highest conftest.py in my directory tree is not being loaded

[blockjon-dd]

I created a fixture located in my test/ directory in conftest.py.

I also have another conftest.py file located under test/unit with more fixtures specific to unit tests.

I am observing that after I upgrade from pytest 7.3.1 to 7.4.0, the "higher" of the two conftest.py files I have is never loaded.

Downgrading back to pytest 7.3.1 restores the expected functionality.

<snip>
...
pytest-cov==4.1.0
pytest-freezer==0.4.8
pytest-mock==3.11.1
pytest-xdist==3.3.1
pytest==7.3.1
...
</snip>

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

Do you have a minimum reproducing example that includes configuration/invocation option?

[ployt0]

Normal path:

pip install pytest
cd pytest11261/test/unit 
pytest

Happy path:

pip install pytest==7.3.1
cd pytest11261/test/unit 
pytest

pytest11261.zip

[The-Compiler]

This is due to this change from the changelog:

#11043: When --confcutdir is not specified, and there is no config file present, the conftest cutoff directory (--confcutdir) is now set to the rootdir. Previously in such cases, conftest.py files would be probed all the way to the root directory of the filesystem. If you are badly affected by this change, consider adding an empty config file to your desired cutoff directory, or explicitly set --confcutdir.

Since there is no config file in your project directory (pytest.ini, pyproject.toml, tox.ini, or setup.cfg), pytest determines rootdir: .../pytest11261/test/unit and doesn't load the conftest.py outside of it.

As mentioned by the changelog, creating e.g. an empty pytest.ini in the pytest11261 folder fixes this.