pythongh-124217, ipaddress: Add RFC 9637 reserved IPv6 block `3fff::/…

…20` (python#124240) Signed-off-by: y5c4l3 <y5c4l3@proton.me>
savannahostrowski · Sep 22, 2024 · 4dacd62 · 4dacd62
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diff --git a/Lib/ipaddress.py b/Lib/ipaddress.py
@@ -2375,6 +2375,8 @@ class _IPv6Constants:
         IPv6Network('2001:db8::/32'),
         # IANA says N/A, let's consider it not globally reachable to be safe
         IPv6Network('2002::/16'),
+        # RFC 9637: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9637.html#section-6-2.2
+        IPv6Network('3fff::/20'),
         IPv6Network('fc00::/7'),
         IPv6Network('fe80::/10'),
         ]

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py b/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py
@@ -2433,6 +2433,8 @@ def testReservedIpv6(self):
         self.assertTrue(ipaddress.ip_address('2001:30::').is_global)
         self.assertFalse(ipaddress.ip_address('2001:40::').is_global)
         self.assertFalse(ipaddress.ip_address('2002::').is_global)
+        # gh-124217: conform with RFC 9637
+        self.assertFalse(ipaddress.ip_address('3fff::').is_global)
 
         # some generic IETF reserved addresses
         self.assertEqual(True, ipaddress.ip_address('100::').is_reserved)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-20-15-00.gh-issue-124217.j0KlQB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-20-15-00.gh-issue-124217.j0KlQB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add RFC 9637 reserved IPv6 block ``3fff::/20`` in :mod:`ipaddress` module.