NameError: name 'PathDistribution' is not defined

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Issue type
Bug
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Clearly specified
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Quiet
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python
Domain
tooling

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Start at MetadataPathFinder.find_distributions() around line 967 and inspect the later PathDistribution definition at line 982. Reproduce the import or distribution lookup that triggers the NameError, then verify that the Celery backend-extension loading path no longer fails.

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Description

Bug in importlib-metadata 8.7.0 where MetadataPathFinder.find_distributions() uses PathDistribution class before it's defined (line 967 uses it, line 982 defines it). Celery triggered this when loading backend extensions.

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