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more details about AllowThreads
author Alain Mazy <am@orthanc.team>
date Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:40:59 +0100
parents 57976f197f2a
children 5f253dfe2803
files Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst	Fri Feb 13 09:41:08 2026 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst	Mon Mar 16 11:40:59 2026 +0100
@@ -303,7 +303,11 @@
 Python code is **thread-safe** before enabling this option! Indeed,
 different threads must not modify the Python objects that are used
 during a call to the SDK of Orthanc.
-
+Also note that, with ``AllowThreads`` set to ``false``, your python plugin 
+might deadlock if e.g. you have implemented a storage plugin in python and
+you are deleting a resource from your python plugin: the storage python 
+plugin code will not be able to execute since the GIL will be locked 
+by the thread that is deleting the resource.
 
 .. warning::
    Never call your Python plugin ``orthanc.py``! Otherwise, your plugin will