diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 9ecda3873ce..704c1c442de 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        12
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        5
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        6
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.12.5+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.12.6"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 33b5834b863..8113889a1f6 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Tue Aug  6 21:02:50 2024
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Fri Sep  6 21:00:45 2024
 # as part of the release process.
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
@@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              '                       | "None"\n'
              '                       | "True"\n'
              '                       | "False"\n'
-             '                       | signed_number: NUMBER | "-" NUMBER\n'
+             '   signed_number   ::= ["-"] NUMBER\n'
              '\n'
              'The rule "strings" and the token "NUMBER" are defined in the '
              'standard\n'
@@ -8991,16 +8991,22 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
             'types, operations that compute new values may actually return a\n'
             'reference to any existing object with the same type and value, '
             'while\n'
-            'for mutable objects this is not allowed.  E.g., after "a = 1; b = '
-            '1",\n'
-            '"a" and "b" may or may not refer to the same object with the '
-            'value\n'
-            'one, depending on the implementation, but after "c = []; d = []", '
-            '"c"\n'
-            'and "d" are guaranteed to refer to two different, unique, newly\n'
-            'created empty lists. (Note that "c = d = []" assigns the same '
-            'object\n'
-            'to both "c" and "d".)\n',
+            'for mutable objects this is not allowed. For example, after "a = '
+            '1; b\n'
+            '= 1", *a* and *b* may or may not refer to the same object with '
+            'the\n'
+            'value one, depending on the implementation. This is because "int" '
+            'is\n'
+            'an immutable type, so the reference to "1" can be reused. This\n'
+            'behaviour depends on the implementation used, so should not be '
+            'relied\n'
+            'upon, but is something to be aware of when making use of object\n'
+            'identity tests. However, after "c = []; d = []", *c* and *d* are\n'
+            'guaranteed to refer to two different, unique, newly created '
+            'empty\n'
+            'lists. (Note that "e = f = []" assigns the *same* object to both '
+            '*e*\n'
+            'and *f*.)\n',
  'operator-summary': 'Operator precedence\n'
                      '*******************\n'
                      '\n'
@@ -13075,15 +13081,13 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
             'greater must be expressed with escapes.\n'
             '\n'
             'Both string and bytes literals may optionally be prefixed with a\n'
-            'letter "\'r\'" or "\'R\'"; such strings are called *raw strings* '
-            'and treat\n'
-            'backslashes as literal characters.  As a result, in string '
-            'literals,\n'
-            '"\'\\U\'" and "\'\\u\'" escapes in raw strings are not treated '
-            'specially.\n'
-            'Given that Python 2.x’s raw unicode literals behave differently '
-            'than\n'
-            'Python 3.x’s the "\'ur\'" syntax is not supported.\n'
+            'letter "\'r\'" or "\'R\'"; such constructs are called *raw '
+            'string\n'
+            'literals* and *raw bytes literals* respectively and treat '
+            'backslashes\n'
+            'as literal characters.  As a result, in raw string literals, '
+            '"\'\\U\'"\n'
+            'and "\'\\u\'" escapes are not treated specially.\n'
             '\n'
             'Added in version 3.3: The "\'rb\'" prefix of raw bytes literals '
             'has been\n'
@@ -13977,8 +13981,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
           'however removing a key and re-inserting it will add it to the end\n'
           'instead of keeping its old place.\n'
           '\n'
-          'Dictionaries are mutable; they can be created by the "{...}" '
-          'notation\n'
+          'Dictionaries are mutable; they can be created by the "{}" notation\n'
           '(see section Dictionary displays).\n'
           '\n'
           'The extension modules "dbm.ndbm" and "dbm.gnu" provide additional\n'
@@ -15963,8 +15966,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              '|                                | also removes it from '
              '*s*         |                       |\n'
              '+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
-             '| "s.remove(x)"                  | remove the first item from '
-             '*s*   | (3)                   |\n'
+             '| "s.remove(x)"                  | removes the first item from '
+             '*s*  | (3)                   |\n'
