diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
index f6dc604a609cb1..209e48767ccfd6 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
@@ -1807,10 +1807,10 @@ PyConfig
 
    .. c:member:: wchar_t* run_presite
 
-      ``package.module`` path to module that should be imported before
-      ``site.py`` is run.
+      ``module`` or ``module:func`` entry point that should be executed before
+      the :mod:`site` module is imported.
 
-      Set by the :option:`-X presite=package.module <-X>` command-line
+      Set by the :option:`-X presite=module:func <-X>` command-line
       option and the :envvar:`PYTHON_PRESITE` environment variable.
       The command-line option takes precedence.
 
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index d0355ce47a6504..7cbc03f5f1281e 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -654,13 +654,17 @@ Miscellaneous options
 
      .. versionadded:: 3.13
 
-   * :samp:`-X presite={package.module}` specifies a module that should be
-     imported before the :mod:`site` module is executed and before the
+   * :samp:`-X presite={module}` or :samp:`-X presite={module:func}` specifies
+     an entry point that should be executed before the :mod:`site` module is
+     executed and before the
      :mod:`__main__` module exists.  Therefore, the imported module isn't
      :mod:`__main__`. This can be used to execute code early during Python
      initialization. Python needs to be :ref:`built in debug mode <debug-build>`
      for this option to exist.  See also :envvar:`PYTHON_PRESITE`.
 
+     .. versionchanged:: next
+        Accept also ``module:func`` entry point format.
+
      .. versionadded:: 3.13
 
    * :samp:`-X gil={0,1}` forces the GIL to be disabled or enabled,
@@ -1458,4 +1462,7 @@ Debug-mode variables
 
    Needs Python configured with the :option:`--with-pydebug` build option.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: next
+      Accept also ``module:func`` entry point format.
+
    .. versionadded:: 3.13
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py
index 7175d57a9e319e..d399b4cf53c82a 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from .types import CharBuffer, CharWidths
 from .trace import trace
 
+
 ANSI_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE = re.compile(r"\x1b\[[ -@]*[A-~]")
 ZERO_WIDTH_BRACKET = re.compile(r"\x01.*?\x02")
 ZERO_WIDTH_TRANS = str.maketrans({"\x01": "", "\x02": ""})
diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index d435a5c2fe0da2..e76647d339e913 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -613,7 +613,9 @@ class RawConfigParser(MutableMapping):
         \]                                 # ]
         """
     _OPT_TMPL = r"""
-        (?P<option>.*?)                    # very permissive!
+        (?P<option>                        # very permissive!
+            (?:(?!{delim})\S)*             # non-delimiter non-whitespace
+            (?:\s+(?:(?!{delim})\S)+)*)    # optionally more words
         \s*(?P<vi>{delim})\s*              # any number of space/tab,
                                            # followed by any of the
                                            # allowed delimiters,
@@ -621,7 +623,9 @@ class RawConfigParser(MutableMapping):
         (?P<value>.*)$                     # everything up to eol
         """
     _OPT_NV_TMPL = r"""
-        (?P<option>.*?)                    # very permissive!
+        (?P<option>                        # very permissive!
+            (?:(?!{delim})\S)*             # non-delimiter non-whitespace
+            (?:\s+(?:(?!{delim})\S)+)*)    # optionally more words
         \s*(?:                             # any number of space/tab,
         (?P<vi>{delim})\s*                 # optionally followed by
                                            # any of the allowed
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index 1c822759eca912..6d7cb56f6c354e 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 import os as _os
 import sys as _sys
-import sysconfig as _sysconfig
 import types as _types
 
+lazy import sysconfig as _sysconfig
+
 from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
 from _ctypes import _Pointer
 from _ctypes import CFuncPtr as _CFuncPtr
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/_layout.py b/Lib/ctypes/_layout.py
index 2048ccb6a1c93f..61b4c6c70fb875 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/_layout.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/_layout.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 """
 
 import sys
-import warnings
 
 from _ctypes import CField, buffer_info
 import ctypes
 
+lazy import warnings
+
 def round_down(n, multiple):
     assert n >= 0
     assert multiple > 0
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 3b21658433b2ed..35ac5b6bfd6a37 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import os
-import shutil
-import subprocess
 import sys
 
