RuntimeError: There is no current event loop in thread 'MainThread' — get_event_loop() changed in Python 3.14
RuntimeError: There is no current event loop in thread 'MainThread'.
# before
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
try:
loop.run_until_complete(main())
finally:
loop.close()
# after
asyncio.run(main())
# sync code interleaved with async calls
with asyncio.Runner() as runner:
runner.run(step_one())
blocking_code()
runner.run(step_two())
# inside a coroutine/callback that needs the loop object
loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
Never call get_event_loop() at import time (default args, class attributes). If a dependency does it, upgrade it (tenacity fixed it in PR #528) or stay on 3.13.
Symptom
Code that worked on 3.12/3.13 (with only a DeprecationWarning) now crashes on Python 3.14:
RuntimeError: There is no current event loop in thread 'MainThread'.
Typical triggers: asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(...) at a sync entry point, get_event_loop() in a default argument or class body at import time, or test suites (tenacity, Twisted, aioimaplib all hit this).
Cause
Python 3.14 (released 2025-10-07): "asyncio.get_event_loop() now raises a RuntimeError if there is no current event loop, and no longer implicitly creates an event loop."
Verify
Run with python3.14 -W error::DeprecationWarning -m pytest; no RuntimeError and no asyncio deprecation warnings.
Sources
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