              '|                                | where "s[i]" is equal to '
              '*x*     |                       |\n'
              '+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
@@ -16428,8 +16431,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
                      '|                                | also removes it from '
                      '*s*         |                       |\n'
                      '+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
-                     '| "s.remove(x)"                  | remove the first item '
-                     'from *s*   | (3)                   |\n'
+                     '| "s.remove(x)"                  | removes the first '
+                     'item from *s*  | (3)                   |\n'
                      '|                                | where "s[i]" is equal '
                      'to *x*     |                       |\n'
                      '+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.6.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbdfa87998b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+.. date: 2024-09-04-11-55-29
+.. gh-issue: 123418
+.. nonce: 8P4bmN
+.. release date: 2024-09-06
+.. section: macOS
+
+Updated macOS installer build to use OpenSSL 3.0.15.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-04-09-59-18
+.. gh-issue: 123418
+.. nonce: QaMC12
+.. section: Windows
+
+Updated Windows build to use OpenSSL 3.0.15.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-07-19-21-50-54
+.. gh-issue: 100256
+.. nonce: GDrKba
+.. section: Windows
+
+:mod:`mimetypes` no longer fails when it encounters an inaccessible registry
+key.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2022-04-20-18-32-30
+.. gh-issue: 79846
+.. nonce: Vggv3f
+.. section: Windows
+
+Makes :code:`ssl.create_default_context()` ignore invalid certificates in
+the Windows certificate store
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-04-10-07-51
+.. gh-issue: 123418
+.. nonce: 1eIFZb
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Update GitHub CI workflows to use OpenSSL 3.0.15 and multissltests to use
+3.0.15, 3.1.7, and 3.2.3.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-05-04-22-56-41
+.. gh-issue: 101525
+.. nonce: LHK166
+.. section: Tests
+
+Skip ``test_gdb`` if the binary is relocated by BOLT. Patch by Donghee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-04-12-41-35
+.. gh-issue: 123678
+.. nonce: N41y9n
+.. section: Security
+
+Upgrade libexpat to 2.6.3
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-07-02-13-39-20
+.. gh-issue: 121285
+.. nonce: hrl-yI
+.. section: Security
+
+Remove backtracking from tarfile header parsing for ``hdrcharset``, PAX, and
+GNU sparse headers.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-26-13-45-20
+.. gh-issue: 123270
+.. nonce: gXHvNJ
+.. section: Library
+
+Applied a more surgical fix for malformed payloads in :class:`zipfile.Path`
+causing infinite loops (gh-122905) without breaking contents using
+legitimate characters.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-22-09-37-48
+.. gh-issue: 123213
+.. nonce: owmXnP
+.. section: Library
+
+:meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.Element.extend` and
+:class:`~xml.etree.ElementTree.Element` assignment no longer hide the
+internal exception if an erronous generator is passed. Patch by Bar Harel.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-20-18-02-27
+.. gh-issue: 85110
+.. nonce: 8_iDQy
+.. section: Library
+
+Preserve relative path in URL without netloc in
+:func:`urllib.parse.urlunsplit` and :func:`urllib.parse.urlunparse`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-16-19-13-21
+.. gh-issue: 123067
+.. nonce: Nx9O4R
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix quadratic complexity in parsing ``"``-quoted cookie values with
+backslashes by :mod:`http.cookies`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-11-14-23-07
+.. gh-issue: 122903
+.. nonce: xktZta
+.. section: Library
+
+``zipfile.Path.glob`` now correctly matches directories instead of silently
+omitting them.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-11-14-08-04
+.. gh-issue: 122905
+.. nonce: 7tDsxA
+.. section: Library
+
+:class:`zipfile.Path` objects now sanitize names from the zipfile.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-08-15-05-58
+.. gh-issue: 122695
+.. nonce: f7pwBv
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed double-free when using :func:`gc.get_referents` with a freed
+:class:`asyncio.Future` iterator.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-07-17-41-16
+.. gh-issue: 116263
+.. nonce: EcXir0
+.. section: Library
+
+:class:`logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler` no longer rolls over empty log
+files.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-04-14-07-18
+.. gh-issue: 118814
+.. nonce: uiyks1
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix the :class:`typing.TypeVar` constructor when name is passed by keyword.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-07-31-20-43-21
+.. gh-issue: 122478
+.. nonce: sCU2Le
+.. section: Library
+
+Remove internal frames from tracebacks shown in
+:class:`code.InteractiveInterpreter` with non-default
