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8658	Per request environment not cleaned between requests with mod_python	André Cruz	nobody	"I'm using a single sign-on system called Shibboleth which is implemented via an Apache module that populates the request environment with information about the logged-in user (if there is one) to the underlying application, Django in this case.

What I'm seeing is, when a logged-in user appears, the vars are set and I can access them in the views with os.environ[VAR]. After that, all requests remain with those vars set, even if the Shibboleth module does not set them in the request environment.

I think this is because of this line in the modpython handler:
{{{
  os.environ.update(req.subprocess_env)
}}}

This adds the vars to the environ but does not clear them if they are not there. Maybe a copy of the original environment should be kept and restored after the request is served. Or is there a way to access the req.subprocess_env in a view?"	Bug	closed	Core (Other)	1.0-beta	Normal	wontfix	modpython environment		Design decision needed	0	0	0	0	0	0