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planne…","body":"Cause (Documented platform behavior): pip 26.2 added experimental venv-based build isolation (to become default in a future release); some OS Pythons ship venv separately.\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nLimitations:\n- Feature is experimental in 26.2; default switch date unknown.\n- Also VenvCreationError 'Cannot create a virtual environment' (Windows hint mentions antivirus).\n\nUnknowns:\n- pip release that makes venv-isolation default.\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/pip/a7002c9771a6c3f0317a4e6b9fbdcd22e643f7b6/src/pip/_internal/exceptions/build.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): VenvImportError (venv-import-error): cannot import venv; Linux hint that OS maintainers split the stdlib; VenvCreationError hint on Windows: antivirus.\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/pip/a7002c9771a6c3f0317a4e6b9fbdcd22e643f7b6/src/pip/_internal/build_env/venv.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Venv build env imports venv (raising VenvImportError) and creates env (VenvCreationError).\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/pip/a7002c9771a6c3f0317a4e6b9fbdcd22e643f7b6/NEWS.rst (changelog, unknown, documented_behavior): 26.2: experimental isolation via standard virtual environments with --use-feature=venv-isolation, to be enabled by default in a future release.\n\nSearch phrasings: Cannot import the 'venv' module of the Python standard library pip; 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