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--pdbcls: could not import
validation error cli, debugging, pdb, import
could not find test report matching
validation error pytester, test-report, nodeid, validation
: Cannot use both [pytest] and…
exception error config, toml, pyproject, schema
escaping with "\" not supported in marker expression
exception error pytest, marker-expression, tokenizer, syntax-error, escaping
plugin cannot be disabled
exception error plugin, cli, config, validation
The fixture value for
exception error fixtures, teardown, request, lifecycle
package argument cannot contain :: selection parts
validation error pytest, collection, pyargs, selection, cli
cannot create lockfile in
exception error pytest, pathlib, oserror, locking, concurrency
not found in warning list
exception error pytest, warns, warningsrecorder, pop, assertion
' ' is not recognized as a logging level name for ' '…
validation error pytest, logging, config, ini, validation
: error
exception error cli, argparse, usage-error
lowercase short options are reserved
exception error argparse, plugins, conftest, reserved-options
has no valid result
exception error pytest, runner, callinfo, plugin-api, attribute-access
session or parent must be provided
exception error pytest, nodes, typeerror, internal-api
Expected id to be a string or a `pytest.HIDDEN_PARAM`…
exception error pytest, parametrize, type-error, test-id, pytest-param
must be a directory, given
exception error cli, argparse, config, validation
help argument cannot be None for
validation error pytest, config, ini, help, plugin
nodeid or parent must be provided
exception error pytest, nodes, typeerror, internal-api
absolute tolerance can't be NaN.
exception error pytest, approx, tolerance, nan, value-validation
object at has no attribute
exception error pytest, monkeypatch, attribute-error, import-path, setattr
: Cannot use both [tool.pytest] (native TOML types) and…
exception error config, toml, pyproject, migration
invalid truth value
exception error pytest, config, strtobool, string-parsing, boolean
must be a filename, given
exception error cli, argparse, config, validation
redirected stdin is pseudofile, has no tell()
exception error capture, stdin, io, unsupported-operation
pytest.approx() does not support nan_ok for…
exception error pytest, approx, datetime, nan, misuse
redirected stdin is pseudofile, has no flush()
exception error capture, stdin, flush, io
You must specify at least one parameter to match on.
validation error pytest, raises, raisesexc, validation, misuse
absolute tolerance for datetime/timedelta must be a…
exception error approx, timedelta, datetime, type-mismatch
Cannot exit without entering first
exception error pytest, warns, warningsrecorder, context-manager, lifecycle
parsefactories() requires holder or node_or_obj
validation error pytest, fixtures, internal-api, plugin, signature
Too many fields ( ), expected at most 5 separated by…
exception error pytest, config, warnings, filterwarnings, string-parsing
config is not a valid argument for from_parent
exception error pytest, nodes, typeerror, internal-api
must be absolute import path string, not
exception error pytest, monkeypatch, type-error, import-path, validation
expected ; got
exception error pytest, marker-expression, parser, syntax-error, grammar
found no collectors for
validation error pytest, collection, nodeid, cli
Invalid regex
exception error pytest, config, warnings, filterwarnings, regex
module or package not found
validation error pytest, collection, pyargs, import, packaging
unexpected character/s
exception error pytest, marker-expression, kwarg, syntax-error, value-literal
name is not allowed to contain path separators
exception error cache, cacheprovider, path-validation, security
ini option has a type, which has no implicit default; pass…
exception error pytest, config, addini, default, union, literal, plugin-api
object (type: ) must be callable
validation error pytest, warns, callable, api-misuse, validation
is not a Warning subclass
exception error pytest, config, warnings, filterwarnings, category
Blocking conftest files using -p is not supported: -p no
exception error plugin, conftest, cli, config
cannot write to stdin
exception error capture, stdin, io, unsupported-operation
class fixtures not supported (maybe in the future)
validation error pytest, fixtures, decorator, class
use setattr(target, name, value) with name being a string…
exception error pytest, monkeypatch, type-error, setattr, argument-validation
unknown capturing method
exception error capture, config, cli, validation
Cannot write to stdin
exception error capture, stdin, io, unsupported-operation
