Bug report

Bug description:

The race condition is more easily noticed ifsite.py takes a while to execute as the internal "initialized" flag is set to 1 before thesite import.

Example impact? PyO3 has to jump through some hoops to avoid problems here in embedding scenarios where multiple threads all want to use an interpreter (most often test suites, resulting in some flaky tests).PyO3/pyo3#5903

We documentPy_IsInitialized() as safe to call at any time and as being accurate. It is technically safe, but it isn't currently accurate.

CPython versions tested on:

3.13, 3.14, 3.15-alpha

Linked PRs

• gh-146302: make Py_IsInitialized() thread-safe and reflect true init completion #146303