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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_threading.py2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index 0f3ac55..800d26f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -1069,6 +1069,8 @@ class ThreadingExceptionTests(BaseTestCase):
thread.join()
self.assertIsNotNone(thread.exc)
self.assertIsInstance(thread.exc, RuntimeError)
+ # explicitly break the reference cycle to not leak a dangling thread
+ thread.exc = None
class TimerTests(BaseTestCase):