+:func:`sys.excepthook`. Save correct tracebacks in
+:attr:`sys.last_traceback` and update ``__traceback__`` attribute of
+:attr:`sys.last_value` and :attr:`sys.last_exc`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-07-22-08-14-04
+.. gh-issue: 113785
+.. nonce: 6B_KNB
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`csv` now correctly parses numeric fields (when used with
+:const:`csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC`) which start with an escape character.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-12-17-10-22-55
+.. gh-issue: 112182
+.. nonce: jLWGlr
+.. section: Library
+
+:meth:`!asyncio.futures.Future.set_exception` now transforms
+:exc:`StopIteration` into :exc:`RuntimeError` instead of hanging or other
+misbehavior. Patch contributed by Jamie Phan.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-12-12-15-19-58
+.. gh-issue: 108172
+.. nonce: KyDPuG
+.. section: Library
+
+``webbrowser`` honors OS preferred browser on Linux when its desktop entry
+name contains the text of a known browser name.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-10-20-15-28-08
+.. gh-issue: 102988
+.. nonce: dStNO7
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`email.utils.getaddresses` and :func:`email.utils.parseaddr` now
+return ``('', '')`` 2-tuples in more situations where invalid email
+addresses are encountered instead of potentially inaccurate values. Add
+optional *strict* parameter to these two functions: use ``strict=False`` to
+get the old behavior, accept malformed inputs. ``getattr(email.utils,
+'supports_strict_parsing', False)`` can be use to check if the *strict*
+paramater is available. Patch by Thomas Dwyer and Victor Stinner to improve
+the CVE-2023-27043 fix.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-08-04-18-43-21
+.. gh-issue: 99437
+.. nonce: Et8hu8
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`runpy.run_path` now decodes path-like objects, making sure __file__
+and sys.argv[0] of the module being run are always strings.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-06-16-21-42-45
+.. gh-issue: 120083
+.. nonce: nczuyv
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Add explicit black IDLE Hovertip foreground color needed for recent macOS.
+Fixes Sonoma showing unreadable white on pale yellow.  Patch by John
+Riggles.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-26-00-58-26
+.. gh-issue: 123321
+.. nonce: ApxcnE
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Prevent Parser/myreadline race condition from segfaulting on multi-threaded
+use. Patch by Bar Harel and Amit Wienner.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-25-10-54-22
+.. gh-issue: 122982
+.. nonce: KLD91q
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Extend the deprecation period for bool inversion (``~``) by two years.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-23-13-08-27
+.. gh-issue: 123229
+.. nonce: aHm-dw
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix valgrind warning by initializing the f-string buffers to 0 in the
+tokenizer. Patch by Pablo Galindo
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-20-12-29-52
+.. gh-issue: 123142
+.. nonce: 3PXiNb
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix too-wide source location in exception tracebacks coming from broken
+iterables in comprehensions.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-20-11-09-16
+.. gh-issue: 123048
+.. nonce: 2TISpv
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a bug where pattern matching code could emit a :opcode:`JUMP_FORWARD`
+with no source location.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-17-17-26-25
+.. gh-issue: 123083
+.. nonce: 9xWLJ-
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a potential use-after-free in ``STORE_ATTR_WITH_HINT``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-01-19-13-58
+.. gh-issue: 122527
+.. nonce: eztso6
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a crash that occurred when a ``PyStructSequence`` was deallocated after
+its type's dictionary was cleared by the GC.  The type's
+:c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_basicsize` now accounts for non-sequence fields
+that aren't included in the :c:macro:`Py_SIZE` of the sequence.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-06-05-18-29-18
+.. gh-issue: 93691
+.. nonce: 6OautB
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix source locations of instructions generated for with statements.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-24-19-09-31
+.. gh-issue: 123297
+.. nonce: fdtXoe
+.. section: Build
+
+Propagate the value of ``LDFLAGS`` to ``LDCXXSHARED`` in :mod:`sysconfig`.
+Patch by Pablo Galindo
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-08-24-19-09-31.gh-issue-123297.fdtXoe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-08-24-19-09-31.gh-issue-123297.fdtXoe.rst
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index d2c831b27be..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-08-24-19-09-31.gh-issue-123297.fdtXoe.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Propagate the value of ``LDFLAGS`` to ``LDCXXSHARED`` in :mod:`sysconfig`.
