Resolved an issue with "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'" on macOS ARM // Resolve #4702

HISTORY.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 6
 * Resolved an issue encountered while utilizing the `pio pkg exec <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/userguide/pkg/cmd_exec.html>`__ command on the Windows platform to execute Python scripts from a package
 * Implemented a crucial improvement to the `pio run <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/userguide/cmd_run.html>`__ command, guaranteeing that the ``monitor`` target is not executed if any of the preceding targets, such as ``upload``, encounter failures
 * `Cppcheck <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/plus/check-tools/cppcheck.html>`__ v2.11 with new checks, CLI commands and various analysis improvements
+* Resolved a critical issue that arose on macOS ARM platforms due to the Python "requests" module, leading to a "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'" (`issue #4702 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4702>`_)
 
 6.1.9 (2023-07-06)
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setup.py

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ from platformio import (
     __install_requires__,
 )
 
+# issue #4702; Broken "requests/charset_normalizer" on macOS ARM
+if platform.system() == "Darwin" and "arm" in platform.machine().lower():
+    __install_requires__.append("chardet>=3.0.2,<4")
 
 
 setup(