"traceback" — Print or retrieve a stack traceback
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**Source code:** Lib/traceback.py

======================================================================

This module provides a standard interface to extract, format and print
stack traces of Python programs. It is more flexible than the
interpreter’s default traceback display, and therefore makes it
possible to configure certain aspects of the output. Finally, it
contains a utility for capturing enough information about an exception
to print it later, without the need to save a reference to the actual
exception. Since exceptions can be the roots of large objects graph,
this utility can significantly improve memory management.

The module uses traceback objects — these are objects of type
"types.TracebackType", which are assigned to the "__traceback__" field
of "BaseException" instances.

See also:

  Module "faulthandler"
     Used to dump Python tracebacks explicitly, on a fault, after a
     timeout, or on a user signal.

  Module "pdb"
     Interactive source code debugger for Python programs.

The module’s API can be divided into two parts:

* Module-level functions offering basic functionality, which are
  useful for interactive inspection of exceptions and tracebacks.

* "TracebackException" class and its helper classes "StackSummary" and
  "FrameSummary". These offer both more flexibility in the output
  generated and the ability to store the information necessary for
  later formatting without holding references to actual exception and
  traceback objects.


Module-Level Functions
======================

traceback.print_tb(tb, limit=None, file=None)

   Print up to *limit* stack trace entries from traceback object *tb*
   (starting from the caller’s frame) if *limit* is positive.
   Otherwise, print the last "abs(limit)" entries.  If *limit* is
   omitted or "None", all entries are printed.  If *file* is omitted
   or "None", the output goes to "sys.stderr"; otherwise it should be
   an open *file* or *file-like object* to receive the output.

   Note:

     The meaning of the *limit* parameter is different than the
     meaning of "sys.tracebacklimit". A negative *limit* value
     corresponds to a positive value of "sys.tracebacklimit", whereas
     the behaviour of a positive *limit* value cannot be achieved with
     "sys.tracebacklimit".

   Changed in version 3.5: Added negative *limit* support.

traceback.print_exception(exc, /, [value, tb, ]limit=None, file=None, chain=True)

   Print exception information and stack trace entries from traceback
   object *tb* to *file*. This differs from "print_tb()" in the
   following ways:

   * if *tb* is not "None", it prints a header "Traceback (most recent
     call last):"

   * it prints the exception type and *value* after the stack trace

   * if *type(value)* is "SyntaxError" and *value* has the appropriate
     format, it prints the line where the syntax error occurred with a
     caret indicating the approximate position of the error.

   Since Python 3.10, instead of passing *value* and *tb*, an
   exception object can be passed as the first argument. If *value*
   and *tb* are provided, the first argument is ignored in order to
   provide backwards compatibility.

   The optional *limit* argument has the same meaning as for
   "print_tb()". If *chain* is true (the default), then chained
   exceptions (the "__cause__" or "__context__" attributes of the
   exception) will be printed as well, like the interpreter itself
   does when printing an unhandled exception.

   Changed in version 3.5: The *etype* argument is ignored and
   inferred from the type of *value*.

   Changed in version 3.10: The *etype* parameter has been renamed to
   *exc* and is now positional-only.

traceback.print_exc(limit=None, file=None, chain=True)

   This is a shorthand for "print_exception(sys.exception(),
   limit=limit, file=file, chain=chain)".

traceback.print_last(limit=None, file=None, chain=True)

   This is a shorthand for "print_exception(sys.last_exc, limit=limit,
   file=file, chain=chain)".  In general it will work only after an
   exception has reached an interactive prompt (see "sys.last_exc").

traceback.print_stack(f=None, limit=None, file=None)

   Print up to *limit* stack trace entries (starting from the
   invocation point) if *limit* is positive.  Otherwise, print the
   last "abs(limit)" entries.  If *limit* is omitted or "None", all
   entries are printed. The optional *f* argument can be used to
   specify an alternate stack frame to start.  The optional *file*
   argument has the same meaning as for "print_tb()".

