Spyder quitting unexpectedly

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File “/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole.py”, line 950, in update_working_directory shellwidget.get_cwd() File “/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/widgets/ipythonconsole/shell.py”, line 128, in get_cwd self.silent_exec_method(code) File “/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/widgets/ipythonconsole/shell.py”, line 340, in silent_exec_method local_uuid = to_text_string(uuid.uuid1()) File “/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/uuid.py”, line 606, in uuid1 clock_seq_hi_variant, clock_seq_low, node), version=1) File “/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/uuid.py”, line 168, in init raise ValueError(‘field 6 out of range (need a 48-bit value)’) ValueError: field 6 out of range (need a 48-bit value)

Version and main components

• Spyder Version: 3.2.6
• Python Version: 3.6.3
• Qt Versions: 5.6.2, PyQt5 5.6 on Darwin

Dependencies

pyflakes >=0.6.0 :  1.6.0 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3:  2.3.1 (OK)
pygments >=2.0   :  2.2.0 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1  :  0.22.0 (OK)
numpy >=1.7      :  1.14.0 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6   :  1.6.6 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4     :  0.10.7 (OK)
jedi >=0.9.0     :  0.11.1 (OK)
psutil >=0.3     :  5.4.3 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0  :  5.3.1 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3    :  1.1.1 (OK)
cython >=0.21    :  0.27.3 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0:  4.3.1 (OK)
IPython >=4.0    :  6.2.1 (OK)
pylint >=0.25    :  1.8.2 (OK)

[mingwandroid]

conda update python.app please.

[CAM-Gerlach]

@ccordoba12 Are you thinking of, #6876 , the Python 3.6.5 ImportError: dlopen[ …]. expected in: flat namespace issue that cropped up in macOS due to out of date Anaconda packaging of python.app? The traceback is clearly that of the error you named originally, #6335 , which is fixed in 3.6.5 and broken in <= 3.6.4 , but they were easy to confuse since both were macOS specific and several users had the former after updating to fix the latter. In any case, both issues should be solved by your original command conda update python python.app, while conda install python=3.6.4 will presumably reintroduce the user’s actual error shown above.