Make yf.download() reentrant by removing shared module globals

`download()` used module-level dicts in `yfinance.shared` (`_DFS`,
`_ERRORS`, `_TRACEBACKS`, `_ISINS`) as scratch space. Concurrent calls
trampled each other; the previous fix wrapped the whole call in
`shared._LOCK`, which silently serialized parallel downloads — hiding
the race instead of removing it, and defeating the parallelism users
reach for `download()` to get.

- Introduce `_DownloadCtx` per call holding `dfs/errors/tracebacks/isins`
  plus a fine-grained lock for thread workers.
- `_download_one`, `_download_one_threaded`, `_realign_dfs` take the ctx
  explicitly and write into it.
- Drop the call-wide `shared._LOCK.acquire()`; concurrent `download()`
  calls now actually run in parallel. The polling loop on the threaded
  path reads `len(ctx.dfs)` under the ctx lock.
- `PriceHistory` records soft errors (delisted, missing tz, repair
  failure) in `self._last_error` instead of `shared._ERRORS`; the
  download loop reads it after `Ticker.history()` returns.
- `yfinance.shared` is left in place for import-compat with code that
  may still import it, but yfinance no longer reads or writes it.
- Update existing test_multi to the new `_download_one(ctx, ...)`
  signature and add regression tests covering result separation,
  no-raise on concurrent calls, and a sentinel proving `shared._DFS`
  is no longer used as scratch space.
This commit is contained in:
Alessandro Colace
2026-05-09 18:43:48 +02:00
parent 570e02f7b0
commit a710ba8340
4 changed files with 164 additions and 120 deletions
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"""Concurrent ``yf.download()`` calls must not share scratch state.
These tests assert that two concurrent ``download()`` calls each receive a
DataFrame containing exactly the tickers they requested — no contamination,
no exceptions — and that ``download()`` no longer relies on module-level
dicts in ``yfinance.shared`` as scratch space.
"""
import unittest
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from tests.context import yfinance as yf
class TestDownloadConcurrency(unittest.TestCase):
def _fetch(self, tickers):
return yf.download(
tickers, period="5d", interval="1d",
threads=False, progress=False, auto_adjust=False,
)
def test_concurrent_downloads_keep_results_separate(self):
chunk_a = ["AAPL", "MSFT", "GOOG"]
chunk_b = ["NVDA", "META", "AMZN"]
with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2) as ex:
futures = [ex.submit(self._fetch, chunk_a), ex.submit(self._fetch, chunk_b)]
results = [f.result() for f in futures]
# Each result must contain exactly its requested tickers — neither
# missing any nor leaking the other call's tickers.
got_a = set(results[0].columns.get_level_values("Ticker"))
got_b = set(results[1].columns.get_level_values("Ticker"))
self.assertEqual(got_a, set(chunk_a))
self.assertEqual(got_b, set(chunk_b))
def test_concurrent_downloads_do_not_raise(self):
# Repeat several times to make races more likely to surface.
chunks = [["AAPL", "MSFT"], ["NVDA", "META"], ["GOOG", "AMZN"], ["TSLA", "JPM"]]
with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as ex:
list(ex.map(self._fetch, chunks))
def test_download_does_not_use_module_globals(self):
# Pre-populate shared._DFS with a sentinel; if download() still
# depended on it as scratch space, the sentinel would either be
# wiped or leak into the result.
from yfinance import shared
sentinel = object()
shared._DFS = {"__SENTINEL__": sentinel}
df = self._fetch(["AAPL"])
self.assertEqual(set(df.columns.get_level_values("Ticker")), {"AAPL"})
self.assertIs(shared._DFS.get("__SENTINEL__"), sentinel)
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()
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@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
import pandas as pd
from tests.context import yfinance as yf
from yfinance import shared
class TestDownloadThreadSafety(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -23,10 +22,12 @@ class TestDownloadThreadSafety(unittest.TestCase):
index=idx,
)
def mock_download_one(ticker, *args, **kwargs):
def mock_download_one(ctx, ticker, *args, **kwargs):
time.sleep(0.05)
df = aapl_df if ticker.upper() == 'AAPL' else msft_df
shared._DFS[ticker.upper()] = df
sym = ticker.upper()
df = aapl_df if sym == 'AAPL' else msft_df
with ctx.lock:
ctx.dfs[sym] = df
return df
results = {}
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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
from __future__ import print_function
import logging
import threading
import time as _time
import traceback
from typing import Union
@@ -32,10 +33,23 @@ from curl_cffi import requests
from . import Ticker, utils
from .data import YfData
from . import shared
from .config import YfConfig
from .const import period_default
class _DownloadCtx:
"""Per-call scratch state for download(). Concurrent calls each get
their own instance, so no shared mutation between threads."""
