Drop Python 3.7 support

Author: xrmx

.ci/.matrix_exclude.yml

@@ -5,35 +5,20 @@ exclude:
   # Django 4.0 requires Python 3.8+
   - VERSION: pypy-3 # current pypy-3 is compatible with Python 3.7
     FRAMEWORK: django-4.0
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: django-4.0
-  # Django 4.2 requires Python 3.8+
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: django-4.2
   # Django 5.0 requires Python 3.10+
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: django-5.0
   - VERSION: python-3.8
     FRAMEWORK: django-5.0
   - VERSION: python-3.9
     FRAMEWORK: django-5.0
   - VERSION: pypy-3 # current pypy-3 is compatible with Python 3.7
     FRAMEWORK: celery-5-django-4
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: celery-5-django-4
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: celery-5-django-5
   - VERSION: python-3.8
     FRAMEWORK: celery-5-django-5
   - VERSION: python-3.9
     FRAMEWORK: celery-5-django-5
   # Flask
   - VERSION: pypy-3
     FRAMEWORK: flask-0.11 # see https://github.com/pallets/flask/commit/6e46d0cd, 0.11.2 was never released
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: flask-2.3
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: flask-3.0
   # Python 3.10 removed a bunch of classes from collections, now in collections.abc
   - VERSION: python-3.10
     FRAMEWORK: django-1.11
@@ -266,8 +251,6 @@ exclude:
   - VERSION: python-3.13
     FRAMEWORK: pylibmc-1.4
   # grpc
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: grpc-1.24
   - VERSION: python-3.8
     FRAMEWORK: grpc-1.24
   - VERSION: python-3.9
@@ -280,12 +263,6 @@ exclude:
     FRAMEWORK: grpc-1.24
   - VERSION: python-3.13
     FRAMEWORK: grpc-1.24
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: flask-1.0
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: flask-1.1
-  - VERSION: python-3.7
-    FRAMEWORK: jinja2-2
   # TODO py3.12
   - VERSION: python-3.12
     FRAMEWORK: sanic-20.12  # no wheels available yet

.ci/.matrix_python.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 VERSION:
-  - python-3.7
+  - python-3.8
   - python-3.13

.ci/.matrix_python_full.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 VERSION:
-  - python-3.7
   - python-3.8
   - python-3.9
   - python-3.10

.ci/publish-aws.sh

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ for region in $ALL_AWS_REGIONS; do
     --layer-name="${FULL_LAYER_NAME}" \
     --description="AWS Lambda Extension Layer for the Elastic APM Python Agent" \
     --license-info="BSD-3-Clause" \
-    --compatible-runtimes python3.7 python3.8 python3.9 python3.10 python3.11 python3.12 python3.13\
+    --compatible-runtimes python3.8 python3.9 python3.10 python3.11 python3.12 python3.13\
     --zip-file="fileb://${zip_file}")
   echo "${publish_output}" > "${AWS_FOLDER}/${region}"
   layer_version=$(echo "${publish_output}" | jq '.Version')

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          #  - version: "3.7"
-          #    framework: none
-          #    asyncio: true
           - version: "3.8"
             framework: none
             asyncio: true

elasticapm/__init__.py

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     VERSION = "unknown"
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    raise DeprecationWarning("The Elastic APM agent requires Python 3.7+")
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    raise DeprecationWarning("The Elastic APM agent requires Python 3.8+")
 
 from elasticapm.contrib.asyncio.traces import async_capture_span  # noqa: F401 E402

elasticapm/base.py

@@ -704,8 +704,8 @@ def should_ignore_topic(self, topic: str) -> bool:
 
     def check_python_version(self) -> None:
         v = tuple(map(int, platform.python_version_tuple()[:2]))
-        if v < (3, 7):
-            warnings.warn("The Elastic APM agent only supports Python 3.7+", DeprecationWarning)
+        if v < (3, 8):
+            warnings.warn("The Elastic APM agent only supports Python 3.8+", DeprecationWarning)
 
     def check_server_version(
         self, gte: Optional[Tuple[int, ...]] = None, lte: Optional[Tuple[int, ...]] = None

setup.cfg

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers =
     Operating System :: OS Independent
     Topic :: Software Development
     Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ project_urls =
     Tracker = https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-python/issues
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.7, <4
+python_requires = >=3.8, <4
 packages = find:
 include_package_data = true
 zip_safe = false

tests/context/test_context.py

@@ -39,21 +39,9 @@
 def test_execution_context_backing():
     execution_context = elasticapm.context.init_execution_context()
 
-    if sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] >= 7:
-        from elasticapm.context.contextvars import ContextVarsContext
+    from elasticapm.context.contextvars import ContextVarsContext
 
-        assert isinstance(execution_context, ContextVarsContext)
-    else:
-        try:
-            import opentelemetry
-
-            pytest.skip(
-                "opentelemetry installs contextvars backport, so this test isn't valid for the opentelemetry matrix"
-            )
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-
-        assert isinstance(execution_context, ThreadLocalContext)
+    assert isinstance(execution_context, ContextVarsContext)
 
 
 def test_execution_context_monkeypatched(monkeypatch):

tests/requirements/reqs-base.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 pytest==7.4.0
 pytest-random-order==1.1.0
 pytest-django==4.4.0
-coverage==6.3 ; python_version == '3.7'
-coverage[toml]==6.3 ; python_version == '3.7'
-coverage==7.3.1 ; python_version > '3.7'
-pytest-cov==4.0.0 ; python_version < '3.8'
-pytest-cov==4.1.0 ; python_version > '3.7'
-jinja2==3.1.5 ; python_version == '3.7'
+coverage==7.3.1
+pytest-cov==4.1.0
 pytest-localserver==0.9.0
 pytest-mock==3.10.0
 pytest-benchmark==4.0.0