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Windows log rotation PermissionError handling approaches

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #46794. Check it covers your case.

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A bug report and multiple proposed fixes addressing PermissionError raised during RotatingFileHandler.doRollover() on Windows, with approaches ranging from catching the exception to aliasing or switching to ConcurrentRotatingFileHandler.

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  • #46794 fix(logging): alias RotatingFileHandler to concurrent-log-handler (salvage #44921)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_logging.py, pyproject.toml, tests/test_hermes_logging.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 2 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #44904 fix(logging): use ConcurrentRotatingFileHandler to fix Windows rollover PermissionError (#44873) · closed without comment
  • #44974 fix(logging): catch PermissionError in Windows log rotation (#44873) · closed without comment
  • #45062 fix(logging): catch PermissionError in doRollover (#44873) · superseded by another PR → #44974, #44873
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#44873[Bug]: RotatingFileHandler.doRollover() raises PermissionError [WinError 32] on Windows — uncaught, spams stderr on every emit
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17 Jun 2026

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