__slots__ = ('dfs', 'errors', 'tracebacks', 'isins', 'progress_bar', 'lock')
def __init__(self):
self.dfs = {}
self.errors = {}
self.tracebacks = {}
self.isins = {}
self.progress_bar = None
self.lock = threading.Lock()
@utils.log_indent_decorator
def download(tickers, start=None, end=None, actions=False, threads=True,
ignore_tz=None, group_by='column', auto_adjust=True, back_adjust=False,
@@ -92,20 +106,17 @@ def download(tickers, start=None, end=None, actions=False, threads=True,
multi_level_index: bool
Optional. Always return a MultiIndex DataFrame? Default is True
"""
shared._LOCK.acquire()
try:
return _download_impl(
tickers, start=start, end=end, actions=actions, threads=threads,
ignore_tz=ignore_tz, group_by=group_by, auto_adjust=auto_adjust,
back_adjust=back_adjust, repair=repair, keepna=keepna, progress=progress,
period=period, interval=interval, prepost=prepost, rounding=rounding,
timeout=timeout, session=session, multi_level_index=multi_level_index,
)
finally:
shared._LOCK.release()
return _download_impl(
_DownloadCtx(),
tickers, start=start, end=end, actions=actions, threads=threads,
ignore_tz=ignore_tz, group_by=group_by, auto_adjust=auto_adjust,
back_adjust=back_adjust, repair=repair, keepna=keepna, progress=progress,
period=period, interval=interval, prepost=prepost, rounding=rounding,
timeout=timeout, session=session, multi_level_index=multi_level_index,
)
def _download_impl(tickers, start=None, end=None, actions=False, threads=True,
def _download_impl(ctx, tickers, start=None, end=None, actions=False, threads=True,
ignore_tz=None, group_by='column', auto_adjust=True, back_adjust=False,
repair=False, keepna=False, progress=True, period=period_default, interval="1d",
prepost=False, rounding=False, timeout=10, session=None,
@@ -113,127 +124,96 @@ def _download_impl(tickers, start=None, end=None, actions=False, threads=True,
logger = utils.get_yf_logger()
session = session or requests.Session(impersonate="chrome")
# Ensure data initialised with session.
YfData(session=session)
if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
if threads:
# With DEBUG, each thread generates a lot of log messages.
# And with multi-threading, these messages will be interleaved, bad!
# So disable multi-threading to make log readable.
# multi-threaded log messages would interleave; serialize.
logger.debug('Disabling multithreading because DEBUG logging enabled')
threads = False
if progress:
# Disable progress bar, interferes with display of log messages
progress = False
if ignore_tz is None:
# Set default value depending on interval
if interval[-1] in ['m', 'h']:
# Intraday
ignore_tz = False
else:
ignore_tz = True
ignore_tz = interval[-1] not in ('m', 'h')
# create ticker list
tickers = tickers if isinstance(
tickers, (list, set, tuple)) else tickers.replace(',', ' ').split()
# accept isin as ticker
shared._ISINS = {}
_tickers_ = []
for ticker in tickers:
if utils.is_isin(ticker):
isin = ticker
ticker = utils.get_ticker_by_isin(ticker)
shared._ISINS[ticker] = isin
ctx.isins[ticker] = isin
_tickers_.append(ticker)
tickers = _tickers_
tickers = list(set([ticker.upper() for ticker in tickers]))
tickers = list(set([t.upper() for t in _tickers_]))
if progress:
shared._PROGRESS_BAR = utils.ProgressBar(len(tickers), 'completed')
ctx.progress_bar = utils.ProgressBar(len(tickers), 'completed')
# reset shared._DFS
shared._DFS = {}
shared._ERRORS = {}
shared._TRACEBACKS = {}
# download using threads
if threads:
if threads is True:
threads = min([len(tickers), _multitasking.cpu_count() * 2])
_multitasking.set_max_threads(threads)
for i, ticker in enumerate(tickers):
_download_one_threaded(ticker, period=period, interval=interval,
_download_one_threaded(ctx, ticker, period=period, interval=interval,
start=start, end=end, prepost=prepost,
actions=actions, auto_adjust=auto_adjust,
back_adjust=back_adjust, repair=repair, keepna=keepna,
progress=(progress and i > 0),
rounding=rounding, timeout=timeout)
while len(shared._DFS) < len(tickers):
while True:
with ctx.lock:
if len(ctx.dfs) >= len(tickers):
