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Release v1.82.1
This is release gRPC Core 1.82.1 (glacier).
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes.
What's Changed
Python
- [Backport][v1.82.x][Python] Update lower bound for protobuf from 6.33.5 to 7.35.1 by @asheshvidyut in #42920
Full Changelog: v1.82.0...v1.82.1
Release v1.82.0
This is release gRPC Core 1.82.0 (glacier).
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes.
This is release 1.82.0 (glacier) of gRPC Core.
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.
Core
- [call creds] Add support for looking up and attaching regional access boundary policy metadata. (#41594)
- Unregister CFStream callbacks during endpoint shutdown. (#42211)
- Fix fd 0 incorrectly treated as invalid across POSIX socket code. (#41764)
- [xDS] enable new ORCA-to-LRS propagation behavior (gRFC A85). (#42411)
- [RetryFilter::LegacyCallData]: avoid tripping abseil nullopt assertion. (#42405)
- [xds] Implement A114: WRR support for custom backend metrics. (#41750)
- [Core] Upgrade to protobuf 35 (#42512)
PHP
- [Backport][v1.82.x][PHP] Add PIE support for PHP extention. (#42873)
Python
Added 2026-07-12:
CAUTION! This gRPC Python release 1.82.0 was yanked from PyPI on 2026-07-07 due to issue #42906.
- [Python] [Pyright] Part 2 - Pyright for src/python/grpcio/grpc/aio/_call.py. (#42272)
- [Python][aio] Fix issue #42393: 100% CPU when Python run with -O flag. (#42470)
- [Python] [Typeguard] Part 6 - Add Typeguard SYNC Stack in tests. (#40353)
- [Python] [Pyright] Part 3 - Pyright for src/python/grpcio/grpc/aio/_metadata.py. (#42273)
- [Python] Cancel calls without closing channels in fork child. (#41784)
- [Python] Migrated to protobuf
3.35.
Ruby
Release v1.82.0-pre2
Release v1.82.0-pre1
Release v1.81.1
This is release 1.81.0 (graphic) of gRPC Core.
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.
Core
- [EventEngine] Fix a potential use-after-free error on Windows. (#42078)
- [ssl] Server side handshaker factory stores a map of key signers. (#42002)
- [Core] Fix completion queue shutdown race on weak memory models (ARM). (#41510)
- [EventEngine] Fix a Windows race that causes an assertion error. (#41563)
- [grpc_error] enable error_flatten experiment in OSS. (#41471)
Objective-C
- [ObjC] Add receiveNextMessage to GRPCUnaryProtoCall. (#42260)
Python
- [Python] Add typing_extensions dep to aio Bazel target. (#42001)
- [Python] [Pyright] Part 1 - Pyright for src/python/grpcio/grpc/aio/_base_server.py. (#42240)
- [Python] Drop 3.9. (#42145)
- [Python] grpc-status: Relax protobuf dependency upper bound to allow 7.x. (#41948)
- [Python] [Typeguard] Part 5 - Add Typeguard SYNC Stack in tests. (#40278)
- [Python] Remove GIL from ReceiveMessageOperation.un_c method. (#41812)
- [Python] Support observability in AsyncIO stack. (#41573)
- [Python] Trim Python2 backward compatiblity syntax - removed (object) inheritance. (#41708)
Ruby
Release v1.81.0
This is release 1.81.0 (graphic) of gRPC Core.
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.
