rlm_python3 behavior with multi-worker threads

[Erdal Emlik]

you are always so helpful. I can’t thank you enough. Very appreciated!!
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> On 25 Sep 2025, at 17:59, Alan DeKok <alan.dekok at inkbridge.io> wrote:
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> On Sep 24, 2025, at 3:35 PM, Erdal Emlik <erdalemlik at icloud.com> wrote:
>> Thank you for detailed and quick response.
>> This is my default configuration, and this is my Python module.
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>  I can't debug third-party Python code, that's not relevant to FreeRADIUS.  But...
> 
>> I also use Python for accounting, since I send records to Kafka from within it, but I have never received any exceptions there.
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>  It's not about exceptions.  It's about it being slow.
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>> Getting exceptions only in authentication is a bit confusing for me.
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>  The server uses the same threads for both authentication and accounting.  So if all of the threads are blocked in accounting, the authentication packets will have probl
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>> (I’m planning to switch to the Kafka module and I’m following the updates on that…)
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>  It's preferable to use the native functionality.  The Python module is very slow.  Very, very, very, slow.
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>> if find_key(p, "NAS-Port-Id"):
>> return find_key(p, "NAS-Port-Id").split('#')[0]
>> return find_key(p, "Calling-Station-Id").split('#')[0]
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>  Don't do this.
> 
>  These checks can be done in unlang.  You don't need to use Python.  And it will be 1000 times faster.
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> 
>  Alan DeKok.
>