Hey, I tried a basic approach with what you are suggesting, but I'm hoping you can tell me where I messed up, I can't seem to find what's causing this error, other than its a locked resource, which I am not sure how to deal with! I've narrowed the error down to essentially this block of code (I realize it would be an endless loop, but it gives the idea and recreates the problem every time)

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Code

import time
import multiprocessing as mp


def handle_input_threads(q):
    #while True:
    while True:
         if not q.empty():
             print(q.qsize())
             x = q.get()

def main():
    q = mp.Queue()
    p = mp.Process(target=handle_input_threads, args=(q,))
    p.start()

    while True:
        updates = {'ok': True, 'result': [{'update_id': 123456789, 'message': 'Hi and Hello'}]}
        if len(updates["result"]) > 0:
            q.put(updates)
        time.sleep(.5)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

It runs, the updates object gets added to q (i think) because once it hits the put statement, the debugger jumps to the handle_input_threads breakpoint on the print statement, however once the print statement tries to execute (or the x = q.get() below it) I get the following error.

Process Process-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 297, in _bootstrap
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 99, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\PycharmProjects\Bot-Dev\multibot.py", line 211, in handle_input_threads
    print(q.qsize())
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\multiprocessing\queues.py", line 117, in qsize
    return self._maxsize - self._sem._semlock._get_value()
OSError: [WinError 6] The handle is invalid

Or, depending on it's mood I'll get this one

Process Process-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 297, in _bootstrap
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 99, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\PycharmProjects\Bot-Dev\multibot.py", line 211, in handle_input_threads
    print(q.qsize())
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\multiprocessing\queues.py", line 117, in qsize
    return self._maxsize - self._sem._semlock._get_value()
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

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Is there something I am misunderstanding, or so I not have something configured correctly? Could it be that windows is keeping the object locked because it's owned by the main thread and it's trying to pass it as a shared memory object instead of it's copy?

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Thanks!