@@ -14,16 +14,19 @@ namespace Python.Runtime
     /// </summary>
     public class PythonException : System.Exception
     {
-
         public PythonException(PyType type, PyObject? value, PyObject? traceback,
-                                Exception? innerException)
-            : base("An exception has occurred in Python code. See Message property for details.", innerException)
+                               string message, Exception? innerException)
+            : base(message, innerException)
         {
             Type = type ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
             Value = value;
             Traceback = traceback;
         }
 
+        public PythonException(PyType type, PyObject? value, PyObject? traceback,
+                                Exception? innerException)
+            : this(type, value, traceback, GetMessage(value, type), innerException) { }
+
         public PythonException(PyType type, PyObject? value, PyObject? traceback)
             : this(type, value, traceback, innerException: null) { }
 
@@ -178,7 +181,8 @@ private static Exception FromPyErr(BorrowedReference typeRef, BorrowedReference
 
         private static string GetMessage(PyObject? value, PyType type)
         {
-            using var _ = new Py.GILState();
+            if (type is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
+
             if (value != null && !value.IsNone())
             {
                 return value.ToString();
@@ -259,17 +263,6 @@ public override string StackTrace
             }
         }
 
-        public override string Message
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (!PythonEngine.IsInitialized && Runtime.Py_IsInitialized() == 0)
-                    return "Python error message is unavailable as runtime was shut down";
-
-                return GetMessage(this.Value, this.Type);
-            }
-        }
-
         public bool IsNormalized
         {
             get
@@ -355,7 +348,8 @@ public string Format()
         }
 
         public PythonException Clone()
-            => new PythonException(Type, Value, Traceback, InnerException);
+            => new PythonException(type: Type, value: Value, traceback: Traceback,
+                                   Message, InnerException);
 
         internal bool Is(IntPtr type)
         {
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
@@ -14,16 +14,19 @@ namespace Python.Runtime
14	14	/// </summary>
15	15	public class PythonException : System.Exception
16	16	{
17		-
18	17	public PythonException(PyType type, PyObject? value, PyObject? traceback,
19		- Exception? innerException)
20		- : base("An exception has occurred in Python code. See Message property for details.", innerException)
	18	+ string message, Exception? innerException)
	19	+ : base(message, innerException)
21	20	{
22	21	Type = type ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
23	22	Value = value;
24	23	Traceback = traceback;
25	24	}
26	25
	26	+ public PythonException(PyType type, PyObject? value, PyObject? traceback,
	27	+ Exception? innerException)
	28	+ : this(type, value, traceback, GetMessage(value, type), innerException) { }
	29	+
27	30	public PythonException(PyType type, PyObject? value, PyObject? traceback)
28	31	: this(type, value, traceback, innerException: null) { }
29	32
@@ -178,7 +181,8 @@ private static Exception FromPyErr(BorrowedReference typeRef, BorrowedReference
178	181
179	182	private static string GetMessage(PyObject? value, PyType type)
180	183	{
181		- using var _ = new Py.GILState();
	184	+ if (type is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
	185	+
182	186	if (value != null && !value.IsNone())
183	187	{
184	188	return value.ToString();
@@ -259,17 +263,6 @@ public override string StackTrace
259	263	}
260	264	}
261	265
262		- public override string Message
263		- {
264		- get
265		- {
266		- if (!PythonEngine.IsInitialized && Runtime.Py_IsInitialized() == 0)
267		- return "Python error message is unavailable as runtime was shut down";
268		-
269		- return GetMessage(this.Value, this.Type);
270		- }
271		- }
272		-
273	266	public bool IsNormalized
274	267	{
275	268	get
@@ -355,7 +348,8 @@ public string Format()
355	348	}
356	349
357	350	public PythonException Clone()
358		- => new PythonException(Type, Value, Traceback, InnerException);
	351	+ => new PythonException(type: Type, value: Value, traceback: Traceback,
	352	+ Message, InnerException);
359	353
360	354	internal bool Is(IntPtr type)
361	355	{