python_doc_md/Intermediate/library/asyncio-exceptions.md

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# Exceptions {#asyncio-exceptions}

**Source code:** `Lib/asyncio/exceptions.py`{.interpreted-text role="source"}

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TimeoutError

A deprecated alias of `TimeoutError`{.interpreted-text role="exc"}, raised when the operation has exceeded the given deadline.

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3.11

This class was made an alias of `TimeoutError`{.interpreted-text role="exc"}.
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CancelledError

The operation has been cancelled.

This exception can be caught to perform custom operations when asyncio Tasks are cancelled. In almost all situations the exception must be re-raised.

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3.8

`CancelledError`{.interpreted-text role="exc"} is now a subclass of `BaseException`{.interpreted-text role="class"} rather than `Exception`{.interpreted-text role="class"}.
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InvalidStateError

Invalid internal state of `Task`{.interpreted-text role="class"} or `Future`{.interpreted-text role="class"}.

Can be raised in situations like setting a result value for a *Future* object that already has a result value set.
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SendfileNotAvailableError

The \"sendfile\" syscall is not available for the given socket or file type.

A subclass of `RuntimeError`{.interpreted-text role="exc"}.
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IncompleteReadError

The requested read operation did not complete fully.

Raised by the `asyncio stream APIs<asyncio-streams>`{.interpreted-text role="ref"}.

This exception is a subclass of `EOFError`{.interpreted-text role="exc"}.

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expected

The total number (`int`{.interpreted-text role="class"}) of expected bytes.
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partial

A string of `bytes`{.interpreted-text role="class"} read before the end of stream was reached.
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LimitOverrunError

Reached the buffer size limit while looking for a separator.

Raised by the `asyncio stream APIs <asyncio-streams>`{.interpreted-text role="ref"}.

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consumed

The total number of to be consumed bytes.
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