#20013: don't raise socket error when selected mailbox deleted.

I'm checking this in without a test because not much of this code
is tested and I don't have time to work up the necessary extensions
to the existing test framework.

The patch itself was tested by the person who reported the bug.

diff --git a/Lib/imaplib.py b/Lib/imaplib.py
index ade2f9c2aa0573e0de09993d65d838e9d5210790..ad104fe76a71d8ee3259ddd76f6be0c7d3779979 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/imaplib.py
@@ -1063,6 +1063,11 @@ class IMAP4:
                 del self.tagged_commands[tag]
                 return result
 
+            # If we've seen a BYE at this point, the socket will be
+            # closed, so report the BYE now.
+
+            self._check_bye()
+
             # Some have reported "unexpected response" exceptions.
             # Note that ignoring them here causes loops.
             # Instead, send me details of the unexpected response and

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b28079cd93efd3c6399c118184c5004eba48e824..828cceb7a9b4c72b782f4c50969518ebf81674c0 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #20013: Some imap servers disconnect if the current mailbox is
+  deleted, and imaplib did not handle that case gracefully.  Now it
+  handles the 'bye' correctly.
+
 - Issue #20531: Revert 3.4 version of fix for #19063, and apply the 3.3
   version.  That is, do *not* raise an error if unicode is passed to
   email.message.Message.set_payload.