Jupyter Notebook with Python 3.8 – NotImplementedError

Question:

Upgraded recently to Python 3.8, and installed jupyter. However, when trying to run jupyter notebook getting the following error:

  File "c:usersuserappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38libsite-packagestornadoplatformasyncio.py", line 99, in add_handler
    self.asyncio_loop.add_reader(fd, self._handle_events, fd, IOLoop.READ)
  File "c:usersuserappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38libasyncioevents.py", line 501, in add_reader
    raise NotImplementedError
NotImplementedError

I know Python 3.8 on windows switched to ProactorEventLoop by default, so I suspect it is related to this.

Jupyter does not support Python 3.8 at the moment? Is there a work around?

Asked By: drec4s

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Answers:

EDIT

This issue exists in older versions of Jupyter Notebook and was fixed in version 6.0.3 (released 2020-01-21). To upgrade to the latest version run:

pip install notebook --upgrade

Following on this issue through GitHub, it seems the problem is related to the tornado server that jupyter uses.

For those that can’t wait for an official fix, I was able to get it working by editing the file tornado/platform/asyncio.py, by adding:

import sys

if sys.platform == 'win32':
    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())

After the main imports.

I expect an official fix for this soon, however.

Answered By: drec4s

Revising the answer in 2019

Change the end part of the file
C:Users{USER-NAME}AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38Libasyncio__init__.py

From 

if sys.platform == 'win32':  # pragma: no cover
    from .windows_events import *
    __all__ += windows_events.__all__
else:
    from .unix_events import *  # pragma: no cover
    __all__ += unix_events.__all__

To 

import asyncio

if sys.platform == 'win32':
    from .windows_events import *
    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())
    __all__ += windows_events.__all__
else:
    from .unix_events import *  # pragma: no cover
    __all__ += unix_events.__all__
Answered By: Mirwise Khan

For me, I had to reinstall asyncio

pip install asyncio --upgrade

And upgrade the kernel package

pip install ipykernel --upgrade
Answered By: penguins

I solved this problem by changing the python version from 3.9 to 3.7. (Windows).

Answered By: ming