python · picnixz · Apr 19, 2025 · Apr 9, 2025 · Apr 10, 2025 · Apr 10, 2025
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
@@ -3413,6 +3413,24 @@ class Unrepresentable:
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         raise Exception("Unrepresentable")
 
+
+# Used in test_dont_swallow_cause_or_context_of_falsey_exception and
+# test_dont_swallow_subexceptions_of_falsey_exceptiongroup.
+class FalseyBoolException(Exception):
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return False
+
+
+class FalseyLenException(Exception):
+    def __len__(self):
+        return 0
+
+
+class FalseyExceptionGroup(ExceptionGroup):
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return False
+
+
 class TestTracebackException(unittest.TestCase):
     def do_test_smoke(self, exc, expected_type_str):
         try:
@@ -3759,6 +3777,26 @@ def f():
              'ZeroDivisionError: division by zero',
              ''])
 
+    def test_dont_swallow_cause_or_context_of_falsey_exception(self):
+        # see gh-132308: Ensure that __cause__ or __context__ attributes of exceptions
+        # that evaluate as falsey are included in the output.
+        # Recall: `x` is falsey if `len(x)` returns 0 or `bool(x)` returns False.
+
+        for exc in (FalseyBoolException, FalseyLenException):
+            try:
+                raise exc from KeyError
+            except exc as e:
+                self.assertIn(cause_message, traceback.format_exception(e))
+
+        for exc in (FalseyBoolException, FalseyLenException):
+            try:
+                try:
+                    1/0
+                except:
+                    raise exc
+            except exc as e:
+                self.assertIn(context_message, traceback.format_exception(e))
+
 
 class TestTracebackException_ExceptionGroups(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -3960,6 +3998,26 @@ def test_comparison(self):
         self.assertNotEqual(exc, object())
         self.assertEqual(exc, ALWAYS_EQ)
 
+    def test_dont_swallow_subexceptions_of_falsey_exceptiongroup(self):
+        # see gh-132308: Ensure that subexceptions of exception group
+        # that evaluate as falsey are displayed in the output.
+        # Recall: `x` is falsey if `len(x)` returns 0 or `bool(x)` returns False.
+
+        try:
+            raise FalseyExceptionGroup("Gih", (KeyError(), NameError()))
+        except Exception as ee:
+            str_exc = ''.join(traceback.format_exception(ee))
+            self.assertIn('+---------------- 1 ----------------', str_exc)
+            self.assertIn('+---------------- 2 ----------------', str_exc)
+
+        # Test with a falsey exception, in last position, as sub-exceptions.
+        msg = 'bool'
+        try:
+            raise FalseyExceptionGroup("Gah", (KeyError(), FalseyBoolException(msg)))
+        except Exception as ee:
+            str_exc = traceback.format_exception(ee)
+            self.assertIn(f'{FalseyBoolException.__name__}: {msg}', str_exc[-2])
+
 
 global_for_suggestions = None
 

diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ def __init__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback, *, limit=None,
             queue = [(self, exc_value)]
             while queue:
                 te, e = queue.pop()
-                if (e and e.__cause__ is not None
+                if (e is not None and e.__cause__ is not None
                     and id(e.__cause__) not in _seen):
                     cause = TracebackException(
                         type(e.__cause__),
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ def __init__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback, *, limit=None,
                                     not e.__suppress_context__)
                 else:
                     need_context = True
-                if (e and e.__context__ is not None
+                if (e is not None and e.__context__ is not None
                     and need_context and id(e.__context__) not in _seen):
                     context = TracebackException(
                         type(e.__context__),
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ def __init__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback, *, limit=None,
                 else:
                     context = None
 
-                if e and isinstance(e, BaseExceptionGroup):
+                if e is not None and isinstance(e, BaseExceptionGroup):
                     exceptions = []
                     for exc in e.exceptions:
                         texc = TracebackException(

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-10-13-06-42.gh-issue-132308.1js5SI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-10-13-06-42.gh-issue-132308.1js5SI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The :class:`traceback.TracebackException` must include the  ``__context__``, ``__cause__`` attributes
+from falsey Exception, and the ``exceptions`` attribute from falsey ``ExceptionGroup`` in its render.
+For remind: ``x`` is falsey if ``len(x)`` returns 0 or ``bool(x)`` returns False.