gh-126083: Fix a reference leak in asyncio.Task when reinitializing with new non-None context

Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_tasks.py

@@ -2688,6 +2688,25 @@ def test_get_context(self):
         finally:
             loop.close()
 
+    def test_proper_refcounts(self):
+        class Break:
+            def __str__(self):
+                raise Exception("break")
+
+        obj = object()
+        initial_refcount = sys.getrefcount(obj)
+
+        coro = coroutine_function()
+        task = asyncio.Task.__new__(asyncio.Task)
+
+        for _ in range(10000):
+            try:
+                task.__init__(coro, context=obj, name=Break())
+            except: pass
+        del task
+
+        self.assertEqual(sys.getrefcount(obj), initial_refcount)
+
 
 def add_subclass_tests(cls):
     BaseTask = cls.Task

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-28-22-35-22.gh-issue-126083.TuI--n.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed a reference leak that would happen in asyncio tasks when you would
+reinitialize your task object with a non-None context.

Modules/_asynciomodule.c

@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ _asyncio_Task___init___impl(TaskObj *self, PyObject *coro, PyObject *loop,
             return -1;
         }
     } else {
-        self->task_context = Py_NewRef(context);
+        Py_XSETREF(self->task_context, Py_NewRef(context));
     }
 
     Py_CLEAR(self->task_fut_waiter);