id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
4123	Tahoe-LAFS depends on removed `cgi` stdlib module	cypher	itamarst	"Tahoe-LAFS' `allmydata.webish` module currently depends on `cgi.FieldStorage` from the Python standard library in order to ""[https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs/blob/6d37fa6c9d236f8eb369bd2bc61932137f381e7f/src/allmydata/webish.py#L44 do terrible things to ensure files are still bytes]"".

The `cgi` module, however, was recently (as of Python 3.13) removed as part of the [https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/#cgi PEP-0594 initiative] -- of ""removing dead batteries from the standard library"".

In order to provide compatibility with Python 3.13, then, a suitable `cgi` replacement module will need to be found and/or the dependent codepaths will need to be updated accordingly. (There may, of course, be other outstanding work/issues that further prevent Python 3.13 compatibility; this is just one such issue)."	defect	closed	normal	undecided	unknown	n/a	fixed