Python threading.Event().wait() depends on the system time

[AleksandrAQ]

BPO	47238
Nosy	@AleksandrAQ
Files	reproduction.py: You need root privileges to change the system time.

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[AleksandrAQ]

This happens on Ubuntu on Python versions 3.8.5 and 3.10.4

I have two threads that can change the system time to a day ago.
If the change in the system time for a day occurs at the time of wait, then I hang for one day plus the waiting time.

I thought Event.wait() uses a monotonous clock, but this behavior points to an absolute clock.

Are there any solutions?

[duaneg]

I cannot reproduce this on the current HEAD, and looking through the logs I believe it was fixed by gh-28662 by @vstinner and released in v3.11.0. I think this issue can be closed as fixed.