I'm not sure we should add a NEWS entry for this; this is an internal C API.

Thanks for the review, Kumar!

Even though I also got thumbs-up from Guido og Steve on Discourse, I'd like to wait for at least one other core dev approval before landing this PR.

+1 from me, could you just add a comment to clarify the intent, e.g. /* Like PyType_GetModuleState, but skips verification that type is a heap type with an associated module */

+1 from me, could you just add a comment to clarify the intent, e.g. /* Like PyType_GetModuleState, but skips verification that type is a heap type with an associated module */

Thanks for the review, Petr. I'll add the comment right away.

Status check is done, and it's a success ✅.

Thanks for the reviews, everyone! I'm applying this across the core extension modules. See #102188.