From c38d0f826e045db66f6be5cf536973157be763c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:54:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add an unserializable value causes error before started test

---
 tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py b/tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py
index 4c74a9a..b86c21f 100644
--- a/tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py
+++ b/tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py
@@ -58,6 +58,33 @@ from conftest import tractor_test
 _state: bool = False
 
 
+@tractor.context
+async def error_before_started(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+) -> None:
+    # send an unserializable type
+    await ctx.started(object())
+
+
+def test_error_before_started():
+    async def main():
+        async with tractor.open_nursery() as n:
+            portal = await n.start_actor(
+                'errorer',
+                enable_modules=[__name__],
+            )
+
+            async with portal.open_context(
+                error_before_started
+            ) as (ctx, sent):
+                await trio.sleep(1)
+
+    with pytest.raises(tractor.RemoteActorError) as excinfo:
+        trio.run(main)
+
+    assert excinfo.value.type == TypeError
+
+
 @tractor.context
 async def too_many_starteds(
     ctx: tractor.Context,
@@ -466,7 +493,7 @@ async def cancel_self(
     try:
         async with ctx.open_stream():
             pass
-    except ContextCancelled:
+    except tractor.ContextCancelled:
         pass
 
     # check a real ``trio.Cancelled`` is raised on a checkpoint