Core
- [EventEngine] Fix a potential use-after-free error on Windows. (#42078)
- [ssl] Server side handshaker factory stores a map of key signers. (#42002)
- [Core] Fix completion queue shutdown race on weak memory models (ARM). (#41510)
- [EventEngine] Fix a Windows race that causes an assertion error. (#41563)
- [grpc_error] enable error_flatten experiment in OSS. (#41471)
Objective-C
- [ObjC] Add receiveNextMessage to GRPCUnaryProtoCall. (#42260)
Python
- [Python] Add typing_extensions dep to aio Bazel target. (#42001)
- [Python] [Pyright] Part 1 - Pyright for src/python/grpcio/grpc/aio/_base_server.py. (#42240)
- [Python] Drop 3.9. (#42145)
- [Python] grpc-status: Relax protobuf dependency upper bound to allow 7.x. (#41948)
- [Python] [Typeguard] Part 5 - Add Typeguard SYNC Stack in tests. (#40278)
- [Python] Remove GIL from ReceiveMessageOperation.un_c method. (#41812)
- [Python] Support observability in AsyncIO stack. (#41573)
- [Python] Trim Python2 backward compatiblity syntax - removed (object) inheritance. (#41708)
Ruby
Release v1.81.0-pre1
Release v1.80.0
This is release 1.80.0 (glimmering) of gRPC Core.
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.
Core
- [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. (#41701)
- [TLS Credentials]: Private Key Offload Implementation. (#41606)
- Fix max sockaddr struct size on OpenBSD. (#40454)
- [core] Enable EventEngine for Python by default, and EventEngine fork support in Python and Ruby. (#41432)
- [TLS Credentials]: Create InMemoryCertificateProvider to update certificates independently. (#41484)
- [Ruby] Build/test ruby 4.0 and build native gems with Ruby 4.0 support. (#41324)
- [EventEngine] Remove an incorrect std::move in DNSServiceResolver constructor. (#41502)
- [RR and WRR] enable change to connect from a random index. (#41472)
- [xds] Implement gRFC A101. (#41051)
C++
- [C++] Add SNI override option to C++ channel credentials options API. (#41460)
C#
Objective-C
- [Fix][Compiler] Plugins fall back to the edition 2023 for older protobuf. (#41357)
PHP
- [PHP] Disable php infinite recursion check for callback from Core to PHP. (#41835)
- [PHP] Fix runtime error with PHp8.5 alpha because zend_exception_get_defaul…. (#40337)
Python
- [Python] Fix
GRPC_TRACEnot working when absl log initialized in cython. (#41814) - Revert "[Python] Align GRPC_ENABLE_FORK_SUPPORT env defaults in core and python (#41455)". (#41769)
- [Python] Fix AsyncIO Server maximum_concurrent_rpcs enforcement preventing negative active_rpcs count. (#41532)
- [Python] Docs: correct
grpc.Compressionreferences. (#41705) - [Python] [Typeguard] Part 4 - Add Typeguard to AIO stack in tests . (#40226)
- [Python] Fix multi-thread exception for Asyncio gRPC clients - Fixes #25364. (#41483)
- [Python] Resolve absl::InitializeLog warning. (#39779)
- [Python] Remove IF usage in Cython. (#41400)
- [Python] Add language features to exported proto files. (#41501)
- [Python] Fix crash when iterating on AIO Metadata keys(), values(), items() or list(metadata.values()) etc. . (#41481)
- [Python] Modernize and revamp Public API Docs. (#41287)
Ruby
- [Ruby] Added support to push native-debug packages off rubygems to public gcs bucket. (#41270)
Release v1.80.0-pre1
Release v1.78.1
This is release 1.78.1 (gutsy) of gRPC Core.
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.
Python
Added 2026-03-12:
CAUTION! This gRPC Python release 1.78.1 was yanked from PyPI on 2026-02-26 due to issue #41725.
- [REVERTED] Remove unintentional log
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR.(#41639) - [REVERTED] Fix inconsistent
GRPC_ENABLE_FORK_SUPPORTruntime defaults between gRPC Core and Python. (#41588).- This fixed #37710, a request processing hang in certain multithreaded environments:
Other threads are currently calling into gRPC, skipping fork() handlers.
- This fixed #37710, a request processing hang in certain multithreaded environments:
- Modernize the API Docs site: https://grpc.github.io/grpc/python. (#41494)
Ruby
- Build/test ruby 4.0 and build native gems with Ruby 4.0 support. (#41554)