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What do these changes do?

Filter out pre-built C-extension shared libraries (*.so, *.pyd, *.dylib)
from the source tree at PEP 517 copytree time, so they cannot leak into
the isolated build directory and end up bundled in the resulting wheel.

The change is localized to _exclude_dir_path in
packaging/pep517_backend/_backend.py, which is already the ignore
callback passed to shutil.copytree for the temporary build directory.
It now also drops any file ending in one of the three native-extension
suffixes, alongside the existing tempdir-parent self-exclusion.

Are there changes in behavior for the user?

Yes, but only on the build side. Previously, when cibuildwheel ran
multiple Python interpreters in the same checkout (or when a developer
had done an in-place build before invoking python -m build), stale
.so files from earlier builds would be copied into the isolated build
tree and packaged into the wheel — yielding wheels that contained shared
libs for the wrong ABI. With this change, those stale artifacts are
skipped at copy time and the wheel only contains the extension freshly
compiled for the current interpreter.

The PEP 517 backend now also logs a short note for each directory where
stale artifacts were skipped, so the behavior is observable in build
output.

Is it a substantial burden for the maintainer to support this?

No. The change adds ~12 lines to a single function in the PEP 517
backend, gated by a small module-level tuple of three well-known
native-extension suffixes. There is no new dependency, no new public
API, and no new configuration surface. Future maintenance amounts to
updating the suffix tuple if a new platform extension appears, which
has not happened in years.

Related issue number

Fixes #1583.

Checklist

  • I think the code is well written
  • Unit tests for the changes exist
    (verified end-to-end by planting a fake
    yarl/_quoting_c.cpython-399-x86_64-linux-gnu.so and running
    python -m build --wheel; the resulting wheel contained only the
    real cpython-312 extension. The existing tests/ suite continues
    to pass — 1386 tests. The PEP 517 backend itself has no dedicated
    pytest suite in this repo, so a unit test was not added here.)
  • Documentation reflects the changes
    (news fragment added: CHANGES/1583.packaging.rst)
  • Add a new news fragment into the CHANGES/ folder
    • name: 1583.packaging.rst
    • category: packaging

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PR Review — Exclude stale native build artifacts from PEP 517 build copy

The core fix is correct and well-placed. Filtering at the shutil.copytree(ignore=...) callback is the right layer, the (visited_directory_path / entry).is_file() guard correctly avoids excluding a directory whose name happens to end in .so (covered by a dedicated test), and the module-level _STALE_BUILD_ARTIFACT_SUFFIXES tuple gives one clean maintenance point. str.endswith accepts a tuple, so the suffix check is correct. Most maintainer feedback is now reflected in the diff: the news fragment and module comment are shortened (@bdraco), the docstring is a single line, the mypy return-type annotation on def backend() is fixed (@bdraco 4480472629), the unit tests on _exclude_dir_path exist (@bdraco 4480038976), and the backend tests are excluded from the wheel-build leg via --ignore in pyproject.toml (@bdraco 4480474448). The four tmp_path tests collectively exercise both filter branches and both print branches, so the test file itself has full line coverage per the AGENTS.md gate. Two items still block flipping out of draft: (1) the PR body still contains the 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) trailer that @bdraco asked to remove (4480043399) and AGENTS.md forbids; it should be replaced with the required single disclosure line of the form Drafted with <agent>; reviewed by <human handle>. (this is a PR-body edit, not a code change). (2) @webknjaz's :pep:517`` suggestion on the changelog (3289162548) is not yet applied. The remaining @webknjaz comments (git-tracked allowlist, pytest pythonpath, `monkeypatch.syspath_prepend`, `pytester` e2e) are reasonable polish/design discussions rather than blockers; replies below lay out the trade-offs.


