diff -r 045b5f745f93 -r 594f912818ab mercurial/revlog.py
--- a/mercurial/revlog.py	Wed Oct 25 23:14:20 2023 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py	Fri Oct 20 12:13:33 2023 +0200
@@ -620,6 +620,13 @@
         """True is a writing context is open"""
         return self._writinghandles is not None
 
+    @property
+    def is_open(self):
+        """True if any file handle is being held
+
+        Used for assert and debug in the python code"""
+        return self._segmentfile.is_open or self._segmentfile_sidedata.is_open
+
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def writing(self, transaction, data_end=None, sidedata_end=None):
         """Open the revlog files for writing