Set max_workers to ThreadPoolExecutor

Qiskit · Jul 2, 2019 · 4806447 · 4806447
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Fixed
     with no identity component. (\#243)
 -   Fixed 2-qubit depolarizing-only error parameter calculation in
     basic_device_noise_model (\#243)
+-   Set maximum workers to ThreadPoolExecutor in AerJob to limit thread creation (\#259)
 
 [0.2.1](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/compare/0.2.0...0.2.1) - 2019-05-20
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diff --git a/qiskit/providers/aer/aerjob.py b/qiskit/providers/aer/aerjob.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class AerJob(BaseJob):
         _executor (futures.Executor): executor to handle asynchronous jobs
     """
 
-    _executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor()
+    _executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
 
     def __init__(self, backend, job_id, fn, qobj, *args):
         super().__init__(backend, job_id)