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of ``request.exception`` will be ``None`` within response and
finished callbacks.
+ .. attribute:: exc_info
+
+ If an exception was raised by a :term:`root factory` or a :term:`view
+ callable`, or at various other points where :app:`Pyramid` executes
+ user-defined code during the processing of a request, result of
+ ``sys.exc_info()`` will be available as the ``exc_info`` attribute of
+ the request within a :term:`exception view`, a :term:`response callback`
+ or a :term:`finished callback`. If no exception occurred, the value of
+ ``request.exc_info`` will be ``None`` within response and finished
+ callbacks.
+
.. attribute:: response
This attribute is actually a "reified" property which returns an