From 84668c2acc3bd3443556d5ba98af674505e1d84b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sebasti=C3=A1n=20Ram=C3=ADrez?= <tiangolo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:47:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=94=A7=20Drop=20support=20for=20Pytho?=
 =?UTF-8?q?n=203.8=20(#14563)?=
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 pyproject.toml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ede080c5b..dd16e1f8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code,
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [
     { name = "Sebastián Ramírez", email = "tiangolo@gmail.com" },
 ]
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Framework :: Pydantic :: 2",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",

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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:47:44 +0000
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 docs/en/docs/release-notes.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index d3a9dc04e..5db95c296 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+### Breaking Changes
+
+* 🔧 Drop support for Python 3.8. PR [#14563](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/14563) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
+
 ### Docs
 
 * ⚰️ Remove Python 3.8 from CI and remove Python 3.8 examples from source docs. PR [#14559](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/14559) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).