Issues

• Diagnose crashes on empty metadata directory

  python/importlib_metadata#548 · by Filter by author jaraco was closed on Oct 21, 2026
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• SimplePath rejects pathlib.Path: joinpath and __truediv__ are not positional-only

  python/importlib_metadata#542 · by Filter by author gaborbernat was closed on Aug 28, 2026

• Consider reverting optimization in normalization

  python/importlib_metadata#540 · by Filter by author jaraco was closed on Oct 22, 2026
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• Simplify normalize_perf now that pytest-perf resolves sub-microsecond timings

  python/importlib_metadata#539 · by Filter by author jaraco was closed on Jul 14, 2026

• entry_points doesn't handle empty .dist-info files well

  python/importlib_metadata#534 · by Filter by author rossburton was closed on Oct 23, 2026
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• flufl.flake8 is no longer maintained

  python/importlib_metadata#527 · by Filter by author mtelka was closed on Dec 29, 2025
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• Using entry-point value for non-object references

  python/importlib_metadata#523 · by Filter by author seberg was closed on Oct 21, 2026
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• Update License on pypi.org

  python/importlib_metadata#522 · by Filter by author AvercromXD was closed on Dec 28, 2025
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• Issues when combined with multiprocessing (MaybeEncodingError, BadZipFile, OSError)

  python/importlib_metadata#520 · by Filter by author 2xB was closed on Dec 21, 2025
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• Type hint for Distribution.metadata is incorrect

  invalid
  python/importlib_metadata#513 · by Filter by author mpurnell1 was closed on Apr 27, 2025
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• 8.5.0: pytest fails in 20 units with FileNotFoundError

  python/importlib_metadata#509 · by Filter by author kloczek was closed on Apr 27, 2025
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• Better identification of broken Distribution objects

  help wanted
  python/importlib_metadata#508 · by Filter by author henryiii was closed on Oct 21, 2026
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• Update Compatibility table in README?

  question
  python/importlib_metadata#507 · by Filter by author melroy89 was closed on Apr 27, 2025
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• Tests started failing in main

  python/importlib_metadata#500 · by Filter by author jaraco was closed on Aug 19, 2024
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• Consider adding back a warning instead of KeyError

  python/importlib_metadata#497 · by Filter by author hmaarrfk was closed on Aug 12, 2024
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• Vulnerability issue CVE-2024-5569

  python/importlib_metadata#495 · by Filter by author karistom was closed on Aug 12, 2024
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• Make importlib_metadata._meta.SimplePath public

  python/importlib_metadata#494 · by Filter by author matthewhughes934 was closed on Jul 24, 2024
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• .metadata is an empty message even for missing metadata

  python/importlib_metadata#493 · by Filter by author jaraco was closed on Apr 27, 2025
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• importlib metadata 8.0 causes unusual errors in startup for twine, others(?)

  python/importlib_metadata#492 · by Filter by author zzzeek was closed on Jun 27, 2024
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• 7.2.0: pytest fails in exercises.py units

  python/importlib_metadata#490 · by Filter by author kloczek was closed on Apr 27, 2025
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• Ensure stale empty python module directories don't break the build

  python/importlib_metadata#489 · by Filter by author kanavin was closed on Jul 23, 2024
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• AttributeError changed to AssertionError for invalid identifiers

  python/importlib_metadata#488 · by Filter by author hroncok was closed on Apr 27, 2025
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• API incompatibility with importlib.metadata (or at least the API is not type-safe?)

  python/importlib_metadata#486 · by Filter by author abravalheri was closed on Oct 23, 2026
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• Intersphinx mapping for stdlib version

  python/importlib_metadata#485 · by Filter by author stefan6419846 was closed on Jan 7, 2025
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• MetadataPathFinder has find_distributions as a classmethod in CPython

  python/importlib_metadata#484 · by Filter by author jaraco was closed on Mar 20, 2024
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