[3.14] gh-132631: Fix "I/O operation on closed file" when parsing JSON Lines file (GH-132632) (#148921)

miss-islington · hugovk · brianschubert · web-flow · commit 31ba91a35eb2 · 2026-04-23T19:32:29.000+03:00
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade &lt;1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
Co-authored-by: Brian Schubert &lt;brianm.schubert@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/Lib/json/tool.py b/Lib/json/tool.py
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ def main():
             infile = open(options.infile, encoding='utf-8')
         try:
             if options.json_lines:
-                objs = (json.loads(line) for line in infile)
+                lines = infile.readlines()
+                objs = (json.loads(line) for line in lines)
             else:
                 objs = (json.load(infile),)
         finally:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_json/json_lines.jsonl b/Lib/test/test_json/json_lines.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{"ingredients":["frog", "water", "chocolate", "glucose"]}
+{"ingredients":["chocolate","steel bolts"]}
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py b/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import errno
+import pathlib
 import os
 import sys
 import textwrap
@@ -157,6 +158,14 @@ def test_jsonlines(self):
         self.assertEqual(process.stdout, self.jsonlines_expect)
         self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '')
 
+    @force_not_colorized
+    def test_jsonlines_from_file(self):
+        jsonl = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'json_lines.jsonl'
+        args = sys.executable, '-m', self.module, '--json-lines', jsonl
+        process = subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        self.assertEqual(process.stdout, self.jsonlines_expect)
+        self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '')
+
     def test_help_flag(self):
         rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, '-h',
                                         PYTHON_COLORS='0')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-17-15-26-35.gh-issue-132631.IDFZfb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-17-15-26-35.gh-issue-132631.IDFZfb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix "I/O operation on closed file" when parsing JSON Lines file with
+:mod:`JSON CLI <json.tool>`.

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	`1`	`+{"ingredients":["frog", "water", "chocolate", "glucose"]}`
	`2`	`+{"ingredients":["chocolate","steel bolts"]}`
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	`1`	`+Fix "I/O operation on closed file" when parsing JSON Lines file with`
	`2`	+:mod:`JSON CLI <json.tool>`.