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Phase 2 of PyAutoLabs/PyAutoHands#238. The tombstone releases are live on PyPI (PyAutoHands #240, #242); this makes the install page describe what actually happens.

Three false claims, not one

1. The failure mode. The page said pip install autogalaxy on 3.9/3.10/3.11 "will fail with a no matching distribution error". It did not. Verified on real venvs with pip 26.2.1, before the fix:

Python actual result
3.9 silently installed the 2026.7.29.1 stack, exit 0
3.10 same
3.11 same
3.12 2026.8.17.1 (current)

No JAX, no warning, months out of date. Worse than the documented hard failure, because nothing told the user which version they were running.

2. The cut release. "We dropped support ... in release 2026.4.5.3" is the wrong release. That floor was reverted on 2026-04-30, and 2026.5.1.42026.7.29.1 all shipped >=3.9 again. The real cut is 2026.7.29.2.

3. The yank. "Pre-2026.4.5.3 releases on PyPI have been yanked, so they will not install" — they were not. 396 of 421 autolens releases are live; the 25 yanked ones are a scattering from the autoconf-rename period. The section's entire premise was a yank that never happened, which is why the resolver fallback it claimed was blocked was in fact wide open.

What it says now

The real cut release, why raising a floor does not retract a back catalogue, and the 2026.7.29.1.post1 tombstone that now refuses the install. It also states the one remaining gap rather than hiding it: --only-binary=:all: skips source distributions, steps past the tombstone, and installs the old wheel silently.

Pinned historical installs are unaffected and still resolve on old Pythons.

API Changes

None. Documentation only.

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Jammy2211 and others added 2 commits August 19, 2026 18:50
The install page promised behaviour that did not happen. Verified on real
3.9/3.10/3.11 venvs against PyPI before the fix: `pip install autogalaxy` did not
fail, it backtracked to 2026.7.29.1 and installed a months-old, JAX-less stack
silently.

Three corrections:

- "will fail with a no matching distribution error" — it did not. It now stops
  with an explanation, via the 2026.7.29.1.post1 tombstone release.
- "dropped support ... in release 2026.4.5.3" — wrong release. That floor was
  reverted on 2026-04-30 and 2026.5.1.4 ... 2026.7.29.1 all shipped >=3.9
  again. The real cut is 2026.7.29.2.
- "pre-2026.4.5.3 releases on PyPI have been yanked" — they were not. 396 of
  421 autolens releases are live, including every release a sub-3.12 pip was
  landing on. The section's whole premise was a yank that never happened.

Also states the one remaining gap plainly: --only-binary=:all: skips sdists, so
it steps past the tombstone to the old wheel.

Issue: PyAutoLabs/PyAutoHands#238

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Python 3.14 was promoted on 2026-07-31: it is in the classifiers, and
PyAutoHands python_matrix.yml runs it as a REQUIRED unit + smoke leg alongside
3.12 and 3.13. The installation overview still advertised "3.12 - 3.13",
understating support and pointing 3.14 users away from a version that is
tested every night.

Reworded to "Python 3.12 or later", which matches `requires-python = ">=3.12"`
and does not need editing again at the next promotion.

Checked and deliberately not changed: PyAutoCTI's "Python 3.12 or 3.13" is
accurate — its classifiers stop at 3.13, so it genuinely was not promoted. The
workspace AGENTS.md files saying CI gates on "3.12 and 3.13" are accurate too:
PyAutoHeart's reusable smoke-tests workflow defaults to `["3.12", "3.13"]` and
none of them override it.

Issue: PyAutoLabs/PyAutoHands#238

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@Jammy2211 Jammy2211 changed the title docs: correct the sub-3.12 install note — three claims were false docs: correct the install page — wrong failure mode, wrong cut release, wrong support range Aug 19, 2026
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Added a second, related correction to the same install docs: docs/installation/overview.md advertised "Python 3.12 - 3.13", but 3.14 was promoted on 2026-07-31 — it is in the classifiers and PyAutoHands python_matrix.yml runs it as a REQUIRED unit + smoke leg. Reworded to "Python 3.12 or later", which matches requires-python and won't need editing at the next promotion.

Checked and deliberately not changed: PyAutoCTI's "Python 3.12 or 3.13" is accurate (its classifiers stop at 3.13 — it genuinely was not promoted), and the workspace AGENTS.md files saying CI gates on "3.12 and 3.13" are accurate too (PyAutoHeart's reusable smoke-tests workflow defaults to ["3.12", "3.13"] and none override it).

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