From 41aeadfb5f9d1a5fd8a411244f6395ca8d6a9d1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Schoemaker <jeremy@shoemoney.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(configparser): restore space delimiter splitting
 option/value

Fix verified RED->GREEN. configparser regression: space delimiter no longer splits option/value at Lib/configparser.py:618 - delimiters=( , =) parsing foo bar=baz yields option foo bar instead of foo, new regex greedily consumes \s+word as part of option
---
 Lib/configparser.py | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 3c452afe8ade485..f64c3bf525230d2 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -670,7 +670,27 @@ def __init__(self, defaults=None, dict_type=_default_dict,
             self._optcre = self.OPTCRE_NV if allow_no_value else self.OPTCRE
         else:
             d = "|".join(re.escape(d) for d in delimiters)
-            if allow_no_value:
+            if any(dl.strip() == "" for dl in delimiters):
+                if allow_no_value:
+                    self._optcre = re.compile(
+                        r"""
+                        (?P<option>
+                            (?:(?!{delim})\S)+
+                        )
+                        \s*(?:
+                        (?P<vi>{delim})\s*
+                        (?P<value>.*))?$
+                        """.format(delim=d), re.VERBOSE)
+                else:
+                    self._optcre = re.compile(
+                        r"""
+                        (?P<option>
+                            (?:(?!{delim})\S)+
+                        )
+                        \s*(?P<vi>{delim})\s*
+                        (?P<value>.*)$
+                        """.format(delim=d), re.VERBOSE)
+            elif allow_no_value:
                 self._optcre = re.compile(self._OPT_NV_TMPL.format(delim=d),
                                           re.VERBOSE)
             else:

From 461983e0fd3291fc4760dc1f87feba2a30e769bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Schoemaker <jeremy@shoemoney.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:13:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add NEWS entry for configparser space delimiter fix
 (gh-156375)

---
 .../Library/2026-08-25-22-13-36.gh-issue-156375.lB0UXs.rst     | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-25-22-13-36.gh-issue-156375.lB0UXs.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-25-22-13-36.gh-issue-156375.lB0UXs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-25-22-13-36.gh-issue-156375.lB0UXs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..fb5ff0ef02945ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-25-22-13-36.gh-issue-156375.lB0UXs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix regression in :mod:`configparser` where using a space as a delimiter
+no longer split option and value correctly. Parsing ``"foo bar=baz"`` with
+``delimiters=(' ', '=')`` now correctly yields option ``"foo"``.