Bug report

When running ./python -E -m test --timeout=2700 -R3:3 -u-cpu -j40 test_free_threading.test_monitoring -F, I get a failure every ~50-100 test runs:

0:00:36 load avg: 122.12 [ 55/1] test_free_threading.test_monitoring failed (reference leak)
beginning 6 repetitions. Showing number of leaks (. for 0 or less, X for 10 or more)
123:456
XX. 243
test_free_threading.test_monitoring leaked [2, 4, 3] memory blocks, sum=9

I think the issue is that we rely on Thread.is_alive() instead of joining the threads. I think there are still some objects that may not be freed until the thread is joined (like the handle):

Linked PRs

• gh-136692:Improve test cleanup and thread handling in monitoring #136896