From 61b9811ac6843e22b5896ef96030d421b79cd892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Grainger Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:44:57 +0000 Subject: gh-128552: fix refcycles in eager task creation (#128553) --- Lib/asyncio/base_events.py | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Lib/asyncio/base_events.py') 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(). -- cgit v1.2.3