From 83470fb29ebb952240963060e18d222e8ae334f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Mair <code@mjmair.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:40:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] bump / refactor code refs

---
 src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py   |  2 +-
 src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/type.py | 14 +-------------
 src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py    |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py
index 68072e2fc6..de7196122f 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from .api_version import INVENTREE_API_TEXT, INVENTREE_API_VERSION
 INVENTREE_SW_VERSION = '1.4.0 dev'
 
 # Minimum supported Python version
-MIN_PYTHON_VERSION = (3, 11)
+MIN_PYTHON_VERSION = (3, 12)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('inventree')
 
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/type.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/type.py
index 0e788c017f..3a704d5e24 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/type.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/type.py
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 """Types for settings."""
 
-import sys
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from typing import Any, TypedDict
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
-    from typing import NotRequired  # pragma: no cover
-else:
-
-    class NotRequired:  # pragma: no cover
-        """NotRequired type helper is only supported with Python 3.11+."""
-
-        def __class_getitem__(cls, item):
-            """Return the item."""
-            return item
+from typing import Any, NotRequired, TypedDict
 
 
 class SettingsKeyType(TypedDict, total=False):
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py
index acf6584a8d..acff2ea55a 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ def plugins_file_hash():
 
     try:
         with pf.open('rb') as f:
-            # Note: Once we support 3.11 as a minimum, we can use hashlib.file_digest
-            return hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
+            return hashlib.file_digest(f, 'sha256').hexdigest()
     except Exception:
         log_error('plugins_file_hash', scope='plugins')
         return None