Re: [Django] #36951: task_finished signal logs "NoneType: None" when no exception is raised (was: log_task_finished signal logs "NoneType: None" when no exception is raised)

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#36951: task_finished signal logs "NoneType: None" when no exception is raised
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Reporter: Jacob Walls | Owner: Elias
| Hernandis
Type: Bug | Status: assigned
Component: Tasks | Version: 6.0
Severity: Release blocker | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Ready for
| checkin
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Jacob Walls):

* needs_docs: 1 => 0
* stage: Accepted => Ready for checkin
* summary:
log_task_finished signal logs "NoneType: None" when no exception is
raised
=> task_finished signal logs "NoneType: None" when no exception is
raised


Old description:

> The test provided on [https://github.com/django/django/pull/20722 PR
> #20722] demonstrates that faux exceptions are logged as `NoneType: None`
> by the `log_task_finished` signal:
>
> {{{#!py
> ======================================================================
> FAIL: test_successful_task_no_none_type_in_logs
> (tasks.test_immediate_backend.ImmediateBackendTestCase.test_successful_task_no_none_type_in_logs)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/Users/jwalls/django/tests/tasks/test_immediate_backend.py", line
> 238, in test_successful_task_no_none_type_in_logs
> self.assertNotIn("NoneType", log_output)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> AssertionError: 'NoneType' unexpectedly found in 'INFO:django.tasks:Task
> id=1yKnLbcmTGMEUfj0B1JG0766LDM1Sono path=tasks.tasks.noop_task
> state=SUCCESSFUL\nNoneType: None'
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> }}}

New description:

The test provided on [https://github.com/django/django/pull/20722 PR
#20722] demonstrates that faux exceptions are logged as `NoneType: None`
by the `log_task_finished` signal handler:

{{{#!py
======================================================================
FAIL: test_successful_task_no_none_type_in_logs
(tasks.test_immediate_backend.ImmediateBackendTestCase.test_successful_task_no_none_type_in_logs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/jwalls/django/tests/tasks/test_immediate_backend.py", line
238, in test_successful_task_no_none_type_in_logs
self.assertNotIn("NoneType", log_output)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: 'NoneType' unexpectedly found in 'INFO:django.tasks:Task
id=1yKnLbcmTGMEUfj0B1JG0766LDM1Sono path=tasks.tasks.noop_task
state=SUCCESSFUL\nNoneType: None'

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}}}

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