Circular Import in Client Version `36.0.0a2`

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What happened (please include outputs or screenshots):

> python3 -c "import kubernetes"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    import kubernetes
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.14/site-packages/kubernetes/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
    from . import informer
ImportError: cannot import name 'informer' from partially initialized module 'kubernetes' (most likely due to a circular import) (/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.14/site-packages/kubernetes/__init__.py)

What you expected to happen:
Import of kubernetes package to work successfully.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

> pip3 install --upgrade --pre kubernetes

[REDACTED]
Successfully installed kubernetes-36.0.0a2
> python3 -c "import kubernetes"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    import kubernetes
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.14/site-packages/kubernetes/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
    from . import informer
ImportError: cannot import name 'informer' from partially initialized module 'kubernetes' (most likely due to a circular import) (/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.14/site-packages/kubernetes/__init__.py)

Anything else we need to know?:

Environment:

• Kubernetes version (kubectl version):

Client Version: v1.35.3
Kustomize Version: v5.7.1
Server Version: v1.35.4

• OS (e.g., MacOS 10.13.6): Darwin Kernel Version 25.4.0
• Python version (python --version): 3.14.4
• Python client version (pip list | grep kubernetes): 36.0.0a2

[yliaog]

/assign @yliaog

[yliaog]

#2563 will fix it, i'll release 36.0.0a3 this afternoon

[yliaog]

36.0.0a3 is released to fix this.

[yliaog]

/close

[k8s-ci-robot]

@yliaog: Closing this issue.

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