.. _break-in-finally:

break-in-finally / W0137
========================

**Message emitted:**

``'break' discouraged inside 'finally' clause``

**Description:**

*Emitted when the `break` keyword is found inside a finally clause. This will raise a SyntaxWarning starting in Python 3.14.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/b/break-in-finally/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/b/break-in-finally/good.py
   :language: python



**Related links:**

- `Python 3 docs 'finally' clause <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#finally-clause>`_
- `PEP 765 - Disallow return/break/continue that exit a finally block <https://peps.python.org/pep-0765/>`_


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