When a try/finally clause is (appropriately) used to do cleanup after an exception during a test run, it often tears down parts of the fixture that are needed in order to do useful post_mortem debugging of the exception, such as closing the request or db connections. What is the best way to do post_mortem debugging with the stack in the state it was at the time of the exception? For a while now, I've been repeatedly modifying eggs in my development environment at the relevant try/finally clauses to invoke post_mortem before the tear down is done, sub-optimal to say the least. :) I find myself doing it often its time to invest in a better way. Is there some Python voodoo I'm unaware of to get a post_mortem to reflect the stack before try/finally clauses? If not, is putting some sort of hook into the relevant try/finally clauses the best way to address this? If not, what should I be doing? If putting hooks into the try/finally clauses is the right way, then it would be nice to have a somewhat canonical way to do this. It would also be nice to have a way to pass something down the line so that post_mortem() only gets called once per exception. Thoughts, Ross