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Problem Note 70423: Submitting PROC PYTHON code to SAS® Viya® multiple times might result in "Error: Python extension could not be loaded"
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Submitting PYTHON procedure code to SAS Viya multiple times might result in the following error:
Error: Python extension not loaded. Python must be installed in order to execute Python within Micro Analytic Service.
Error: masNewModuleContext encountered a failure.
In one scenario, this error occurred after the 998th iteration of a macro that calls Python each time that the macro is run.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Viya 3.x | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 3.5 | Viya 3.5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 3.5 | Viya 3.5 | ||||