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"}],"related_articles":"","short_description":"The ArcGIS API for Python released version 2.4.2 on October 13, 2025. This was primarily a maintenance-focused release.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The ArcGIS API for Python released version 2.4.2 on October 13, 2025. This was primarily a maintenance-focused release, but there are a few important updates to be aware of.\u00a0 You can also read the full release notes\u00a0here<\/b><\/span><\/a>, which includes a detailed list of\u00a0bug fixes<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0deprecation announcements<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n In this release of the Python API, we have upgraded Python from version 3.11 to 3.13.\u00a0 Version 3.13 is a major release for the Python community, and includes important performance improvements, memory optimizations, and an enhanced developer experience. Read more about all the good things<\/b><\/span><\/a> in Python 3.13.<\/p>\n New administration endpoints<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n To simplify administrative tasks for ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes deployments, we have added new functionality and upgrades to existing functionality in the arcgis.gis module and arcgis.gis.admin submodule.<\/p>\n The new AboutManager<\/b><\/span><\/a> class provides usage and licensing information for the components in your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. The \u201cabout\u201d resource compiles information such as hardware details (CPU, RAM, disk usage, etc.) and licenses for each component that makes up an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, including all servers federated with the deployment.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943391,"id":2943391,"title":"About resource","filename":"PythonAPI1.png","filesize":44317,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/api-python\/announcements\/whats-new-in-arcgis-api-for-python-2-4-2\/pythonapi1","alt":"Screenshot of About Resource in script","author":"358272","description":"","caption":"","name":"pythonapi1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2935331,"date":"2025-10-15 17:47:46","modified":"2025-10-15 17:49:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":936,"height":240,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":119,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":197,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1.png","large-width":936,"large-height":240,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1.png","1536x1536-width":936,"1536x1536-height":240,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1.png","2048x2048-width":936,"2048x2048-height":240,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1-826x212.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":212,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PythonAPI1.png","wide_image-width":936,"wide_image-height":240}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Newly added classes such as HealthCheckManager<\/b><\/span><\/a>, SuitesManager<\/b><\/span><\/a> and ReportManager<\/b><\/span><\/a> empower users to evaluate the health of the organization in their Kubernetes deployments.<\/p>\n A vital upgrade was added to the ServerManager.validate()<\/b><\/span><\/a> method. By setting the value of the new verbose<\/i> property to True<\/b>, administrators can inspect the state of their federated servers to get detailed information and messages, to help diagnose issues if any. Here is an example of the information returned for one of the federated servers.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943393,"id":2943393,"title":"Server Manager","filename":"Python2.png","filesize":59437,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/api-python\/announcements\/whats-new-in-arcgis-api-for-python-2-4-2\/python2-2","alt":"creenshot of ServerManager in script","author":"358272","description":"","caption":"","name":"python2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2935331,"date":"2025-10-15 17:49:14","modified":"2025-10-15 17:49:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":936,"height":234,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":116,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":192,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2.png","large-width":936,"large-height":234,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2.png","1536x1536-width":936,"1536x1536-height":234,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2.png","2048x2048-width":936,"2048x2048-height":234,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2-826x207.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":207,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python2.png","wide_image-width":936,"wide_image-height":234}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Notebook user workspace directory functions<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n Previously, the NotebookDataAccess<\/b><\/span><\/a> and NotebookFile<\/b><\/span><\/a> classes\u2014used to manage files in notebooks\u2014supported only notebooks in the Notebook Server for ArcGIS Enterprise implementation. These classes have been updated to now also support notebook workspaces in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes. A new class NotebookFolder<\/b><\/span><\/a> <\/b>allows users to manage their folders and subfolders in the notebook workspace directory. This provides users with expanded functionality to create, rename, and delete files and folders within their notebook workspace directory as well as the added capability for administrators to programmatically reassign contents of a workspace to another user within the organization.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943394,"id":2943394,"title":"Notebook data access","filename":"Python3.png","filesize":127929,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/api-python\/announcements\/whats-new-in-arcgis-api-for-python-2-4-2\/python3","alt":"Screenshot of Notebook data access","author":"358272","description":"","caption":"","name":"python3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2935331,"date":"2025-10-15 17:49:54","modified":"2025-10-15 17:50:42","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":888,"height":936,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3.png","medium-width":248,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":810,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3.png","large-width":888,"large-height":936,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3.png","1536x1536-width":888,"1536x1536-height":936,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3.png","2048x2048-width":888,"2048x2048-height":936,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3-441x465.png","card_image-width":441,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Python3.png","wide_image-width":888,"wide_image-height":936}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Basemap tile service<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n To streamline Basemap styling, we have two new classes BasemapStyle<\/b><\/span><\/a> and BasemapStylesService<\/b><\/span><\/a>, which provide a vast number of basemap styles, styling options, server capabilities, and the best map visualization at all zoom levels. The data is provided as vector tiles and\/or map tiles depending on the style used, including full support for satellite imagery and displaying custom styles.<\/p>\n A new model Hyperspectral3DRCNet<\/b><\/span><\/a> has been added to perform hyperspectral image classification. This is particularly useful for remote sensing applications, such as land cover mapping, crop type identification, and environmental monitoring. The model handles high-dimensional hyperspectral data efficiently and preserves fine spectral details critical for accurate discrimination of landscape features.<\/p>\n Additionally, support for new remote sensing backbones (Clay<\/b><\/span><\/a>, DOFA<\/b><\/span><\/a>, Satlas<\/b><\/span><\/a>) across models that span object detection, classification, and pixel classification perform well on geospatial data and improve advanced geospatial analysis.<\/p>\n 1. Python version 3.13, with secondary support for 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12<\/p>\n 2. Esri products and their versions<\/p>\n 3. Stand-alone Python environments, available through Conda<\/b><\/span><\/a> or PyPI<\/b><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0TensorFlow<\/b><\/span><\/a> library is deprecated and is no longer supported in the ArcGIS API for Python. Please see this Esri Community post<\/b><\/span><\/a> for more details. You can view the full list of deprecation announcements<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the ArcGIS API for Python documentation.<\/p>\n We want to remind you that there are excellent resources available for getting help with the API and sharing your feedback. You can use the ArcGIS API for Python Esri Community page<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to ask specific questions, suggest ideas for enhancements and improvements, connect with other users, and read\u00a0recent blogs<\/b><\/span><\/a>. You can also use the ArcGIS API for Python public GitHub repo<\/b><\/span><\/a> to submit bugs, enhancement requests, and other issues. The team actively monitors these pages and greatly appreciates your feedback and suggestions, which guide our priorities for future API development. We encourage you to share your thoughts!<\/p>\n"}],"show_article_image":false,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/python-card.png","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/python-wide.png"},"yoast_head":"\nPython 3.13 support<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n
GIS Administration<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n
Content Management<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n
Mapping \/ Visualization<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/b>Data Science \/ arcgis.learn <\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n
Supported platforms<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n
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Deprecations and removals<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n
Conclusion<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n