Exception handling while starting followers thread

2020-06-23 15:48:10 +01:00 · 2020-06-23 15:48:10 +01:00 · d94c04b5bb
parent afd412118d
commit d94c04b5bb
1 changed files with 10 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@ -2167,7 +2167,16 @@ def sendToFollowersThread(session, baseDir: str,
                              cachedWebfingers, personCache,
                              postJsonObject.copy(), debug,
                              projectVersion), daemon=True)
+    try:
        sendThread.start()
+    except SocketError as e:
+        print('WARN: socket error while starting ' +
+              'thread to send to followers. ' + str(e))
+        return None
+    except BaseException:
+        print('WARN: error while starting ' +
+              'thread to send to followers. ' + str(e))
+        return None
    return sendThread