I reproduced an autopkgtest failure where the smoke test updates
apache2.conf and then immediately curls the test URLs.

With service apache2 reload, Apache can still serve hello.py as a static
file instead of using the updated mod_python handler configuration.

Restarting apache2 after updating the config fixes the issue, and the smoke
autopkgtest passes locally with this change.

I attached a  patch changing the test from service apache2 reload to service
apache2 restart.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libapache2-mod-python, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1140054@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guilherme Puida Moreira <puida@debian.org> (supplier of updated libapache2-mod-python package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:27:00 -0300
Source: libapache2-mod-python
Architecture: source
Version: 3.5.0.7-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Guilherme Puida Moreira <puida@debian.org>
Closes: 1140054
Changes:
 libapache2-mod-python (3.5.0.7-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * d/t/smoke: restart apache2 after updating configuration.
     Thanks to Zineeb Zaadoud for the patch (Closes: #1140054)
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