From c2e6047c725e26987c87e2be59f2ab4bf9828fa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlton Gibson <carlton.gibson@noumenal.es>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 15:22:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #32740 -- Caught possible exception when initializing
 colorama.

---
 django/core/management/color.py | 4 ++--
 docs/releases/3.2.4.txt         | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/core/management/color.py b/django/core/management/color.py
index 3227809303..be8c31bb95 100644
--- a/django/core/management/color.py
+++ b/django/core/management/color.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ from django.utils import termcolors
 
 try:
     import colorama
-except ImportError:
+    colorama.init()
+except (ImportError, OSError):
     HAS_COLORAMA = False
 else:
-    colorama.init()
     HAS_COLORAMA = True
 
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt b/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt
index dac726e961..048eb8c385 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Prevented unnecessary initialization of unused caches following a regression
   in Django 3.2 (:ticket:`32747`).
+
+* Fixed a crash in Django 3.2 that could occur when running ``mod_wsgi`` with
+  the recommended settings while the Windows ``colorama`` library was installed
+  (:ticket:`32740`).