Python 3.14 / 3.14t builds

.github/workflows/cleanup_pypi.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Astral UV
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
-          version: "0.7.14"
+          version: "0.8.16"
 
       - name: Run Cleanup
         env:

.github/workflows/coverage.yml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Astral UV and enable the cache
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
-          version: "0.7.14"
+          version: "0.8.16"
           python-version: 3.9
           enable-cache: true
           cache-suffix: -${{ github.workflow }}

.github/workflows/packaging_sdist.yml

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Astral UV
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
-          version: "0.7.14"
+          version: "0.8.16"
           python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Build sdist

.github/workflows/packaging_wheels.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: [ cp39, cp310, cp311, cp312, cp313 ]
+        python: [ cp39, cp310, cp311, cp312, cp313, cp314, cp314t ]
         platform:
           - { os: windows-2025,     arch: amd64,      cibw_system: win }
           - { os: ubuntu-24.04,     arch: x86_64,     cibw_system: manylinux }
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ jobs:
           - { minimal: true, python: cp311 }
           - { minimal: true, python: cp312 }
           - { minimal: true, platform: { arch: universal2 } }
+          # Windows+cp314t disabled due to test failures in CI. 
+          # TODO: Diagnose why tests fail (access violations) in some configurations
+          - { python: cp314t, platform: { os: windows-2025 } }  
+
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.os }}
     env:
       CIBW_TEST_SKIP: ${{ inputs.testsuite == 'none' && '*' || '*-macosx_universal2' }}
@@ -80,16 +84,19 @@ jobs:
       # Install Astral UV, which will be used as build-frontend for cibuildwheel
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
-          version: "0.7.14"
+          version: "0.8.16"
           enable-cache: false
           cache-suffix: -${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.platform.cibw_system }}_${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Build${{ inputs.testsuite != 'none' && ' and test ' || ' ' }}wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v3.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v3.1
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: ${{ matrix.platform.arch == 'amd64' && 'AMD64' || matrix.platform.arch }}
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.platform.cibw_system }}_${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
-
+          # PYTHON_GIL=1: Suppresses the RuntimeWarning that the GIL is enabled on free-threaded builds. 
+          # TODO: Remove PYTHON_GIL=1 when free-threaded is supported. 
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: PYTHON_GIL=1
       - name: Upload wheel
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:

pyproject.toml

@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ all = [ # users can install duckdb with 'duckdb[all]', which will install this l
     "ipython", # used in duckdb.query_graph
     "fsspec",  # used in duckdb.filesystem
     "numpy",   # used in duckdb.experimental.spark and in duckdb.fetchnumpy()
-    "pandas",  # used for pandas dataframes all over the place
-    "pyarrow", # used for pyarrow support
-    "adbc_driver_manager", # for the adbc driver (TODO: this should live under the duckdb package)
+    "pandas; python_version < '3.14'",  # used for pandas dataframes all over the place
+    "pyarrow; python_version < '3.14'", # used for pyarrow support
+    "adbc_driver_manager; python_version < '3.14'", # for the adbc driver (TODO: this should live under the duckdb package)
 ]
 
 ######################################################################################################
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ if.env.COVERAGE = false
 inherit.cmake.define = "append"
 cmake.define.DISABLE_UNITY = "1"
 
-
 [tool.scikit-build.sdist]
 include = [
     "README.md",
@@ -204,6 +203,7 @@ required-environments = [ # ... but do always resolve for all of them
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'aarch64'",
 ]
+prerelease = "if-necessary-or-explicit" # for 3.14
 
