Issue #8716: Avoid crashes caused by Aqua Tk on OSX when attempting to run
test_tk or test_ttk_guionly under a username that is not currently logged
in to the console windowserver (as may be the case under buildbot or ssh).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7fb3c92..5a003ab 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -973,6 +973,10 @@
 Tests
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+- Issue #8716: Avoid crashes caused by Aqua Tk on OSX when attempting to run
+  test_tk or test_ttk_guionly under a username that is not currently logged
+  in to the console windowserver (as may be the case under buildbot or ssh).
+
 - Issue #12407: Explicitly skip test_capi.EmbeddingTest under Windows.
 
 - Issue #12400: regrtest -W doesn't rerun the tests twice anymore, but captures