From fa9168ffcd6354db6daf759ace123a88fb60cbb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoFalke <*~=`'#}+{/-|&$^_@721217.xyz>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:44:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] test: Use asyncio.SelectorEventLoop() over deprecated
 asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy()

---
 test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py b/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
index 7a7cce6176c..bd8a1da75f3 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
@@ -740,9 +740,7 @@ class NetworkThread(threading.Thread):
 
         NetworkThread.listeners = {}
         NetworkThread.protos = {}
-        if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())
-        NetworkThread.network_event_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        NetworkThread.network_event_loop = asyncio.SelectorEventLoop() if platform.system() == "Windows" else asyncio.new_event_loop()
 
     def run(self):
         """Start the network thread."""

From fa050da9805d5388ec74e2e0f92e59e861f11918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoFalke <*~=`'#}+{/-|&$^_@721217.xyz>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:07:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test: Move event loop creation to network thread
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This should fix https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/34367

I am not familiar with Windows sockets thread-safety, but creating the
event loop on the main thread, and running it in the network thread
could lead to a fast abort in Python on Windows (without any stderr):

```
77/276 - wallet_txn_clone.py failed, Duration: 1 s

stdout:
2025-12-10T08:04:27.500134Z TestFramework (INFO): PRNG seed is: 4018092284830106117

stderr:

Combine the logs and print the last 99999999 lines ...
============
Combined log for D:\a\_temp/test_runner_₿_🏃_20251210_075632/wallet_txn_clone_196:
============
 test  2025-12-10T08:04:27.500134Z TestFramework (INFO): PRNG seed is: 4018092284830106117
 test  2025-12-10T08:04:27.500433Z TestFramework (DEBUG): Setting up network thread
```

Also, I couldn't find any docs that require the loop must be created on
the thread that runs them:

* https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.new_event_loop
* https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.loop.run_forever

However, the patch seems trivial to review, harmless, and easy to
revert, so it may be a good try to fix the intermittent Windows Python
crash.
---
 test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py            | 2 +-
 test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py b/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
index bd8a1da75f3..fae4eb94c21 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
@@ -740,10 +740,10 @@ class NetworkThread(threading.Thread):
 
         NetworkThread.listeners = {}
         NetworkThread.protos = {}
-        NetworkThread.network_event_loop = asyncio.SelectorEventLoop() if platform.system() == "Windows" else asyncio.new_event_loop()
 
     def run(self):
         """Start the network thread."""
+        NetworkThread.network_event_loop = asyncio.SelectorEventLoop() if platform.system() == "Windows" else asyncio.new_event_loop()
         self.network_event_loop.run_forever()
 
     def close(self, *, timeout):
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index fb0fc0af6b8..95bfc964d60 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
         self.log.debug('Setting up network thread')
         self.network_thread = NetworkThread()
         self.network_thread.start()
-        self.wait_until(lambda: self.network_thread.network_event_loop.is_running())
+        self.wait_until(lambda: self.network_thread.network_event_loop is not None and self.network_thread.network_event_loop.is_running())
 
         if self.options.usecli:
             if not self.supports_cli: