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Title: "_weakrefset.py", line 56: IndexError: pop from empty list
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: asyncio Versions: Python 3.8
process
Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: asvetlov, jhshi89, yselivanov
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2021-02-19 06:47 by jhshi89, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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msg387288 - (view) Author: Jinghao Shi (jhshi89) Date: 2021-02-19 06:47
One of our asyncio based application sporadically crash due to this stack trace:

```
File ".../lib/python3.8/asyncio/runners.py", line 48, in run
    loop.run_until_complete(loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
  File ".../lib/python3.8/asyncio/base_events.py", line 595, in run_until_complete
    future = tasks.ensure_future(future, loop=self)
  File ".../lib/python3.8/asyncio/tasks.py", line 669, in ensure_future
    task = loop.create_task(coro_or_future)
  File ".../lib/python3.8/asyncio/base_events.py", line 431, in create_task
    task = tasks.Task(coro, loop=self, name=name)
  File ".../lib/python3.8/_weakrefset.py", line 83, in add
    self._commit_removals()
  File ".../lib/python3.8/_weakrefset.py", line 56, in _commit_removals
    discard(l.pop())
IndexError: pop from empty list
```

We do not have a reliable repro. From reading the source code, it appears we should never try to pop from empty list:

```
 def _commit_removals(self):
        l = self._pending_removals
        discard = self.data.discard
        while l:
            discard(l.pop()) # <-- HERE
```
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:41adminsetgithub: 87428
2021-07-06 23:58:55andrei.avksettype: crash -> behavior
2021-02-19 06:47:59jhshi89create