From 076400e38433617dbcf493d4ec64586c1a7f5530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Lumberbot (aka Jack)"
 <39504233+meeseeksmachine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 09:56:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #23410 on branch 6.x (PR: Avoid error in
 `PathComboBox` (Widgets)) (#23411)

---
 spyder/widgets/comboboxes.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spyder/widgets/comboboxes.py b/spyder/widgets/comboboxes.py
index 9fedc32322d..2a5b9944469 100644
--- a/spyder/widgets/comboboxes.py
+++ b/spyder/widgets/comboboxes.py
@@ -266,7 +266,16 @@ def focusOutEvent(self, event):
         # https://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib/browse_thread/thread/2257abf530e210bd
         if not self.is_valid():
             lineedit = self.lineEdit()
-            QTimer.singleShot(50, lambda: lineedit.setText(self.selected_text))
+
+            # Avoid error when lineedit is no longer available (probably
+            # because this widget's parent was garbage collected).
+            # Fixes spyder-ide/spyder#23361
+            try:
+                QTimer.singleShot(
+                    50, lambda: lineedit.setText(self.selected_text)
+                )
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
 
         hide_status = getattr(self.lineEdit(), 'hide_status_icon', None)
         if hide_status: