@@ -953,10 +953,24 @@ when a module is imported) will still emit the syntax warning.
953953(Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh: `130080 `.)
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956+ .. _incremental-garbage-collection :
956957.. _whatsnew314-incremental-gc :
957958
958- Incremental garbage collection
959- ------------------------------
959+ Garbage collection
960+ ------------------
961+
962+ **From Python 3.14.5 onwards: **
963+
964+ The garbage collector (GC) has changed in Python 3.14.5.
965+
966+ Python 3.14.0-3.14.4 shipped with a new incremental GC.
967+ However, due to a number of `reports
968+ <https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/142516> `__
969+ of significant memory pressure in production environments,
970+ it has been reverted back to the generational GC from 3.13.
971+ This is the GC now used in Python 3.14.5 and later.
972+
973+ **Previously in Python 3.14.0-3.14.4: **
960974
961975The cycle garbage collector is now incremental.
962976This means that maximum pause times are reduced
@@ -2203,7 +2217,18 @@ difflib
22032217gc
22042218--
22052219
2206- * The new :ref: `incremental garbage collector <whatsnew314-incremental-gc >`
2220+ * **From Python 3.14.5 onwards: **
2221+
2222+ Python 3.14.0-3.14.4 shipped with a new incremental garbage collector.
2223+ However, due to a number of `reports
2224+ <https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/142516> `__
2225+ of significant memory pressure in production environments,
2226+ it has been reverted back to the generational GC from 3.13.
2227+ This is the GC now used in Python 3.14.5 and later.
2228+
2229+ * **Previously in Python 3.14.0-3.14.4: **
2230+
2231+ The new :ref: `incremental garbage collector <whatsnew314-incremental-gc >`
22072232 means that maximum pause times are reduced
22082233 by an order of magnitude or more for larger heaps.
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