break
_time.sleep(0.01)
# download synchronously
else:
for i, ticker in enumerate(tickers):
data = _download_one(ticker, period=period, interval=interval,
start=start, end=end, prepost=prepost,
actions=actions, auto_adjust=auto_adjust,
back_adjust=back_adjust, repair=repair, keepna=keepna,
rounding=rounding, timeout=timeout)
_download_one(ctx, ticker, period=period, interval=interval,
start=start, end=end, prepost=prepost,
actions=actions, auto_adjust=auto_adjust,
back_adjust=back_adjust, repair=repair, keepna=keepna,
rounding=rounding, timeout=timeout)
if progress:
shared._PROGRESS_BAR.animate()
ctx.progress_bar.animate()
if progress:
shared._PROGRESS_BAR.completed()
ctx.progress_bar.completed()
if shared._ERRORS:
# Send errors to logging module
logger = utils.get_yf_logger()
if ctx.errors:
logger.error('\n%.f Failed download%s:' % (
len(shared._ERRORS), 's' if len(shared._ERRORS) > 1 else ''))
len(ctx.errors), 's' if len(ctx.errors) > 1 else ''))
# Log each distinct error once, with list of symbols affected
errors = {}
for ticker in shared._ERRORS:
err = shared._ERRORS[ticker]
for ticker, err in ctx.errors.items():
err = err.replace(f'${ticker}: ', '')
if err not in errors:
errors[err] = [ticker]
else:
errors[err].append(ticker)
for err in errors.keys():
logger.error(f'{errors[err]}: ' + err)
errors.setdefault(err, []).append(ticker)
for err, syms in errors.items():
logger.error(f'{syms}: ' + err)
# Log each distinct traceback once, with list of symbols affected
tbs = {}
for ticker in shared._TRACEBACKS:
tb = shared._TRACEBACKS[ticker]
for ticker, tb in ctx.tracebacks.items():
tb = tb.replace(f'${ticker}: ', '')
if tb not in tbs:
tbs[tb] = [ticker]
else:
tbs[tb].append(ticker)
for tb in tbs.keys():
logger.debug(f'{tbs[tb]}: ' + tb)
tbs.setdefault(tb, []).append(ticker)
for tb, syms in tbs.items():
logger.debug(f'{syms}: ' + tb)
if ignore_tz:
for tkr in shared._DFS.keys():
if (shared._DFS[tkr] is not None) and (shared._DFS[tkr].shape[0] > 0):
shared._DFS[tkr].index = shared._DFS[tkr].index.tz_localize(None)
for tkr, df in ctx.dfs.items():
if df is not None and df.shape[0] > 0:
df.index = df.index.tz_localize(None)
try:
data = _pd.concat(shared._DFS.values(), axis=1, sort=True,
keys=shared._DFS.keys(), names=['Ticker', 'Price'])
data = _pd.concat(ctx.dfs.values(), axis=1, sort=True,
keys=ctx.dfs.keys(), names=['Ticker', 'Price'])
except Exception:
_realign_dfs()
data = _pd.concat(shared._DFS.values(), axis=1, sort=True,
keys=shared._DFS.keys(), names=['Ticker', 'Price'])
_realign_dfs(ctx)
data = _pd.concat(ctx.dfs.values(), axis=1, sort=True,
keys=ctx.dfs.keys(), names=['Ticker', 'Price'])
data.index = _pd.to_datetime(data.index, utc=not ignore_tz)
# switch names back to isins if applicable
data.rename(columns=shared._ISINS, inplace=True)
data.rename(columns=ctx.isins, inplace=True)
if group_by == 'column':
data.columns = data.columns.swaplevel(0, 1)
@@ -245,64 +225,72 @@ def _download_impl(tickers, start=None, end=None, actions=False, threads=True,
return data
def _realign_dfs():
def _realign_dfs(ctx):
idx_len = 0
idx = None
for df in shared._DFS.values():
for df in ctx.dfs.values():
if len(df) > idx_len:
idx_len = len(df)
idx = df.index
for key in shared._DFS.keys():
for key in list(ctx.dfs.keys()):
try:
shared._DFS[key] = _pd.DataFrame(
index=idx, data=shared._DFS[key]).drop_duplicates()
ctx.dfs[key] = _pd.DataFrame(
index=idx, data=ctx.dfs[key]).drop_duplicates()
except Exception:
shared._DFS[key] = _pd.concat([
utils.empty_df(idx), shared._DFS[key].dropna()
ctx.dfs[key] = _pd.concat([
utils.empty_df(idx), ctx.dfs[key].dropna()
], axis=0, sort=True)
# remove duplicate index
shared._DFS[key] = shared._DFS[key].loc[
~shared._DFS[key].index.duplicated(keep='last')]
ctx.dfs[key] = ctx.dfs[key].loc[
~ctx.dfs[key].index.duplicated(keep='last')]
@_multitasking.task
def _download_one_threaded(ticker, start=None, end=None,
def _download_one_threaded(ctx, ticker, start=None, end=None,
auto_adjust=False, back_adjust=False, repair=False,
actions=False, progress=True, period=None,
