Python drivers

Driver compatibility tables for Python drivers.

DataStax Enterprise Python Driver

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Icon	Description
✔	Latest stable version actively maintained
✔	Fully compatible.
◐	Partially compatible.
▇	Incompatible

New features and bug fixes are developed on the latest minor version of the driver, and users are encouraged to stay current with those minor releases. APIs are maintained stable according to semantic versioning conventions, and upgrades should be trivial.

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Driver version	DataStax Enterprise version
Version	6.7	6.0	5.1	5.0
2.11	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.10	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.9	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.8	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.7	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.6	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.5	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.4	◐²	◐²	✔	✔
2.3	◐²	◐²	✔	✔
2.2	◐²	◐²	✔	✔
2.1	◐²	◐²	✔	✔
2.0	◐²	◐²	✔	✔
1.1	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	✔
1.0	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	✔

¹Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

²Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

DataStax Python Driver for Apache Cassandra™ and the DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra (DDAC)

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Driver version	Apache Cassandra/DDAC version			DataStax Enterprise version
Version	3.0+^DDAC	2.2	2.1	6.7	6.0	5.1	5.0
3.20	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.19	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.18	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.17	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.16	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.15	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.14	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.13	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.12	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.11	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.10	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.9	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.8	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.7	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.6	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.5	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.4	✔	✔	✔	◐³	◐³	◐³	◐³
3.3	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.2	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.1	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
3.0	✔	✔	✔	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹	◐¹
2.7	▇	✔	✔	▇	▇	▇	▇
2.6	▇	✔	✔	▇	▇	▇	▇
2.5	▇	◐²	✔	▇	▇	▇	▇
2.4	▇	◐²	✔	▇	▇	▇	▇
2.3	▇	◐²	✔	▇	▇	▇	▇
2.2	▇	◐²	✔	▇	▇	▇	▇
2.1	▇	◐²	✔	▇	▇	▇	▇

^DDAC DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra has the same driver version compatibility as Cassandra 3.11.

¹While the OSS drivers are able to connect to DSE clusters, DataStax strongly recommends upgrading to the DSE drivers in order to take full advantage of all DSE features.

²Limited to the Cassandra 2.1 API.