Generate target string before applying request context

Author: Joel Collins

labthings/core/tasks/thread.py

@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ def __init__(self, target, *args, **kwargs):
         self._args = args
         self._kwargs = kwargs
 
+        # Nice string representation of target function
+        self.target_string = f"{self._target}(args={self._args}, kwargs={self._kwargs})"
+
         # copy_current_request_context allows threads to access flask current_app
         if has_request_context():
             logging.debug(f"Copying request context to {self._target}")
             self._target = copy_current_request_context(self._target)
         else:
             logging.debug("No request context to copy")
 
-        # Nice string representation of target function
-        self.target_string = f"{self._target}(args={self._args}, kwargs={self._kwargs})"
-
         # Private state properties
         self._status: str = "idle"  # Task status
         self._return_value = None  # Return value