pip 26.1.1 not functional in venv (no attribute sys.addaudithook) #7956
Description
Summary
If I create a rustpython venv, and then upgrade pip, it can no longer install anything.
It works itself to, e.g., print its version:
$ pip install -U pip
<...>
Successfully installed pip-26.1.1
$ pip -V
pip 26.1.1 from <tmp>/rustpython3.14t/site-packages/pip (python 3.14)
Note: I am running
Python 3.14.0.alpha (heads/master:f3b83efce, May 22 2026, 13:11:57)
[RustPython 0.5.0 with rustc 1.95.0 (59807616e 2026-04-14)]
Expected
I can pip install stuff.
Actual
I can no longer pip install stuff:
$ pip install falcon
Requirement already satisfied: falcon in ./rustvenv/lib/rustpython3.14t/site-packages (4.2.0)
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/rustvenv/lib/rustpython3.14t/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 109, in _run_wrapper
status = _inner_run()
File "/tmp/rustvenv/lib/rustpython3.14t/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 102, in _inner_run
return self.run(options, args)
~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/rustvenv/lib/rustpython3.14t/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 101, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
File "/tmp/rustvenv/lib/rustpython3.14t/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 554, in run
_prevent_further_imports()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/tmp/rustvenv/lib/rustpython3.14t/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 131, in _prevent_further_imports
sys.addaudithook(_prevent_import_hook)
^^^
AttributeError: module 'sys' has no attribute 'addaudithook'
Activity
ShaharNaveh commentedon May 23, 2026
Related to: #7860
We do not support
pip>=26.1.1yet, and I'm not sure about how can we show a warning, to notify the users about this in the meantime until we have a fixcc: @youknowone
vytas7 commentedon May 23, 2026
Thanks for feedback @ShaharNaveh!
On consideration, this issue could probably be distilled to an unsupported stdlib function,
sys.addaudithook(added in CPython 3.8).(This snippet passes on all other recent implementations, including PyPy and GraalPy.)
[-]Upgraded `pip` not functional in venv (no attribute `'addaudithook'`)[/-][+]Upgraded `pip` not functional in venv (no attribute `sys.addaudithook`)[/+][-]Upgraded `pip` not functional in venv (no attribute `sys.addaudithook`)[/-][+]`pip 26.1.1` not functional in venv (no attribute `sys.addaudithook`)[/+]jayvdb commentedon Jun 16, 2026
fwiw, pip 26.0.1 is the last release before that hook was added.
Introduced in pip's commit pypa/pip@fb01b1830 on 2026-04-14, shipped in 26.1