+lazy import shutil
+lazy import subprocess
+
 # find_library(name) returns the pathname of a library, or None.
 if os.name == "nt":
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_embed_structseq.py b/Lib/test/_test_embed_structseq.py
index 4cac84d7a469ac..c6050ca62aafca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_embed_structseq.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_embed_structseq.py
@@ -47,16 +47,21 @@ def test_sys_funcs(self):
                 self.check_structseq(type(obj))
 
 
-try:
-    unittest.main(
-        module=(
-            '__main__'
-            if __name__ == '__main__'
-            # Avoiding a circular import:
-            else sys.modules['test._test_embed_structseq']
+def main():
+    try:
+        unittest.main(
+            module=(
+                '__main__'
+                if __name__ == '__main__'
+                # Avoiding a circular import:
+                else sys.modules['test._test_embed_structseq']
+            )
         )
-    )
-except SystemExit as exc:
-    if exc.args[0] != 0:
-        raise
-print("Tests passed")
+    except SystemExit as exc:
+        if exc.args[0] != 0:
+            raise
+    print("Tests passed")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/cov.py b/Lib/test/cov.py
index e4699c7afe174a..8717b1f20dd979 100644
--- a/Lib/test/cov.py
+++ b/Lib/test/cov.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 """A minimal hook for gathering line coverage of the standard library.
 
-Designed to be used with -Xpresite= which means:
-* it installs itself on import
-* it's not imported as `__main__` so can't use the ifmain idiom
+Designed to be used with -Xpresite=test.cov:enable which means:
+
 * it can't import anything besides `sys` to avoid tainting gathered coverage
 * filenames are not normalized
 
@@ -45,4 +44,5 @@ def disable():
     mon.free_tool_id(mon.COVERAGE_ID)
 
 
-enable()
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    enable()
diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/runtests.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/runtests.py
index e6d34d8e6a3be5..0a9edce1085be5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/runtests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/runtests.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def create_python_cmd(self) -> list[str]:
         if '-u' not in python_opts:
             cmd.append('-u')  # Unbuffered stdout and stderr
         if self.coverage:
-            cmd.append("-Xpresite=test.cov")
+            cmd.append("-Xpresite=test.cov:enable")
         return cmd
 
     def bisect_cmd_args(self) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 8ff061e074074f..2cac70f4ab2afb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ def trace_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                 sys.settrace(original_trace)
 
     coverage_wrapper = trace_wrapper
-    if 'test.cov' in sys.modules:  # -Xpresite=test.cov used
+    if 'test.cov' in sys.modules:  # -Xpresite=test.cov:enable used
         cov = sys.monitoring.COVERAGE_ID
         @functools.wraps(func)
         def coverage_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
index 5f035c35367d64..8740f65b7b0d1d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ def _kill_python_and_exit_code(p):
     return data, returncode
 
 
+def presite_func():
+    print("presite func")
+
+class Namespace:
+    pass
+
+presite = Namespace()
+presite.attr = Namespace()
+presite.attr.func = presite_func
+
+
 class CmdLineTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_directories(self):
         assert_python_failure('.')
@@ -1266,6 +1277,17 @@ def test_invalid_thread_local_bytecode(self):
         rc, out, err = assert_python_failure(PYTHON_TLBC="2")
         self.assertIn(b"PYTHON_TLBC=N: N is missing or invalid", err)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(support.Py_DEBUG,
+                         '-X presite requires a Python debug build')
+    def test_presite(self):
+        entrypoint = "test.test_cmd_line:presite_func"
+        proc = assert_python_ok("-X", f"presite={entrypoint}", "-c", "pass")
+        self.assertEqual(proc.out.rstrip(), b"presite func")
+
+        entrypoint = "test.test_cmd_line:presite.attr.func"
+        proc = assert_python_ok("-X", f"presite={entrypoint}", "-c", "pass")
+        self.assertEqual(proc.out.rstrip(), b"presite func")
+
 
 @unittest.skipIf(interpreter_requires_environment(),
                  'Cannot run -I tests when PYTHON env vars are required.')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 1bfb53ccbb1398..d7c4f19c1a5ef0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -2270,6 +2270,26 @@ def test_section_bracket_in_key(self):
         output.close()
 
