils import CONFIG_STACK

src/pytest_bdd/reporting.py

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import time
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, TypedDict
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypedDict
 from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
 
 from typing_extensions import NotRequired

src/pytest_bdd/scenario.py

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator
 from inspect import signature
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, TypeVar, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, cast
 from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
 
 import pytest

src/pytest_bdd/steps.py

@@ -38,14 +38,13 @@ def _(article):
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import enum
-from collections.abc import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from itertools import count
-from typing import Callable, Literal, TypeVar
+from typing import Literal, ParamSpec, TypeVar
 from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
 
 import pytest
-from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
 from .parser import Step
 from .parsers import StepParser, get_parser

src/pytest_bdd/types.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import typing
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing_extensions import Literal
+    from typing import Literal
 
 GIVEN: Literal["given"] = "given"
 WHEN: Literal["when"] = "when"

src/pytest_bdd/utils.py

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 import base64
 import pickle
 import re
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from inspect import getframeinfo, signature
 from sys import _getframe
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, TypeVar, cast, overload
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, cast, overload
 from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

tests/feature/test_gherkin_terminal_reporter.py

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ def test_default_output_should_be_the_same_as_regular_terminal_reporter(pytester
     def parse_lines(lines: list[str]) -> list[str]:
         return [line for line in lines if not line.startswith("===")]
 
-    assert all(l1 == l2 for l1, l2 in zip(parse_lines(regular.stdout.lines), parse_lines(gherkin.stdout.lines)))
+    assert all(
+        l1 == l2 for l1, l2 in zip(parse_lines(regular.stdout.lines), parse_lines(gherkin.stdout.lines), strict=True)
+    )
 
 
 def test_verbose_mode_should_display_feature_and_scenario_names_instead_of_test_names_in_a_single_line(pytester):

tests/steps/test_common.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import textwrap
-from typing import Any, Callable
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Any
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{3.9,3.10,3.11}-pytest{7.0,7.1,7.2,7.3,7.4,8.0,8.1,8.2,8.3,latest}-gherkin_official{29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,latest}-coverage
-          py{3.12,3.13,3.14}-pytest{7.3,7.4,8.0,8.1,8.2,8.3,latest}-gherkin_official{29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,latest}-coverage
+# pytest 7.0-7.2 do not support python 3.12+
+envlist = py{3.10,3.11}-pytest{7.0,7.1,7.2}-gherkin_official{29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,latest}-coverage
+          py{3.10,3.11,3.12,3.13,3.14}-pytest{7.3,7.4,8.0,8.1,8.2,8.3,9.0,latest}-gherkin_official{29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,latest}-coverage
           py3.15-pytestlatest-gherkin_officiallatest-coverage
           py3.12-pytestlatest-xdist-coverage
           mypy
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ deps =
     gherkin_official29: gherkin-official~=29.0.0
 
     pytestlatest: pytest
+    pytest9.0: pytest~=9.0.0
+    pytest8.3: pytest~=8.3.0
+    pytest8.2: pytest~=8.2.0
     pytest8.1: pytest~=8.1.0
     pytest8.0: pytest~=8.0.0
     pytest7.4: pytest~=7.4.0