From 77f1b1476530804f41c6212be1b74f0527da8469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Wieczorek <aaronw@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 11:14:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix flaky test process pool.py test

---
 Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
index 731419a48bd128..88f458b9b2dbc2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ def test_traceback_when_child_process_terminates_abruptly(self):
             with self.assertRaises(BrokenProcessPool) as bpe:
                 future.result()
 
-        cause = bpe.exception.__cause__
+            for _ in support.sleeping_retry(support.SHORT_TIMEOUT):
+                cause = bpe.exception.__cause__
+                if isinstance(cause, futures.process._RemoteTraceback):
+                    break
+
         self.assertIsInstance(cause, futures.process._RemoteTraceback)
         self.assertIn(
             f"terminated abruptly with exit code {exit_code}", cause.tb