From b3db42c1fb57a879a2c76a44db38e6916598ad2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jameson Nash <vtjnash@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:21:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [REPL] handle failure of edit call gracefully (#43690)

---
 stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
index 1552001b5ffed3..26e3faa04070fd 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
@@ -1202,7 +1202,12 @@ function setup_interface(
             if n <= 0 || n > length(linfos) || startswith(linfos[n][1], "REPL[")
                 @goto writeback
             end
-            InteractiveUtils.edit(linfos[n][1], linfos[n][2])
+            try
+                InteractiveUtils.edit(linfos[n][1], linfos[n][2])
+            catch ex
+                ex isa ProcessFailedException || ex isa Base.IOError || ex isa SystemError || rethrow()
+                @info "edit failed" _exception=ex
+            end
             LineEdit.refresh_line(s)
             return
             @label writeback