Add NEWS entry

colesbury · colesbury · commit c11e525158dc · 2026-04-22T14:55:30.000-04:00
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-22-14-55-18.gh-issue-113956.0VEXd6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-22-14-55-18.gh-issue-113956.0VEXd6.rst
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+Fix a data race in :func:`sys.intern` in the free-threaded build when
+interning a string owned by another thread. An interned copy owned by the
+current thread is used instead when it is not safe to immortalize the
+original.
