https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a7c9d25588ba41cfd93ec32ccdb67e4519b1d74 commit: 5a7c9d25588ba41cfd93ec32ccdb67e4519b1d74 branch: 3.14 author: Timofei Ivankov <[email protected]> committer: kumaraditya303 <[email protected]> date: 2026-08-19T20:51:10+05:30 summary:
[3.14] gh-155894: Fix wait_for() docs claiming a coroutine is wrapped in a Task (#156039) gh-155894: Fix wait_for() docs claiming a coroutine is wrapped in a Task Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst M Lib/asyncio/tasks.py diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst index 65cbba08dbcac01..7f4605ac36221a9 100644 --- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst +++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst @@ -853,17 +853,13 @@ Timeouts Wait for the *aw* :ref:`awaitable <asyncio-awaitables>` to complete with a timeout. - If *aw* is a coroutine it is automatically scheduled as a Task. - *timeout* can either be ``None`` or a float or int number of seconds to wait for. If *timeout* is ``None``, block until the future completes. - If a timeout occurs, it cancels the task and raises - :exc:`TimeoutError`. + If a timeout occurs, it cancels *aw* and raises :exc:`TimeoutError`. - To avoid the task :meth:`cancellation <Task.cancel>`, - wrap it in :func:`shield`. + To prevent *aw* from being cancelled, wrap it in :func:`shield`. The function will wait until the future is actually cancelled, so the total wait time may exceed the *timeout*. If an exception @@ -904,6 +900,10 @@ Timeouts .. versionchanged:: 3.11 Raises :exc:`TimeoutError` instead of :exc:`asyncio.TimeoutError`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.12 + Implemented using :func:`asyncio.timeout`, a coroutine passed as *aw* + is no longer wrapped in a :class:`Task` when *timeout* is positive. + Waiting primitives ================== diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py b/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py index 9d20930dc300c67..0417830467fb212 100644 --- a/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py +++ b/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py @@ -440,15 +440,13 @@ def _release_waiter(waiter, *args): async def wait_for(fut, timeout): """Wait for the single Future or coroutine to complete, with timeout. - Coroutine will be wrapped in Task. - Returns result of the Future or coroutine. When a timeout occurs, - it cancels the task and raises TimeoutError. To avoid the task - cancellation, wrap it in shield(). + it cancels fut and raises TimeoutError. To prevent fut from being + cancelled, wrap it in shield(). - If the wait is cancelled, the task is also cancelled. + If the wait is cancelled, fut is also cancelled. - If the task suppresses the cancellation and returns a value instead, + If fut suppresses the cancellation and returns a value instead, that value is returned. This function is a coroutine. _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
