Cannot pickle cyclic ExceptionGroup
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Since Aug 18, 2025.
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
Pickling an exception group with a cycle, like so...
import pickle
inner = Exception("Inner")
outer = ExceptionGroup("outer", [inner])
outer.exceptions[0].foo = outer
pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(outer))
...produces...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 5, in <module>
ValueError: second argument (exceptions) must be a non-empty sequence
Maybe BaseExceptionGroup needs a custom reducer that allows for two-phase initialization.
CPython versions tested on:
3.13
Operating systems tested on:
macOS
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