   Changed in version 3.5: Added negative *limit* support.

traceback.extract_tb(tb, limit=None)

   Return a "StackSummary" object representing a list of “pre-
   processed” stack trace entries extracted from the traceback object
   *tb*.  It is useful for alternate formatting of stack traces.  The
   optional *limit* argument has the same meaning as for "print_tb()".
   A “pre-processed” stack trace entry is a "FrameSummary" object
   containing attributes "filename", "lineno", "name", and "line"
   representing the information that is usually printed for a stack
   trace.

traceback.extract_stack(f=None, limit=None)

   Extract the raw traceback from the current stack frame.  The return
   value has the same format as for "extract_tb()".  The optional *f*
   and *limit* arguments have the same meaning as for "print_stack()".

traceback.print_list(extracted_list, file=None)

   Print the list of tuples as returned by "extract_tb()" or
   "extract_stack()" as a formatted stack trace to the given file. If
   *file* is "None", the output is written to "sys.stderr".

traceback.format_list(extracted_list)

   Given a list of tuples or "FrameSummary" objects as returned by
   "extract_tb()" or "extract_stack()", return a list of strings ready
   for printing.  Each string in the resulting list corresponds to the
   item with the same index in the argument list.  Each string ends in
   a newline; the strings may contain internal newlines as well, for
   those items whose source text line is not "None".

traceback.format_exception_only(exc, /[, value])

   Format the exception part of a traceback using an exception value
   such as given by "sys.last_value".  The return value is a list of
   strings, each ending in a newline.  The list contains the
   exception’s message, which is normally a single string; however,
   for "SyntaxError" exceptions, it contains several lines that (when
   printed) display detailed information about where the syntax error
   occurred. Following the message, the list contains the exception’s
   "notes".

   Since Python 3.10, instead of passing *value*, an exception object
   can be passed as the first argument.  If *value* is provided, the
   first argument is ignored in order to provide backwards
   compatibility.

   Changed in version 3.10: The *etype* parameter has been renamed to
   *exc* and is now positional-only.

   Changed in version 3.11: The returned list now includes any "notes"
   attached to the exception.

traceback.format_exception(exc, /, [value, tb, ]limit=None, chain=True)

   Format a stack trace and the exception information.  The arguments
   have the same meaning as the corresponding arguments to
   "print_exception()".  The return value is a list of strings, each
   ending in a newline and some containing internal newlines.  When
   these lines are concatenated and printed, exactly the same text is
   printed as does "print_exception()".

   Changed in version 3.5: The *etype* argument is ignored and
   inferred from the type of *value*.

   Changed in version 3.10: This function’s behavior and signature
   were modified to match "print_exception()".

traceback.format_exc(limit=None, chain=True)

   This is like "print_exc(limit)" but returns a string instead of
   printing to a file.

traceback.format_tb(tb, limit=None)

   A shorthand for "format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit))".

traceback.format_stack(f=None, limit=None)

   A shorthand for "format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))".

traceback.clear_frames(tb)

   Clears the local variables of all the stack frames in a traceback
   *tb* by calling the "clear()" method of each frame object.

   Added in version 3.4.

traceback.walk_stack(f)

   Walk a stack following "f.f_back" from the given frame, yielding
   the frame and line number for each frame. If *f* is "None", the
   current stack is used. This helper is used with
   "StackSummary.extract()".

   Added in version 3.5.

traceback.walk_tb(tb)

   Walk a traceback following "tb_next" yielding the frame and line
   number for each frame. This helper is used with
   "StackSummary.extract()".

   Added in version 3.5.


"TracebackException" Objects
============================

Added in version 3.5.

"TracebackException" objects are created from actual exceptions to
capture data for later printing.  They offer a more lightweight method
of storing this information by avoiding holding references to
traceback and frame objects. In addition, they expose more options to
configure the output compared to the module-level functions described
above.

class traceback.TracebackException(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback, *, limit=None, lookup_lines=True, capture_locals=False, compact=False, max_group_width=15, max_group_depth=10)

   Capture an exception for later rendering. The meaning of *limit*,
   *lookup_lines* and *capture_locals* are as for the "StackSummary"
   class.

   If *compact* is true, only data that is required by
   "TracebackException"’s "format()" method is saved in the class
   attributes. In particular, the "__context__" field is calculated
   only if "__cause__" is "None" and "__suppress_context__" is false.

   Note that when locals are captured, they are also shown in the
   traceback.

