Drop Python 3.7 support, ensure 3.12 support, update dependencies, and implement asyncio.timeout

.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml

@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ jobs:
       - if: ${{ !endsWith(matrix.os, '-arm') }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
       - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-arm' }}
         uses: deadsnakes/action@v2.1.1
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       # Install Rust locally for non-Linux (Linux uses an internal docker
       # command to build with cibuildwheel which uses rustup install defined
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       # https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/7611 and
       # https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/7694 are fixed
       - run: python -m pip install --upgrade wheel "poetry==1.3.2" poethepoet
-      - run: poetry install --no-root -E opentelemetry
+      - run: poetry install --no-root --all-extras
 
       # Add the source dist only for Linux x64 for now
       - if: ${{ matrix.package-suffix == 'linux-amd64' }}

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -12,24 +12,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.7", "3.11"]
+        python: ["3.8", "3.12"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-arm]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python: "3.11"
+            python: "3.12"
             docsTarget: true
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python: "3.7"
+            python: "3.8"
             protoCheckTarget: true
           - os: ubuntu-arm
             runsOn: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runsOn || matrix.os }}
-    # For Windows there is currently a bug with Windows + pytest + warnings +
-    # importlib + Python < 3.12. Based on others' investigations, disabling
-    # bytecode fixes it.
-    # See https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-python/pull/346#issuecomment-1636108747
-    env:
-      PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE: "${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && '1' || '' }}"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -44,9 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - if: ${{ !endsWith(matrix.os, '-arm') }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          # Due to a yet-uninvestigated change in 3.11.6 that breaks the Rust
-          # linker on Windows, we are pinning 3.11 to 3.11.5 here
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python == '3.11' && '3.11.5' || matrix.python }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-arm' }}
         uses: deadsnakes/action@v2.1.1
         with:
@@ -55,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       # https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/7611 and
       # https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/7694 are fixed
       - run: python -m pip install --upgrade wheel "poetry==1.3.2" poethepoet
-      - run: poetry install --no-root -E opentelemetry
+      - run: poetry install --no-root --all-extras
       - run: poe lint
       - run: poe build-develop
       - run: poe test -s -o log_cli_level=DEBUG

.github/workflows/run-bench.yml

@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ jobs:
           working-directory: temporalio/bridge
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       # Build
       - run: python -m pip install --upgrade wheel poetry poethepoet
-      - run: poetry install --no-root -E opentelemetry
+      - run: poetry install --no-root --all-extras
       - run: poe build-develop-with-release
 
       # Run a bunch of bench tests. We run multiple times since results vary.

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ![Temporal Python SDK](https://assets.temporal.io/w/py-banner.svg)
 
-[![Python 3.7+](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/temporalio.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://pypi.org/project/temporalio)
+[![Python 3.8+](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/temporalio.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://pypi.org/project/temporalio)
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/temporalio.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://pypi.org/project/temporalio)
 [![MIT](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/temporalio.svg?style=for-the-badge)](LICENSE)
 
@@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ Some things to note about the above code:
 * A timer is represented by normal `asyncio.sleep()`
 * Timers are also implicitly started on any `asyncio` calls with timeouts (e.g. `asyncio.wait_for`)
 * Timers are Temporal server timers, not local ones, so sub-second resolution rarely has value
+* Calls that use a specific point in time, e.g. `call_at` or `timeout_at`, should be based on the current loop time
+  (i.e. `workflow.time()`) and not an actual point in time. This is because fixed times are translated to relative ones
+  by subtracting the current loop time which may not be the actual current time.
 
 #### Conditions
 
@@ -683,7 +686,6 @@ of the common `asyncio` calls work as normal. Some asyncio features are disabled
 * Thread related calls such as `to_thread()`, `run_coroutine_threadsafe()`, `loop.run_in_executor()`, etc
 * Calls that alter the event loop such as `loop.close()`, `loop.stop()`, `loop.run_forever()`,
   `loop.set_task_factory()`, etc
-* Calls that use a specific time such as `loop.call_at()`
 * Calls that use anything external such as networking, subprocesses, disk IO, etc
 
 Cancellation is done the same way as `asyncio`. Specifically, a task can be requested to be cancelled but does not
@@ -1295,7 +1297,7 @@ users are encouraged to not use gevent in asyncio applications (including Tempor
 
 # Development
 
-The Python SDK is built to work with Python 3.7 and newer. It is built using
+The Python SDK is built to work with Python 3.8 and newer. It is built using
 [SDK Core](https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-core/) which is written in Rust.
 
 ### Building
@@ -1304,7 +1306,7 @@ The Python SDK is built to work with Python 3.7 and newer. It is built using
 
 To build the SDK from source for use as a dependency, the following prerequisites are required:
 
-* [Python](https://www.python.org/) >= 3.7
+* [Python](https://www.python.org/) >= 3.8
 * [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/)
 * [poetry](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry) (e.g. `python -m pip install poetry`)
 * [poe](https://github.com/nat-n/poethepoet) (e.g. `python -m pip install poethepoet`)

build.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def build(setup_kwargs):
                 path="temporalio/bridge/Cargo.toml",
                 binding=Binding.PyO3,
                 py_limited_api=True,
-                features=["pyo3/abi3-py37"],
+                features=["pyo3/abi3-py38"],
             )
         ],
         zip_safe=False,