https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ab65b3e7eb7e35dd513c51031e426f7171b966d
commit: 6ab65b3e7eb7e35dd513c51031e426f7171b966d
branch: 3.13
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: kumaraditya303 <[email protected]>
date: 2026-05-09T20:38:09+05:30
summary:

[3.13] gh-149388: Make asyncio `PipeHandle.close` idempotent (GH-149518) 
(#149607)

gh-149388: Make asyncio `PipeHandle.close` idempotent (GH-149518)
(cherry picked from commit 7241f2739c4bbdf4519238689e5e4ea9268b411e)

Co-authored-by: Max Schmitt <[email protected]>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-05-07-21-58-17.gh-issue-149388.DDBPeA.rst
M Lib/asyncio/windows_utils.py
M Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_windows_utils.py

diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/windows_utils.py b/Lib/asyncio/windows_utils.py
index acd49441131b042..d6393f0b1ffee5d 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/windows_utils.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/windows_utils.py
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ def fileno(self):
 
     def close(self, *, CloseHandle=_winapi.CloseHandle):
         if self._handle is not None:
-            CloseHandle(self._handle)
+            handle = self._handle
             self._handle = None
+            CloseHandle(handle)
 
     def __del__(self, _warn=warnings.warn):
         if self._handle is not None:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_windows_utils.py 
b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_windows_utils.py
index c84edacfbd57903..f622b51356ec9e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_windows_utils.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_windows_utils.py
@@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ def test_pipe_handle(self):
         else:
             raise RuntimeError('expected ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE')
 
+    def test_pipe_handle_close_after_external_close(self):
+        # gh-149388: PipeHandle.close() must clear ``_handle`` before calling
+        # CloseHandle so that if CloseHandle raises on a stale handle the
+        # PipeHandle is still marked closed and __del__ / subsequent close()
+        # calls are silent no-ops.
+        h1, h2 = windows_utils.pipe(overlapped=(False, False))
+        try:
+            p = windows_utils.PipeHandle(h1)
+            # Simulate an external close of the underlying handle (e.g.
+            # a finalizer race or a concurrent close on the same object).
+            _winapi.CloseHandle(p.handle)
+            # First close() still propagates the OSError from CloseHandle,
+            # but must clear ``_handle`` first.
+            with self.assertRaises(OSError):
+                p.close()
+            self.assertIsNone(p.handle)
+            # Second close() is a no-op.
+            p.close()
+            # __del__ through GC is also a silent no-op — no unraisable.
+            del p
+            support.gc_collect()
+        finally:
+            _winapi.CloseHandle(h2)
+
 
 class PopenTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-05-07-21-58-17.gh-issue-149388.DDBPeA.rst 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-05-07-21-58-17.gh-issue-149388.DDBPeA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..4a1c6f3f5b4e579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-05-07-21-58-17.gh-issue-149388.DDBPeA.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make :class:`!asyncio.windows_utils.PipeHandle` closing idempotent.

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