 
+class ReDoSTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Regression tests for quadratic regex backtracking (gh-146333)."""
+
+    def test_option_regex_does_not_backtrack(self):
+        # A line with many spaces between non-delimiter characters
+        # should be parsed in linear time, not quadratic.
+        parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+        content = "[section]\n" + "x" + " " * 40000 + "y" + "\n"
+        # This should complete almost instantly. Before the fix,
+        # it would take over a minute due to catastrophic backtracking.
+        with self.assertRaises(configparser.ParsingError):
+            parser.read_string(content)
+
+    def test_option_regex_no_value_does_not_backtrack(self):
+        parser = configparser.RawConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+        content = "[section]\n" + "x" + " " * 40000 + "y" + "\n"
+        parser.read_string(content)
+        self.assertTrue(parser.has_option("section", "x" + " " * 40000 + "y"))
+
+
 class MiscTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test__all__(self):
         support.check__all__(self, configparser, not_exported={"Error"})
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
index 45d0d8308dbdea..a2de58c2926456 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ def test_no_memleak(self):
     def test_presite(self):
         cmd = [
             sys.executable,
-            "-I", "-X", "presite=test._test_embed_structseq",
+            "-I", "-X", "presite=test._test_embed_structseq:main",
             "-c", "print('unique-python-message')",
         ]
         proc = subprocess.run(
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_opcache.py b/Lib/test/test_opcache.py
index 4ca108cd6ca43e..5f40ad1d7a0f24 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_opcache.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_opcache.py
@@ -2047,5 +2047,25 @@ def load_module_attr_missing():
             sys.modules.pop("test_module_with_getattr", None)
 
 
+    @cpython_only
+    @requires_specialization
+    def test_load_attr_enum(self):
+        import enum
+
+        class Color(enum.IntEnum):
+            RED = 1
+            GREEN = 2
+            BLUE = 3
+
+        def load_enum_member():
+            for _ in range(_testinternalcapi.SPECIALIZATION_THRESHOLD):
+                x = Color.RED
+                assert x == 1
+
+        load_enum_member()
+        self.assert_specialized(load_enum_member,
+                                "LOAD_ATTR_CLASS_WITH_METACLASS_CHECK")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
index 5dc11253e0d5c8..909808825f055e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
@@ -1790,6 +1790,7 @@ def f():
         ]
         self.assertEqual(result_lines, expected)
 
+
 class TestKeywordTypoSuggestions(unittest.TestCase):
     TYPO_CASES = [
         ("with block ad something:\n  pass", "and"),
@@ -5414,6 +5415,92 @@ def expected(t, m, fn, l, f, E, e, z, n):
         ]
         self.assertEqual(actual, expected(**colors))
 
+    def test_colorized_traceback_unicode(self):
+        try:
+            啊哈=1; 啊哈/0####
+        except Exception as e:
+            exc = traceback.TracebackException.from_exception(e)
+
+        actual = "".join(exc.format(colorize=True)).splitlines()
+        def expected(t, m, fn, l, f, E, e, z, n):
+            return [
+                f"    啊哈=1; {e}啊哈{z}{E}/{z}{e}0{z}####",
+                f"            {e}~~~~{z}{E}^{z}{e}~{z}",
+            ]
+        self.assertEqual(actual[2:4], expected(**colors))
+
+        try:
+            ééééé/0
+        except Exception as e:
+            exc = traceback.TracebackException.from_exception(e)
+
+        actual = "".join(exc.format(colorize=True)).splitlines()
+        def expected(t, m, fn, l, f, E, e, z, n):
+            return [
+                f"    {E}ééééé{z}/0",
+                f"    {E}^^^^^{z}",
+            ]
+        self.assertEqual(actual[2:4], expected(**colors))
+
+    def test_colorized_syntax_error_ascii_display_width(self):
+        """Caret alignment for ASCII edge cases handled by _wlen.
+
+        The old ASCII fast track in _display_width returned the raw character
+        offset for ASCII strings, which is wrong for CTRL-Z (display width 2)
+        and ANSI escape sequences (display width 0).
+        """
+        E = colors["E"]
+        z = colors["z"]
+        t = colors["t"]
+        m = colors["m"]
+        fn = colors["fn"]
+        l = colors["l"]
+
+        def _make_syntax_error(text, offset, end_offset):
+            err = SyntaxError("invalid syntax")
+            err.filename = "<string>"
+            err.lineno = 1
+            err.end_lineno = 1
+            err.text = text
+            err.offset = offset
+            err.end_offset = end_offset
+            return err
+
+        # CTRL-Z (\x1a) is ASCII but displayed as ^Z (2 columns).
+        # Verify caret aligns when CTRL-Z precedes the error.
+        err = _make_syntax_error("a\x1a$\n", offset=3, end_offset=4)
+        exc = traceback.TracebackException.from_exception(err)
+        actual = "".join(exc.format(colorize=True))
+        # 'a' (1 col) + '\x1a' (2 cols) = 3 cols before '$'
+        self.assertIn(
+            f'  File {fn}"<string>"{z}, line {l}1{z}\n'
+            f'    a\x1a{E}${z}\n'
+            f'    {" " * 3}{E}^{z}\n'
+            f'{t}SyntaxError{z}: {m}invalid syntax{z}\n',
+            actual,
+        )
+
+        # CTRL-Z in the highlighted (error) region counts as 2 columns.
+        err = _make_syntax_error("$\x1a\n", offset=1, end_offset=3)
+        exc = traceback.TracebackException.from_exception(err)
+        actual = "".join(exc.format(colorize=True))
+        # '$' (1 col) + '\x1a' (2 cols) = 3 columns of carets
+        self.assertIn(
+            f'    {E}$\x1a{z}\n'
+            f'    {E}{"^" * 3}{z}\n',
+            actual,
+        )
+
+        # ANSI escape sequences are ASCII but take 0 display columns.
+        err = _make_syntax_error("a\x1b[1mb$\n", offset=7, end_offset=8)
+        exc = traceback.TracebackException.from_exception(err)
+        actual = "".join(exc.format(colorize=True))
+        # 'a' (1 col) + '\x1b[1m' (0 cols) + 'b' (1 col) = 2 before '$'
+        self.assertIn(
+            f'    a\x1b[1mb{E}${z}\n'
+            f'    {" " * 2}{E}^{z}\n',
+            actual,
+        )
 
