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diff --git a/‎Lib/test/test_capi/test_watchers.py‎
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diff --git a/‎Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2024-10-16-19-28-23.gh-issue-125608.gTsU2g.rst‎
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diff --git a/‎Objects/dictobject.c‎
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@@ -96,6 +96,23 @@ def test_dealloc(self):
             del d
             self.assert_events(["dealloc"])
 
+    def test_object_dict(self):
+        class MyObj: pass
+        o = MyObj()
+
+        with self.watcher() as wid:
+            self.watch(wid, o.__dict__)
+            o.foo = "bar"
+            o.foo = "baz"
+            del o.foo
+            self.assert_events(["new:foo:bar", "mod:foo:baz", "del:foo"])
+
+        with self.watcher() as wid:
+            self.watch(wid, o.__dict__)
+            for _ in range(100):
+                o.foo = "bar"
+            self.assert_events(["new:foo:bar"] + ["mod:foo:bar"] * 99)
+
     def test_unwatch(self):
         d = {}
         with self.watcher() as wid:
 
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a bug where dictionary watchers (e.g., :c:func:`PyDict_Watch`) on an
+object's attribute dictionary (:attr:`~object.__dict__`) were not triggered
+when the object's attributes were modified.
@@ -6825,15 +6825,24 @@ store_instance_attr_lock_held(PyObject *obj, PyDictValues *values,
     }
 
     PyObject *old_value = values->values[ix];
+    if (old_value == NULL && value == NULL) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
+                        "'%.100s' object has no attribute '%U'",
+                        Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name, name);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (dict) {
+        PyInterpreterState *interp = _PyInterpreterState_GET();
+        PyDict_WatchEvent event = (old_value == NULL ? PyDict_EVENT_ADDED :
+                                   value == NULL ? PyDict_EVENT_DELETED :
+                                   PyDict_EVENT_MODIFIED);
+        _PyDict_NotifyEvent(interp, event, dict, name, value);
+    }
+
     FT_ATOMIC_STORE_PTR_RELEASE(values->values[ix], Py_XNewRef(value));
 
     if (old_value == NULL) {
-        if (value == NULL) {
-            PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
-                         "'%.100s' object has no attribute '%U'",
-                         Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name, name);
-            return -1;
-        }
         _PyDictValues_AddToInsertionOrder(values, ix);
         if (dict) {
             assert(dict->ma_values == values);
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@`
	`1`	+Fix a bug where dictionary watchers (e.g., :c:func:`PyDict_Watch`) on an
	`2`	+object's attribute dictionary (:attr:`~object.__dict__`) were not triggered
	`3`	`+when the object's attributes were modified.`