interval="1d", prepost=False,
keepna=False, rounding=False, timeout=10):
_download_one(ticker, start, end, auto_adjust, back_adjust, repair,
actions, period, interval, prepost, rounding,
keepna, timeout)
_download_one(ctx, ticker, start, end, auto_adjust, back_adjust, repair,
actions, period, interval, prepost, rounding,
keepna, timeout)
if progress:
shared._PROGRESS_BAR.animate()
ctx.progress_bar.animate()
def _download_one(ticker, start=None, end=None,
def _download_one(ctx, ticker, start=None, end=None,
auto_adjust=False, back_adjust=False, repair=False,
actions=False, period=None, interval="1d",
prepost=False, rounding=False,
keepna=False, timeout=10):
data = None
sym = ticker.upper()
backup = YfConfig.network.hide_exceptions
YfConfig.network.hide_exceptions = False
try:
data = Ticker(ticker).history(
period=period, interval=interval,
start=start, end=end, prepost=prepost,
actions=actions, auto_adjust=auto_adjust,
back_adjust=back_adjust, repair=repair,
rounding=rounding, keepna=keepna, timeout=timeout
tkr = Ticker(ticker)
data = tkr.history(
period=period, interval=interval,
start=start, end=end, prepost=prepost,
actions=actions, auto_adjust=auto_adjust,
back_adjust=back_adjust, repair=repair,
rounding=rounding, keepna=keepna, timeout=timeout
)
shared._DFS[ticker.upper()] = data
with ctx.lock:
ctx.dfs[sym] = data
# PriceHistory records soft errors (e.g. delisted, missing tz)
# without raising; surface them so download() can log them.
ph = tkr._price_history
if ph is not None and ph._last_error is not None:
ctx.errors[sym] = ph._last_error
except Exception as e:
shared._DFS[ticker.upper()] = utils.empty_df()
shared._ERRORS[ticker.upper()] = repr(e)
shared._TRACEBACKS[ticker.upper()] = traceback.format_exc()
with ctx.lock:
ctx.dfs[sym] = utils.empty_df()
ctx.errors[sym] = repr(e)
ctx.tracebacks[sym] = traceback.format_exc()
YfConfig.network.hide_exceptions = backup
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import pandas as pd
import time as _time
import warnings
from yfinance import shared, utils
from yfinance import utils
from yfinance.config import YfConfig
from yfinance.const import _BASE_URL_, _PRICE_COLNAMES_, period_default, _SENTINEL_
from yfinance.exceptions import YFDataException, YFInvalidPeriodError, YFPricesMissingError, YFRateLimitError, YFTzMissingError
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class PriceHistory:
# Limit recursion depth when repairing prices
self._reconstruct_start_interval = None
self._last_error = None
@utils.log_indent_decorator
def history(self, period=period_default, interval="1d",
start=None, end=None, prepost=False, actions=True,
@@ -105,8 +107,7 @@ class PriceHistory:
# Every valid ticker has a timezone. A missing timezone is a problem.
_exception = YFTzMissingError(self.ticker)
err_msg = str(_exception)
shared._DFS[self.ticker] = utils.empty_df()
shared._ERRORS[self.ticker] = err_msg.split(': ', 1)[1]
self._last_error = err_msg.split(': ', 1)[1]
if raise_errors or (not YfConfig.debug.hide_exceptions):
raise _exception
else:
@@ -131,8 +132,7 @@ class PriceHistory:
# Every valid ticker has a timezone. A missing timezone is a problem.
_exception = YFTzMissingError(self.ticker)
err_msg = str(_exception)
shared._DFS[self.ticker] = utils.empty_df()
shared._ERRORS[self.ticker] = err_msg.split(': ', 1)[1]
self._last_error = err_msg.split(': ', 1)[1]
if raise_errors or (not YfConfig.debug.hide_exceptions):
raise _exception
else:
@@ -289,8 +289,7 @@ class PriceHistory:
if fail:
err_msg = str(_exception)
shared._DFS[self.ticker] = utils.empty_df()
shared._ERRORS[self.ticker] = err_msg.split(': ', 1)[1]
self._last_error = err_msg.split(': ', 1)[1]
if raise_errors or (not YfConfig.debug.hide_exceptions):
raise _exception
else:
@@ -504,8 +503,7 @@ class PriceHistory:
err_msg = "auto_adjust failed with %s" % e
else:
err_msg = "back_adjust failed with %s" % e
shared._DFS[self.ticker] = utils.empty_df()
shared._ERRORS[self.ticker] = err_msg
self._last_error = err_msg
logger.error('%s: %s' % (self.ticker, err_msg))
if rounding: