[issue36069] asyncio: create_connection cannot handle IPv6 link-local addresses anymore (linux)

Change by Leonardo Mörlein : -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue36069] asyncio: create_connection cannot handle IPv6 link-local addresses anymore (linux)

Leonardo Mörlein added the comment: Oh, you are correct. So this can be closed. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue36069] asyncio: create_connection cannot handle IPv6 link-local addresses anymore (linux)

twisteroid ambassador added the comment: Duplicate of issue35545, I believe. -- nosy: +twisteroid ambassador ___ Python tracker ___

[issue36069] asyncio: create_connection cannot handle IPv6 link-local addresses anymore (linux)

Leonardo Mörlein added the comment: It seems to be a regression, as my python 3.6 version is not affected: lemoer@orange ~> python3.6 --version Python 3.6.8 My python 3.7 version is affected: lemoer@orange ~> python3.7 --version Python 3.7.2 --

[issue36069] asyncio: create_connection cannot handle IPv6 link-local addresses anymore (linux)

Leonardo Mörlein added the comment: The generated error is: OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue36069] asyncio: create_connection cannot handle IPv6 link-local addresses anymore (linux)

New submission from Leonardo Mörlein : The tuple (host, port) is ("fe80::5054:01ff:fe04:3402%node4_client", 22) in https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py#L918. The substring "node4_client" identifies the interface, which is needed for link local connections.