astral-sh/uv

Add a hint when free-threaded selector is used in `requires-python`

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#16,963 opened on Dec 3, 2025

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See https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/16951

We should be able to suggest a resolution here

Example

error: Failed to parse: `pyproject.toml`
  Caused by: TOML parse error at line 4, column 19
  |
4 | requires-python = ">=3.14t"
  |                   ^^^^^^^^^
Failed to parse version: after parsing `3.14`, found `t`, which is not part of a valid version:
>=3.14t
^^^^^^^

hint: `requires-python` cannot include a free-threaded selector, consider using `uv python pin 3.14t` instead

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Examine the parsing code for `requires python` in the uv codebase, locate where the error is raised, and add logic to detect the 't' suffix for free threaded Python, then emit a hint with the suggested command.
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