   *max_group_width* and *max_group_depth* control the formatting of
   exception groups (see "BaseExceptionGroup"). The depth refers to
   the nesting level of the group, and the width refers to the size of
   a single exception group’s exceptions array. The formatted output
   is truncated when either limit is exceeded.

   Changed in version 3.10: Added the *compact* parameter.

   Changed in version 3.11: Added the *max_group_width* and
   *max_group_depth* parameters.

   __cause__

      A "TracebackException" of the original "__cause__".

   __context__

      A "TracebackException" of the original "__context__".

   exceptions

      If "self" represents an "ExceptionGroup", this field holds a
      list of "TracebackException" instances representing the nested
      exceptions. Otherwise it is "None".

      Added in version 3.11.

   __suppress_context__

      The "__suppress_context__" value from the original exception.

   __notes__

      The "__notes__" value from the original exception, or "None" if
      the exception does not have any notes. If it is not "None" is it
      formatted in the traceback after the exception string.

      Added in version 3.11.

   stack

      A "StackSummary" representing the traceback.

   exc_type

      The class of the original traceback.

   filename

      For syntax errors - the file name where the error occurred.

   lineno

      For syntax errors - the line number where the error occurred.

   end_lineno

      For syntax errors - the end line number where the error
      occurred. Can be "None" if not present.

      Added in version 3.10.

   text

      For syntax errors - the text where the error occurred.

   offset

      For syntax errors - the offset into the text where the error
      occurred.

   end_offset

      For syntax errors - the end offset into the text where the error
      occurred. Can be "None" if not present.

      Added in version 3.10.

   msg

      For syntax errors - the compiler error message.

   classmethod from_exception(exc, *, limit=None, lookup_lines=True, capture_locals=False)

      Capture an exception for later rendering. *limit*,
      *lookup_lines* and *capture_locals* are as for the
      "StackSummary" class.

      Note that when locals are captured, they are also shown in the
      traceback.

   print(*, file=None, chain=True)

      Print to *file* (default "sys.stderr") the exception information
      returned by "format()".

      Added in version 3.11.

   format(*, chain=True)

      Format the exception.

      If *chain* is not "True", "__cause__" and "__context__" will not
      be formatted.

      The return value is a generator of strings, each ending in a
      newline and some containing internal newlines.
      "print_exception()" is a wrapper around this method which just
      prints the lines to a file.

   format_exception_only()

      Format the exception part of the traceback.

      The return value is a generator of strings, each ending in a
      newline.

      The generator emits the exception’s message followed by its
      notes (if it has any). The exception message is normally a
      single string; however, for "SyntaxError" exceptions, it
      consists of several lines that (when printed) display detailed
      information about where the syntax error occurred.

      Changed in version 3.11: The exception’s "notes" are now
      included in the output.


"StackSummary" Objects
======================

Added in version 3.5.

"StackSummary" objects represent a call stack ready for formatting.

class traceback.StackSummary

   classmethod extract(frame_gen, *, limit=None, lookup_lines=True, capture_locals=False)

      Construct a "StackSummary" object from a frame generator (such
      as is returned by "walk_stack()" or "walk_tb()").

      If *limit* is supplied, only this many frames are taken from
      *frame_gen*. If *lookup_lines* is "False", the returned
      "FrameSummary" objects will not have read their lines in yet,
      making the cost of creating the "StackSummary" cheaper (which
      may be valuable if it may not actually get formatted). If
      *capture_locals* is "True" the local variables in each
      "FrameSummary" are captured as object representations.

      Changed in version 3.12: Exceptions raised from "repr()" on a
      local variable (when *capture_locals* is "True") are no longer
      propagated to the caller.

   classmethod from_list(a_list)

      Construct a "StackSummary" object from a supplied list of
      "FrameSummary" objects or old-style list of tuples.  Each tuple
      should be a 4-tuple with *filename*, *lineno*, *name*, *line* as
      the elements.

   format()

      Returns a list of strings ready for printing.  Each string in
      the resulting list corresponds to a single frame from the stack.
      Each string ends in a newline; the strings may contain internal
      newlines as well, for those items with source text lines.

      For long sequences of the same frame and line, the first few
      repetitions are shown, followed by a summary line stating the
      exact number of further repetitions.

