Using break in a loop inside except* gives an error #10766
Description
Environment data
- Pylance version: v2025.7.1
- OS and version: Windows 10 22H2
- Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.12.4
Code Snippet
except* TimeoutError as exc:
x = 10
while True:
x -= 1
if x < 0:
break
...Expected behavior
The code works fine as far as I can tell, so this shouldn't be an error.
Actual behavior
Gives "break" is not allowed in an "except*" block
Logs
2025-08-04 00:51:44.664 [info] Native locator: Refresh started
2025-08-04 00:51:44.701 [info] > pyenv which python
2025-08-04 00:51:44.701 [info] cwd: .
2025-08-04 00:51:44.713 [info] Python interpreter path: .\.venv\Scripts\python.exe
2025-08-04 00:51:44.727 [info] Native locator: Refresh finished in 263 ms
2025-08-04 00:51:45.746 [info] Starting Pylance language server.
2025-08-04 00:51:54.855 [info] Discover tests for workspace name: fractalrhomb - uri: d:\GitHub\fractalrhomb\cogs\splash.py
2025-08-04 00:51:59.432 [info] Discover tests for workspace name: fractalrhomb - uri: d:\GitHub\fractalrhomb\cogs\splash.py