Index: packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/python_api/interpreter/TestRunCommandInterpreterAPI.py
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--- packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/python_api/interpreter/TestRunCommandInterpreterAPI.py
+++ packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/python_api/interpreter/TestRunCommandInterpreterAPI.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""Test the RunCommandInterpreter API."""
+
+import os
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+
+class CommandRunInterpreterAPICase(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        TestBase.setUp(self)
+
+        self.stdin_path = self.getBuildArtifact("stdin.txt")
+
+        with open(self.stdin_path, 'w') as input_handle:
+            input_handle.write("nonexistingcommand\nquit")
+
+        with open(self.stdin_path, 'r') as input_handle:
+            self.dbg.SetInputFileHandle(input_handle, False)
+
+        # No need to track the output
+        devnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')
+        self.dbg.SetOutputFileHandle(devnull, False)
+        self.dbg.SetErrorFileHandle(devnull, False)
+
+    @add_test_categories(['pyapi'])
+    def test_run_session_with_error_and_quit(self):
+        """Run non-existing and quit command returns appropriate values"""
+
+        n_errors, quit_requested, has_crashed = self.dbg.RunCommandInterpreter(
+                True, False, lldb.SBCommandInterpreterRunOptions(), 0, False,
+                False)
+
+        self.assertGreater(n_errors, 0)
+        self.assertTrue(quit_requested)
+        self.assertFalse(has_crashed)
Index: scripts/interface/SBDebugger.i
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--- scripts/interface/SBDebugger.i
+++ scripts/interface/SBDebugger.i
@@ -423,6 +423,32 @@
     lldb::SBTypeSynthetic
     GetSyntheticForType (lldb::SBTypeNameSpecifier);
 
+    %feature("docstring",
+"Launch a command interpreter session. Commands are read from standard input or
+from the input handle specified for the debugger object. Output/errors are
+similarly redirected to standard output/error or the configured handles.
+
+@param[in] auto_handle_events If true, automatically handle resulting events.
+@param[in] spawn_thread If true, start a new thread for IO handling.
+@param[in] options Parameter collection of type SBCommandInterpreterRunOptions.
+@param[in] num_errors Initial error counter.
+@param[in] quit_requested Initial quit request flag.
+@param[in] stopped_for_crash Initial crash flag.
+
+@return
+A tuple with the number of errors encountered by the interpreter, a boolean
+indicating whether quitting the interpreter was requested and another boolean
+set to True in case of a crash.
+
+Example:
+
+# Start an interactive lldb session from a script (with a valid debugger object
+# created beforehand):
+n_errors, quit_requested, has_crashed = debugger.RunCommandInterpreter(True,
+    False, lldb.SBCommandInterpreterRunOptions(), 0, False, False)") RunCommandInterpreter;
+    %apply int& INOUT { int& num_errors };
+    %apply bool& INOUT { bool& quit_requested };
+    %apply bool& INOUT { bool& stopped_for_crash };
     void
     RunCommandInterpreter (bool auto_handle_events,
                            bool spawn_thread,