urllib : systematic exception in "quote" if called by "pathname2url" and "pathname" is a bytes object
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
Originally I found this bug when using "livecd-creator" (Fedora 41 version). It can be reproduce whith this minimal code.
from urllib import request
url = b"test"
pathname = request.pathname2url(url)
CPython versions tested on:
3.13
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
Linked PRs
- gh-129910
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Research direction
Start by reviewing linked PR gh-129910 and reproducing the report with urllib.request.pathname2url and a bytes pathname. Confirm the intended handling for this input and verify that the systematic exception is resolved without regressing the existing pathname2url behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100