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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from test import audiotests
 from test import support
 import io
+import os
 import struct
 import sys
 import wave
@@ -196,6 +197,14 @@ def test_read_wrong_sample_width(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(wave.Error, 'bad sample width'):
             wave.open(io.BytesIO(b))
 
+    def test_open_in_write_raises(self):
+        # gh-136523: Wave_write.__del__ should not throw
+        with support.catch_unraisable_exception() as cm:
+            with self.assertRaises(OSError):
+                wave.open(os.curdir, "wb")
+            support.gc_collect()
+            self.assertIsNone(cm.unraisable)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ class Wave_write:
     _datawritten -- the size of the audio samples actually written
     """
 
+    _file = None
+
     def __init__(self, f):
         self._i_opened_the_file = None
         if isinstance(f, str):
 
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix :class:`wave.Wave_write` emitting an unraisable when open raises.
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	`1`	+Fix :class:`wave.Wave_write` emitting an unraisable when open raises.