Dev News Digest: 9 Oct 2026, 18:00

Python 3.15.0 has been released by the language's core team, becoming available for download. The Rust game engine Bevy has released version 0.20, introducing new engine and ECS changes. The Jujutsu version control system has cut a new release, version jj 0.46.0. OpenSSH 10.6 has been released by the maintainers, which purposefully removes compression and username handling behaviors due to security concerns.

Developers are advised to review their configurations before upgrading. JavaScript runtime Deno is joining Cloudflare, becoming part of the company. Cloudflare has introduced on-demand profiling for Workers and Durable Objects, allowing for CPU and memory inspection without redeployment. Let's Encrypt has reduced certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027, making automated renewal essential.

Amazon ECS, an AWS service, can now automatically repair failing GPU instances and hosts, reducing manual on-call work for machine learning workloads. CircleCI's machine runner orchestrator has reached Generally Available status. Rackscale on-prem cloud hardware company Oxide has raised $445 million in a Series D funding round. GitHub has rewritten its Copilot runtime in Rust, with considerable AI assistance.

An agreement on a shared API for decision models has been reached by AWS, Upstage, and Ollama, though OpenAI has not joined. Shopify has moved its Checkout Blocks to Polaris web components, reducing bundle sizes by up to 85%. Microsoft will no longer be able to sponsor foreign workers for residency in the United States, potentially impacting the hiring of engineers.

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneer in Apollo software and leader of the flight software team responsible for landing Apollo 11 on the Moon, has passed away at the age of 90.