I can't figure out how to edit my post, so sorry for the double message, but I wanted to do due diligence and acknowledge that nichobi also found the exact same issue and fix
back in May. I didn't see that post until after I did my own digging into the Python release history and the plugin source code, but the fact that it was a known issue for that long, with such a straightforward fix, has contributed to my annoyance with the whole matter.