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rocuinneagain

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April 19, 2024 at 12:13 pm
We added some functionality in version 2.3.0

https://code.kx.com/pykx/2.4/release-notes/changelog.html#pykx-230

If you enable beta features as well as pykx threading all calls into q from any python thread will be run as if they were calling from the main thread which allows python multithreaded programs to use IPC connections in licensed mode.

You can enable this functionality like this:
```
import os
os.environ['PYKX_THREADING'] = '1'
os.environ['PYKX_BETA_FEATURES'] = '1'
import pykx as kx
```
You will also want to ensure that kx.shutdown_thread() is called when the script finishes. The safest way to do this is within a try – finally block like this.
```
if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
    finally:
        kx.shutdown_thread()
```
More information about this functionality and an example can be found within our documentation:

https://code.kx.com/pykx/2.4/examples/threaded_execution/threading.html