https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e8ac9c4369b383d38806245bf5789689af1e19cd
commit: e8ac9c4369b383d38806245bf5789689af1e19cd
branch: main
author: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]>
date: 2026-09-19T18:43:24+03:00
summary:

gh-135683: Honor raiseExceptions when opening the file fails in FileHandler 
(GH-154542)

FileHandler and WatchedFileHandler opened the file outside the try block
that reports errors via handleError(), so an error while opening the file
was raised instead of being handled, ignoring raiseExceptions.

Co-authored-by: Vinay Sajip <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-23-14-13-39.gh-issue-135683.droBu7.rst
M Lib/logging/__init__.py
M Lib/logging/handlers.py
M Lib/test/test_logging.py

diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 53becca4e3a6969..549a6b3c457b2c6 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1263,7 +1263,12 @@ def emit(self, record):
         """
         if self.stream is None:
             if self.mode != 'w' or not self._closed:
-                self.stream = self._open()
+                # Report an error while opening the file, like emit errors.
+                try:
+                    self.stream = self._open()
+                except Exception:
+                    self.handleError(record)
+                    return
         if self.stream:
             StreamHandler.emit(self, record)
 
diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index fb6b5f3b411b227..e225a21da408fad 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -563,8 +563,13 @@ def emit(self, record):
         If underlying file has changed, reopen the file before emitting the
         record to it.
         """
-        self.reopenIfNeeded()
-        logging.FileHandler.emit(self, record)
+        # Report an error while reopening the file, like emit errors.
+        try:
+            self.reopenIfNeeded()
+        except Exception:
+            self.handleError(record)
+        else:
+            logging.FileHandler.emit(self, record)
 
 
 class SocketHandler(logging.Handler):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index 7cd0df3ea0b62d2..b1852ee43b594fa 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -6503,6 +6503,46 @@ def test_emit_after_closing_in_write_mode(self):
         with open(self.fn) as fp:
             self.assertEqual(fp.read().strip(), '1')
 
+    def _check_open_error(self, h):
+        # gh-135683: an error while opening the file in emit() respects
+        # raiseExceptions, like an error during the actual write.
+        r = logging.makeLogRecord({})
+        old_raise = logging.raiseExceptions
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, logging, 'raiseExceptions', old_raise)
+
+        logging.raiseExceptions = True
+        with support.captured_stderr() as stderr:
+            h.handle(r)
+        self.assertIn('\nFileNotFoundError:', stderr.getvalue())
+
+        logging.raiseExceptions = False
+        with support.captured_stderr() as stderr:
+            h.handle(r)
+        self.assertEqual('', stderr.getvalue())
+
+    def test_emit_open_error(self):
+        # FileHandler with delay: the failing open happens in emit().
+        d = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.addCleanup(os_helper.rmtree, d)
+        h = logging.FileHandler(os.path.join(d, 'missing', 'a.log'),
+                                encoding='utf-8', delay=True)
+        self.addCleanup(h.close)
+        self._check_open_error(h)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt',
+                     'WatchedFileHandler not appropriate for Windows.')
+    def test_emit_reopen_error(self):
+        # WatchedFileHandler: reopenIfNeeded() fails after the dir is removed.
+        d = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.addCleanup(os_helper.rmtree, d)
+        subdir = os.path.join(d, 'sub')
+        os.mkdir(subdir)
+        h = logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(
+            os.path.join(subdir, 'b.log'), encoding='utf-8')
+        self.addCleanup(h.close)
+        os_helper.rmtree(subdir)
+        self._check_open_error(h)
+
 class RotatingFileHandlerTest(BaseFileTest):
     def test_should_not_rollover(self):
         # If file is empty rollover never occurs
diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-23-14-13-39.gh-issue-135683.droBu7.rst 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-23-14-13-39.gh-issue-135683.droBu7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..532ae22d017a565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-23-14-13-39.gh-issue-135683.droBu7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:class:`logging.FileHandler` and :class:`logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler`
+now honor :data:`logging.raiseExceptions` for errors that occur while opening
+the file, like for other errors during logging.

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