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Debug: Python asyncio event loop already running

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Error Messages

RuntimeError: This event loop is already running
RuntimeError: cannot call run() from a running event loop

Problem

RuntimeError: This event loop is already running — happens when calling asyncio.run() inside Jupyter notebooks or already-async code.

Solution

Fixes depending on context:

  1. In Jupyter notebooks:


# Option A: Use await directly (Jupyter has its own event loop)
result = await async_function()

# Option B: Use nest_asyncio
import nest_asyncio
nest_asyncio.apply()
asyncio.run(async_function()) # Now works

  1. In already-async code:


# BAD: asyncio.run() inside async function
async def handler():
result = asyncio.run(other_async()) # ERROR!

# GOOD: just await it
async def handler():
result = await other_async()

  1. In sync code calling async:


# If you need to call async from sync in a running loop:
import asyncio
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
future = asyncio.ensure_future(async_function())
result = loop.run_until_complete(future) # Only if loop not running

  1. Thread-safe from sync context:


loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, loop)
result = future.result(timeout=30)

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