same issue appeared for usage_helper.py when use py34. (py34) evan@devstack:~/code/openstack/oslo.log$ python doc/source/examples/usage_helper.py DEBUG:__main__:Prepare Oslo Logging INFO:__main__:Size of configuration options before 0 INFO:__main__:Size of configuration options after 19 INFO:__main__:List of Oslo Logging configuration options and current values INFO:__main__:================================================================================ INFO:__main__:logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d INFO:__main__:log_file = None INFO:__main__:use_syslog = False INFO:__main__:logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s INFO:__main__:debug = False INFO:__main__:log_config_append = None INFO:__main__:logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s INFO:__main__:log_dir = None INFO:__main__:default_log_levels = ['amqp=WARN', 'amqplib=WARN', 'boto=WARN', 'qpid=WARN', 'sqlalchemy=WARN', 'suds=INFO', 'oslo.messaging=INFO', 'iso8601=WARN', 'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', 'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', 'websocket=WARN', 'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', 'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', 'keystonemiddleware=WARN', 'routes.middleware=WARN', 'stevedore=WARN', 'taskflow=WARN', 'keystoneauth=WARN', 'oslo.cache=INFO', 'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO', 'dogpile=INFO', 'routes=INFO'] INFO:__main__:syslog_log_facility = LOG_USER INFO:__main__:instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] INFO:__main__:logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s INFO:__main__:publish_errors = False INFO:__main__:use_stderr = True INFO:__main__:verbose = True INFO:__main__:log_date_format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S INFO:__main__:watch_log_file = False INFO:__main__:logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s INFO:__main__:instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] INFO:__main__:================================================================================ 2016-05-04 15:32:29.510 30676 INFO __main__ [-] Welcome to Oslo Logging 2016-05-04 15:32:29.511 30676 WARNING __main__ [-] A warning occurred 2016-05-04 15:32:29.511 30676 ERROR __main__ [-] An error occurred --- Logging error --- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/logging/__init__.py", line 978, in emit msg = self.format(record) File "/home/evan/code/openstack/oslo.log/oslo_log/handlers.py", line 73, in format return logging.StreamHandler.format(self, record) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/logging/__init__.py", line 828, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/home/evan/code/openstack/oslo.log/oslo_log/formatters.py", line 264, in format record.exc_text = self.formatException(record.exc_info, record) File "/home/evan/code/openstack/oslo.log/oslo_log/formatters.py", line 274, in formatException None, stringbuffer) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/traceback.py", line 169, in print_exception for line in _format_exception_iter(etype, value, tb, limit, chain): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/traceback.py", line 146, in _format_exception_iter for value, tb in values: File "/usr/lib/python3.4/traceback.py", line 125, in _iter_chain context = exc.__context__ AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__context__' Call stack: File "doc/source/examples/usage_helper.py", line 100, in LOG.exception("An Exception occurred") Message: 'An Exception occurred' Arguments: ()