 # We just need pytorch for tests, wihtout GPU acceleration. PyPI doesn't host a cpu-only version for Linux, so we have
 # to configure the index url for cpu-only pytorch manually
@@ -219,31 +219,31 @@ torchvision = [ { index = "pytorch-cpu" } ]
 [dependency-groups] # used for development only, requires pip >=25.1.0
 stubdeps = [ # dependencies used for typehints in the stubs
     "fsspec",
-    "pandas",
-    "polars",
-    "pyarrow",
+    "pandas; python_version < '3.14'",
+    "polars; python_version < '3.14'",
+    "pyarrow; python_version < '3.14'",
 ]
 test = [ # dependencies used for running tests
     "pytest",
     "pytest-reraise",
     "pytest-timeout",
     "mypy",
     "coverage",
-    "gcovr",
+    "gcovr; python_version < '3.14'",
     "gcsfs",
     "packaging",
-    "polars",
+    "polars; python_version < '3.14'",
     "psutil",
     "py4j",
     "pyotp",
-    "pyspark",
+    "pyspark; python_version < '3.14'",
     "pytz",
     "requests",
     "urllib3",
     "fsspec>=2022.11.0",
-    "pandas>=2.0.0",
-    "pyarrow>=18.0.0",
-    "torch>=2.2.2; sys_platform != 'darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64' or python_version < '3.13'",
+    "pandas>=2.0.0; python_version < '3.14'",
+    "pyarrow>=18.0.0; python_version < '3.14'",
+    "torch>=2.2.2; python_version < '3.14' and (sys_platform != 'darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64' or python_version < '3.13')",
     "tensorflow==2.14.0; sys_platform == 'darwin' and python_version < '3.12'",
     "tensorflow-cpu>=2.14.0; sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine != 'aarch64' and python_version < '3.12'",
     "tensorflow-cpu>=2.14.0; sys_platform == 'win32' and python_version < '3.12'",
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ scripts = [ # dependencies used for running scripts
     "ipython",
     "ipywidgets",
     "numpy",
-    "pandas",
+    "pandas; python_version < '3.14'",
     "pcpp",
-    "polars",
-    "pyarrow",
+    "polars; python_version < '3.14'",
+    "pyarrow; python_version < '3.14'",
     "pytz"
 ]
 pypi = [ # dependencies used by the pypi cleanup script
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 manylinux-pypy_x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 manylinux-aarch64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 manylinux-pypy_aarch64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
+enable = ["cpython-freethreading", "cpython-prerelease"]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 before-build = ["yum install -y ccache"]

tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,37 +1,51 @@
 import os
+import sys
 import pytest
 import shutil
 from os.path import abspath, join, dirname, normpath
 import glob
 import duckdb
 import warnings
 from importlib import import_module
+import sys
 
 try:
     # need to ignore warnings that might be thrown deep inside pandas's import tree (from dateutil in this case)
-    warnings.simplefilter(action='ignore', category=DeprecationWarning)
-    pandas = import_module('pandas')
+    warnings.simplefilter(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+    pandas = import_module("pandas")
     warnings.resetwarnings()
 
-    pyarrow_dtype = getattr(pandas, 'ArrowDtype', None)
+    pyarrow_dtype = getattr(pandas, "ArrowDtype", None)
 except ImportError:
     pandas = None
     pyarrow_dtype = None
 
+    # Only install mock after we've failed to import pandas for conftest.py
+    class MockPandas:
+        def __getattr__(self, name):
+            pytest.skip("pandas not available", allow_module_level=True)
+
+    sys.modules["pandas"] = MockPandas()
+    sys.modules["pandas.testing"] = MockPandas()
+    sys.modules["pandas._testing"] = MockPandas()
+
 # Check if pandas has arrow dtypes enabled
-try:
-    from pandas.compat import pa_version_under7p0
+if pandas is not None:
+    try:
+        from pandas.compat import pa_version_under7p0
 
-    pyarrow_dtypes_enabled = not pa_version_under7p0
-except ImportError:
+        pyarrow_dtypes_enabled = not pa_version_under7p0
+    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+        pyarrow_dtypes_enabled = False
+else:
     pyarrow_dtypes_enabled = False
 
 
 def import_pandas():
     if pandas:
         return pandas
     else:
-        pytest.skip("Couldn't import pandas")
+        pytest.skip("Couldn't import pandas", allow_module_level=True)
 
 
 # https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/simple.html#control-skipping-of-tests-according-to-command-line-option
@@ -40,6 +54,23 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption("--skiplist", action="append", nargs="+", type=str, help="skip listed tests")
 
 
+@pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
+def pytest_runtest_call(item):
+    """Convert pandas requirement exceptions to skips"""
+
+    outcome = yield
+
+    # TODO: Remove skip when Pandas releases for 3.14. After, consider bumping to 3.15
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 14): 
+        try:
+            outcome.get_result()
+        except duckdb.InvalidInputException as e:
+            if "'pandas' is required for this operation but it was not installed" in str(e):
+                pytest.skip("pandas not available - test requires pandas functionality")
+            else:
+                raise e
+
+
 def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
     tests_to_skip = config.getoption("--skiplist")
     if not tests_to_skip:

tests/fast/numpy/test_numpy_new_path.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Therefore, we only test the new codes and exec paths.
 """
 
+import sys
 import numpy as np
 import duckdb
 from datetime import timedelta