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platformdirs

What changed in platformdirs 4, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Sources checked 2026-10-18.

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platformdirs 45 changes

Raises RuntimeError when the home directory cannot be resolved instead of returning paths rooted at a literal ~.
4.13.4release notes
Raises RuntimeError when the home directory cannot be resolved instead of returning a path rooted at a literal ~.
4.13.4release notes

Android app directories are located from sys.path only when it contains a complete files path segment.
4.13.4release notes
Keeps user directory strings, paths, and iterators consistent when Unix root enables use_site_for_root, and restores root redirection when the context exits.
4.13.4release notes
Normalizes user_fonts_dir when XDG_DATA_HOME ends with a separator.
4.13.2release notes