Hello, the exact same error occurs for me: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/72243/macos-org-babel-python-with-session-output-give-python-el-eval I use python 3.9 so guessing switching the version won't help. #+begin_src python :session :results output print("yes") #+End_src #+Results: : __PYTHON_EL_eval("try:\n with open('/var/folders/16/snlwm5z17zz1b1x09vvvrdg04v6pgk/T/babel-hWQZ8X/python-sPLVoL') as __org_babel_python_tmpfile:\n exec(compile(__org_babel_python_tmpfile.read(), __ org_babel_python_tmpfile.name, 'exec'))\nexcept:\n raise\nfinally:\n print(' do you possibly have any idea on how to fix this? Sorry to bother you and thanks for the attention! Robert