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-rw-r--r--Lib/asyncio/base_events.py7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
index 9e6f6e3ee7e..6e6e5aaac15 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
@@ -477,7 +477,12 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
task.set_name(name)
- return task
+ try:
+ return task
+ finally:
+ # gh-128552: prevent a refcycle of
+ # task.exception().__traceback__->BaseEventLoop.create_task->task
+ del task
def set_task_factory(self, factory):
"""Set a task factory that will be used by loop.create_task().