python
diff --git a/Doc/data/python3.12.abi b/Doc/data/python3.12.abi
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h b/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ struct _Py_global_strings {
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(sound)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(source)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(source_traceback)
+        STRUCT_FOR_ID(spam)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(src)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(src_dir_fd)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(stacklevel)

diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject_generated.h
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_getargs.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_getargs.py
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@
 import sys
 from test import support
 from test.support import import_helper
+from test.support import script_helper
 from test.support import warnings_helper
 # Skip this test if the _testcapi module isn't available.
 _testcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testcapi')
 from _testcapi import getargs_keywords, getargs_keyword_only
 
+try:
+    import _testinternalcapi
+except ImportError:
+    _testinternalcapi = NULL
+
 # > How about the following counterproposal. This also changes some of
 # > the other format codes to be a little more regular.
 # >
@@ -1369,6 +1375,33 @@ def test_nested_tuple(self):
                     "argument 1 must be sequence of length 1, not 0"):
                 parse(((),), {}, '(' + f + ')', ['a'])
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, 'needs _testinternalcapi')
+    def test_gh_119213(self):
+        rc, out, err = script_helper.assert_python_ok("-c", """if True:
+            from test import support
+            script = '''if True:
+                import _testinternalcapi
+                _testinternalcapi.gh_119213_getargs(spam='eggs')
+                '''
+            config = dict(
+                allow_fork=False,
+                allow_exec=False,
+                allow_threads=True,
+                allow_daemon_threads=False,
+                use_main_obmalloc=False,
+                gil=2,
+                check_multi_interp_extensions=True,
+            )
+            rc = support.run_in_subinterp_with_config(script, **config)
+            assert rc == 0
+
+            # The crash is different if the interpreter was not destroyed first.
+            #interpid = _testinternalcapi.create_interpreter()
+            #rc = _testinternalcapi.exec_interpreter(interpid, script)
+            #assert rc == 0
+            """)
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-11-27-14.gh-issue-119213.nxjxrt.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-11-27-14.gh-issue-119213.nxjxrt.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Non-builtin modules built with argument clinic were crashing if used in a
+subinterpreter before the main interpreter.  The objects that were causing
+the problem by leaking between interpreters carelessly have been fixed.
diff --git a/Modules/_testinternalcapi.c b/Modules/_testinternalcapi.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,24 @@ pending_identify(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 
+/*[clinic input]
+gh_119213_getargs
+
+    spam: object = None
+
+Test _PyArg_Parser.kwtuple
+[clinic start generated code]*/
+
+static PyObject *
+gh_119213_getargs_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *spam)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=d8d9c95d5b446802 input=65ef47511da80fc2]*/
+{
+    // It must never have been called in the main interprer
+    assert(!_Py_IsMainInterpreter(PyInterpreterState_Get()));
+    return Py_NewRef(spam);
+}
+
+
 static PyMethodDef module_functions[] = {
     {"get_configs", get_configs, METH_NOARGS},
     {"get_recursion_depth", get_recursion_depth, METH_NOARGS},
@@ -1087,6 +1105,7 @@ static PyMethodDef module_functions[] = {
     {"pending_threadfunc", _PyCFunction_CAST(pending_threadfunc),
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS},
     {"pending_identify", pending_identify, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
+    GH_119213_GETARGS_METHODDEF
     {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };
 

diff --git a/Modules/clinic/_testinternalcapi.c.h b/Modules/clinic/_testinternalcapi.c.h
diff --git a/Python/getargs.c b/Python/getargs.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "pycore_tuple.h"         // _PyTuple_ITEMS()
 #include "pycore_pylifecycle.h"   // _PyArg_Fini
+#include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _Py_IsMainInterpreter()
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <float.h>
@@ -2002,7 +2003,23 @@ _parser_init(struct _PyArg_Parser *parser)
     int owned;
     PyObject *kwtuple = parser->kwtuple;
     if (kwtuple == NULL) {
+        /* We may temporarily switch to the main interpreter to avoid
+         * creating a tuple that could outlive its owning interpreter. */
+        PyThreadState *save_tstate = NULL;
+        PyThreadState *temp_tstate = NULL;
+        if (!_Py_IsMainInterpreter(PyInterpreterState_Get())) {
+            temp_tstate = PyThreadState_New(_PyInterpreterState_Main());
+            if (temp_tstate == NULL) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            save_tstate = PyThreadState_Swap(temp_tstate);
+        }
         kwtuple = new_kwtuple(keywords, len, pos);
+        if (temp_tstate != NULL) {
+            PyThreadState_Clear(temp_tstate);
+            (void)PyThreadState_Swap(save_tstate);
+            PyThreadState_Delete(temp_tstate);
+        }
         if (kwtuple == NULL) {
             return 0;
         }