python does not release filehandles to logfile

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You need to call .close() on the filehandler.

When your Run class completes, call:

handlers = self.log.handlers[:]
for handler in handlers:
    self.log.removeHandler(handler)
    handler.close()

A file handler will automatically re-open the configured filename every time a new log message arrives, so calling handler.close() may sometimes appear futile. Removing the handler from the logger stops future log records from being sent to it; in the above code we do this first, to avoid an untimely log message from another thread reopening the handler.

Another answer here suggest you use logging.shutdown(). However, all that logging.shutdown() does is call handler.flush() and handler.close(), and I’d not recommend using it. It leaves the logging module in a state where you can’t use logging.shutdown() again, not reliably.

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