gh-141732: Fix ExceptionGroup repr changing when original exception sequence is mutated

Lib/test/test_exception_group.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import collections.abc
+import collections
 import types
 import unittest
 from test.support import skip_emscripten_stack_overflow, skip_wasi_stack_overflow, exceeds_recursion_limit
@@ -193,6 +193,38 @@ class MyEG(ExceptionGroup):
                       "MyEG('flat', [ValueError(1), TypeError(2)]), "
                       "TypeError(2)])"))
 
+    def test_exceptions_mutation(self):
+        class MyEG(ExceptionGroup):
+            pass
+
+        excs = [ValueError(1), TypeError(2)]
+        eg = MyEG('test', excs)
+
+        self.assertEqual(repr(eg), "MyEG('test', [ValueError(1), TypeError(2)])")
+        excs.clear()
+
+        # Ensure that clearing the exceptions sequence doesn't change the repr.
+        self.assertEqual(repr(eg), "MyEG('test', [ValueError(1), TypeError(2)])")
+
+        # Ensure that the args are still as passed.
+        self.assertEqual(eg.args, ('test', []))
+
+        excs = (ValueError(1), KeyboardInterrupt(2))
+        eg = BaseExceptionGroup('test', excs)
+
+        # Ensure that immutable sequences still work fine.
+        self.assertEqual(repr(eg), "BaseExceptionGroup('test', (ValueError(1), KeyboardInterrupt(2)))")
+
+        # Test non-standard custom sequences.
+        excs = collections.deque([ValueError(1), TypeError(2)])
+        eg = ExceptionGroup('test', excs)
+
+        self.assertEqual(repr(eg), "ExceptionGroup('test', (ValueError(1), TypeError(2)))")
+        excs.clear()
+
+        # Ensure that clearing the exceptions sequence doesn't change the repr.
+        self.assertEqual(repr(eg), "ExceptionGroup('test', (ValueError(1), TypeError(2)))")
+
 
 def create_simple_eg():
     excs = []

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-19-16-40-24.gh-issue-141732.PTetqp.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Ensure the repr for :exc:`ExceptionGroup` and :exc:`BaseExceptionGroup` does
+not change when its original exception list is mutated.

Objects/exceptions.c

@@ -694,12 +694,12 @@ PyTypeObject _PyExc_ ## EXCNAME = { \
 
 #define ComplexExtendsException(EXCBASE, EXCNAME, EXCSTORE, EXCNEW, \
                                 EXCMETHODS, EXCMEMBERS, EXCGETSET, \
-                                EXCSTR, EXCDOC) \
+                                EXCSTR, EXCREPR, EXCDOC) \
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_ ## EXCNAME = { \
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) \
     # EXCNAME, \
     sizeof(Py ## EXCSTORE ## Object), 0, \
-    EXCSTORE ## _dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
+    EXCSTORE ## _dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, EXCREPR, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
     EXCSTR, 0, 0, 0, \
     Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC, \
     PyDoc_STR(EXCDOC), EXCSTORE ## _traverse, \
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ StopIteration_traverse(PyObject *op, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 }
 
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, StopIteration, StopIteration,
-                        0, 0, StopIteration_members, 0, 0,
+                        0, 0, StopIteration_members, 0, 0, 0,
                         "Signal the end from iterator.__next__().");
 
 
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static PyMemberDef SystemExit_members[] = {
 };
 
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_BaseException, SystemExit, SystemExit,
-                        0, 0, SystemExit_members, 0, 0,
+                        0, 0, SystemExit_members, 0, 0, 0,
                         "Request to exit from the interpreter.");
 
 /*
@@ -1063,6 +1063,31 @@ BaseExceptionGroup_str(PyObject *op)
         self->msg, num_excs, num_excs > 1 ? "s" : "");
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+BaseExceptionGroup_repr(PyObject *op)
+{
+    PyBaseExceptionGroupObject *self = PyBaseExceptionGroupObject_CAST(op);
+    assert(self->msg);
+    assert(self->excs);
+
+    /* Use the actual exceptions tuple for accuracy, but make it look like the
+     * original exception sequence, if possible, for backwards compatibility. */
+    PyObject* excs_orig = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(self->args, 1);
+    if (PyList_Check(excs_orig)) {
+        excs_orig = PySequence_List(self->excs);
+    } else {
+        excs_orig = Py_NewRef(self->excs);
+    }
+
+    const char *name = _PyType_Name(Py_TYPE(self));
+    PyObject *repr = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
+        "%s(%R, %R)", name,
+        self->msg, excs_orig);
+
+    Py_DECREF(excs_orig);
+    return repr;
+}
+
 /*[clinic input]
 @critical_section
 BaseExceptionGroup.derive
@@ -1697,7 +1722,7 @@ static PyMethodDef BaseExceptionGroup_methods[] = {
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_BaseException, BaseExceptionGroup,
     BaseExceptionGroup, BaseExceptionGroup_new /* new */,
     BaseExceptionGroup_methods, BaseExceptionGroup_members,
-    0 /* getset */, BaseExceptionGroup_str,
+    0 /* getset */, BaseExceptionGroup_str, BaseExceptionGroup_repr,
     "A combination of multiple unrelated exceptions.");
 
 /*
@@ -2425,7 +2450,7 @@ static PyGetSetDef OSError_getset[] = {
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, OSError,
                         OSError, OSError_new,
                         OSError_methods, OSError_members, OSError_getset,
-                        OSError_str,
+                        OSError_str, 0,
                         "Base class for I/O related errors.");
 
 
@@ -2566,7 +2591,7 @@ static PyMethodDef NameError_methods[] = {
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, NameError,
                         NameError, 0,
                         NameError_methods, NameError_members,
-                        0, BaseException_str, "Name not found globally.");
+                        0, BaseException_str, 0, "Name not found globally.");
 
 /*
  *    UnboundLocalError extends NameError
@@ -2700,7 +2725,7 @@ static PyMethodDef AttributeError_methods[] = {
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, AttributeError,
                         AttributeError, 0,
                         AttributeError_methods, AttributeError_members,
-                        0, BaseException_str, "Attribute not found.");
+                        0, BaseException_str, 0, "Attribute not found.");
 
 /*
  *    SyntaxError extends Exception
@@ -2899,7 +2924,7 @@ static PyMemberDef SyntaxError_members[] = {
 
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, SyntaxError, SyntaxError,
                         0, 0, SyntaxError_members, 0,
-                        SyntaxError_str, "Invalid syntax.");
+                        SyntaxError_str, 0, "Invalid syntax.");
 
 
 /*
@@ -2959,7 +2984,7 @@ KeyError_str(PyObject *op)
 }
 
 ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_LookupError, KeyError, BaseException,
-                        0, 0, 0, 0, KeyError_str, "Mapping key not found.");
+                        0, 0, 0, 0, KeyError_str, 0, "Mapping key not found.");
 
 
 /*