Getting “Workspace Already in Transaction Mode” Error when trying to use updateCursor on versioned sde

Question

There are are numerous post on this error, but I can't seem to find a solution for myself. We have a versioned sde and need to add new fields to some of our feature classes and populate them with an updateCursor.

code here:

import arcpy
print('Script Started')

arcpy.env.workspace = r"Database Connections\Connection to gisprd.sde"
edit = arcpy.da.Editor(arcpy.env.workspace)
edit.startEditing(True, False)

fcNames = [
    "Transformer",
    "DynamicProtectiveDevice",
    "Switch",
    "BulkDeliveryPoint",
    "BusBar",
    "CableFault",
    "ConduitSystem",
    "Fuse",
    "NetworkProtector",
    "OpenPoint",
    "OverheadPrimaryLine",
    "OverheadSecondaryLine",
    "Riser",
    "ServicePoint",
    "SupportStructure",
    "SurfaceStructure",
    "UndergroundPrimaryLine",
    "UndergroundSecondaryLine",
    "UndergroundStructure",
    "VoltageRegulator",
    "WireChange"
    ]


fcs = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses("","","LIPA.Distribution")
print('Starting loop')
for fc in fcs:
    # get feature class name
    name = arcpy.Describe(fc).baseName[5:]
    print(name)
    path = arcpy.Describe(fc).catalogPath
    # only do to the features listed above
    if name in fcNames:
        # Add field to store static object ids
        arcpy.AddField_management(path,'ORIG_OID', 'LONG')
        oid = [] # initalize empty to store objectids
        idx = 0 # initalzie empty index counter to add correct objectid to new field for static oid
        # Use cursors to get actual objectids for features of interest
        print('Starting Search')
        with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(path, ('OBJECTID',)) as cursor:
            for row in cursor:
                oid.append(row[0])
        print('Search finished, starting update')
        # Iterate update cursor over new field
        edit.startOperation()
        with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(path, ('ORIG_OID',)) as upCursor:
            # for each row update with the correct object id and then increment the counter index
            for row in upCursor:
                row[0] = oid[idx]
                idx += 1
                upCursor.updateRow(row)
        print('Finished update')
        edit.stopOperation()
        del cursor
        del upCursor

edit.stopEditing(True)
del edit

I got the following traceback:

for row in upCursor:
RuntimeError: workspace already in transaction mode

Can anyone assist?

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