[SPARK-46308] Forbid recursive error handling by adding recursion guards

python/pyspark/sql/connect/client/core.py

@@ -544,6 +544,25 @@ def fromProto(cls, pb: pb2.ConfigResponse) -> "ConfigResult":
         )
 
 
+class ForbidRecursion:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._local = threading.local()
+        self._local.in_recursion = False
+
+    @property
+    def can_enter(self):
+        return self._local.in_recursion
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        if self._local.in_recursion:
+            raise RecursionError
+
+        self._local.in_recursion = True
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self._local.in_recursion = False
+
+
 class SparkConnectClient(object):
     """
     Conceptually the remote spark session that communicates with the server
@@ -631,6 +650,8 @@ def __init__(
         # be updated on the first response received.
         self._server_session_id: Optional[str] = None
 
+        self._inside_error_handling: bool = False
+
     def _retrying(self) -> "Retrying":
         return Retrying(self._retry_policies)
 
@@ -1494,14 +1515,25 @@ def _handle_error(self, error: Exception) -> NoReturn:
         -------
         Throws the appropriate internal Python exception.
         """
-        if isinstance(error, grpc.RpcError):
-            self._handle_rpc_error(error)
-        elif isinstance(error, ValueError):
-            if "Cannot invoke RPC" in str(error) and "closed" in str(error):
-                raise SparkConnectException(
-                    error_class="NO_ACTIVE_SESSION", message_parameters=dict()
-                ) from None
-        raise error
+
+        if not self._inside_error_handling:
+            # We are already inside error handling routine,
+            # avoid recursive error processing (with potentially infinite recursion)
+            raise error
+
+        try:
+            self._inside_error_handling = True
+
+            if isinstance(error, grpc.RpcError):
+                self._handle_rpc_error(error)
+            elif isinstance(error, ValueError):
+                if "Cannot invoke RPC" in str(error) and "closed" in str(error):
+                    raise SparkConnectException(
+                        error_class="NO_ACTIVE_SESSION", message_parameters=dict()
+                    ) from None
+            raise error
+        finally:
+            self._inside_error_handling = False
 
     def _fetch_enriched_error(self, info: "ErrorInfo") -> Optional[pb2.FetchErrorDetailsResponse]:
         if "errorId" not in info.metadata:
@@ -1520,6 +1552,20 @@ def _fetch_enriched_error(self, info: "ErrorInfo") -> Optional[pb2.FetchErrorDet
         except grpc.RpcError:
             return None
 
+    def _display_server_stack_trace(self) -> bool:
+        from pyspark.sql.connect.conf import RuntimeConf
+
+        conf = RuntimeConf(self)
+        try:
+            if conf.get("spark.sql.connect.serverStacktrace.enabled") == "true":
+                return True
+            return conf.get("spark.sql.pyspark.jvmStacktrace.enabled") == "true"
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: F841
+            # Falls back to true if an exception occurs during reading the config.
+            # Otherwise, it will recursively try to get the conf when it consistently
+            # fails, ending up with `RecursionError`.
+            return True
+
     def _handle_rpc_error(self, rpc_error: grpc.RpcError) -> NoReturn:
         """
         Error handling helper for dealing with GRPC Errors. On the server side, certain
@@ -1553,7 +1599,7 @@ def _handle_rpc_error(self, rpc_error: grpc.RpcError) -> NoReturn:
                         info,
                         status.message,
                         self._fetch_enriched_error(info),
-                        True,
+                        self._display_server_stack_trace(),
                     ) from None
 
             raise SparkConnectGrpcException(status.message) from None

python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/client/test_client.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from typing import Optional, Any
 
+from pyspark.sql.connect.client.core import ForbidRecursion
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import should_test_connect, connect_requirement_message
 from pyspark.testing.utils import eventually