From bb43aa2d4d912b28b89ef9028af735486813dd99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <bashonly@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 18:26:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove Python 3.10 support

Authored by: bashonly
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md    | 2 +-
 README.md          | 6 +++---
 pyproject.toml     | 3 +--
 setup.cfg          | 4 ++--
 yt_dlp/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 yt_dlp/update.py   | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2c58cdfc9..7dfb623be 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ ## Adding support for a new site
 
     You can use `hatch fmt` to automatically fix problems. Rules that the linter/formatter enforces should not be disabled with `# noqa` unless a maintainer requests it. The only exception allowed is for old/printf-style string formatting in GraphQL query templates (use `# noqa: UP031`).
 
-1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython >=3.9 and PyPy >=3.10. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
+1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython >=3.10 and PyPy >=3.10. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
 1. When the tests pass, [add](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files, [commit](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
 
     ```shell
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e6951d78..1e2577a32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ # To install nightly with pip:
 ```
 
 ## DEPENDENCIES
-Python versions 3.9+ (CPython) and 3.10+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
+Python versions 3.10+ (CPython) and 3.10+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
 
 <!-- Python 3.5+ uses VC++14 and it is already embedded in the binary created
 <!x-- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999 --x>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ ### Standalone PyInstaller Builds
 **Important**: Running `pyinstaller` directly **instead of** using `python -m bundle.pyinstaller` is **not** officially supported. This may or may not work correctly.
 
 ### Platform-independent Binary (UNIX)
-You will need the build tools `python` (3.9+), `zip`, `make` (GNU), `pandoc`\* and `pytest`\*.
+You will need the build tools `python` (3.10+), `zip`, `make` (GNU), `pandoc`\* and `pytest`\*.
 
 After installing these, simply run `make`.
 
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ ### Differences in default behavior
 
 Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtube-dlc:
 
-* yt-dlp supports only [Python 3.9+](## "Windows 8"), and will remove support for more versions as they [become EOL](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#python-release-cycle); while [youtube-dl still supports Python 2.6+ and 3.2+](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30568#issue-1118238743)
+* yt-dlp supports only [Python 3.10+](## "Windows 8"), and will remove support for more versions as they [become EOL](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#python-release-cycle); while [youtube-dl still supports Python 2.6+ and 3.2+](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30568#issue-1118238743)
 * The options `--auto-number` (`-A`), `--title` (`-t`) and `--literal` (`-l`), no longer work. See [removed options](#Removed) for details
 * `avconv` is not supported as an alternative to `ffmpeg`
 * yt-dlp stores config files in slightly different locations to youtube-dl. See [CONFIGURATION](#configuration) for a list of correct locations
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41d5ec3b0..f81fba0fe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 description = "A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 keywords = [
     "youtube-dl",
     "video-downloader",
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Environment :: Console",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 20d40cd30..e40282820 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ remove-unused-variables = true
 
 [tox:tox]
 skipsdist = true
-envlist = py{39,310,311,312,313},pypy310
+envlist = py{310,311,312,313},pypy310
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]  # tox
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ setenv =
 
 
 [isort]
-py_version = 39
+py_version = 310
 multi_line_output = VERTICAL_HANGING_INDENT
 line_length = 80
 reverse_relative = true
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 2e7646b7e..d3fca9a0d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import sys
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
     raise ImportError(
-        f'You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python versions 3.9 and above are supported by yt-dlp')  # noqa: F541
+        f'You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python versions 3.10 and above are supported by yt-dlp')  # noqa: F541
 
 __license__ = 'The Unlicense'
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index 769cbca65..e3b7bf750 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def _get_binary_name():
 
 
 def _get_system_deprecation():
-    MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 9), (3, 10)
+    MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 10), (3, 10)
 
     if sys.version_info > MIN_RECOMMENDED:
         return None