From: Thomas Kowalski <thom.kowa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:07:36 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: gh-150858: fix data race while changing `__qualname__` of a type object(#150859)
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gh-150858: fix data race while changing `__qualname__` of a type object(#150859)
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-03-16-27-00.gh-issue-150858.j2dSkD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-03-16-27-00.gh-issue-150858.j2dSkD.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcb932bf3206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-03-16-27-00.gh-issue-150858.j2dSkD.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a data race while changing ``__qualname__`` of a type concurrently on free-threaded builds.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index e0464fe6475c..de5bb5f1f2a0 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -1594,7 +1594,12 @@ type_set_qualname(PyObject *tp, PyObject *value, void *context)
     }
 
     et = (PyHeapTypeObject*)type;
-    Py_SETREF(et->ht_qualname, Py_NewRef(value));
+    PyInterpreterState *interp = _PyInterpreterState_GET();
+    _PyEval_StopTheWorld(interp);
+    PyObject *old_qualname = et->ht_qualname;
+    et->ht_qualname = Py_NewRef(value);
+    _PyEval_StartTheWorld(interp);
+    Py_DECREF(old_qualname);
     return 0;
 }