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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`An error occurred: module 'importlib.metadata' has no attribute 'packages_distributions'`","articleBody":"This is happening because `importlib.metadata.packages_distributions` was added in Python 3.10, but the current version check implementation allows this to be called for 3.8 and above: https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/blob/c97b3a004044ebf8b35c2a7ba97409d7795e11b0/google/api_core/_python_version_support.py#L150-L176\n\nIntroduced in this commit: https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/d36e896f98a2371c4d58ce1a7a3bc1a77a081836\n\nIn our case, this is a problem purely because the error is printed rather than logged, as we are using applications designed around a communication spec that is particularly sensitive to unexpected stdout writes.\n\n---\n\nThanks for stopping by to let us know something could be better!\n\n**PLEASE READ**: If you have a support contract with Google, please create an issue in the [support console](https://cloud.google.com/support/) instead of filing on GitHub. This will ensure a timely response.\n\nPlease run down the following list and make sure you've tried the usual \"quick fixes\":\n\n  - Search the issues already opened: https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues\n  - Search StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-cloud-platform+python\n\nIf you are still having issues, please be sure to include as much information as possible:\n\n#### Environment details\n\n  - OS type and version: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS\n  - Python version: Python 3.9.21\n  - pip version: 24.3.1\n  - `google-api-core` version: 2.28.1\n\n#### Steps to reproduce\n\n  1. Import `google.api_core` in Python REPL\n  2. Observed error printed to stdout\n\n#### Code example\n\n```console\n$ .meltano/extractors/tap-bigquery/venv/bin/python\nPython 3.9.21 (main, Dec  3 2024, 17:50:13) \n[GCC 11.4.0] on linux\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\nCtrl click to launch VS Code Native REPL\n\u003e\u003e\u003e import google.api_core\nAn error occurred: module 'importlib.metadata' has no attribute 'packages_distributions'\n/home/reuben/meltano/bigquery-test/.meltano/extractors/tap-bigquery/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/google/api_core/_python_version_support.py:252: FutureWarning: You are using a Python version (3.9.21) past its end of life. Google will update google.api_core with critical bug fixes on a best-effort basis, but not with any other fixes or features. Please upgrade to the latest Python version, or at least Python 3.10, and then update google.api_core.\n  warnings.warn(message, FutureWarning)\n\u003e\u003e\u003e\n```\n\n#### Stack trace\n```\n# example\n```\n\nMaking sure to follow these steps will guarantee the quickest resolution possible.\n\nThanks!","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ReubenFrankel","@type":"Person","name":"ReubenFrankel"},"datePublished":"2025-10-31T04:00:45.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/857/python-api-core/issues/857"}