[3.13] gh-153438: Update NuGet download URL (GH-153482) (GH-153515)

zooba · harjothkhara · miss-islington · commit b3369eb3bd0a · 2026-07-12T05:58:12.000Z
gh-153438: Update NuGet download URL (GH-153482) (cherry picked from commit 106eb53) (cherry picked from commit 62eb50d) Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org> Co-authored-by: Harjoth Khara <harjoth.khara@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ on using nuget. What follows is a summary that is sufficient for Python
 developers.
 
 The ``nuget.exe`` command line tool may be downloaded directly from
-``https://aka.ms/nugetclidl``, for example, using curl or PowerShell. With the
-tool, the latest version of Python for 64-bit or 32-bit machines is installed
-using::
+``https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe``, for example,
+using curl or PowerShell. With the tool, the latest version of Python for
+64-bit or 32-bit machines is installed using::
 
    nuget.exe install python -ExcludeVersion -OutputDirectory .
    nuget.exe install pythonx86 -ExcludeVersion -OutputDirectory .
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-07-09-22-45-00.gh-issue-153438.Qr7N2p.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-07-09-22-45-00.gh-issue-153438.Qr7N2p.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Update Windows build and installer tooling and documentation to use the
+current download URL for ``nuget.exe``.
diff --git a/PCbuild/find_python.bat b/PCbuild/find_python.bat
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 @set _Py_HOST_PYTHON=%HOST_PYTHON%
 @if "%_Py_HOST_PYTHON%"=="" set _Py_HOST_PYTHON=py
 @if "%_Py_NUGET%"=="" (set _Py_NUGET=%_Py_EXTERNALS_DIR%\nuget.exe)
-@if "%_Py_NUGET_URL%"=="" (set _Py_NUGET_URL=https://aka.ms/nugetclidl)
+@if "%_Py_NUGET_URL%"=="" (set _Py_NUGET_URL=https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe)
 @if NOT exist "%_Py_NUGET%" (
     @if not "%_Py_Quiet%"=="1" @echo Downloading nuget...
     @rem NB: Must use single quotes around NUGET here, NOT double!
diff --git a/Tools/msi/get_externals.bat b/Tools/msi/get_externals.bat
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set HERE=%~dp0
 if "%PCBUILD%"=="" (set PCBUILD=%HERE%..\..\PCbuild\)
 if "%EXTERNALS_DIR%"=="" (set EXTERNALS_DIR=%HERE%..\..\externals\windows-installer)
 if "%NUGET%"=="" (set NUGET=%EXTERNALS_DIR%\..\nuget.exe)
-if "%NUGET_URL%"=="" (set NUGET_URL=https://aka.ms/nugetclidl)
+if "%NUGET_URL%"=="" (set NUGET_URL=https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe)
 
 set DO_FETCH=true
 set DO_CLEAN=false

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	`1`	`+Update Windows build and installer tooling and documentation to use the`
	`2`	+current download URL for ``nuget.exe``.