From 4547b49a6be73f398e46ddc9d27bb235ff1f1ef3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Turner <9087854+aa-turner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:36:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Bump version

---
 CHANGES.rst        | 7 +++++++
 sphinx/__init__.py | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 60090eeee18..68d025cf90c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release 7.3.4 (in development)
+==============================
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+
 Release 7.3.3 (released Apr 17, 2024)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 6dcd841fe59..4361f02c03f 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """The Sphinx documentation toolchain."""
 
-__version__ = '7.3.3'
+__version__ = '7.3.4'
 __display_version__ = __version__  # used for command line version
 
 # Keep this file executable as-is in Python 3!
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (7, 3, 3, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (7, 3, 4, 'beta', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-_in_development = False
+_in_development = True
 if _in_development:
     # Only import subprocess if needed
     import subprocess

From 34c18129f0d1416a94699ca3a71901b5f9682e11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Turner <9087854+aa-turner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:37:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Handle cases when ``Any`` is not an instance of ``type``

This is only needed for Python 3.10 and earlier.
---
 CHANGES.rst      | 2 ++
 sphinx/config.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 68d025cf90c..ca043339e1b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Release 7.3.4 (in development)
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
+* Handle cases when ``Any`` is not an instance of ``type``.
+  Patch by Adam Turner.
 
 Release 7.3.3 (released Apr 17, 2024)
 =====================================
diff --git a/sphinx/config.py b/sphinx/config.py
index 84e20f6e59f..e4a3c99b008 100644
--- a/sphinx/config.py
+++ b/sphinx/config.py
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def _validate_valid_types(
         return ()
     if isinstance(valid_types, (frozenset, ENUM)):
         return valid_types
-    if isinstance(valid_types, type):
+    if isinstance(valid_types, type) or valid_types is Any:
         return frozenset((valid_types,))
     if isinstance(valid_types, set):
         return frozenset(valid_types)

From 9d649e235bbff6ff19e6722e630e8e922b05371c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Turner <9087854+aa-turner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:38:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Bump to 7.3.4 final

---
 CHANGES.rst        | 4 ++--
 sphinx/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index ca043339e1b..d240e7d26ff 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Release 7.3.4 (in development)
-==============================
+Release 7.3.4 (released Apr 17, 2024)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 4361f02c03f..bfbdbb299c4 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (7, 3, 4, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (7, 3, 4, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-_in_development = True
+_in_development = False
 if _in_development:
     # Only import subprocess if needed
     import subprocess