IDLE.app fails on macOS 10.15 if denied access to Documents

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure in IDLE.app on macOS 10.15 after denying access to Documents, then inspect the IDLE and macOS integration involved in startup. Done means IDLE.app launches and remains usable under that permission state, with a regression test or documented verification if the project supports it.

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Description

OS-mac topic-IDLE type-crash
BPO 39927
Nosy @terryjreedy, @ronaldoussoren, @ned-deily

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-03-10.23:11:18.997>
labels = ['OS-mac', '3.8', '3.9', 'expert-IDLE', '3.7', 'type-crash']
title = 'IDLE.app fails on macOS 10.15 if denied access to Documents'
updated_at = <Date 2021-08-02.11:58:41.500>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/dd789'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-08-02.11:58:41.500>
actor = 'lvwarren'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IDLE', 'macOS']
creation = <Date 2020-03-10.23:11:18.997>
creator = 'dd789'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 39927
keywords = []
message_count = 20.0
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nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'ronaldoussoren', 'ned.deily', 'dd789', 'lvwarren']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'crash'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39927'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']

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