More recent versions of Python 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10

[joerivanruth]

Description:
Please provide more recent versions of Python 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10.

	3.8	3.9	3.10
Version installed as of 2024-12-04	3.8.10	3.9.13	3.10.11
Requested version at least	3.8.17	3.9.17	3.10.12

Justification:
In versions 3.8.17, 3.9.17 and 3.10.12, the function shutil.unpack_archive() gained an optional keyword argument filter=. For security reasons it is nowadays strongly recommended to set this explicitly. It would be very useful if scripts that use unpack_archive can just pass this parameter without having to check which Python version they are using.

Are you willing to submit a PR?
I would like to but I don't know how. Also, you wouldn't and shouldn't trust the Python binaries if I compiled them.

[priya-kinthali]

Hello @joerivanruth 👋,
Thank you for this feature request. We will investigate it and get back to you as soon as we have some feedback.


[gowridurgad]

Hi @joerivanruth, For Ubuntu and macos, we are getting the latest Python versions as the images are updated with the latest toolcache versions, which can be seen here ( ubuntu, macos ). However, for Windows runner image, the latest versions of Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10 are not available, as shown here . If you need these versions to be updated to the latest, please raise an issue in the runner images repository.