chore: require Python 3.11+

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         if: ${{ steps.counter.outputs.count > 0 }}
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.11'
       - run: pip install mypy==1.5.1
         if: ${{ steps.counter.outputs.count > 0 }}
       - run: mypy ${{ steps.filter.outputs.python_files }} --follow-imports=silent --ignore-missing-imports

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "3.8"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install pypa/build
       run: >-
         python -m

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         py:
+          - "3.14"
+          - "3.13"
           - "3.12"
           - "3.11"
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.9"
         os:
           - ubuntu-22.04
     steps:

CLAUDE.md

@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ client for it. Given alongside `client`, the key wins and the passed client is l
 - **`transcribe_async()` returns a `concurrent.futures.Future`**, not an asyncio coroutine. In asyncio code use `aai.AsyncTranscriber` (see "Asyncio transcription" above) — or `aai.AsyncSyncTranscriber` for the sync API
 - **LLM Gateway request params are `**kwargs`**: everything past `model`/`messages`/`stream` is forwarded verbatim, so there is no client-side check on the name — spell params carefully
 - **Timestamps are in milliseconds** throughout the SDK
-- **Minimum Python**: 3.8+
+- **Minimum Python**: 3.11+
 
 ## Dependencies
 

assemblyai/__version__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.7.0"

setup.py

@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ def get_version() -> str:
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ def get_version() -> str:
     url="https://github.com/AssemblyAI/assemblyai-python-sdk",
     license="MIT License",
     license_files=["LICENSE"],
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.11",
     project_urls={
         "Code": "https://github.com/AssemblyAI/assemblyai-python-sdk",
         "Issues": "https://github.com/AssemblyAI/assemblyai-python-sdk/issues",

tox.ini

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # blow-up. Floors track setup.py (pydantic>=1.10.17, websockets>=11, httpx>=0.19).
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{39,310,311,312}-latest
+    py{311,312,313,314}-latest
     py311-httpx{0.22,0.24}
     py311-pydantic1.10
     py311-websockets11.0