# Python 3.14.5 release candidate

DevFeed: [Python 3.14.5 release candidate](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/python-3-14-5-release-candidate-2399.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.python.org/2026/05/python-3145rc1/>)

Author: Hugo van Kemenade

Published: 2026-05-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Python Insider](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/python-insider.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Python 3.14](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python-3-14.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [python-3-14](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python-3-14.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>)

## AI overview

Python 3.14.5rc1 is the release candidate for the fifth maintenance release of Python 3.14. It includes about 113 bug fixes, build improvements, and documentation changes, and reverts the incremental garbage collector to the generational collector because of reported memory pressure in production environments.

## Source excerpt

A special release candidate with a new (old) garbage collector.