      Changed in version 3.6: Long sequences of repeated frames are
      now abbreviated.

   format_frame_summary(frame_summary)

      Returns a string for printing one of the frames involved in the
      stack. This method is called for each "FrameSummary" object to
      be printed by "StackSummary.format()". If it returns "None", the
      frame is omitted from the output.

      Added in version 3.11.


"FrameSummary" Objects
======================

Added in version 3.5.

A "FrameSummary" object represents a single frame in a traceback.

class traceback.FrameSummary(filename, lineno, name, *, lookup_line=True, locals=None, line=None, end_lineno=None, colno=None, end_colno=None)

   Represents a single frame in the traceback or stack that is being
   formatted or printed. It may optionally have a stringified version
   of the frame’s locals included in it. If *lookup_line* is "False",
   the source code is not looked up until the "FrameSummary" has the
   "line" attribute accessed (which also happens when casting it to a
   "tuple"). "line" may be directly provided, and will prevent line
   lookups happening at all. *locals* is an optional local variable
   dictionary, and if supplied the variable representations are stored
   in the summary for later display.

   "FrameSummary" instances have the following attributes:

   filename

      The filename of the source code for this frame. Equivalent to
      accessing "f.f_code.co_filename" on a frame object *f*.

   lineno

      The line number of the source code for this frame.

   name

      Equivalent to accessing "f.f_code.co_name" on a frame object
      *f*.

   line

      A string representing the source code for this frame, with
      leading and trailing whitespace stripped. If the source is not
      available, it is "None".

   end_lineno

      The last line number of the source code for this frame. By
      default, it is set to "None" and indexation starts from 1.

   colno

      The column number of the source code for this frame. By default,
      it is "None" and indexation starts from 0.

   end_colno

      The last column number of the source code for this frame. By
      default, it is "None" and indexation starts from 0.


Examples of Using the Module-Level Functions
============================================

This simple example implements a basic read-eval-print loop, similar
to (but less useful than) the standard Python interactive interpreter
loop.  For a more complete implementation of the interpreter loop,
refer to the "code" module.

   import sys, traceback

   def run_user_code(envdir):
       source = input(">>> ")
       try:
           exec(source, envdir)
       except Exception:
           print("Exception in user code:")
           print("-"*60)
           traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
           print("-"*60)

   envdir = {}
   while True:
       run_user_code(envdir)

The following example demonstrates the different ways to print and
format the exception and traceback:

   import sys, traceback

   def lumberjack():
       bright_side_of_life()

   def bright_side_of_life():
       return tuple()[0]

   try:
       lumberjack()
   except IndexError as exc:
       print("*** print_tb:")
       traceback.print_tb(exc.__traceback__, limit=1, file=sys.stdout)
       print("*** print_exception:")
       traceback.print_exception(exc, limit=2, file=sys.stdout)
       print("*** print_exc:")
       traceback.print_exc(limit=2, file=sys.stdout)
       print("*** format_exc, first and last line:")
       formatted_lines = traceback.format_exc().splitlines()
       print(formatted_lines[0])
       print(formatted_lines[-1])
       print("*** format_exception:")
       print(repr(traceback.format_exception(exc)))
       print("*** extract_tb:")
       print(repr(traceback.extract_tb(exc.__traceback__)))
       print("*** format_tb:")
       print(repr(traceback.format_tb(exc.__traceback__)))
       print("*** tb_lineno:", exc.__traceback__.tb_lineno)

The output for the example would look similar to this:

   *** print_tb:
     File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
       lumberjack()
   *** print_exception:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
       lumberjack()
     File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack
       bright_side_of_life()
   IndexError: tuple index out of range
   *** print_exc:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
       lumberjack()
     File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack
       bright_side_of_life()
   IndexError: tuple index out of range
   *** format_exc, first and last line:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   IndexError: tuple index out of range
   *** format_exception:
   ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n',
    '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 10, in <module>\n    lumberjack()\n',
    '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 4, in lumberjack\n    bright_side_of_life()\n',
    '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 7, in bright_side_of_life\n    return tuple()[0]\n           ~~~~~~~^^^\n',
    'IndexError: tuple index out of range\n']
   *** extract_tb:
   [<FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 10 in <module>>,
    <FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 4 in lumberjack>,
    <FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 7 in bright_side_of_life>]
   *** format_tb:
   ['  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 10, in <module>\n    lumberjack()\n',
    '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 4, in lumberjack\n    bright_side_of_life()\n',
    '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 7, in bright_side_of_life\n    return tuple()[0]\n           ~~~~~~~^^^\n']
   *** tb_lineno: 10

