https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7134b407dc2d425a3e847555cde539c53adf9449
commit: 7134b407dc2d425a3e847555cde539c53adf9449
branch: 3.14
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: savannahostrowski <[email protected]>
date: 2025-12-17T19:48:18Z
summary:

[3.14] GH-100964: Fix reference cycle in exhausted generator frames (GH-141112) 
(#142902)

GH-100964: Fix reference cycle in exhausted generator frames (GH-141112)
(cherry picked from commit 92243dc62ce10715ab0d9074b23dea5a1bfa9dcc)

Co-authored-by: Savannah Ostrowski <[email protected]>

files:
A 
Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-06-05-21-25.gh-issue-100964.TxPf1b.rst
M Lib/test/test_generators.py
M Python/ceval.c

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_generators.py b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
index b71c4d1c81951b..97f14314459a3c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_generators.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ def gen():
         self.assertEqual(len(resurrected), 1)
         self.assertIsInstance(resurrected[0].gi_code, types.CodeType)
 
+    def test_exhausted_generator_frame_cycle(self):
+        def g():
+            yield
+
+        generator = g()
+        frame = generator.gi_frame
+        self.assertIsNone(frame.f_back)
+        next(generator)
+        self.assertIsNone(frame.f_back)
+        next(generator, None)
+        self.assertIsNone(frame.f_back)
+
 
 class GeneratorTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-06-05-21-25.gh-issue-100964.TxPf1b.rst
 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-06-05-21-25.gh-issue-100964.TxPf1b.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7c554cf8dda5d1
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-06-05-21-25.gh-issue-100964.TxPf1b.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix reference cycle in exhausted generator frames. Patch by Savannah Ostrowski.
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index faca6fe81b977a..87cf01730b472e 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -1920,9 +1920,9 @@ clear_gen_frame(PyThreadState *tstate, 
_PyInterpreterFrame * frame)
     tstate->exc_info = gen->gi_exc_state.previous_item;
     gen->gi_exc_state.previous_item = NULL;
     assert(frame->frame_obj == NULL || frame->frame_obj->f_frame == frame);
+    frame->previous = NULL;
     _PyFrame_ClearExceptCode(frame);
     _PyErr_ClearExcState(&gen->gi_exc_state);
-    frame->previous = NULL;
 }
 
 void

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