From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:40:22 +0000 (+0200) Subject: [3.13] gh-126548: Add a thread-unsafety warning for `importlib.reload()` (GH-136704... X-Git-Tag: v3.13.6~75 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=883223919fd56225e1d2b9ebb1235932fca9a957;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git [3.13] gh-126548: Add a thread-unsafety warning for `importlib.reload()` (GH-136704) (GH-136724) gh-126548: Add a thread-unsafety warning for `importlib.reload()` (GH-136704) (cherry picked from commit 69d8fe50ddc4dbe757c9929a532e2e882f0261ba) Co-authored-by: Bartosz Sławecki --- diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index be252eaef644..4402af139355 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ Functions :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError` is raised when the module being reloaded lacks a :class:`~importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec`. + .. warning:: + This function is not thread-safe. Calling it from multiple threads can result + in unexpected behavior. It's recommended to use the :class:`threading.Lock` + or other synchronization primitives for thread-safe module reloading. :mod:`importlib.abc` -- Abstract base classes related to import ---------------------------------------------------------------