# Paraview Python Shell becomes inactive

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-python-shell-becomes-inactive/17588
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [May 28, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-python-shell-becomes-inactive/17588 "2026-05-28T12:16:28Z")
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### Author: ![Mezzerine](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mezzerine/32/11796_2.png) [@Mezzerine](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mezzerine)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-python-shell-becomes-inactive/17588/1 "2026-05-28T12:16:28Z")

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I have some version of below commands I run with the python shell inside paraview (either v5.13 or v6.0). And at a certain point the commands don’t seem to do anything anymore. Not even an error message is given if I put garbage there.

This seems to happen when I invoke the servermanager, any idea what is going on?

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/a/2/a2135049692d84647adfb7a225510160435c2c64.png)

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### Author: ![Lucas\_Givord](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/lucas_givord/32/6851_2.png) [@Lucas\_Givord](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lucas_Givord)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-python-shell-becomes-inactive/17588/2 "2026-05-28T13:17:13Z")

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hello @Mezzerine,

it looks very similar to a recent issue fixed in ParaView 6.1.1 [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work\_items/22969](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work_items/22969), maybe you can test this release ?

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### Author: ![Mezzerine](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mezzerine/32/11796_2.png) [@Mezzerine](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mezzerine)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-python-shell-becomes-inactive/17588/3 "2026-05-28T14:21:51Z")

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Turns out that 6.1.1 does indeed not have this problem. Thanks!