only open session if request hasn't been pushed yet

closes #1348

CHANGES

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Major release, unreleased
   of the generic bad request message. (`#2348`_)
 - Allow registering new tags with ``TaggedJSONSerializer`` to support
   storing other types in the session cookie. (`#2352`_)
+- Only open the session if the request has not been pushed onto the context
+  stack yet. This allows ``stream_with_context`` generators to access the same
+  session that the containing view uses. (`#2354`_)
 
 .. _#1489: https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/1489
 .. _#1621: https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/1621
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ Major release, unreleased
 .. _#2326: https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2326
 .. _#2348: https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2348
 .. _#2352: https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2352
+.. _#2354: https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2354
 
 Version 0.12.2
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flask/ctx.py

@@ -325,15 +325,18 @@ class RequestContext(object):
 
         _request_ctx_stack.push(self)
 
-        # Open the session at the moment that the request context is
-        # available. This allows a custom open_session method to use the
-        # request context (e.g. code that access database information
-        # stored on `g` instead of the appcontext).
-        session_interface = self.app.session_interface
-        self.session = session_interface.open_session(self.app, self.request)
-
+        # Open the session at the moment that the request context is available.
+        # This allows a custom open_session method to use the request context.
+        # Only open a new session if this is the first time the request was
+        # pushed, otherwise stream_with_context loses the session.
         if self.session is None:
-            self.session = session_interface.make_null_session(self.app)
+            session_interface = self.app.session_interface
+            self.session = session_interface.open_session(
+                self.app, self.request
+            )
+
+            if self.session is None:
+                self.session = session_interface.make_null_session(self.app)
 
     def pop(self, exc=_sentinel):
         """Pops the request context and unbinds it by doing that.  This will