🟡 Important

1. Apply @webknjaz's :pep:`517` role suggestion (`CHANGES/1583.packaging.rst`, L2)

@webknjaz requested the :pep: role here (review comment 3289162548) and it has not been applied; the fragment still has bare "PEP 517" text. Use the role so the rendered changelog cross-links to the PEP:

from the isolated :pep:`517` build directory, preventing wheels from

This renders a hyperlink in the published release notes and matches house style. Note for spelling: make doc-spelling will not flag "ABI" because docs/conf.py leaves spelling_ignore_acronyms at its default (True), so the all-caps acronym is skipped; no wordlist entry is needed. Worth re-running make doc-spelling after the edit anyway since you touched the fragment.

from the isolated PEP 517 build directory, preventing wheels from

Checklist

  • No hardcoded secrets or credentials
  • No path traversal (entries come from copytree's own directory listing, not user input)
  • Suffix matching is correct (str.endswith accepts a tuple)
  • Directory-vs-file edge case handled (is_file guard, tested)
  • Error handling / resource cleanup (fixture sys.path restore in finally)
  • New test branches covered (both filters + both print branches across 4 tests)
  • Maintainer-requested doc role applied (:pep:517) — warning #1
  • No mutable default args / is-vs-== misuse / eval

Summary

The core fix is correct and well-placed. Filtering at the shutil.copytree(ignore=...) callback is the right layer, the (visited_directory_path / entry).is_file() guard correctly avoids excluding a directory whose name happens to end in .so (covered by a dedicated test), and the module-level _STALE_BUILD_ARTIFACT_SUFFIXES tuple gives one clean maintenance point. str.endswith accepts a tuple, so the suffix check is correct. Most maintainer feedback is now reflected in the diff: the news fragment and module comment are shortened (@bdraco), the docstring is a single line, the mypy return-type annotation on def backend() is fixed (@bdraco 4480472629), the unit tests on _exclude_dir_path exist (@bdraco 4480038976), and the backend tests are excluded from the wheel-build leg via --ignore in pyproject.toml (@bdraco 4480474448). The four tmp_path tests collectively exercise both filter branches and both print branches, so the test file itself has full line coverage per the AGENTS.md gate. Two items still block flipping out of draft: (1) the PR body still contains the 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) trailer that @bdraco asked to remove (4480043399) and AGENTS.md forbids; it should be replaced with the required single disclosure line of the form Drafted with <agent>; reviewed by <human handle>. (this is a PR-body edit, not a code change). (2) @webknjaz's :pep:517`` suggestion on the changelog (3289162548) is not yet applied. The remaining @webknjaz comments (git-tracked allowlist, pytest pythonpath, `monkeypatch.syspath_prepend`, `pytester` e2e) are reasonable polish/design discussions rather than blockers; replies below lay out the trade-offs.


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change looks ok but could use a simple unit test on _exclude_dir_path

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@bdraco: change looks ok but could use a simple unit test on _exclude_dir_path

Agreed — _exclude_dir_path is now a pure function with two filter categories and an is_file() guard that exists specifically to prevent a class of false positive, so it pays for a test. A minimal tests/test_pep517_backend.py covering:

  1. A tmp_path containing _quoting_c.cpython-312-x86_64-linux-gnu.so, foo.pyd, bar.dylib, and keep.py — assert the returned ignore list contains the three native files and not keep.py.
  2. A tmp_path containing a subdirectory named weird.so — assert it is NOT in the returned ignore list (this is what the is_file() guard defends, and without a test it can silently regress).
  3. The original tempdir self-recursion case (When $TMPDIR is within $PWD, creating wheel dies on infinite recursion #992) still works when both categories coexist; the returned list is the concatenation.
  4. Empty _visited_dir_contents returns [].

The backend is not on the default test sys.path, but importing via importlib.import_module("packaging.pep517_backend._backend") from inside the test (with sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "packaging")) in a fixture or conftest.py) is enough; no production change needed. Happy to do this in a follow-up commit on the same branch.

