From 56234be90a1176990523588ec70e21f0b207a991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taegyun Kim <taegyun.kim@datadoghq.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:03:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] gh-144693: Clarify that PyFrame_GetBack preserves existing
 exception state on NULL return

---
 Doc/c-api/frame.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/frame.rst b/Doc/c-api/frame.rst
index fb17cf7f1da6b2..224c737d5c01c8 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/frame.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/frame.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ See also :ref:`Reflection <reflection>`.
 
    Return a :term:`strong reference`, or ``NULL`` if *frame* has no outer
    frame.
+   Does not raise an exception, even if the return value is ``NULL``.
+   Preserves exception that was set before the call.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.9