python · hugovk · Dec 13, 2025 · Dec 12, 2025 · Dec 13, 2025 · Dec 13, 2025
diff --git a/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst b/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Pending removal in Python 3.20
  - :mod:`csv`
  - :mod:`!ctypes.macholib`
  - :mod:`decimal` (use :data:`decimal.SPEC_VERSION` instead)
+  - :mod:`http.server`
  - :mod:`imaplib`
  - :mod:`ipaddress`
  - :mod:`json`

@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ New deprecations
    - :mod:`csv`
    - :mod:`!ctypes.macholib`
    - :mod:`decimal` (use :data:`decimal.SPEC_VERSION` instead)
+    - :mod:`http.server`
    - :mod:`imaplib`
    - :mod:`ipaddress`
    - :mod:`json`

diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@
 # (Actually, the latter is only true if you know the server configuration
 # at the time the request was made!)

-__version__ = "0.6"
-
 __all__ = [
    "HTTPServer", "ThreadingHTTPServer",
    "HTTPSServer", "ThreadingHTTPSServer",
@@ -280,7 +278,7 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
    # The server software version.  You may want to override this.
    # The format is multiple whitespace-separated strings,
    # where each string is of the form name[/version].
-    server_version = "BaseHTTP/" + __version__
+    server_version = "BaseHTTP"

    error_message_format = DEFAULT_ERROR_MESSAGE
    error_content_type = DEFAULT_ERROR_CONTENT_TYPE
@@ -690,7 +688,7 @@ class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

    """

-    server_version = "SimpleHTTP/" + __version__
+    server_version = "SimpleHTTP"
    index_pages = ("index.html", "index.htm")
    extensions_map = _encodings_map_default = {
        '.gz': 'application/gzip',
@@ -1080,5 +1078,14 @@ class HTTPSDualStackServer(DualStackServerMixin, ThreadingHTTPSServer):
    )


+def __getattr__(name):
+    if name == "__version__":
+        from warnings import _deprecated
+
+        _deprecated("__version__", remove=(3, 20))
+        return "0.6"  # Do not change
+    raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
    _main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
@@ -1560,6 +1560,16 @@ def test_https_client(self):
        self.assertEqual(res, self.served_data)


+class TestModule(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_deprecated__version__(self):
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            "'__version__' is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.20",
+        ) as cm:
+            getattr(http.server, "__version__")
+        self.assertEqual(cm.filename, __file__)
+
+
 def setUpModule():
    unittest.addModuleCleanup(os.chdir, os.getcwd())


diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.15.0a2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.15.0a2.rst
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ would raise an error.
 .. nonce: peEgcr
 .. section: Library

-Deprecate ``__version__`` from a :mod:`imaplib`. Patch by Hugo van Kemenade.
+Deprecate ``__version__`` from :mod:`imaplib`. Patch by Hugo van Kemenade.

 ..


diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-13-00-09-09.gh-issue-76007.Xg1xCO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-13-00-09-09.gh-issue-76007.Xg1xCO.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Deprecate ``__version__`` from :mod:`http.server`. Patch by Hugo van
+Kemenade.
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		@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
		Deprecate ``__version__`` from :mod:`http.server`. Patch by Hugo van
		Kemenade.