From a72ea34c6cc0cb8c69532a3e923d8475e89fbd77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: baldurk <baldurk@baldurk.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:05:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't use sys.stdout to find global handle

* Instead store sys._renderdoc_internal that won't be overwritten.
---
 qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonContext.cpp | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonContext.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonContext.cpp
index 23007ccbd..77ae410e5 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonContext.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonContext.cpp
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ void PythonContext::GlobalInit()
 
     PyObject *redirector = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&OutputRedirectorType, noparams);
     PyObject_SetAttrString(sysobj, "stdout", redirector);
+    PyObject_SetAttrString(sysobj, "_renderdoc_internal", redirector);
 
     OutputRedirector *output = (OutputRedirector *)redirector;
     output->isStdError = 0;
@@ -653,10 +654,10 @@ QString PythonContext::LoadExtension(ICaptureContext &ctx, const rdcstr &extensi
 
   PyObject *ext = NULL;
 
-  current_global_handle = PyObject_SafeGetAttrString(sysobj, "stdout");
+  current_global_handle = PyObject_SafeGetAttrString(main_dict, "_renderdoc_internal");
 
   if(!syspath)
-    qCritical() << "couldn't get sys.stdout";
+    qCritical() << "couldn't get _renderdoc_internal";
 
   QString typeStr;
   QString valueStr;
@@ -1444,9 +1445,10 @@ extern "C" PyObject *GetCurrentGlobalHandle()
   PyObject *sys = PyImport_ImportModule("sys");
   if(sys)
   {
-    PyObject *ret = PyObject_SafeGetAttrString(sys, "stdout");
+    PyObject *ret = PyObject_SafeGetAttrString(sys, "_renderdoc_internal");
+
     Py_XDECREF(sys);
-    return ret;
+    Py_XDECREF(ret);
   }
 
   return NULL;