we have a few issues that were fixed only in 1.4, not yet released.
backport the changelog so that release mechanics proceed without issue
Change-Id: I376aa5c854314e86134c8f935b80d6c0dd083033
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+.. change::
+ :tags: bug, general
+ :tickets: 11417
+
+ Set up full Python 3.13 support to the extent currently possible, repairing
+ issues within internal language helpers as well as the serializer extension
+ module.
+
+ For version 1.4, this also modernizes the "extras" names in setup.cfg
+ to use dashes and not underscores for two-word names. Underscore names
+ are still present to accommodate potential compatibility issues.
--- /dev/null
+.. change::
+ :tags: bug, engine
+ :tickets: 11499
+
+ Adjustments to the C extensions, which are specific to the SQLAlchemy 1.x
+ series, to work under Python 3.13. Pull request courtesy Ben Beasley.