ict_beo

5067: mod_wsgi Failed to exec

ict_beo 
What version are you running?


    

  • Reviewboard lastest
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  • Python 3.13
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What's the URL of the page containing the problem?


https://reviewboard.trekwerk.com


What steps will reproduce the problem?


    

  1. I've tested wsgi and it works
    2. 

  2. Could it be the Python version?
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  3. I've put the error log output on pastebin, https://pastebin.com/k2vTSDhH
    4. 





What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


    

  • A working website.
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  • I see only a page in plain text with HTTP 500 - Review Board is taking a nap
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What operating system are you using? What browser?


    

  • Site running on a Debian 13
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  • Laptop on Windows 11
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  • Browser is Brave
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Please provide any additional information below.
ict_beo
#1 ict_beo 
Correction:

- Python version 3.13.5
ict_beo
#2 ict_beo 
I've run a basic python script in the revieboard venv that uses import and that runs okay.


So it looks like python is working normally in the reviewboard venv
ict_beo
#3 ict_beo 
Running this command:

/var/www/reviewboard/venv/bin/python -c "from reviewboard.wsgi import application; print('Success')"


Resulted in this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):


File "<string>", line 1, in <module>


from reviewboard.wsgi import application; print('Success')

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



File "/var/www/reviewboard/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/reviewboard/wsgi.py", line 21, in <module>


raise RuntimeError(

...<2 lines>...

)



RuntimeError: The REVIEWBOARD_SITEDIR environment variable must be set to the Review Board site directory.




Setting this export REVIEWBOARD_SITEDIR='/var/www/reviewboard' results in a Success.


So for now I've added the following line in my apache config:

SetEnv REVIEWBOARD_SITEDIR /var/www/reviewboard


After restarting the apache server it first looked good, so I made a backup of the log to have a clean one, but the same fault.


After running the command /var/www/reviewboard/venv/bin/python -c "from reviewboard.wsgi import application; print('Success')" in de Reviewboard venv again the error log changed somewhat


Now it ends with:

RuntimeError: populate() isn't reentrant
ict_beo
#4 ict_beo 
Here is the full error log:

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.614792 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394] mod_wsgi (pid=19522): Failed to exec Python script file '/var/www/reviewboard/htdocs/reviewboard.wsgi'.

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.614950 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394] mod_wsgi (pid=19522): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/var/www/reviewboard/htdocs/reviewboard.wsgi'.

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.615745 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394] Traceback (most recent call last):

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617244 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]   File "/var/www/reviewboard/htdocs/reviewboard.wsgi", line 17, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617271 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]     from reviewboard.wsgi import application

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617294 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]   File "/var/www/reviewboard/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/reviewboard/wsgi.py", line 93, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617305 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]     application = get_wsgi_application()

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617324 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/core/wsgi.py", line 12, in get_wsgi_application

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617334 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]     django.setup(set_prefix=False)

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617343 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617360 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/init.py", line 24, in setup

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617387 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]     apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617394 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617409 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 83, in populate

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617417 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394]     raise RuntimeError("populate() isn't reentrant")

[Mon Apr 13 12:16:44.617457 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19534] [client 192.168.15.6:49394] RuntimeError: populate() isn't reentrant
ict_beo
#5 ict_beo 
Tried to fix it within the script, but then it want's to pull files from /opt and /usr


[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.632643 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334] mod_wsgi (pid=19522): Failed to exec Python script file '/var/www/reviewboard/htdocs/reviewboard.wsgi'.

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.632706 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334] mod_wsgi (pid=19522): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/var/www/reviewboard/htdocs/reviewboard.wsgi'.

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.634361 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334] Traceback (most recent call last):

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635684 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/var/www/reviewboard/htdocs/reviewboard.wsgi", line 17, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635699 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     from reviewboard.wsgi import application

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635708 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/var/www/reviewboard/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/reviewboard/wsgi.py", line 93, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635711 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     application = get_wsgi_application()

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635717 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/core/wsgi.py", line 12, in get_wsgi_application

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635720 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     django.setup(set_prefix=False)

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635722 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635727 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/init.py", line 24, in setup

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635730 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635732 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635737 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 116, in populate

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635740 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     app_config.import_models()

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635742 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635747 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 269, in import_models

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635749 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635752 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635756 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/init.py", line 88, in import_module

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635759 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635761 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635766 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/djblets/siteconfig/models.py", line 11, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635769 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     from djblets.cache.synchronizer import GenerationSynchronizer

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635774 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/djblets/cache/synchronizer.py", line 13, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635788 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     from djblets.cache.backend import make_cache_key

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635794 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/djblets/cache/backend.py", line 28, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635796 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     from djblets.secrets.crypto import (aes_decrypt,

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635798 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     ...<3 lines>...

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635801 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]                                         get_default_aes_encryption_key)

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635805 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/djblets/secrets/crypto.py", line 12, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635808 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635814 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/ciphers/init.py", line 11, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635816 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers.base import (

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635818 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     ...<5 lines>...

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635821 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     )

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635825 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]   File "/opt/reviewboard/lib/python3.13/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/ciphers/base.py", line 10, in <module>

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635828 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334]     from cryptography.hazmat.bindings._rust import openssl as rust_openssl

[Mon Apr 13 12:14:26.635843 2026] [wsgi:error] [pid 19522:tid 19524] [client 192.168.15.6:51334] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_cffi_backend'