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From: "Miss Islington (bot)"
<31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:20:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [3.13] gh-142195: Fixed Popen.communicate indefinite loops
(GH-143203) (#143256)
gh-142195: Fixed Popen.communicate indefinite loops (GH-143203)
Changed condition to evaluate if timeout is less than or equals to 0. This is needed for simulated time environments such as Shadow where the time will match exactly on the boundary.
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(cherry picked from commit fa9a4254e81c0abcc3345021c45aaf5f788f9ea9)
Co-authored-by: Prithviraj Chaudhuri
Co-authored-by: blurb-it[bot] <43283697+blurb-it[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
Lib/subprocess.py | 2 +-
.../next/Library/2025-12-27-00-14-56.gh-issue-142195.UgBEo5.rst | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-27-00-14-56.gh-issue-142195.UgBEo5.rst
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 885f0092b53..3a8c7434d37 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ def _communicate(self, input, endtime, orig_timeout):
while selector.get_map():
timeout = self._remaining_time(endtime)
- if timeout is not None and timeout < 0:
+ if timeout is not None and timeout <= 0:
self._check_timeout(endtime, orig_timeout,
stdout, stderr,
skip_check_and_raise=True)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-27-00-14-56.gh-issue-142195.UgBEo5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-27-00-14-56.gh-issue-142195.UgBEo5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2b1ffe7225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-27-00-14-56.gh-issue-142195.UgBEo5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated timeout evaluation logic in :mod:`subprocess` to be compatible with deterministic environments like Shadow where time moves exactly as requested.