 class TestLazyImportSuggestions(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test that lazy imports are not reified when computing AttributeError suggestions."""
diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index 1f9f151ebf5d39..343d0e5f108c35 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 """Extract, format and print information about Python stack traces."""
 
 import collections.abc
+import functools
 import itertools
 import linecache
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import types
@@ -684,12 +686,12 @@ def output_line(lineno):
                         colorized_line_parts = []
                         colorized_carets_parts = []
 
-                        for color, group in itertools.groupby(itertools.zip_longest(line, carets, fillvalue=""), key=lambda x: x[1]):
+                        for color, group in itertools.groupby(_zip_display_width(line, carets), key=lambda x: x[1]):
                             caret_group = list(group)
-                            if color == "^":
+                            if "^" in color:
                                 colorized_line_parts.append(theme.error_highlight + "".join(char for char, _ in caret_group) + theme.reset)
                                 colorized_carets_parts.append(theme.error_highlight + "".join(caret for _, caret in caret_group) + theme.reset)
-                            elif color == "~":
+                            elif "~" in color:
                                 colorized_line_parts.append(theme.error_range + "".join(char for char, _ in caret_group) + theme.reset)
                                 colorized_carets_parts.append(theme.error_range + "".join(caret for _, caret in caret_group) + theme.reset)
                             else:
@@ -971,7 +973,54 @@ def setup_positions(expr, force_valid=True):
 
     return None
 
-_WIDE_CHAR_SPECIFIERS = "WF"
+
+def _zip_display_width(line, carets):
+    carets = iter(carets)
+    if line.isascii() and '\x1a' not in line:
+        for char in line:
+            yield char, next(carets, "")
+        return
+
+    import unicodedata
+    for char in unicodedata.iter_graphemes(line):
+        char = str(char)
+        char_width = _display_width(char)
+        yield char, "".join(itertools.islice(carets, char_width))
+
+
+@functools.cache
+def _str_width(c: str) -> int:
+    # copied from _pyrepl.utils to fix gh-130273
+
+    if ord(c) < 128:
+        return 1
+    import unicodedata
+    # gh-139246 for zero-width joiner and combining characters
+    if unicodedata.combining(c):
+        return 0
+    category = unicodedata.category(c)
+    if category == "Cf" and c != "\u00ad":
+        return 0
+    w = unicodedata.east_asian_width(c)
+    if w in ("N", "Na", "H", "A"):
+        return 1
+    return 2
+
+
+_ANSI_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE = re.compile(r"\x1b\[[ -@]*[A-~]")
+
+
+def _wlen(s: str) -> int:
+    # copied from _pyrepl.utils to fix gh-130273
+
+    if len(s) == 1 and s != "\x1a":
+        return _str_width(s)
+    length = sum(_str_width(i) for i in s)
+    # remove lengths of any escape sequences
+    sequence = _ANSI_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE.findall(s)
+    ctrl_z_cnt = s.count("\x1a")
+    return length - sum(len(i) for i in sequence) + ctrl_z_cnt
+
 
 def _display_width(line, offset=None):
     """Calculate the extra amount of width space the given source
@@ -979,18 +1028,9 @@ def _display_width(line, offset=None):
     width output device. Supports wide unicode characters and emojis."""
 
