https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b40200b109744c595072d405732d66b0d37efc2a
commit: b40200b109744c595072d405732d66b0d37efc2a
branch: 3.14
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: ngoldbaum <[email protected]>
date: 2026-10-19T19:31:05Z
summary:

[3.14] gh-159730: Warn that gc.get_objects() can expose objects under 
construction (GH-159731) (#159737)

gh-159730: Warn that gc.get_objects() can expose objects under construction 
(GH-159731)
(cherry picked from commit 42c7e265320dd84f95b37bf0120f20d58a692fb0)

Co-authored-by: Nathan Goldbaum <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/gc.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/gc.rst b/Doc/library/gc.rst
index 3b28408b03a657..e4198222b26e2e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/gc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/gc.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ The :mod:`!gc` module provides the following functions:
    returned. If *generation* is not ``None``, return only the objects tracked 
by
    the collector that are in that generation.
 
+   .. warning::
+      Care must be taken when using objects returned by :func:`get_objects` 
because
+      some of them could still be under construction and hence in a temporarily
+      invalid state. Avoid using :func:`get_objects` for any purpose other than
+      debugging.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.8
       New *generation* parameter.
 

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