-Patch by Pablo Galindo
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-05-18-29-18.gh-issue-93691.6OautB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-05-18-29-18.gh-issue-93691.6OautB.rst
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index c06d5a276c0..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-05-18-29-18.gh-issue-93691.6OautB.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix source locations of instructions generated for with statements.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-20-11-09-16.gh-issue-123048.2TISpv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-20-11-09-16.gh-issue-123048.2TISpv.rst
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index f0b756febbc..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-20-11-09-16.gh-issue-123048.2TISpv.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug where pattern matching code could emit a :opcode:`JUMP_FORWARD`
-with no source location.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-20-12-29-52.gh-issue-123142.3PXiNb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-20-12-29-52.gh-issue-123142.3PXiNb.rst
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index 0aa70f23bfd..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-20-12-29-52.gh-issue-123142.3PXiNb.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix too-wide source location in exception tracebacks coming from broken
-iterables in comprehensions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-23-13-08-27.gh-issue-123229.aHm-dw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-23-13-08-27.gh-issue-123229.aHm-dw.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-23-13-08-27.gh-issue-123229.aHm-dw.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix valgrind warning by initializing the f-string buffers to 0 in the
-tokenizer. Patch by Pablo Galindo
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-25-10-54-22.gh-issue-122982.KLD91q.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-25-10-54-22.gh-issue-122982.KLD91q.rst
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index 64882df6af1..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-25-10-54-22.gh-issue-122982.KLD91q.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Extend the deprecation period for bool inversion (``~``) by two years.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-26-00-58-26.gh-issue-123321.ApxcnE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-26-00-58-26.gh-issue-123321.ApxcnE.rst
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index b0547e0e588..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-08-26-00-58-26.gh-issue-123321.ApxcnE.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Prevent Parser/myreadline race condition from segfaulting on multi-threaded
-use. Patch by Bar Harel and Amit Wienner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-01-19-13-58.gh-issue-122527.eztso6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-01-19-13-58.gh-issue-122527.eztso6.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-01-19-13-58.gh-issue-122527.eztso6.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix a crash that occurred when a ``PyStructSequence`` was deallocated after
-its type's dictionary was cleared by the GC.  The type's
-:c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_basicsize` now accounts for non-sequence fields
-that aren't included in the :c:macro:`Py_SIZE` of the sequence.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-17-17-26-25.gh-issue-123083.9xWLJ-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-17-17-26-25.gh-issue-123083.9xWLJ-.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-17-17-26-25.gh-issue-123083.9xWLJ-.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a potential use-after-free in ``STORE_ATTR_WITH_HINT``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2024-06-16-21-42-45.gh-issue-120083.nczuyv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2024-06-16-21-42-45.gh-issue-120083.nczuyv.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2024-06-16-21-42-45.gh-issue-120083.nczuyv.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add explicit black IDLE Hovertip foreground color needed for recent macOS.  Fixes Sonoma showing unreadable white on pale yellow.  Patch by John Riggles.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-04-18-43-21.gh-issue-99437.Et8hu8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-04-18-43-21.gh-issue-99437.Et8hu8.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-04-18-43-21.gh-issue-99437.Et8hu8.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:func:`runpy.run_path` now decodes path-like objects, making sure __file__
-and sys.argv[0] of the module being run are always strings.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-20-15-28-08.gh-issue-102988.dStNO7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-20-15-28-08.gh-issue-102988.dStNO7.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-20-15-28-08.gh-issue-102988.dStNO7.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-:func:`email.utils.getaddresses` and :func:`email.utils.parseaddr` now
-return ``('', '')`` 2-tuples in more situations where invalid email
-addresses are encountered instead of potentially inaccurate values. Add
-optional *strict* parameter to these two functions: use ``strict=False`` to
-get the old behavior, accept malformed inputs.
-``getattr(email.utils, 'supports_strict_parsing', False)`` can be use to check
-if the *strict* paramater is available. Patch by Thomas Dwyer and Victor
-Stinner to improve the CVE-2023-27043 fix.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-12-15-19-58.gh-issue-108172.KyDPuG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-12-15-19-58.gh-issue-108172.KyDPuG.rst
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-``webbrowser`` honors OS preferred browser on Linux when its desktop entry name contains the text of a known browser name.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-17-10-22-55.gh-issue-112182.jLWGlr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-17-10-22-55.gh-issue-112182.jLWGlr.rst
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-:meth:`!asyncio.futures.Future.set_exception` now transforms :exc:`StopIteration`
-into :exc:`RuntimeError` instead of hanging or other misbehavior. Patch
-contributed by Jamie Phan.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-22-08-14-04.gh-issue-113785.6B_KNB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-22-08-14-04.gh-issue-113785.6B_KNB.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-:mod:`csv` now correctly parses numeric fields (when used with :const:`csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC`) which start with an escape character.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-31-20-43-21.gh-issue-122478.sCU2Le.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-31-20-43-21.gh-issue-122478.sCU2Le.rst
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Remove internal frames from tracebacks shown in
-:class:`code.InteractiveInterpreter` with non-default :func:`sys.excepthook`.
