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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:40:20 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [3.14] gh-141412: Use reliable target URL for urllib example (GH-141474)
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[3.14] gh-141412: Use reliable target URL for urllib example (GH-141474)

The endpoint used for demonstrating reading URLs is no longer
stable. This change substitutes a target over which we have more
control.
(cherry picked from commit fbcac799518e0cb29fcf5f84ed1fa001010b9073)

Co-authored-by: Bob Kline <bkline@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
index fc98ffaadeed..163f3bdebd85 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ protocols. Two of the simplest are :mod:`urllib.request` for retrieving data
 from URLs and :mod:`smtplib` for sending mail::
 
    >>> from urllib.request import urlopen
-   >>> with urlopen('http://worldtimeapi.org/api/timezone/etc/UTC.txt') as response:
+   >>> with urlopen('https://docs.python.org/3/') as response:
    ...     for line in response:
    ...         line = line.decode()             # Convert bytes to a str
-   ...         if line.startswith('datetime'):
+   ...         if 'updated' in line:
    ...             print(line.rstrip())         # Remove trailing newline
    ...
-   datetime: 2022-01-01T01:36:47.689215+00:00
+         Last updated on Nov 11, 2025 (20:11 UTC).
 
    >>> import smtplib
    >>> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')