[issue43991] asyncio lock does not get released after task is canceled

Alexander Niederbühl added the comment: That makes sense, thanks! -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/i

[issue43991] asyncio lock does not get released after task is canceled

New submission from Alexander Niederbühl : If a task gets canceled while holding a lock, the lock is not automatically released. Is that expected, it seems like it could cause a deadlock? Failing test adapted from Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_locks.py (commit 6bd9288b80): def