     if offset is None:
-        offset = len(line)
-
-    # Fast track for ASCII-only strings
-    if line.isascii():
-        return offset
+        return _wlen(line)
 
-    import unicodedata
-
-    return sum(
-        2 if unicodedata.east_asian_width(char) in _WIDE_CHAR_SPECIFIERS else 1
-        for char in line[:offset]
-    )
+    return _wlen(line[:offset])
 
 
 def _format_note(note, indent, theme):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-02-17-52-33.gh-issue-148014.2Y6ND_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-02-17-52-33.gh-issue-148014.2Y6ND_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..964e5bdabbe1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-02-17-52-33.gh-issue-148014.2Y6ND_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Accept a function name in :option:`-X presite <-X>` command line option and
+:envvar:`PYTHON_PRESITE` environment variable. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-06-18-25-53.gh-issue-95004.CQeT_H.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-06-18-25-53.gh-issue-95004.CQeT_H.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a492982bc62da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-06-18-25-53.gh-issue-95004.CQeT_H.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The specializing interpreter now specializes for :class:`enum.Enum` improving performance and scaling in free-threading. Patch by Kumar Aditya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-10-15-15-09.gh-issue-130273.iCfiY5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-10-15-15-09.gh-issue-130273.iCfiY5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2e0695334fd71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-10-15-15-09.gh-issue-130273.iCfiY5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix traceback color output with Unicode characters.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-03-25-00-51-03.gh-issue-146333.LqdL__bn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-03-25-00-51-03.gh-issue-146333.LqdL__bn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..96d86ecc0a0fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-03-25-00-51-03.gh-issue-146333.LqdL__bn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix quadratic backtracking in :class:`configparser.RawConfigParser` option
+parsing regexes (``OPTCRE`` and ``OPTCRE_NV``). A crafted configuration line
+with many whitespace characters could cause excessive CPU usage.
diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index 5da0f3e5be3a70..8be9e6d7373826 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -1218,6 +1218,54 @@ pyinit_main_reconfigure(PyThreadState *tstate)
 
 
 #ifdef Py_DEBUG
+// Equivalent to the Python code:
+//
+//     for part in attr.split('.'):
+//         obj = getattr(obj, part)
+static PyObject*
+presite_resolve_name(PyObject *obj, PyObject *attr)
+{
+    obj = Py_NewRef(obj);
+    attr = Py_NewRef(attr);
+    PyObject *res;
+
+    while (1) {
+        Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(attr);
+        Py_ssize_t pos = PyUnicode_FindChar(attr, '.', 0, len, 1);
+        if (pos < 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        PyObject *name = PyUnicode_Substring(attr, 0, pos);
+        if (name == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+        res = PyObject_GetAttr(obj, name);
+        Py_DECREF(name);
+        if (res == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+        Py_SETREF(obj, res);
+
+        PyObject *suffix = PyUnicode_Substring(attr, pos + 1, len);
+        if (suffix == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+        Py_SETREF(attr, suffix);
+    }
+
+    res = PyObject_GetAttr(obj, attr);
+    Py_DECREF(obj);
+    Py_DECREF(attr);
+    return res;
+
+error:
+    Py_DECREF(obj);
+    Py_DECREF(attr);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
 static void
 run_presite(PyThreadState *tstate)
 {
@@ -1228,22 +1276,68 @@ run_presite(PyThreadState *tstate)
         return;
     }
 
