AWS Glue Python Shell upgrade

Question

Hello AWS team,
When is AWS Glue Python Shell is planned to be updated from version 3.6 to something more fresher? 
Thanks
Vitaly

Answer

Hello,

The python version upgrade for AWS Glue python shell jobs is in the pipeline. However, we do not have an exact ETA around the same. I would recommend you to stay tuned to this [link](https://aws.amazon.com/new/?whats-new-content-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-content-all.sort-order=desc&awsf.whats-new-iot=*all&awsf.whats-new-machine-learning=*all&awsf.whats-new-management-governance=*all&awsf.whats-new-media-services=*all&awsf.whats-new-migration-transfer=*all&awsf.whats-new-networking-content-delivery=*all&awsf.whats-new-quantum-tech=*all&awsf.whats-new-robotics=*all&awsf.whats-new-satellite=*all&awsf.whats-new-security-id-compliance=*all&awsf.whats-new-serverless=*all&awsf.whats-new-storage=*all&awsf.whats-new-analytics=general-products%23aws-glue&awsf.whats-new-app-integration=*all&awsf.whats-new-arvr=*all&awsf.whats-new-blockchain=*all&awsf.whats-new-business-applications=*all&awsf.whats-new-cloud-financial-management=*all&awsf.whats-new-compute=*all&awsf.whats-new-containers=*all&awsf.whats-new-customer-enablement=*all&awsf.whats-new-customer%20engagement=*all&awsf.whats-new-database=*all&awsf.whats-new-developer-tools=*all&awsf.whats-new-end-user-computing=*all&awsf.whats-new-mobile=*all&awsf.whats-new-gametech=*all)  for any AWS service updates.

Answer

Hello,

we recently added support for python 3.9 and additional libraries to simplify the work of data scientists.

To learn more please refer to [this blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/aws-glue-python-shell-now-supports-python-3-9-with-a-flexible-pre-loaded-environment-and-support-to-install-additional-libraries/).

AWS Glue Python Shell upgrade

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