The following example shows the different ways to print and format the
stack:

   >>> import traceback
   >>> def another_function():
   ...     lumberstack()
   ...
   >>> def lumberstack():
   ...     traceback.print_stack()
   ...     print(repr(traceback.extract_stack()))
   ...     print(repr(traceback.format_stack()))
   ...
   >>> another_function()
     File "<doctest>", line 10, in <module>
       another_function()
     File "<doctest>", line 3, in another_function
       lumberstack()
     File "<doctest>", line 6, in lumberstack
       traceback.print_stack()
   [('<doctest>', 10, '<module>', 'another_function()'),
    ('<doctest>', 3, 'another_function', 'lumberstack()'),
    ('<doctest>', 7, 'lumberstack', 'print(repr(traceback.extract_stack()))')]
   ['  File "<doctest>", line 10, in <module>\n    another_function()\n',
    '  File "<doctest>", line 3, in another_function\n    lumberstack()\n',
    '  File "<doctest>", line 8, in lumberstack\n    print(repr(traceback.format_stack()))\n']

This last example demonstrates the final few formatting functions:

   >>> import traceback
   >>> traceback.format_list([('spam.py', 3, '<module>', 'spam.eggs()'),
   ...                        ('eggs.py', 42, 'eggs', 'return "bacon"')])
   ['  File "spam.py", line 3, in <module>\n    spam.eggs()\n',
    '  File "eggs.py", line 42, in eggs\n    return "bacon"\n']
   >>> an_error = IndexError('tuple index out of range')
   >>> traceback.format_exception_only(an_error)
   ['IndexError: tuple index out of range\n']


Examples of Using "TracebackException"
======================================

With the helper class, we have more options:

   >>> import sys
   >>> from traceback import TracebackException
   >>>
   >>> def lumberjack():
   ...     bright_side_of_life()
   ...
   >>> def bright_side_of_life():
   ...     t = "bright", "side", "of", "life"
   ...     return t[5]
   ...
   >>> try:
   ...     lumberjack()
   ... except IndexError as e:
   ...     exc = e
   ...
   >>> try:
   ...     try:
   ...         lumberjack()
   ...     except:
   ...         1/0
   ... except Exception as e:
   ...     chained_exc = e
   ...
   >>> # limit works as with the module-level functions
   >>> TracebackException.from_exception(exc, limit=-2).print()
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<python-input-1>", line 6, in lumberjack
       bright_side_of_life()
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
     File "<python-input-1>", line 10, in bright_side_of_life
       return t[5]
              ~^^^
   IndexError: tuple index out of range

   >>> # capture_locals adds local variables in frames
   >>> TracebackException.from_exception(exc, limit=-2, capture_locals=True).print()
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<python-input-1>", line 6, in lumberjack
       bright_side_of_life()
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
     File "<python-input-1>", line 10, in bright_side_of_life
       return t[5]
              ~^^^
       t = ("bright", "side", "of", "life")
   IndexError: tuple index out of range

   >>> # The *chain* kwarg to print() controls whether chained
   >>> # exceptions are displayed
   >>> TracebackException.from_exception(chained_exc).print()
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<python-input-19>", line 4, in <module>
       lumberjack()
       ~~~~~~~~~~^^
     File "<python-input-8>", line 7, in lumberjack
       bright_side_of_life()
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
     File "<python-input-8>", line 11, in bright_side_of_life
       return t[5]
              ~^^^
   IndexError: tuple index out of range

   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<python-input-19>", line 6, in <module>
       1/0
       ~^~
   ZeroDivisionError: division by zero

   >>> TracebackException.from_exception(chained_exc).print(chain=False)
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<python-input-19>", line 6, in <module>
       1/0
       ~^~
   ZeroDivisionError: division by zero