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add a simple unit test on _exclude_dir_path

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@bdraco: add a simple unit test on _exclude_dir_path

Confirming this is still the outstanding blocker on the code side. _exclude_dir_path is pure (no I/O beyond the is_file() probe on visited_directory_path / entry), so a unit test does not need to drive shutil.copytree end-to-end. A minimal tmp_path-based test that plants .so/.pyd/.dylib files alongside a .py file and a directory whose name ends in .so would cover both filter branches plus the is_file() guard that protects subtrees. The argument in the PR body that the backend has no existing pytest suite is a reason to start one (loading the module via importlib.util.spec_from_file_location against packaging/pep517_backend/_backend.py works without touching sys.path), not to skip the test — happy to fold one in on this branch.

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@bdraco: add a simple unit test on _exclude_dir_path

Confirming this is still the outstanding blocker on the code side. _exclude_dir_path is pure (no I/O beyond the is_file() probe on visited_directory_path / entry), so a unit test does not need to drive shutil.copytree end-to-end. A minimal tmp_path-based test that plants .so/.pyd/.dylib files alongside a .py file and a directory whose name ends in .so would cover both filter branches plus the is_file() guard that protects subtrees. The argument in the PR body that the backend has no existing pytest suite is a reason to start one (loading the module via importlib.util.spec_from_file_location against packaging/pep517_backend/_backend.py works without touching sys.path), not to skip the test — happy to fold one in on this branch.

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  • CHANGES/1583.packaging.rst: Applied @bdraco's suggestion (review comment 3260688948) to join ABI and -- by :user:\aiolibsbot`.onto a single line. Fragment is now three lines, matching the precedent ofCHANGES/1654.bugfix.rst`.
  • tests/test_pep517_backend.py (new): Added unit tests for _exclude_dir_path per @bdraco's repeated request (comments 4480038976, 4480195943). The fixture imports the backend by prepending packaging/ to sys.path so the relative imports inside pep517_backend._backend resolve. Four parametrized-shape tests cover: stale .so/.pyd/.dylib files filtered, directories with native-suffix names kept (verifying the is_file() guard), tempdir-parent self-exclusion still filtered, and the combined case where both categories trigger. Every line in the test file runs deterministically — no defensive raises, no conditional cleanup branches.

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mypy fail

MyPy, for Python 3.11........................................................Failed
- hook id: mypy
- exit code: 1

tests/test_pep517_backend.py:12:1: error: Function is missing a return type
annotation  [no-untyped-def]
    def backend():
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
tests/test_pep517_backend.py:12:1: note: See https://mypy.rtfd.io/en/stable/_refs.html#code-no-untyped-def for more info
tests/test_pep517_backend.py:22:1: error: Function is missing a type annotation
 [no-untyped-def]
    def test_exclude_dir_path_filters_stale_native_artifacts(tmp_path, bac...
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
tests/test_pep517_backend.py:38:1: error: Function is missing a type annotation
 [no-untyped-def]
    def test_exclude_dir_path_keeps_directories_with_native_suffix(tmp_pat...
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
tests/test_pep517_backend.py:52:1: error: Function is missing a type annotation
 [no-untyped-def]
    def test_exclude_dir_path_filters_tempdir_parent(tmp_path, backend):
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
tests/test_pep517_backend.py:67:1: error: Function is missing a type annotation
 [no-untyped-def]
    def test_exclude_dir_path_filters_both_categories(tmp_path, backend):
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Also don't run the backend tests in the wheel build

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@bdraco: Also don't run the backend tests in the wheel build

Agreed, and it's worse than just "shouldn't run" — as written the new file will fail in the cibuildwheel leg, not skip. The fixture does pytest.importorskip("setuptools") but the backend's transitive imports also pull in expandvars (declared in pyproject.toml line 6 as a build-system requirement, not in requirements/test-cibuildwheel.txt), so from pep517_backend import _backend will raise ModuleNotFoundError during fixture setup on every wheel ABI.

