Add support for Python 3.14 and end support of Python 3.9

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Welcome to the Cachier codebase! Please follow these guidelines to ensure code s
 ## 6. Backward Compatibility
 
 - Maintain backward compatibility for public APIs unless a breaking change is explicitly approved.
-- Cachier supports Python 3.9+.
+- Cachier supports Python 3.10+.
 
 ## 7. Documentation and Examples
 

.github/workflows/ci-test.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macOS-latest", "windows-latest"]
         backend: ["local", "mongodb", "postgres", "redis"]
         exclude:

AGENTS.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 **Cachier** is a Python library providing persistent, stale-free, local and cross-machine caching for Python functions via a decorator API. It supports multiple backends (pickle, memory, MongoDB, SQL, Redis), is thread-safe, and is designed for extensibility and robust cross-platform support.
 
 - **Repository:** [python-cachier/cachier](https://github.com/python-cachier/cachier)
-- **Primary Language:** Python 3.9+
+- **Primary Language:** Python 3.10+
 - **Key Dependencies:** `portalocker`, `watchdog` (optional: `pymongo`, `sqlalchemy`, `redis`)
 - **Test Framework:** `pytest` with backend-specific markers
 - **Linting:** `ruff` (replaces black/flake8)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
 
 ### 1. **Code Style & Quality**
 
-- **Python 3.9+** only.
+- **Python 3.10+** only.
 - **Type annotations** required for all new code.
 - **Docstrings:** Use numpy style, multi-line, no single-line docstrings.
 - **Lint:** Run `ruff` before PRs. Use per-line/file ignores only for justified cases.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
 ### 7. **Backward Compatibility**
 
 - **Public API must remain backward compatible** unless breaking change is approved.
-- **Support for Python 3.9+ only.**
+- **Support for Python 3.10+ only.**
 
 ### 8. **Global Configuration & Compatibility**
 
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
 - **When adding new features/backends, update all relevant docs, tests, CI, and requirements files.**
 - **If a test fails due to missing optional dependency, skip gracefully.**
 - **Never emit warnings/errors for missing optional deps at import time.**
-- **All code must be Python 3.9+ compatible.**
+- **All code must be Python 3.10+ compatible.**
 - **All new code must have full type annotations and numpy-style docstrings.**
 - **Backend consistency:** Ensure all backends (pickle, memory, mongo, sql, redis) are supported.\*\*
 - **Validation:** Test examples in this file work: `python -c "from cachier import cachier; ..."` should succeed.

README.rst

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Current features
 ----------------
 
 * Pure Python.
-* Compatible with Python 3.9+ (Python 2.7 was discontinued in version 1.2.8).
+* Compatible with Python 3.10+ (Python 2.7 was discontinued in version 1.2.8).
 * Supported and `tested on Linux, OS X and Windows <https://travis-ci.org/shaypal5/cachier>`_.
 * A simple interface.
 * Defining "shelf life" for cached values.

pyproject.toml

@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 authors = [
   { name = "Shay Palachy Affek", email = 'shay.palachy@gmail.com' },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ namespaces = false # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
 # --- ruff ---
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py39"
+target-version = "py310"
 line-length = 120
 # Exclude a variety of commonly ignored directories.
 exclude = [

src/cachier/core.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def _convert_args_kwargs(func, _is_method: bool, args: tuple, kwds: dict) -> dic
 
     # Map as many args as possible to regular parameters
     num_regular = len(params_to_use)
-    args_as_kw = dict(zip(params_to_use, args_to_map[:num_regular]))
+    args_as_kw = dict(zip(params_to_use, args_to_map[:num_regular], strict=False))
 
     # Handle variadic positional arguments
     # Store them with indexed keys like __varargs_0__, __varargs_1__, etc.
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ def cachier(
         )
     elif backend == "memory":
         core = _MemoryCore(
-            hash_func=hash_func, wait_for_calc_timeout=wait_for_calc_timeout, entry_size_limit=size_limit_bytes
+            hash_func=hash_func,
+            wait_for_calc_timeout=wait_for_calc_timeout,
+            entry_size_limit=size_limit_bytes,
         )
     elif backend == "sql":
         core = _SQLCore(
@@ -549,6 +551,7 @@ async def _call_async(*args, max_age: Optional[timedelta] = None, **kwds):
             @wraps(func)
             async def func_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                 return await _call_async(*args, **kwargs)
+
         else:
 
             @wraps(func)