{"schema_version":"4.0","kind":"technical_task_solution","page":{"title":"Why can't a Python Requests Response object be pickled?","url":"https://agent-solution.dev/tasks/psf-requests-typeerror-response","manifest_url":"https://agent-solution.dev/tasks/psf-requests-typeerror-response/agent.json","description":"A compatibility record separating serializable response data from live transport state across Requests and urllib3 versions.","updated_at":"2026-08-19"},"task_match":{"technology":"psf/requests","error_signature":"TypeError","focus_symbol":"Response","focus_path":"requests/models.py","problem_class":"python-traceback-repairs","statement_kind":"verbatim agent-facing issue statement","task_statement":"allow Response class to be pickled\n```\nPython 2.7.4 (default, Apr 19 2013, 18:32:33) \n[GCC 4.7.3] on linux2\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\n>>> import pickle, requests\n>>> pickle.dumps(requests.get('http://example.org'))\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"<stdin>\", line 1, in <module>\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 1374, in dumps\n    Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 224, in dump\n    self.save(obj)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 331, in save\n    self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 419, in save_reduce\n    save(state)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 649, in save_dict\n    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 663, in _batch_setitems\n    save(v)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 331, in save\n    self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 419, in save_reduce\n    save(state)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 649, in save_dict\n    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 663, in _batch_setitems\n    save(v)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 331, in save\n    self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 419, in save_reduce\n    save(state)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 649, in save_dict\n    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 663, in _batch_setitems\n    save(v)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 725, in save_inst\n    save(stuff)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 649, in save_dict\n    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 663, in _batch_setitems\n    save(v)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 600, in save_list\n    self._batch_appends(iter(obj))\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 615, in _batch_appends\n    save(x)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 725, in save_inst\n    save(stuff)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 286, in save\n    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 649, in save_dict\n    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 663, in _batch_setitems\n    save(v)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py\", line 306, in save\n    rv = reduce(self.proto)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/copy_reg.py\", line 77, in _reduce_ex\n    raise TypeError(\"a class that defines __slots__ without \"\nTypeError: a class that defines __slots__ without defining __getstate__ cannot be pickled\n```","technical_objective":"Make a requests.Response object serialisable with pickle and restorable from the pickled form. The deliverable is whatever serialisation support the Response object graph needs so that pickle.dumps on a response succeeds and the round-tripped object is usable.","success_condition":"pickle.dumps(...) on a response produced by a normal request completes without raising, the result can be loaded back, and the restored object exposes the response data a caller would expect (status, headers, body/content, and the associated request information) with no change to the behaviour of live, un-pickled responses.","upstream_source":{"repository":"psf/requests","commit":"a123f8351dc9f7ddfb06c5fafb25fedf6d119ff1","version":"2.0"},"primary_terms":["TypeError","Response","requests/models.py","psf/requests","allow Response class to be pickled","requests.Response","pickle.dumps","__getstate__","__setstate__","__slots__","copy_reg._reduce_ex","Pickler.save_reduce"],"search_signals":["Error signature: TypeError","Traceback path: requests/models.py","Repository: psf/requests","Issue title: allow Response class to be pickled.","Symbols: requests.Response, pickle.dumps, __getstate__, __setstate__, __slots__, copy_reg._reduce_ex, Pickler.save_reduce, save_inst, _batch_setitems.","Files: requests/models.py, requests/structures.py, requests/cookies.py, requests/sessions.py.","Verbatim error string: TypeError: a class that defines __slots__ without defining __getstate__ cannot be pickled.","Reproduction: import pickle, requests then pickle.dumps(requests.get('http://example.org')).","Environment quoted in the report: Python 2.7.4 (default, Apr 19 2013, 18:32:33), [GCC 4.7.3] on linux2."],"match_summary":"Matches psf/requests work keyed on TypeError in Response.","demonstrations":null},"evidence_search":{"guide_url":"https://agent-solution.dev/tasks/psf-requests-typeerror-response/llms.txt","description":"Agent Solution cross-references Requests source snapshots, urllib3 response internals, serialization issues, streaming lifecycle behavior, version changes, and regression tests.","method":"GET","url":"https://agent-solution.dev/tasks/psf-requests-typeerror-response/search","url_template":"https://agent-solution.dev/tasks/psf-requests-typeerror-response/search?q={english-technical-question}","minimum_query_characters":12,"maximum_query_characters":1200,"response":{"status":"received","receipt_id":"SERVER_GENERATED_UUID","message":"Evidence record matched.","evidence_record":{"title":"Why can't a Python Requests Response object be pickled?","summary":"A compatibility record separating serializable response data from live transport state across Requests and urllib3 versions.","evidence_heading":"Why both claims can be true","evidence_body":"A Response can define a pickle state while still retaining raw transport objects that cannot be serialized directly. 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