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Indicate that multiprocessing.Queue does not implement shutdown() #147965
Description
Documentation
In multiprocessing.Queue documentation
"Queue implements all the methods of queue.Queue except for task_done() and join()."
The shutdown() method is not implemented and should be add too.
This applies all versions from 3.13.
Linked PRs
- gh-147965: Add shutdown() to multiprocessing.Queue excluded methods #147970
- gh-147965: Document that multiprocessing.Queue does not implement shutdown() #148034
- [3.14] gh-147965: Add shutdown() to multiprocessing.Queue excluded methods (GH-147970) #148416
- [3.13] gh-147965: Add shutdown() to multiprocessing.Queue excluded methods (GH-147970) #148417
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YvesDup commentedon Apr 1, 2026
@WYSIATI as creator of this issue, please ask for me before create a PR. I was creating it
WYSIATI commentedon Apr 1, 2026
Sorry, I should've asked first. If you want, I can close mine
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jsbueno commentedon Apr 1, 2026
@YvesDup - in other news, since you are at it: would it make sense to add a shutdown method to
multiprocessing.Queue? Or maybe it simply wouldn't apply, due to its different nature?YvesDup commentedon Apr 1, 2026
Might as well finish the PR now
YvesDup commentedon Apr 1, 2026
A PR about this feature already exists :-), see Add multiprocessing queue shutdown
[-]Update multiprocessing documentation: `multiprocessing.Queue` does not implement the `shutdown`method.[/-][+]Indicate that `multiprocessing.Queue` does not implement `shutdown()`[/+]gh-147965: Add shutdown() to multiprocessing.Queue excluded methods (G…
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[3.14] gh-147965: Add shutdown() to multiprocessing.Queue excluded me…
[3.13] gh-147965: Add shutdown() to multiprocessing.Queue excluded me…
pythongh-147965: Add shutdown() to multiprocessing.Queue excluded met…