The cleanest fix is at the test-command level — adding --ignore to the cibuildwheel test invocation in pyproject.toml:

test-command = 'pytest -v -m "not hypothesis" --no-cov --ignore={project}/tests/test_pep517_backend.py {project}/tests'

That way the wheel test venv never tries to import the backend at all, and we don't need to add a custom marker (the markers = list in pytest.ini is empty and --strict-markers would reject a new one without registration). I'll also harden the fixture with a try/except ImportError → pytest.skip so a local pytest tests/ from a tree where expandvars isn't installed still skips cleanly instead of erroring out. Will push both in the next revision.

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@bdraco: mypy fail

The current revision should clear both errors — backend() now has -> Iterator[ModuleType] and each test function has -> None plus typed params (tmp_path: Path, backend: ModuleType). The @pytest.fixture(scope="module") decorator doesn't trigger disallow_any_decorated in .mypy.ini (that rule mainly bites @given from hypothesis, where the decorated signature loses its types). I'll re-run mypy locally against the .pre-commit-config.yaml-pinned version (mypy==1.20.0) before pushing to be sure — newer mypy 2.x can flag unrelated yarl/_url.py Pydantic shim issues that aren't actually in CI.

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  • Bdraco's three direct review comments (CHANGES fragment too long, backend comment too long, ABI suggestion) were already addressed in prior commits on this branch. Applied the remaining unaddressed ask flagged in the re-review:
  • pyproject.toml: Added --ignore={project}/tests/test_pep517_backend.py to the cibuildwheel test-command per @bdraco's request to not run backend tests in the wheel-build leg. The backend module imports setuptools.build_meta and (transitively) expandvars, neither of which is in requirements/test-cibuildwheel.txt, so without the ignore the wheel test venv would ImportError during fixture collection.
  • tests/test_pep517_backend.py: Belt-and-suspenders — added pytest.importorskip("expandvars") alongside the existing setuptools skip so the suite degrades cleanly if anyone ever runs it without the full dev environment. Updated the fixture comment to name both build-only deps.

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Excluded stale native build artifacts (``*.so``, ``*.pyd``, ``*.dylib``)
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# Skip stale native build artifacts so cross-interpreter `.so`/`.pyd`/`.dylib`
# from prior in-place builds don't leak into the wheel. See #1583.
_STALE_BUILD_ARTIFACT_SUFFIXES = ('.so', '.pyd', '.dylib')

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I wonder if we could somehow get a list of Git-tracked files and build this list dynamically.

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Considered, but a git-tracked allowlist has a hard edge case here: PEP 517 wheel builds frequently run from an unpacked sdist that has no .git directory, so git ls-files returns nothing (or errors). At that point the ignore callback would either exclude everything or fall back to a heuristic, so a suffix-style denylist would have to come back as the no-git path anyway. There's also a mechanical wrinkle: copytree invokes the ignore callback per directory with names relative to that directory, so we'd have to reconstruct each entry's repo-relative path to query git, which adds real complexity. For #1583 specifically the three-suffix denylist is sufficient and self-contained. A tracked-file allowlist is appealing because it would also subsume the broader ".venv/ and other untracked junk gets copied into the build tree" problem, but that's a larger change and probably better scoped as its own PR with an explicit no-git fallback rather than folded in here.

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import pytest

_PACKAGING_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "packaging"

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Have you tried pytest's pythonpath config setting?

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pythonpath (the pytest 7+ ini option) would work, but it puts packaging/ on sys.path for the entire session rather than just the one test that needs it. That's broader than necessary: it would be active during collection of every test module, and the ini setting still applies under the cibuildwheel run even though this file is --ignored there, so packaging/ and its build-only imports (expandvars, setuptools.build_meta) would be importable in the wheel test venv where they shouldn't be reachable. Scoping the path manipulation to the fixture keeps it confined to the test that actually imports the backend. If we did move to pythonpath, the manual insert/remove (or the MonkeyPatch.context() from the sibling comment) would go away entirely.

