test with latest supported Python version

add news fragment

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -69,13 +69,12 @@ jobs:
       cache-key: crds-${{ needs.crds_context.outputs.context }}
       envs: |
         - linux: py311-oldestdeps-xdist-cov
-          pytest-results-summary: true
         - linux: py311-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
-        - macos: py311-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
-        - linux: py311-xdist-cov
+        - linux: py312-xdist
+        # `tox` does not currently respect `requires-python` versions when creating testing environments;
+        # if this breaks, add an upper pin to `requires-python` and revert this py3 to the latest working version
+        - linux: py3-cov-xdist
           coverage: codecov
           pytest-results-summary: true
-        - linux: py312-xdist
-        - linux: py313-xdist
+        - macos: py3-xdist
+          pytest-results-summary: true

.github/workflows/tests_devdeps.yml

@@ -55,22 +55,10 @@ jobs:
       cache-path: /tmp/data/crds_cache
       cache-key: crds-${{ needs.crds_context.outputs.context }}
       envs: |
-        - linux: py3-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
-        - macos: py3-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
-        - linux: py311-stdevdeps-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
-        - macos: py311-stdevdeps-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
         - linux: py3-stdevdeps-xdist
           pytest-results-summary: true
         - macos: py3-stdevdeps-xdist
           pytest-results-summary: true
-        - linux: py311-devdeps-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
-        - macos: py311-devdeps-xdist
-          pytest-results-summary: true
         - linux: py3-devdeps-xdist
           pytest-results-summary: true
         - macos: py3-devdeps-xdist

changes/9217.general.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test with latest supported version of Python