winpython
diff --git a/‎wppm/__init__.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎wppm/__init__.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎wppm/piptree.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 1 deletion b/‎wppm/piptree.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-__version__ = '17.6.20260715'
+__version__ = '17.7.20260715'
 __license__ = __doc__
 __project_url__ = 'http://winpython.github.io/'
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def __init__(self, target: Optional[str] = None, wheelhouse = None):
         self.raw: Dict[str, Dict] = {}
         self.environment = self._get_environment()
         self._marker_evals: Dict[Tuple[str, str], bool] = {}
+        self._reported_cycles: set = set()
         try:
             packages = self._get_packages(target or sys.executable, wheelhouse)
             self._process_packages(packages)
@@ -180,7 +181,14 @@ def _get_dependency_tree(self, package_name: str, extra: str = "", version_req:
 
         full_name = f"{package_name}[{extra}]" if extra else package_name
         if full_name in path:
-            logger.warning(f"Cycle detected: {' -> '.join(path + [full_name])}")
+            # report only the cycle itself (not the path leading to it), and only once:
+            # the same loop reached from other roots or entered at another point is not news
+            cycle = path[path.index(full_name):]
+            rotation = cycle.index(min(cycle))
+            canonical = tuple(cycle[rotation:] + cycle[:rotation])
+            if canonical not in self._reported_cycles:
+                self._reported_cycles.add(canonical)
+                logger.warning(f"Cycle detected: {' -> '.join(cycle + [full_name])}")
             return []
 
         pkg_data = self.distro[pkg_key]