Tkinter wait_visibility hanging when used in thread

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start with threadTest.zip, which contains the reported source files and screen captures, and review the discussion for the Tkinter threading and wait_visibility reproduction. Check linked PR gh-152621 before doing new work; done would require an agreed resolution for the reported hang and verification against the reproduction.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) topic-tkinter type-bug
BPO 42491
Nosy @terryjreedy, @serhiy-storchaka, @E-Paine, @spcmicro
Files
  • threadTest.zip: Contains source files and screen captures
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-11-28.10:27:46.332>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-bug', 'expert-tkinter', '3.9', '3.10']
title = 'Tkinter wait_visibility hanging when used in thread'
updated_at = <Date 2021-08-19.12:59:09.651>
user = 'https://github.com/spcmicro'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-08-19.12:59:09.651>
actor = 'spcmicro2'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
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components = ['Tkinter']
creation = <Date 2020-11-28.10:27:46.332>
creator = 'spcmicro'
dependencies = []
files = ['49631']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 42491
keywords = []
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nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'epaine', 'spcmicro', 'spcmicro2']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue42491'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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