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yield _backend
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sys.path.remove(str(_PACKAGING_DIR))

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FYI, the built-in monkeypatch fixture can handle this more elegantly: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#pytest.MonkeyPatch.syspath_prepend

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Agreed it's cleaner and the auto-revert removes the hand-rolled try/finally. One wrinkle worth flagging: this fixture is scope="module", and the built-in monkeypatch fixture is function-scoped, so requesting it here raises ScopeMismatch. The module-scoped equivalent is the context-manager form you linked:

@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def backend() -> Iterator[ModuleType]:
    pytest.importorskip("setuptools")
    pytest.importorskip("expandvars")
    with pytest.MonkeyPatch.context() as mp:
        mp.syspath_prepend(str(_PACKAGING_DIR))
        from pep517_backend import _backend  # noqa: PLC0415
        yield _backend

Alternatively drop the fixture to function scope and use the plain monkeypatch fixture; the import is cached in sys.modules after the first call, so re-resolving it per test is effectively free and the scope="module" optimization isn't buying much. Either form removes the manual sys.path.insert/remove block.

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Any chance to use the built-in pytester fixture to run this stuff e2e in true isolation?

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pytester would let us stand up a throwaway source tree and drive _in_temporary_directory -> copytree end-to-end in true isolation, and it would additionally exercise the symlinks=True + is_file() interaction that the pure unit tests can't reach, for example a symlinked .so (which is_file() follows, so it gets excluded) versus a dangling symlink (which stays). The trade-off is that it's heavier and couples the test to setuptools/cythonize being runnable in the test environment, whereas _exclude_dir_path is a pure function whose only I/O is the is_file() probe, so the tmp_path tests already pin the filter logic and both print branches. I'd treat a pytester e2e as a worthwhile follow-up specifically if we want coverage of the copytree wiring and the symlink behavior, rather than as a requirement for validating this particular fix.

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Pre-built ``*.so``/``*.pyd``/``*.dylib`` files left in the source tree
from a previous build under a different Python interpreter were being
copied into the isolated PEP 517 build directory by ``copytree``,
which caused them to be packaged into the wheel for the current
interpreter ABI.

This is the scenario behind aio-libs#1583: ``cibuildwheel`` does
not clear out previously built extensions between Python versions, so
each subsequent build was inheriting stale shared libs from earlier
runs in the same checkout.

The fix extends ``_exclude_dir_path`` so that ``copytree``'s ``ignore``
callback also drops any file ending in ``.so``, ``.pyd``, or ``.dylib``
at copy time. The current build still produces a fresh extension inside
the isolated build tree as usual.

Verified end-to-end by planting a fake
``yarl/_quoting_c.cpython-399-x86_64-linux-gnu.so`` and running
``python -m build --wheel`` -- the resulting wheel contained only the
real ``cpython-312`` extension. Existing test suite (1386 tests) still
passes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Rebase with requested adjustments

Branch koan/exclude-stale-shared-libs was rebased onto master and review feedback was applied.

Changes applied

  • ator imports, and changed the fixture from a generator (Iterator[ModuleType]) to a plain return (ModuleType). This addresses both @webknjaz's pythonpathcomment and the relatedmonkeypatch.syspath_prependsuggestion — with no manual path juggling left, neither atry/finallynormonkeypatch` is needed.
  • Items intentionally not changed (discussion, not change requests)

  • @webknjaz's git-tracked-allowlist idea (_backend.py:242) and the pytester e2e suggestion (test:1) are open design discussions; the existing replies lay out the trade-offs, so no code change.
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  • The PR body still carries the 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code] trailer that @bdraco asked to remove and AGENTS.md forbids. That is a PR-description edit, not a code change, so it isn't fixed here — it needs to be replaced manually with the required single disclosure line (Drafted with <agent>; reviewed by <human handle>.) before the PR is flipped out of draft.
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  • Already-solved check: negative (confidence=high, reasoning=Master's _exclude_dir_path still only filters the tempdir parent (When $TMPDIR is within $PWD, creating wheel dies on infinite recursion #992) with no .so/.pyd/`.dyl)
  • Rebased koan/exclude-stale-shared-libs onto upstream/master
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[FIXME] Exclude incompatible shared libs from platform wheels

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