https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/219b7ac9d562701bbde21d7e17845c4942b83338
commit: 219b7ac9d562701bbde21d7e17845c4942b83338
branch: main
author: Yongtao Huang <[email protected]>
committer: ZeroIntensity <[email protected]>
date: 2026-01-29T13:50:54-05:00
summary:

gh-144307: Fix a reference leak during module teardown (GH-144308)

Signed-off-by: Yongtao Huang <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: blurb-it[bot] <43283697+blurb-it[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

files:
A 
Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-29-02-18-08.gh-issue-144307.CLbm_o.rst
M Python/pylifecycle.c

diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-29-02-18-08.gh-issue-144307.CLbm_o.rst
 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-29-02-18-08.gh-issue-144307.CLbm_o.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d6928e643dccd3
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-29-02-18-08.gh-issue-144307.CLbm_o.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prevent a reference leak in module teardown at interpreter finalization.
diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index 88dbdb6d139c5f..d3ed08de1d15d3 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -1622,6 +1622,7 @@ finalize_remove_modules(PyObject *modules, int verbose)
                 PyObject *value = PyObject_GetItem(modules, key);
                 if (value == NULL) {
                     PyErr_FormatUnraisable("Exception ignored while removing 
modules");
+                    Py_DECREF(key);
                     continue;
                 }
                 CLEAR_MODULE(key, value);

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