Better garbage-collection on exceptions in sync_to_async (#386)

django · Apr 30, 2023 · e22d765 · e22d765
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commit e22d765
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diff --git a/asgiref/sync.py b/asgiref/sync.py
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ def thread_handler(self, loop, source_task, exc_info, func, *args, **kwargs):
         else:
             self.launch_map[current_thread] = source_task
             parent_set = True
+        source_task = (
+            None  # allow the task to be garbage-collected in case of exceptions
+        )
         # Run the function
         try:
             # If we have an exception, run the function inside the except block