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GeezerVison is showing github.com — gh-158546: Treat undecodable zipapp shebangs as absent by rupayon123 · Pull Request #158555 · python/cpython

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@rupayon123 rupayon123 commented Oct 1, 2026 •
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Summary

Treat a shebang line that cannot be decoded using zipapp.shebang_encoding as having no interpreter. Add a regression test for malformed shebang bytes and a Library NEWS entry.

Fixes #158546

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  • PYTHONPATH=Lib python3.15 -m unittest test.test_zipapp — 36 tests passed.
  • Reproduced the reported UnicodeDecodeError against the unmodified source before the fix.
  • git diff --check — passed.

The full CPython build/test matrix was not run; this change is limited to the pure-Python zipapp module and its tests.

AI assistance was used to inspect the issue and code, draft the focused change and test, and review the diff. I reproduced the original behavior and ran the tests listed above.

  • Issue: zipapp.get_interpreter() raises UnicodeDecodeError on invalid shebang bytes #158546

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pythongh-158546: Return None for undecodable zipapp shebangs
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@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot added the awaiting review label Oct 1, 2026
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zipapp.get_interpreter() raises UnicodeDecodeError on invalid shebang bytes #158546
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StanFromIreland commented Oct 3, 2026

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Closing per #158557 (comment).

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@StanFromIreland StanFromIreland closed this Oct 3, 2026
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