When writing Cython code, special care must be taken to ensure that the code can be interrupted with CTRL-C. Since Cython optimizes for speed, Cython normally does not check for interrupts. For example, code like the following cannot be interrupted in Cython: while True: pass The cysignals package provides mechanisms to handle interrupts (and other signals and errors) in Cython code. WWW: https://github.com/sagemath/cysignals WWW: https://pypi.org/project/cysignals/