From 22fad16ebc707706d18d067ed12cbbe0c8181a03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Miss Islington (bot)"
 <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 09:40:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [3.14] gh-109700: fix interpreter finalization while handling
 memory error (GH-136342) (#136352)

gh-109700: fix interpreter finalization while handling memory error (GH-136342)
(cherry picked from commit 0c3e3da19570424649c33c0c2c29dc12541935e7)

Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya <kumaraditya@python.org>
---
 Python/pylifecycle.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index c4c1d9fd9e1..c07862edf97 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -1702,8 +1702,10 @@ finalize_modules(PyThreadState *tstate)
 #endif
 
     // Stop watching __builtin__ modifications
-    PyDict_Unwatch(0, interp->builtins);
-
+    if (PyDict_Unwatch(0, interp->builtins) < 0) {
+        // might happen if interp is cleared before watching the __builtin__
+        PyErr_Clear();
+    }
     PyObject *modules = _PyImport_GetModules(interp);
     if (modules == NULL) {
         // Already done
@@ -2377,15 +2379,13 @@ new_interpreter(PyThreadState **tstate_p,
 error:
     *tstate_p = NULL;
     if (tstate != NULL) {
-        PyThreadState_Clear(tstate);
-        _PyThreadState_Detach(tstate);
-        PyThreadState_Delete(tstate);
+        Py_EndInterpreter(tstate);
+    } else {
+        PyInterpreterState_Delete(interp);
     }
     if (save_tstate != NULL) {
         _PyThreadState_Attach(save_tstate);
     }
-    PyInterpreterState_Delete(interp);
-
     return status;
 }