diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
index ac895510..415594e9 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       "Bash(UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py* uv run:*)",
       "Bash(echo EXIT:$?:*)",
       "Bash(echo \"EXIT=$?\")",
-      "Read(//tmp/**)"
+      "Read(/tmp/**)"
     ],
     "deny": [],
     "ask": []
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6eff3bcb..d89e2049 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ jobs:
           --spawn-backend=${{ matrix.spawn_backend }}
           --tpt-proto=${{ matrix.tpt_proto }}
           --capture=fd
-        # ^XXX^ can't work with --spawn-method=main_thread_forkserver
 
   # XXX legacy NOTE XXX
   #
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db2aa7d3..0a905115 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3 or later (AGPLv3+)",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
   "Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing",