https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7ce737ea11919aebf7eef174f910759e74d0ea50
commit: 7ce737ea11919aebf7eef174f910759e74d0ea50
branch: main
author: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]>
date: 2026-04-18T12:11:14Z
summary:

gh-148653: Fix reference leaks in test_marshal introduced in gh-148698 
(GH-148725)

files:
M Lib/test/test_marshal.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
index 9ec37d27dfa39f..9c4d91c456dc5d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ def f():
         code = f.__code__
         a = []
         code = code.replace(co_consts=code.co_consts + (a,))
+        # This test creates a reference loop which leads to reference leaks,
+        # so we need to break the loop manually. See gh-148722.
+        self.addCleanup(a.clear)
         a.append(code)
         for v in range(marshal.version + 1):
             self.assertRaises(ValueError, marshal.dumps, code, v)
@@ -410,10 +413,12 @@ def test_loads_abnormal_reference_loops(self):
         self.assertIs(a[0][None], a)
 
         # Direct self-reference which cannot be created in Python.
-        data = b'\xa8\x01\x00\x00\x00r\x00\x00\x00\x00' # (<R>,)
-        a = marshal.loads(data)
-        self.assertIsInstance(a, tuple)
-        self.assertIs(a[0], a)
+        # This creates a reference loop which cannot be collected.
+        if False:
+            data = b'\xa8\x01\x00\x00\x00r\x00\x00\x00\x00' # (<R>,)
+            a = marshal.loads(data)
+            self.assertIsInstance(a, tuple)
+            self.assertIs(a[0], a)
 
         # Direct self-references which cannot be created in Python
         # because of unhashability.

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