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Title: ProcessPoolExecutor subprocesses crash & break pool when raising an exception with keyword-only args and an arg passed to Exception
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.7
process
Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: underyx
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2019-01-30 16:06 by underyx, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
ppe_crash.py underyx, 2019-01-30 16:06 Script that triggers the issue on Python 3.7.2
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msg334570 - (view) Author: Bence Nagy (underyx) Date: 2019-01-30 16:06
ProcessPoolExecutor's subprocesses normally transparently proxy exceptions
raised within a child to the parent process.

One special case I bumped into however causes a crash
within the stdlib code responsible for communication.
The special case is triggered when both of these are true:

1) The exception being raised uses `*` to mark arguments as keyword-only
2) The exception being raised sets a positional argument for Exception: `super().__init__("test")`

I have attached a file which demonstrates what happens
when only 1), only 2), and both 1) and 2) are true.

Running the file with Python 3.7.2 will result in this output:

```
<function works1 at 0x1010070d0> raised Works1('test')

<function works2 at 0x1016ae2f0> raised Works2()

<function breaks at 0x1016ae378> raised BrokenProcessPool('A process in the process pool was terminated abruptly while the future was running or pending.')
```

The expected result for the third call would be keeping the executor usable and printing this:

```
<function breaks at 0x1016ae378> raised Breaks('test')
```
History
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2022-04-11 14:59:10adminsetgithub: 80041
2019-01-30 16:06:56underyxcreate