-    PyObject *presite_modname = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(
-        config->run_presite,
-        wcslen(config->run_presite)
-    );
-    if (presite_modname == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Could not convert pre-site module name to unicode\n");
+    PyObject *presite = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(config->run_presite, -1);
+    if (presite == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not convert pre-site command to Unicode\n");
+        _PyErr_Print(tstate);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Accept "mod_name" and "mod_name:func_name" entry point syntax
+    Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(presite);
+    Py_ssize_t pos = PyUnicode_FindChar(presite, ':', 0, len, 1);
+    PyObject *mod_name = NULL;
+    PyObject *func_name = NULL;
+    PyObject *module = NULL;
+    if (pos > 0) {
+        mod_name = PyUnicode_Substring(presite, 0, pos);
+        if (mod_name == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        func_name = PyUnicode_Substring(presite, pos + 1, len);
+        if (func_name == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
     }
     else {
-        PyObject *presite = PyImport_Import(presite_modname);
-        if (presite == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "pre-site import failed:\n");
-            _PyErr_Print(tstate);
+        mod_name = Py_NewRef(presite);
+    }
+
+    // mod_name can contain dots (ex: "math.integer")
+    module = PyImport_Import(mod_name);
+    if (module == NULL) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    if (func_name != NULL) {
+        PyObject *func = presite_resolve_name(module, func_name);
+        if (func == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        PyObject *res = PyObject_CallNoArgs(func);
+        Py_DECREF(func);
+        if (res == NULL) {
+            goto error;
         }
-        Py_XDECREF(presite);
-        Py_DECREF(presite_modname);
+        Py_DECREF(res);
     }
+
+    Py_DECREF(presite);
+    Py_DECREF(mod_name);
+    Py_XDECREF(func_name);
+    Py_DECREF(module);
+    return;
+
+error:
+    fprintf(stderr, "pre-site failed:\n");
+    _PyErr_Print(tstate);
+
+    Py_DECREF(presite);
+    Py_XDECREF(mod_name);
+    Py_XDECREF(func_name);
+    Py_XDECREF(module);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Python/specialize.c b/Python/specialize.c
index 0fe225dcbb6b5f..bfa7b8148e46de 100644
--- a/Python/specialize.c
+++ b/Python/specialize.c
@@ -1201,22 +1201,33 @@ specialize_class_load_attr(PyObject *owner, _Py_CODEUNIT *instr,
         }
     }
     switch (kind) {
-        case METHOD:
-        case NON_DESCRIPTOR:
-            #ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
-            if (!_PyObject_HasDeferredRefcount(descr)) {
-                SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(LOAD_ATTR, SPEC_FAIL_ATTR_DESCR_NOT_DEFERRED);
+        case MUTABLE:
+            // special case for enums which has Py_TYPE(descr) == cls
+            // so guarding on type version is sufficient
+            if (Py_TYPE(descr) != cls) {
+                SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(LOAD_ATTR, SPEC_FAIL_ATTR_MUTABLE_CLASS);
                 Py_XDECREF(descr);
                 return -1;
             }
-            #endif
-            write_u32(cache->type_version, tp_version);
+            if (Py_TYPE(descr)->tp_descr_get || Py_TYPE(descr)->tp_descr_set) {
+                SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(LOAD_ATTR, SPEC_FAIL_ATTR_OVERRIDING_DESCRIPTOR);
+                Py_XDECREF(descr);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            _Py_FALLTHROUGH;
+        case METHOD:
+        case NON_DESCRIPTOR:
+#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
+            maybe_enable_deferred_ref_count(descr);
+#endif
             write_ptr(cache->descr, descr);
             if (metaclass_check) {
-                write_u32(cache->keys_version, meta_version);
+                write_u32(cache->keys_version, tp_version);
+                write_u32(cache->type_version, meta_version);
                 specialize(instr, LOAD_ATTR_CLASS_WITH_METACLASS_CHECK);
             }
             else {
+                write_u32(cache->type_version, tp_version);
                 specialize(instr, LOAD_ATTR_CLASS);
             }
             Py_XDECREF(descr);
diff --git a/Tools/ftscalingbench/ftscalingbench.py b/Tools/ftscalingbench/ftscalingbench.py
index a3d87e1f855dcb..60f43b99c0f69d 100644
--- a/Tools/ftscalingbench/ftscalingbench.py
+++ b/Tools/ftscalingbench/ftscalingbench.py
@@ -295,6 +295,20 @@ def setattr_non_interned():
         setattr(obj, f"{prefix}_c", None)
 
 
+from enum import Enum
+class MyEnum(Enum):
+    X = 1
+    Y = 2
+    Z = 3
+
+@register_benchmark
+def enum_attr():
+    for _ in range(1000 * WORK_SCALE):
+        MyEnum.X
+        MyEnum.Y
+        MyEnum.Z
+
+
 def bench_one_thread(func):
     t0 = time.perf_counter_ns()
     func()