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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index 53c8c1f..6cda4fa 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -2998,7 +2998,13 @@ class ManagerMixin(object):
@classmethod
def tearDownClass(cls):
- multiprocessing.active_children() # discard dead process objs
+ # only the manager process should be returned by active_children()
+ # but this can take a bit on slow machines, so wait a few seconds
+ # if there are other children too (see #17395)
+ t = 0.01
+ while len(multiprocessing.active_children()) > 1 and t < 5:
+ time.sleep(t)
+ t *= 2
gc.collect() # do garbage collection
if cls.manager._number_of_objects() != 0:
# This is not really an error since some tests do not