absolute tolerance for a scalar value must be an int, float…
exception error pytest, approx, tolerance, type-validation, scalar
{path}
exception error pytest, pathlib, importerror, filesystem, collection
Config file ' ' has an unsupported format. Supported…
validation error cli, config, file-format
Pytest terminal summary report not found
validation error pytester, runresult, terminal-summary, parsing
PYTEST_THEME_MODE environment variable has an invalid value
exception error terminalwriter, pygments, environment, config
file or directory not found
validation error pytest, collection, cli, filesystem, path
function definitions are not supposed to be run as tests
exception error function-definition, internal, collection, runtest
cannot truncate stdin
exception error capture, stdin, io, unsupported-operation
function not available in
exception error fixtures, scope, request
directory argument cannot contain :: selection parts
validation error pytest, collection, cli, selection, filesystem
Expected , but got an exception instance
validation error pytest, raises, type-instance-mismatch, misuse
option names already added
exception error pytest, config, addoption, naming-conflict, plugin-api, cli
relative tolerance for timedelta must be a number, got
exception error approx, timedelta, type-mismatch
: config option ' ' expects an int, got
exception error pytest, config, toml, type-validation, int
Directory ' ' not found. Check your '--rootdir' option.
validation error cli, config, path, ci
Config file ' ' not found. Check your '-c/--config-file'…
validation error cli, config, path, ci
: config option ' ' expects a list of strings, but item at…
exception error pytest, config, toml, type-validation, paths
session is not a valid argument for from_parent
exception error pytest, nodes, typeerror, internal-api
Unrecognized runpytest option
exception error pytester, runpytest, internal, configuration
mode must be an integer
exception error py-path, localpath, filesystem, type-mismatch
is already an alias of
exception error pytest, config, addini, alias, naming-conflict, plugin-api
invalid lineno
exception error pytest, config, warnings, filterwarnings, lineno
relative tolerance can't be infinite.
exception error approx, timedelta, validation, infinity
Unexpected keyword arguments passed to pytest.raises
validation error raises, kwargs, api-misuse, deprecation
: config option ' ' expects a float, got
exception error pytest, config, toml, type-validation, float
{path}: {exc}
exception error config, toml, pyproject, parse-error
: config option ' ' expects a list for type ' ', got
exception error pytest, config, toml, type-validation, args, linelist
Unknown parametrize_long_str_id_strategy
validation error parametrize, ini-config, config, validation
Expected an exception type or a tuple of exception types…
validation error raises, expected-exception, validation, api-misuse
path not available in
exception error fixtures, scope, request, path
error raised while trying to determine id of parameter
exception error parametrize, idfn, callable, validation
module not available in
exception error fixtures, scope, request
ids must be a callable or an iterable
validation error parametrize, ids, type-error, validation
: config option ' ' expects a bool, got
exception error pytest, config, toml, type-validation, bool
invalid type for ini option
exception error pytest, config, addini, type-validation, literal, plugin-api
cls not available in
exception error fixtures, scope, request
module has no attribute
exception warning getattr, attribute-access, internal, deprecation
Specifying plugins as objects is not supported in pytester…
validation error pytester, subprocess, plugins, serialization
alias conflicts with existing configuration option
exception error pytest, config, addini, alias, naming-conflict, plugin-api
Config file ' ' is a directory. Check your…
validation error cli, config, path
found 2 or more testreports matching
validation error pytester, test-report, nodeid, ambiguity
example " " is not found as a file or directory
exception error pytester, copy-example, filesystem, lookup
ext must not be None
validation error pytester, makefile, validation, type-error
invalid type for lines2
validation error pytester, linematcher, type-error, sequence
pytester.makefile expects a file extension, try .
validation error pytester, makefile, extension, validation
pytester_example_dir is unset, can't copy examples
validation error pytester, copy-example, ini-config, config
line not found in output
validation error pytester, linematcher, output-matching, validation
can't be found as module or package in
exception error pytester, copy-example, lookup, filesystem