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8.4.2

pytest 8.4.2 (2025-09-03)

Bug fixes

• #13478: Fixed a crash when using console_output_style{.interpreted-text role="confval"} with times and a module is skipped.

• #13530: Fixed a crash when using pytest.approx{.interpreted-text role="func"} and decimal.Decimal{.interpreted-text role="class"} instances with the decimal.FloatOperation{.interpreted-text role="class"} trap set.

• #13549: No longer evaluate type annotations in Python 3.14 when inspecting function signatures.

  This prevents crashes during module collection when modules do not explicitly use from __future__ import annotations and import types for annotations within a if TYPE_CHECKING: block.

• #13559: Added missing [int]{.title-ref} and [float]{.title-ref} variants to the [Literal]{.title-ref} type annotation of the [type]{.title-ref} parameter in pytest.Parser.addini{.interpreted-text role="meth"}.

• #13563: pytest.approx{.interpreted-text role="func"} now only imports numpy if NumPy is already in sys.modules. This fixes unconditional import behavior introduced in [8.4.0]{.title-ref}.

Improved documentation

• #13577: Clarify that pytest_generate_tests is discovered in test modules/classes; other hooks must be in conftest.py or plugins.

Contributor-facing changes

• #13480: Self-testing: fixed a few test failures when run with -Wdefault or a similar override.
• #13547: Self-testing: corrected expected message for test_doctest_unexpected_exception in Python 3.14.
• #13684: Make pytest's own testsuite insensitive to the presence of the CI environment variable -- by ogrisel{.interpreted-text role="user"}.

• bfae422 Prepare release version 8.4.2
• 8990538 Fix passenv CI in tox ini and make tests insensitive to the presence of the C...
• ca676bf Merge pull request #13687 from pytest-dev/patchback/backports/8.4.x/e63f6e51c...
• 975a60a Merge pull request #13686 from pytest-dev/patchback/backports/8.4.x/12bde8af6...
• 7723ce8 Merge pull request #13683 from even-even/fix_Exeption_to_Exception_in_errorMe...
• b7f0568 Merge pull request #13685 from CoretexShadow/fix/docs-pytest-generate-tests
• 2c94c4a add missing colon (#13640) (#13641)
• c3d7684 Merge pull request #13606 from pytest-dev/patchback/backports/8.4.x/5f9938563...
• dc6e3be Merge pull request #13605 from The-Compiler/training-update-2025-07
• f87289c Fix crash with times output style and skipped module (#13573) (#13579)
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