-Save correct tracebacks in :attr:`sys.last_traceback` and update ``__traceback__`` attribute of :attr:`sys.last_value` and :attr:`sys.last_exc`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-04-14-07-18.gh-issue-118814.uiyks1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-04-14-07-18.gh-issue-118814.uiyks1.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix the :class:`typing.TypeVar` constructor when name is passed by keyword.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-07-17-41-16.gh-issue-116263.EcXir0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-07-17-41-16.gh-issue-116263.EcXir0.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-07-17-41-16.gh-issue-116263.EcXir0.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:class:`logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler` no longer rolls over empty log
-files.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-08-15-05-58.gh-issue-122695.f7pwBv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-08-15-05-58.gh-issue-122695.f7pwBv.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed double-free when using :func:`gc.get_referents` with a freed
-:class:`asyncio.Future` iterator.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-11-14-08-04.gh-issue-122905.7tDsxA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-11-14-08-04.gh-issue-122905.7tDsxA.rst
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-:class:`zipfile.Path` objects now sanitize names from the zipfile.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-11-14-23-07.gh-issue-122903.xktZta.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-11-14-23-07.gh-issue-122903.xktZta.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-``zipfile.Path.glob`` now correctly matches directories instead of
-silently omitting them.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-16-19-13-21.gh-issue-123067.Nx9O4R.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-16-19-13-21.gh-issue-123067.Nx9O4R.rst
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-Fix quadratic complexity in parsing ``"``-quoted cookie values with backslashes by :mod:`http.cookies`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-20-18-02-27.gh-issue-85110.8_iDQy.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-20-18-02-27.gh-issue-85110.8_iDQy.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Preserve relative path in URL without netloc in
-:func:`urllib.parse.urlunsplit` and :func:`urllib.parse.urlunparse`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-22-09-37-48.gh-issue-123213.owmXnP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-22-09-37-48.gh-issue-123213.owmXnP.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-:meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.Element.extend` and
-:class:`~xml.etree.ElementTree.Element` assignment no longer hide the internal
-exception if an erronous generator is passed. Patch by Bar Harel.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-26-13-45-20.gh-issue-123270.gXHvNJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-26-13-45-20.gh-issue-123270.gXHvNJ.rst
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-Applied a more surgical fix for malformed payloads in :class:`zipfile.Path`
-causing infinite loops (gh-122905) without breaking contents using
-legitimate characters.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-07-02-13-39-20.gh-issue-121285.hrl-yI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-07-02-13-39-20.gh-issue-121285.hrl-yI.rst
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-Remove backtracking from tarfile header parsing for ``hdrcharset``, PAX, and
-GNU sparse headers.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-09-04-12-41-35.gh-issue-123678.N41y9n.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-09-04-12-41-35.gh-issue-123678.N41y9n.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-09-04-12-41-35.gh-issue-123678.N41y9n.rst
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-Upgrade libexpat to 2.6.3
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-05-04-22-56-41.gh-issue-101525.LHK166.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-05-04-22-56-41.gh-issue-101525.LHK166.rst
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-Skip ``test_gdb`` if the binary is relocated by BOLT.
-Patch by Donghee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2024-09-04-10-07-51.gh-issue-123418.1eIFZb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2024-09-04-10-07-51.gh-issue-123418.1eIFZb.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2024-09-04-10-07-51.gh-issue-123418.1eIFZb.rst
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-Update GitHub CI workflows to use OpenSSL 3.0.15 and multissltests to use
-3.0.15, 3.1.7, and 3.2.3.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-04-20-18-32-30.gh-issue-79846.Vggv3f.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-04-20-18-32-30.gh-issue-79846.Vggv3f.rst
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-Makes :code:`ssl.create_default_context()` ignore invalid certificates in
-the Windows certificate store
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-07-19-21-50-54.gh-issue-100256.GDrKba.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-07-19-21-50-54.gh-issue-100256.GDrKba.rst
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-:mod:`mimetypes` no longer fails when it encounters an inaccessible registry key.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-04-09-59-18.gh-issue-123418.QaMC12.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-04-09-59-18.gh-issue-123418.QaMC12.rst
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-Updated Windows build to use OpenSSL 3.0.15.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2024-09-04-11-55-29.gh-issue-123418.8P4bmN.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2024-09-04-11-55-29.gh-issue-123418.8P4bmN.rst
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-Updated macOS installer build to use OpenSSL 3.0.15.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 18f152d9f63..49d503bbe45 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.12.5
+This is Python version 3.12.6
 =============================
 
 .. image:: https://github.com/python/cpython/workflows/Tests/badge.svg